Montreal Canadiens 2, Washington Capitals 3: final score and stats
Washington Capitals beat Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Canadiens 2 to Washington Capitals 3, on Monday, April 21, 2025 at Capital One Arena, Washington, DC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens.
NHL · East 1st Round - Game 1Monday, April 21, 2025
DateApr 21, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueCapital One Arena, Washington, DC
TVESPN
Attendance18,573
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Washington Capitals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Montreal CanadiensWashington Capitals
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
40-31-11Record51-22-9
1st in Atlantic DivisionStanding4th in Metropolitan Division
7-2Road record / home record7-4
WLWWLLast 5LWWLL
W1StreakL1
Team stats
Montreal CanadiensWashington Capitals
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Montreal Canadiens
Ivan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveChris Kreider LW · Leg
Day-To-DayWashington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveVincent Desharnais D · Abdomen - Surgery
Injured ReserveBox score
Montreal Canadiens Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Anderson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14:02 | 0:00 | 1:52 | 12:10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Armia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14:24 | 0:00 | 1:44 | 12:40 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:41 | 1:39 | 0:00 | 19:02 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Demidov | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 11:57 | 0:46 | 0:00 | 11:11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Dvorak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:26 | 0:00 | 1:50 | 13:36 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:59 | 0:00 | 1:46 | 12:13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 61.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:42 | 0:49 | 0:00 | 12:53 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Heineman | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10:56 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:56 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrik Laine | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 13:14 | 1:42 | 0:00 | 11:32 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Newhook | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 14:33 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 13:46 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:31 | 1:43 | 0:00 | 17:48 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:27 | 2:17 | 0:00 | 19:10 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 52.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Carrier | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:27 | 0:12 | 0:44 | 21:31 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 24:00 | 0:00 | 0:53 | 23:07 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane Hutson | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 25:35 | 1:40 | 0:00 | 23:55 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24:39 | 0:50 | 3:02 | 20:47 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| David Savard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:57 | 0:00 | 2:33 | 9:24 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Struble | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 14:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:09 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Montembeault | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .906 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 62:21 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Beauvillier | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14:42 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:42 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | 3 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 16:58 | 0:00 | 1:53 | 15:05 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:32 | 0:21 | 0:00 | 16:11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brandon Duhaime | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15:48 | 0:00 | 1:45 | 14:03 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Eller | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leonard | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:27 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:27 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:50 | 0:51 | 0:00 | 10:59 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Connor McMichael | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 16:29 | 0:35 | 0:36 | 15:18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16:45 | 3:36 | 0:00 | 13:09 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Raddysh | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:46 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Dylan Strome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:49 | 3:01 | 0:00 | 14:48 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 22:05 | 2:45 | 0:44 | 18:36 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Alexeyev | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:02 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Carlson | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 22:43 | 3:01 | 1:52 | 17:50 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakob Chychrun | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:24 | 3:15 | 0:00 | 18:09 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roy | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 26:12 | 0:00 | 1:52 | 24:20 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Sandin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:19 | 0:35 | 0:37 | 22:07 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:40 | 0:00 | 0:37 | 16:03 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Thompson | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 33 | .943 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 62:26 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Montreal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals?
Washington Capitals won, 3-2, on Monday, April 21, 2025.
What was the final score of Montreal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals?
Montreal Canadiens 2, Washington Capitals 3.
Who were the top performers?
Montreal Canadiens: Nick Suzuki (1 goals). Washington Capitals: Alex Ovechkin (2 goals).
Where is Montreal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals played?
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC.
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