Montreal Canadiens 4, Washington Capitals 5: final score and stats
Washington Capitals beat Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Canadiens 4 to Washington Capitals 5, on Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at Capital One Arena, Washington, DC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens.
NHLWednesday, October 14, 2026
DateOct 14, 2026
Start time7:30 PM ET
VenueCapital One Arena, Washington, DC
TVESPN+
Attendance16,719
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Washington Capitals | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Montreal CanadiensWashington Capitals
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
3-3-1Record4-3-0
2nd in Atlantic DivisionStanding4th in Metropolitan Division
6-2Road record / home record7-4
WWLWWLast 5WLLWW
W2StreakW1
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 ReserveMike Matheson D · Lower Body
OutSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveWashington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveVincent Desharnais D · Abdomen - Surgery
Injured ReservePatrick Thomas C · Upper Body
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 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:49 | 0:00 | 2:04 | 11:45 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Owen Beck | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:46 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:34 | 0:18 | 0:00 | 12:16 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 19:53 | 2:06 | 0:00 | 17:47 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kirby Dach | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 9:08 | 0:00 | 0:32 | 8:36 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:39 | 0:33 | 5:14 | 11:52 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:33 | 0:00 | 5:08 | 7:25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Kreider | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:31 | 2:06 | 0:00 | 13:25 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:52 | 0:09 | 2:36 | 13:07 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:40 | 2:06 | 0:00 | 17:34 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 20:15 | 2:06 | 0:00 | 18:09 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 58.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre Texier | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 12:26 | 0:18 | 0:00 | 12:08 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 20:42 | 0:00 | 3:20 | 17:22 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Noah Dobson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:21 | 0:18 | 4:23 | 17:40 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Engstrom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:57 | 0:00 | 0:08 | 11:49 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 2 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 22:22 | 0:18 | 3:24 | 18:40 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane Hutson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24:14 | 2:06 | 0:05 | 22:03 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:16 | 0:00 | 4:18 | 9:58 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .792 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 57:14 | 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 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 12:54 | 1:04 | 0:00 | 11:50 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone Jenner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:08 | 0:04 | 1:06 | 13:58 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Kyrou | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:15 | 3:39 | 0:00 | 11:36 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leonard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 14:55 | 4:06 | 0:00 | 10:49 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Miroshnichenko | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:01 | 1:33 | 0:00 | 8:28 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:14 | 4:39 | 0:00 | 8:35 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:37 | 0:02 | 1:19 | 16:16 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilya Protas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:22 | 3:45 | 0:00 | 8:37 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Sourdif | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:05 | 0:09 | 0:00 | 15:56 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dylan Strome | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:56 | 4:02 | 0:00 | 14:54 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 65.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Tuch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18:49 | 3:46 | 1:18 | 13:45 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:13 | 3:47 | 1:05 | 12:21 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakob Chychrun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:03 | 4:18 | 0:18 | 18:27 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Desharnais | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20:58 | 0:00 | 2:06 | 18:52 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Martin Fehervary | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:54 | 0:29 | 2:03 | 19:22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Holl | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:08 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Hutson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:07 | 3:37 | 0:00 | 13:30 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Timothy Liljegren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:57 | 0:00 | 0:21 | 16:36 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Lindgren | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .862 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
WSH leads series 1-0
Feb 13, 2027WSH 0, MTL 0
Jan 19, 2027MTL 0, WSH 0
Oct 14, 2026MTL 4, WSH 5
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Montreal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals?
Washington Capitals won, 5-4, on Wednesday, October 14, 2026.
What was the final score of Montreal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals?
Montreal Canadiens 4, Washington Capitals 5.
Who were the top performers?
Montreal Canadiens: Josh Anderson (2 goals). Washington Capitals: Alex Tuch (2 goals).
Where is Montreal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals played?
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC.
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