Washington Capitals 2, Montreal Canadiens 6: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Washington Capitals, Washington Capitals 2 to Montreal Canadiens 6, on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Montreal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals.
NHLSaturday, February 28, 2026
DateFeb 28, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBell Centre, Montreal, QC
TVESPN+
Attendance20,962
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Washington CapitalsMontreal Canadiens
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
31-24-7Record33-17-9
4th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding2nd in Atlantic Division
3-2Road record / home record5-5
WWLLWLast 5LWWLW
W2StreakL1
Team stats
Washington CapitalsMontreal Canadiens
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.
Washington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveVincent Desharnais D · Abdomen - Surgery
Injured ReservePatrick Thomas C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMontreal Canadiens
Ivan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveMike Matheson D · Lower Body
Day-To-DayBox score
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:42 | 0:02 | 0:59 | 11:41 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 14:48 | 0:06 | 2:34 | 12:08 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | 0 | 2 | 0 | -4 | 18:22 | 3:42 | 0:04 | 14:36 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 71.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Duhaime | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:43 | 1:02 | 0:00 | 9:41 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ethen Frank | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:30 | 2:47 | 0:00 | 8:43 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leonard | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 15:09 | 4:54 | 0:00 | 10:15 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Connor McMichael | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:09 | 1:46 | 2:30 | 10:53 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 15:30 | 6:53 | 0:00 | 8:37 | 18 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:05 | 0:05 | 3:25 | 14:35 | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Sourdif | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:43 | 1:30 | 0:00 | 11:13 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Strome | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 | 5:09 | 0:29 | 10:29 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 38.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3 | 19:16 | 3:44 | 1:58 | 13:34 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Chisholm | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:00 | 1:00 | 0:00 | 12:00 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jakob Chychrun | 0 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 23:20 | 5:52 | 0:55 | 16:33 | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Fehervary | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21:28 | 0:02 | 3:34 | 17:52 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roy | 3 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 20:58 | 0:02 | 4:23 | 16:33 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Sandin | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 19:06 | 1:11 | 1:33 | 16:22 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:12 | 1:02 | 1:36 | 12:34 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .826 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 58:52 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:40 | 0:00 | 2:58 | 12:42 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12:24 | 1:18 | 0:00 | 11:06 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:19 | 4:37 | 0:00 | 11:42 | 18 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:44 | 1:15 | 0:11 | 12:18 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Phillip Danault | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:53 | 0:00 | 3:56 | 13:57 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 53.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Demidov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:44 | 4:41 | 0:00 | 8:03 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:25 | 0:04 | 4:36 | 9:45 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:47 | 0:56 | 0:00 | 12:51 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:41 | 0:00 | 3:30 | 8:11 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:45 | 1:21 | 0:33 | 11:51 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:23 | 4:40 | 0:03 | 9:40 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:25 | 4:42 | 0:04 | 13:39 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 38.5 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:01 | 0:00 | 3:55 | 14:06 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Noah Dobson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:35 | 1:11 | 1:36 | 13:48 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24:48 | 0:00 | 4:34 | 20:14 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Hutson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:14 | 4:54 | 0:39 | 14:41 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24:04 | 0:21 | 5:16 | 18:27 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Jayden Struble | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:08 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .931 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens?
Montreal Canadiens won, 6-2, on Saturday, February 28, 2026.
What was the final score of Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens?
Washington Capitals 2, Montreal Canadiens 6.
Who were the top performers?
Washington Capitals: Alex Ovechkin (2 goals). Montreal Canadiens: Cole Caufield (2 goals).
Where is Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens played?
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC.
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