Game

Capitals at Canadiens

Canadiens 6, Capitals 2 · first star Cole Caufield (2 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Washington Capitals 2 at Montreal Canadiens 6

Capitals WSH

2 FINAL 6

Canadiens MTL

Saturday, February 28, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Centre Bell, Montreal · TV SNE · TVAS · CITY

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Capitals	1	0	1	2	29
Canadiens	2	2	2	6	25

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Capitals attack left, Canadiens attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 5 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 2 empty-net goals are drawn as diamonds. Boxscore shots on goal: WSH 29, MTL 25.

WSH in red MTL in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Capitals 29 shots on goal (2 goals, 13 missed, 14 blocked) attacking left; Canadiens 25 shots on goal (6 goals, 13 missed, 16 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT
1st	10	1	15	7	2	15
2nd	9	0	22	9	2	24
3rd	10	1	19	9	2	15
Total	29	2	56	25	6	54

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	WSH SOG	WSH G	MTL SOG	MTL G
Even strength	22	2	19	5
Power play	6	0	3	0
Short-handed	1	0	3	1
Into an empty net	0	0	2	2

Attempt share by period

Capitals took 50.9% of the shot attempts, and 50.7% of the 75 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Canadiens and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Capitals hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Capitals at Canadiens
Period	MTL CF%	MTL FF%
1st	50.0	50.0
2nd	52.2	50.0
3rd	44.1	41.7
Game	49.1	47.5

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

00:30 Cole Caufield (34) Unassisted · snap 0–1
13:16 Alex Ovechkin (23) Anthony Beauvillier (9), Declan Chisholm (5) · snap 1–1
14:19 Cole Caufield (35) Nick Suzuki (48), Jayden Struble (9) · backhand 1–2

2nd period

12:22 Mike Matheson (6) Zachary Bolduc (14), Alex Newhook (8) · snap 1–3
16:34 Kirby Dach (8) Nick Suzuki (49) · snap 1–4

3rd period

12:12 Alex Ovechkin (24) Dylan Strome (32), Anthony Beauvillier (10) · snap 2–4
16:44 Nick Suzuki (19) EN Unassisted · backhand 2–5
18:35 Jake Evans (8) SH EN Unassisted · wrist 2–6

Three stars

Cole Caufield MTL · R #13 · 2 G, 0 A
Nick Suzuki MTL · C #14 · 1 G, 2 A
Alex Ovechkin WSH · L #8 · 2 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	06:06	WSH	Brandon Duhaime	roughing	2	Kirby Dach
1st	08:24	MTL	Mike Matheson	holding	2	Brandon Duhaime
2nd	10:09	WSH	Ryan Leonard	roughing removing opponents helmet	2	Kaiden Guhle
2nd	17:17	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	slashing	2	Declan Chisholm
3rd	06:00	WSH	Nic Dowd	cross checking	2	Kirby Dach
3rd	06:00	MTL	Kirby Dach	roughing	2	Nic Dowd
3rd	07:51	MTL	Noah Dobson	tripping	2	Pierre-Luc Dubois
3rd	13:33	WSH	Connor McMichael	holding	2	Ivan Demidov
3rd	17:37	MTL	Alexandre Carrier	holding the stick	2	Brandon Duhaime

Boxscore

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	2	0	2	-2	6	2	0	0	0.0	15:30
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	12:42
Dylan Strome #17	C	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	38.5	16:07
Declan Chisholm #47	D	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	13:00
Justin Sourdif #34	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	37.5	12:43
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	2	53.8	14:48
Pierre-Luc Dubois #80	C	0	0	0	-4	3	2	0	0	71.4	18:22
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	18:05
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	0.0	10:43
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	2	40.0	15:09
Ethen Frank #53	R	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0.0	11:30
Ryan Leonard #9	R	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	2	0.0	15:09
Tom Wilson #43	R	0	0	0	-3	1	3	0	0	0.0	19:16
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	0	0	0	-5	2	0	0	0	0.0	23:20
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	0.0	21:28
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	-2	1	0	3	0	0.0	20:58
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	0.0	19:06
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	+2	1	0	1	0	0.0	15:12

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Charlie Lindgren #79	L	23	19	4	.826	14/18	3/3	58:52

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Nick Suzuki #14	C	1	2	3	+4	2	0	1	0	38.5	18:25
Cole Caufield #13	R	2	0	2	+3	5	1	2	0	0.0	16:19
Jake Evans #71	C	1	0	1	+1	2	0	2	0	55.6	14:25
Kirby Dach #77	C	1	0	1	+2	1	0	0	2	0.0	13:44
Mike Matheson #8	D	1	0	1	+4	3	1	0	2	0.0	24:04
Alex Newhook #15	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	25.0	13:45
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	1	1	+1	1	3	1	0	0.0	12:24
Jayden Struble #47	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0.0	11:08
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	66.7	11:41
Phillip Danault #24	C	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	53.8	17:53
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	100.0	14:23
Brendan Gallagher #11	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0.0	13:47
Ivan Demidov #93	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	12:44
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100.0	15:40
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	2	0.0	18:01
Kaiden Guhle #21	D	0	0	0	+1	1	2	3	0	0.0	24:48
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0.0	20:14
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	0.0	16:35

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jakub Dobes #75	W	29	27	2	.931	20/22	6/6	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.