NHL

Montreal Canadiens at Washington Capitals

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Montreal Canadiens
20-18-3
Final
3 - 2
Washington Capitals
27-10-5

Nick Suzuki scores in overtime to lift the Canadiens past the Capitals, 3-2

Nick Suzuki's OT heroics lift Canadiens past Capitals

Suzuki got to the front and put the puck up and over goalie Logan Thompson. The Canadiens are 9-1-0 in their last 10 games.

Cole Caufield and Josh Anderson also scored for Montreal. Jakub Dobes stopped 15 shots to improve to 3-0-0 in the NHL.

Defenseman Jakob Chychrun and Lars Eller scored and Ethen Frank picked up his first NHL point in his debut for Washington. The Capitals have dropped three of five games.

Thompson made 18 saves. He came on in relief after Charlie Lindgren, who stopped all nine shots he faced, left with injury after a collision with Suzuki in the crease.

Takeaways Canadiens: Caufield scored his 23rd goal of the season. He has goals in five straight outings.

Capitals: Chychrun has 12 goals this season, the third-most in the league among defensemen.

Key stat The Canadiens have five short-handed goals this season, the third-most in the NHL.

Up next Both teams are back in action Saturday night. The Canadiens return home to play Dallas, and the Capitals are at Nashville.

Regular Season Series

WSH wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 2:56 Jakob Chychrun Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: none
Goal 2nd Period 4:56 Cole Caufield Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: Juraj Slafkovsky (19), Kaiden Guhle (7)
Goal 2nd Period 13:22 Josh Anderson Goal (7) Backhand, assists: none
Goal 3rd Period 1:54 Lars Eller Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Ethen Frank (1), Taylor Raddysh (14)
Goal 4th Period 1:15 Nick Suzuki Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Cole Caufield (17), Lane Hutson (28)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/mtl.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originMTL https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/wsh.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originWSH
14 Blocked Shots 18
19 Hits 25
4 Takeaways 4
30 Shots 17
0 Power Play Goals 1
3 Power Play Opportunities 4
0.0 Power Play Percentage 25.0
1 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
24 Faceoffs Won 25
49.0 Faceoff Win Percent 51.0
16 Giveaways 16
4 Total Penalties 3
8 Penalty Minutes 6
Washington Capitals Washington Capitals Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Ethen Frank, C Day-To-Day Mar 22
David Kampf, C Out Mar 22
Eriks Mateiko, LW Out Jan 13
Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Josh Anderson, RW Day-To-Day Mar 22
Kirby Dach, C Out Mar 17
Patrik Laine, RW Injured Reserve Jan 10

Game Information

Capital One Arena

Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 18,573 | Capacity:

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Buffalo 44 20 95 7
Tampa Bay 43 21 91 5
Montreal 38 21 86 10
Boston 39 23 86 8
Detroit 38 24 84 8
Ottawa 36 24 81 9
Florida 34 32 71 3
Toronto 29 29 71 13

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 45 19 96 6
Pittsburgh 35 19 86 16
Columbus 37 22 85 11
NY Islanders 40 26 85 5
Philadelphia 34 23 80 12
Washington 35 27 79 9
New Jersey 35 32 72 2
NY Rangers 28 33 65 9
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