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
Sonny Milano, LW Out Feb 5
Charlie Lindgren, G Injured Reserve Jan 31
Connor McMichael, C Injured Reserve Jan 31
Eriks Mateiko, LW Out Jan 13
Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Alexandre Texier, LW Day-To-Day Feb 5
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
Tampa Bay 36 14 76 4
Montreal 32 17 72 8
Detroit 33 19 72 6
Buffalo 32 18 70 6
Boston 32 20 69 5
Toronto 27 21 63 9
Florida 29 24 61 3
Ottawa 27 22 61 7

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 35 15 76 6
Pittsburgh 28 15 68 12
NY Islanders 31 21 67 5
Columbus 29 20 65 7
Washington 28 23 63 7
Philadelphia 25 20 60 10
New Jersey 28 26 58 2
NY Rangers 22 28 50 6
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