🦅 Away Capitals 40-23-0 before this game

1–4

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 36-26-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	1	0	0	1
MTL	1	1	2	4

Capitals at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Capitals 4–1 at Bell Centre on February 26, 1983.

🗓 Sat, Feb 26, 1983 · 19:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1982-83 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Ryan Walter

2 G

5 shots · +2

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Keith Acton

1 G

3 shots · +1

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Ric Nattress

1 G

1 shots

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Ric Nattress Go-ahead 1st · 09:44

Unassisted

0–1

🦅 Scott Stevens Tying 1st · 16:31

Assists: Glen Currie, Bobby Gould

1–1

2nd period

🇨🇦 Ryan Walter PP Go-ahead 2nd · 08:34

Assists: Larry Robinson, Steve Shutt

1–2

3rd period

🇨🇦 Keith Acton 3rd · 01:10

Assists: Guy Lafleur, Craig Ludwig

1–3

🇨🇦 Ryan Walter Empty net 3rd · 19:03

Assists: Gilbert Delorme

1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH MTL🇨🇦

27 Shots on goal 32

0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

6 Penalty minutes 6

WSH shooting 3.7% (1/27) MTL shooting 12.5% (4/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Pat Riggin

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:53 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Rick Wamsley

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 40-23 (63% win rate, 63 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 36-26 (58% win rate, 62 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

❓ WSH vs MTL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Canadiens on February 26, 1983?

Canadiens won 4–1.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Canadiens?

The final score was Capitals 1, Canadiens 4.

Who scored for Capitals?

Scott Stevens.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Ryan Walter (2), Keith Acton, Ric Nattress.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Pat Riggin made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Rick Wamsley made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Feb 24

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Feb 24

Also on February 26, 1983

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