🦅 Away Capitals 11-13-1 before this game

2–1

Final / OT

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 14-8-2 before this game

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

Capitals at Canadiens

Capitals beat Canadiens 2–1 in overtime at Bell Centre on December 1, 1986.

🗓 Mon, Dec 1, 1986 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Alan Haworth

1 G

6 shots · +1

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Lou Franceschetti

1 G

3 shots · +1

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Mike Gartner

1 A

4 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Mats Naslund PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:40

Assists: Chris Chelios, Gaston Gingras

0–1

2nd period

🦅 Lou Franceschetti Tying 2nd · 18:28

Assists: Mike Gartner, Rod Langway

1–1

Overtime

🦅 Alan Haworth Go-ahead OT · 01:48

Assists: Greg Adams, Bobby Gould

2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH MTL🇨🇦

29 Shots on goal 18

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

13 Penalty minutes 15

WSH shooting 6.9% (2/29) MTL shooting 5.6% (1/18)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Pete Peeters

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 61:44 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Brian Hayward

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 61:44 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–1

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 11-13-1 (44% win rate, 25 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 14-8-2 (58% win rate, 24 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

4–4 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs MTL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Canadiens on December 1, 1986?

Capitals won 2–1 in overtime.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Canadiens?

The final score was Capitals 2, Canadiens 1, in overtime.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alan Haworth, Lou Franceschetti.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Mats Naslund.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Pete Peeters made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Brian Hayward made 0 saves on 2 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?

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 after 2 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 · Nov 29

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Nov 29

Also on December 1, 1986

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1–4 final

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