🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 16-8-3 before this game

1–3

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 13-13-1 before this game

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

Canadiens at Capitals

Capitals beat Canadiens 3–1 at Capital One Arena on December 6, 1986.

🗓 Sat, Dec 6, 1986 · 18:30 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Craig Laughlin

2 G, 1 A

2 shots · +2

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Greg Adams

2 A

1 shots · +2

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Larry Murphy

1 G

1 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Mats Naslund Go-ahead 1st · 11:12

Assists: Guy Carbonneau

1–0

🦅 Craig Laughlin Tying 1st · 17:42

Assists: Alan Haworth, John Blum

1–1

2nd period

🦅 Craig Laughlin PP Go-ahead 2nd · 01:20

Assists: Greg Adams, Scott Stevens

1–2

🦅 Larry Murphy 2nd · 09:57

Assists: Greg Adams, Craig Laughlin

1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL WSH🦅

31 Shots on goal 28

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

18 Penalty minutes 25

MTL shooting 3.2% (1/31) WSH shooting 10.7% (3/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Brian Hayward

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 58:40 TOI

🦅Capitals

Bob Mason

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 16-8-3 (59% win rate, 27 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 13-13-1 (48% win rate, 27 games)

After 2nd — 1–3

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →

Dec 1, 1986

🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL

2–1 (OT) · Capitals won

4–4 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ MTL vs WSH, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Capitals on December 6, 1986?

Capitals won 3–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Capitals?

The final score was Canadiens 1, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Mats Naslund.

Who scored for Capitals?

Craig Laughlin (2), Larry Murphy.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Brian Hayward made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Bob Mason made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 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

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Dec 5

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Dec 3

Also on December 6, 1986

Canadiens season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule