🦅 Away Capitals 2-2-1
4–3
Final / OT
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 4-1-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
🦅 WSH 11114
🇨🇦 MTL 21003

Capitals at Canadiens

Capitals beat Canadiens 4–3 in overtime at Bell Centre on October 16, 1989.

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1989-90 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Dale Hunter
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · +3
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Geoff Courtnall
2 A
6 shots · +3
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Brian Tutt
1 G
1 shots

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Stephan Lebeau PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:28
Assists: Stephane Richer, Shayne Corson · beat Don Beaupre
0–1
🦅 Dale Hunter Tying 1st · 17:22
Assists: Geoff Courtnall · beat Patrick Roy
1–1
🇨🇦 Jocelyn Lemieux Go-ahead 1st · 17:37
Assists: Mike Keane, Martin Desjardins · beat Don Beaupre
1–2
2nd period
🇨🇦 Tom Chorske 2nd · 18:03
Assists: Bobby Smith · beat Don Beaupre
1–3
🦅 Brian Tutt 2nd · 18:15
Assists: Bob Rouse, Dale Hunter · beat Patrick Roy
2–3
3rd period
🦅 Michal Pivonka Tying 3rd · 17:52
Assists: Dino Ciccarelli, Geoff Courtnall · beat Patrick Roy
3–3
Overtime
🦅 Dale Hunter Go-ahead OT · 03:37
Assists: Doug Wickenheiser, Scott Stevens · beat Patrick Roy
4–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH MTL🇨🇦
26 Shots on goal 33
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/9
26 Penalty minutes 38
WSH shooting 15.4% (4/26) MTL shooting 9.1% (3/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Don Beaupre
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 63:37 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Patrick Roy
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 63:37 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–3
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Mar 171989 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 1–4 Mar 81989 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 Dec 101988 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–0 OT Jan 291988 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 3–4 Dec 231987 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–2 OT
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Who won Capitals vs Canadiens on October 16, 1989?

Capitals won 4–3 in overtime. The final score was Capitals 4, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Capitals?

Dale Hunter (2), Brian Tutt, Michal Pivonka.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Jocelyn Lemieux, Stephan Lebeau, Tom Chorske.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Don Beaupre made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 4 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeOct 14 🔥CGY @ 🦅WSH 4–4 AfterOct 20 🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH 5–3
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeOct 14 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 1–2 AfterOct 18 🔥CGY @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–2
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