🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 14-10-2 before this game

3–6

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 13-17-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MTL	0	0	0	3
WSH	0	0	0	6

Canadiens at Capitals

Capitals beat Canadiens 6–3 at Capital One Arena on January 26, 1990.

🗓 Fri, Jan 26, 1990 · 19:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1989-90 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Geoff Courtnall

2 G, 1 A

7 shots · +2

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Dale Hunter

1 G, 2 A

1 shots · +2

3rd star 🦅 WSH

John Tucker

2 A

2 shots · +3

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL WSH🦅

34 Shots on goal 25

1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

26 Penalty minutes 42

MTL shooting 8.8% (3/34) WSH shooting 24.0% (6/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Brian Hayward

0/6

.000 SV% · 6 GA · 40:00 TOI

Patrick Roy

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 20:00 TOI

🦅Capitals

Jim Hrivnak

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 14-10-2 (54% win rate, 26 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 13-17 (43% win rate, 30 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 14-10-2 (54% win rate, 26 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 13-17 (43% win rate, 30 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

0–0 (OT) · Capitals won

2–2 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ MTL vs WSH, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Capitals on January 26, 1990?

Capitals won 6–3.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Capitals?

The final score was Canadiens 3, Capitals 6.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Brian Hayward made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jim Hrivnak made 0 saves on 3 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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 · Jan 24

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Jan 24

Also on January 26, 1990

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