🦅 Away Capitals 25-19-4 before this game
3–5
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 25-18-6 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
WSH 0123
MTL 4015

Capitals at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Capitals 5–3 at Bell Centre on January 31, 1996.

🗓 Wed, Jan 31, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Vincent Damphousse
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · +3
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Martin Rucinsky
1 G, 2 A
4 shots · +3
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Joe Juneau
1 G, 2 A
1 shots

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Mark Recchi Go-ahead 1st · 03:40
Assists: Andrei Kovalenko, Pierre Turgeon
0–1
🇨🇦 Vincent Damphousse 1st · 03:57
Assists: Martin Rucinsky, Chris Murray
0–2
🇨🇦 Martin Rucinsky PP 1st · 13:49
Assists: Vincent Damphousse, Mark Recchi
0–3
🇨🇦 Vincent Damphousse 1st · 17:01
Assists: Martin Rucinsky, Stephane Quintal
0–4
2nd period
🦅 Joe Juneau PP 2nd · 04:44
Assists: Michal Pivonka
1–4
3rd period
🦅 Sergei Gonchar 3rd · 00:22
Assists: Joe Juneau
2–4
🇨🇦 Valeri Bure 3rd · 01:25
Unassisted
2–5
🦅 Steve Konowalchuk PP 3rd · 15:12
Assists: Joe Juneau, Sergei Gonchar
3–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH MTL🇨🇦
26 Shots on goal 20
2/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
15 Penalty minutes 19
WSH shooting 11.5% (3/26) MTL shooting 25.0% (5/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Jim Carey
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 17:01 TOI
Olie Kolzig
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 41:44 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jocelyn Thibault
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:51 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–4
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–4
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 26, 1995
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
0–4 · Capitals won
Nov 1, 1995
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
2–5 · Capitals won
Apr 17, 1995
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–5 · Canadiens won
Mar 4, 1995
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
1–5 · Capitals won
Jan 25, 1995
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–2 · Canadiens won

❓ WSH vs MTL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Canadiens on January 31, 1996?

Canadiens won 5–3.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Canadiens?

The final score was Capitals 3, Canadiens 5.

Who scored for Capitals?

Joe Juneau, Sergei Gonchar, Steve Konowalchuk.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Vincent Damphousse (2), Mark Recchi, Martin Rucinsky, Valeri Bure.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jim Carey made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 3 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 2–1 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 · Jan 28
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · WSH won
Next game · Feb 1
🦅WSH @ 🏛️OTT
4–2 · WSH won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Jan 28
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–5 · MTL won
Next game · Feb 1
🇨🇦MTL @ 🔔PHI
2–3 · PHI won
Also on January 31, 1996
🐆FLA @ ⚔️BUF
1–6 final
🐻BOS @ 🏛️OTT
3–1 final
🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL
1–4 final
🎵STL @ 🍁TOR
4–0 final
🗽NYR @ ⭐DAL
1–1 final
🪶CHI @ 🛢️EDM
4–0 final
🐳HFD @ 👑LAK
6–4 final
🏔️COL @ 🦆ANA
1–2 final
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