🦅 Away Capitals 40-28-5 before this game

1–0

Final / OT

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 40-26-7 before this game

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

Capitals at Canadiens

Capitals beat Canadiens 1–0 in overtime at Bell Centre on March 27, 1996.

🗓 Wed, Mar 27, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Michal Pivonka

1 G

4 shots

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Peter Bondra

1 A

7 shots

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Joe Juneau

1 A

4 shots

🚨 Scoring

1 goal · in order

Overtime

🦅 Michal Pivonka PP Go-ahead OT · 04:14

Assists: Peter Bondra, Joe Juneau

1–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH MTL🇨🇦

44 Shots on goal 18

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3

6 Penalty minutes 35

WSH shooting 2.3% (1/44) MTL shooting 0.0% (0/18)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Jim Carey

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 64:14 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jocelyn Thibault

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 64:14 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 40-28-5 (55% win rate, 73 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 40-26-7 (55% win rate, 73 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 40-28-5 (55% win rate, 73 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 40-26-7 (55% win rate, 73 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

❓ WSH vs MTL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Canadiens on March 27, 1996?

Capitals won 1–0 in overtime.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Canadiens?

The final score was Capitals 1, Canadiens 0, in overtime.

Who scored for Capitals?

Michal Pivonka.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

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

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 1 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 3–1 after 4 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 · Mar 26

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Mar 25

Also on March 27, 1996

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