🦅 Away Capitals 13-24-3 before this game
1–4
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 20-15-5 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
WSH 0001
MTL 0004

Capitals at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Capitals 4–1 at Bell Centre on January 4, 2004.

🗓 Sun, Jan 4, 2004 · 16:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Michael Ryder
2 G, 1 A
6 shots · 15:12 TOI · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Sheldon Souray
1 G
6 shots · 25:57 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Joe Juneau
1 G
2 shots · 18:35 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH MTL🇨🇦
20 Shots on goal 34
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
11 Hits 14
10 Blocked shots 8
6 Takeaways 7
16 Giveaways 12
8 Penalty minutes 10
WSH shooting 5.0% (1/20) MTL shooting 11.8% (4/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Maxime Ouellet
30/34
.882 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
19/20
.950 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 13-24-3 (32% win rate, 40 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 20-15-5 (50% win rate, 40 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 13-24-3 (32% win rate, 40 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 20-15-5 (50% win rate, 40 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Lang · Jagr · Grier 23:09
L2 Halpern · Miller · Whitfield 17:28
L3 Battaglia · Pettinger · Sutherby 12:00
L4 Gordon · Verot · Peat 7:57
D1 Gonchar · Kwiatkowski 27:33
D2 Witt · Doig 20:31
D3 Hajt · Berry 10:20
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Koivu · Bulis · Juneau 19:03
L2 Ribeiro · Zednik · Dackell 17:49
L3 Kilger · Ryder · Dagenais 13:05
L4 Langdon · Plekanec · Ward 7:23
D1 Souray · Quintal 25:15
D2 Bouillon · Brisebois 19:43
D3 Rivet · Komisarek 13:28

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 23, 2003
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · Capitals won
Nov 28, 2003
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
5–3 · Canadiens won
Oct 14, 2003
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–5 · Canadiens won
Mar 25, 2003
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 (OT) · Capitals won
Feb 24, 2003
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
1–4 · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs MTL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Canadiens on January 4, 2004?

Canadiens won 4–1.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Canadiens?

The final score was Capitals 1, Canadiens 4.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Maxime Ouellet made 30 saves on 34 shots (.882 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 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?

Canadiens 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 · Jan 3
🦅WSH @ 🏛️OTT
2–5 · OTT won
Next game · Jan 7
🌵PHX @ 🦅WSH
3–0 · PHX won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Jan 3
🐦ATL @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–5 · MTL won
Next game · Jan 6
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–3 · MTL won
Also on January 4, 2004
🌵PHX @ 🌪️CAR
3–0 final
🛢️EDM @ 🪶CHI
4–3 final
🌲MIN @ 🏔️COL
1–3 final
Capitals season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule