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2006-07 regular season

Canadiens at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0

Canadiens beat Capitals 4–1 at Capital One Arena on December 27, 2006.

MTL – WSH
27–31
Shots on goal
1/4–1/8
Power play
15–10
Hits
16–14
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Sheldon Souray
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · 18:04 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Guillaume Latendresse
2 A
1 shots · 08:44 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Cristobal Huet
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Mathieu Dandenault Go-ahead 1st · 12:36
Assists: Guillaume Latendresse, Tomas Plekanec · beat Olie Kolzig
1–0
🇨🇦 Aaron Downey 1st · 18:15
Assists: Radek Bonk, Guillaume Latendresse · beat Olie Kolzig
2–0
3rd period
🇨🇦 Saku Koivu PP 3rd · 14:36
Assists: Sheldon Souray, Alex Kovalev · beat Olie Kolzig
3–0
🦅 Alexander Semin PP 3rd · 17:04
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Dainius Zubrus · beat Cristobal Huet
3–1
🇨🇦 Sheldon Souray SH Empty net 3rd · 19:15
Unassisted
4–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Koivu · Bonk · Kovalev 18:56
L2 Plekanec · Johnson · Ryder 17:12
L3 Samsonov · Higgins · Dandenault 15:20
L4 Latendresse · Perezhogin · Downey 8:44
D1 Markov · Komisarek 22:16
D2 Bouillon · Rivet 19:29
D3 Souray · Streit 12:35
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Zubrus · Semin 22:11
L2 Pettinger · Laich · Clark 19:01
L3 Gordon · Beech · Clymer 14:10
L4 Brashear · Klepis · Sutherby 9:07
D1 Pothier · Eminger 21:30
D2 Nycholat · Green 18:13
D3 Heward · Schultz 10:18

Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL WSH🦅
27 Shots on goal 31
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8
15 Hits 10
16 Blocked shots 14
4 Takeaways 8
4 Giveaways 6
23 Penalty minutes 15
MTL shooting 14.8% (4/27) WSH shooting 3.2% (1/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Cristobal Huet
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
23/26
.885 SV% · 3 GA · 58:58 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-2-1 (25% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-0-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 1–0
Mar 302006 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 OT Mar 202006 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 4–2 Dec 232005 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 2–4 Nov 192005 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–1 Jan 42004 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–4
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Who won Canadiens vs Capitals on December 27, 2006?

Canadiens won 4–1. The final score was Canadiens 4, Capitals 1.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Aaron Downey, Mathieu Dandenault, Saku Koivu, Sheldon Souray.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alexander Semin.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 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?

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeDec 23 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS 2–4 AfterDec 29 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐆FLA 1–3
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 26 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 3–6 AfterDec 29 🦅WSH @ 😈NJD 3–4
Also on December 27
🏝️NYI 0–2 🏛️OTT 🐦ATL 4–2 🐧PIT 🔔PHI 1–3 🐆FLA 🌲MIN 1–3 🐙DET ⭐DAL 5–4 🏔️COL 🔥CGY 5–6 🐋VAN
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