🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 12-5-4
0–3
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 12-7-3
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🇨🇦 MTL 0000
🦅 WSH 1023

Canadiens at Capitals

Capitals beat Canadiens 3–0 at Capital One Arena on November 28, 2008.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G
7 shots · 21:50 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
David Steckel
1 G
4 shots · 14:29 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Tomas Fleischmann
1 G
1 shots · 12:34 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Tomas Fleischmann Go-ahead 1st · 11:03
Assists: Michael Nylander · beat Jaroslav Halak
0–1
3rd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 03:42
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom · beat Jaroslav Halak
0–2
🦅 David Steckel 3rd · 08:46
Assists: Sami Lepisto, Brooks Laich · beat Jaroslav Halak
0–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Kostitsyn · Lang · Koivu 16:15
L2 Higgins · Begin · Lapierre 15:39
L3 Latendresse · Kostopoulos · Dandenault 14:29
L4 Kostitsyn · Plekanec · Kovalev 12:34
D1 Hamrlik · Markov 23:02
D2 Gorges · O'Byrne 22:24
D3 Bouillon · Brisebois 13:22
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Kozlov 18:52
L2 Gordon · Laich · Steckel 15:09
L3 Fleischmann · Nylander · Bradley 12:40
L4 Bourque · Brashear · Fehr 12:14
D1 Jurcina · Alzner 23:30
D2 Sloan · Morrisonn 17:34
D3 Helmer · Lepisto 16:08

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL WSH🦅
28 Shots on goal 30
18 Hits 21
20 Blocked shots 14
5 Takeaways 20
10 Giveaways 22
6 Penalty minutes 6
MTL shooting 0.0% (0/28) WSH shooting 10.0% (3/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jaroslav Halak
27/30
.900 SV% · 3 GA · 59:56 TOI
🦅Capitals
Jose Theodore Shutout
28/28
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

1 of 3 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 03:42 · 0–2
MTL WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 4-1-1 (67% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 0–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-1-1 (33% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Jan 312008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 4–5 OT Jan 292008 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–4 Jan 52008 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–4 OT Dec 202007 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 5–2 Mar 242007 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–4
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Who won Canadiens vs Capitals on November 28, 2008?

Capitals won 3–0. The final score was Canadiens 0, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, David Steckel, Tomas Fleischmann.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 28 saves on 28 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

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.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeNov 26 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET 3–1 AfterNov 29 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3
🦅 Capitals
BeforeNov 26 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 3–5 AfterNov 29 🦅WSH @ 🧥CBJ 0–3
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