🦅 Away Capitals 17-10-3
2–1
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 16-7-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 1012
🇨🇦 MTL 0101

Capitals at Canadiens

Capitals beat Canadiens 2–1 at Bell Centre on December 13, 2008.

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Michael Nylander
1 G
2 shots · 12:02 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
1 G
2 shots · 13:45 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Semyon Varlamov
32 saves
0.970 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom PP Go-ahead 1st · 10:19
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin · beat Jaroslav Halak
1–0
2nd period
🇨🇦 Patrice Brisebois Tying 2nd · 15:25
Assists: Alex Tanguay, Robert Lang · beat Semyon Varlamov
1–1
3rd period
🦅 Michael Nylander Go-ahead 3rd · 17:28
Assists: Alexandre Giroux, Viktor Kozlov · beat Jaroslav Halak
2–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Gordon · Semin 19:13
L2 Laich · Steckel · Backstrom 14:49
L3 Kozlov · Nylander · Bradley 12:26
L4 Giroux · Brashear · Fedorov 10:01
D1 Poti · Green 22:29
D2 Alzner · Morrisonn 20:36
D3 Jurcina · Sloan 15:26
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Tanguay · Lang · Kovalev 18:12
L2 Kostitsyn · Lapierre · D'Agostini 16:23
L3 Begin · Plekanec · Kostopoulos 14:46
L4 Kostitsyn · Latendresse · Maxwell 12:28
D1 Markov · Hamrlik 23:30
D2 Gorges · Brisebois 18:28
D3 Bouillon · O'Byrne 12:36

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH MTL🇨🇦
26 Shots on goal 33
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/8
21 Hits 29
14 Blocked shots 17
7 Takeaways 8
11 Giveaways 15
23 Penalty minutes 15
WSH shooting 7.7% (2/26) MTL shooting 3.0% (1/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Semyon Varlamov
32/33
.970 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jaroslav Halak
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 59:53 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-2-1 (73% win rate, 11 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-3 (50% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 3-1-2 (50% win rate, 6 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 2-0-4 (33% win rate, 6 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 2–0
Nov 282008 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 0–3 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
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Who won Capitals vs Canadiens on December 13, 2008?

Capitals won 2–1. The final score was Capitals 2, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Capitals?

Michael Nylander, Nicklas Backstrom.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Patrice Brisebois.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 32 saves on 33 shots (.970 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 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 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 12 🏛️OTT @ 🦅WSH 1–5 AfterDec 16 🦅WSH @ 🏝️NYI 5–4
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeDec 11 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–1 AfterDec 16 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR 2–3
Also on December 13
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