🦅 Away Capitals 1-1 in series
5–1
Final
MTL leads 4–3
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 1-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Capitals at Canadiens — First Round Game 3

Capitals, First Round Game 3, beat Canadiens 5–1 at Bell Centre on April 19, 2010.

🗓 Mon, Apr 19, 2010 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2009-10 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

MTL vs WSH · MTL leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
3–2
OT · MTL
Game 2
5–6
OT · WSH
Game 3
5–1
Final · WSH
Game 4
6–3
Final · WSH
Game 5
2–1
Final · MTL
Game 6
1–4
Final · MTL
Game 7
2–1
Final · MTL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Brooks Laich
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 18:56 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Eric Fehr
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 09:21 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Boyd Gordon
1 G
5 shots · 12:36 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH MTL🇨🇦
36 Shots on goal 27
0/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
22 Hits 19
16 Blocked shots 20
2 Takeaways 5
1 Giveaways 4
10 Penalty minutes 24
WSH shooting 13.9% (5/36) MTL shooting 3.7% (1/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Semyon Varlamov
26/27
.963 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
21/23
.913 SV% · 2 GA · 31:27 TOI
Jaroslav Halak
10/13
.769 SV% · 3 GA · 28:33 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 55-15-14 (65% win rate, 84 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 40-33-11 (48% win rate, 84 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 55-15-14 (65% win rate, 84 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 40-33-11 (48% win rate, 84 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Laich · Backstrom 18:56
L2 Fleischmann · Semin · Knuble 15:14
L3 Belanger · Gordon · Bradley 12:36
L4 Chimera · Morrison · Fehr 9:49
D1 Green · Poti 25:16
D2 Carlson · Schultz 19:32
D3 Corvo · Morrisonn 14:05
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Cammalleri · Plekanec · Gionta 20:37
L2 Kostitsyn · Gomez · Moore 16:18
L3 Pouliot · Moen · Lapierre 14:34
L4 Pyatt · Darche · Metropolit 5:37
D1 Markov · Gill 22:12
D2 Bergeron · Gorges 20:13
D3 Hamrlik · Spacek 17:36

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 17, 2010
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
5–6 (OT) · Capitals won
Apr 15, 2010
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
3–2 (OT) · Canadiens won
Feb 10, 2010
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–6 (OT) · Canadiens won
Jan 5, 2010
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · Capitals won
Nov 28, 2009
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 (SO) · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs MTL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Canadiens on April 19, 2010?

Capitals won 5–1.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Canadiens?

The final score was Capitals 5, Canadiens 1.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 21 saves on 23 shots (.913 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

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 · Apr 17
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
5–6 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 21
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–3 · WSH won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 17
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
5–6 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 21
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–3 · WSH won
Also on April 19, 2010
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
1–2 final
🐋VAN @ 👑LAK
3–5 final
Capitals season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule