🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 1-3 in series
2–1
Final
MTL leads 4–3
🦅 Home Capitals 3-1 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Canadiens at Capitals — First Round Game 5

Canadiens, First Round Game 5, beat Capitals 2–1 at Capital One Arena on April 23, 2010.

🗓 Fri, Apr 23, 2010 · 18:00 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 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 🇨🇦 MTL
Michael Cammalleri
1 G
2 shots · 18:05 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Travis Moen
1 G
1 shots · 18:29 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Scott Gomez
1 A
3 shots · 24:13 TOI
4rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Jaroslav Halak
37 saves
0.974 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL WSH🦅
28 Shots on goal 38
23 Hits 26
19 Blocked shots 15
5 Takeaways 3
9 Giveaways 12
10 Penalty minutes 12
MTL shooting 7.1% (2/28) WSH shooting 2.6% (1/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jaroslav Halak
37/38
.974 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Semyon Varlamov
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 58:48 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 40-35-11 (47% win rate, 86 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 57-15-14 (66% win rate, 86 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 40-35-11 (47% win rate, 86 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 57-15-14 (66% win rate, 86 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Gomez · Plekanec · Gionta 24:13
L2 Moen · Cammalleri · Kostitsyn 18:05
L3 Pyatt · Moore · Lapierre 10:30
L4 Pouliot · Kostitsyn · Metropolit 4:35
D1 Gorges · Markov 27:42
D2 Gill · O'Byrne 20:57
D3 Hamrlik · Bergeron 11:32
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Laich · Backstrom 22:18
L2 Morrison · Semin · Knuble 17:30
L3 Chimera · Belanger · Bradley 10:03
L4 Fleischmann · Fehr · Gordon 9:21
D1 Green · Poti 24:14
D2 Carlson · Schultz 20:41
D3 Corvo · Sloan 11:34

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 21, 2010
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–3 · Capitals won
Apr 19, 2010
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–1 · Capitals won
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

❓ MTL vs WSH, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Capitals on April 23, 2010?

Canadiens won 2–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Capitals?

The final score was Canadiens 2, Capitals 1.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 37 saves on 38 shots (.974 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals 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
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 21
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–3 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 26
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 · MTL won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 21
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–3 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 26
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 · MTL won
Also on April 23, 2010
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
1–4 final
👑LAK @ 🐋VAN
2–7 final
🐙DET @ 🌵PHX
4–1 final
Canadiens season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule