🦅 Away Capitals 2-3 in series
1–4
Final
MTL leads 4–3
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 3-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Capitals at Canadiens — First Round Game 6

Canadiens, First Round Game 6, beat Capitals 4–1 at Bell Centre on April 26, 2010.

🗓 Mon, Apr 26, 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 🇨🇦 MTL
Michael Cammalleri
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 18:46 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Tomas Plekanec
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 23:33 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Maxim Lapierre
1 G
2 shots · 11:55 TOI
4rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Jaroslav Halak
53 saves
0.981 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH MTL🇨🇦
54 Shots on goal 22
0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
14 Hits 20
12 Blocked shots 23
3 Takeaways 4
5 Giveaways 3
12 Penalty minutes 14
WSH shooting 1.9% (1/54) MTL shooting 18.2% (4/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Semyon Varlamov
18/21
.857 SV% · 3 GA · 59:19 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jaroslav Halak
53/54
.981 SV% · 1 GA · 59:42 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 57-16-14 (66% win rate, 87 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 41-35-11 (47% win rate, 87 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 57-16-14 (66% win rate, 87 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 41-35-11 (47% win rate, 87 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Laich 23:30
L2 Belanger · Semin · Knuble 17:01
L3 Fleischmann · Chimera · Fehr 10:09
L4 Steckel · Gordon · Bradley 8:07
D1 Green · Carlson 23:52
D2 Schultz · Corvo 17:12
D3 Poti · Morrisonn 14:27
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Plekanec · Gomez · Gionta 22:50
L2 Cammalleri · Kostitsyn · Pyatt 16:28
L3 Moen · Moore · Lapierre 12:45
L4 Pouliot · Metropolit 5:32
D1 Markov · Gorges 25:47
D2 O'Byrne · Gill 19:40
D3 Hamrlik · Subban 12:14
D4 Bergeron 5:31

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 23, 2010
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
2–1 · Canadiens won
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

❓ WSH vs MTL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Canadiens on April 26, 2010?

Canadiens won 4–1.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Canadiens?

The final score was Capitals 1, Canadiens 4.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 18 saves on 21 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 53 saves on 54 shots (.981 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 23
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
2–1 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 28
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
2–1 · MTL won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 23
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
2–1 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 28
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
2–1 · MTL won
Also on April 26, 2010
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
3–4 final
🪶CHI @ 🐯NSH
5–3 final
Capitals season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule