🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 3-3 in series
2–1
Final
MTL leads 4–3
🦅 Home Capitals 3-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Canadiens at Capitals — First Round Game 7

Canadiens, First Round Game 7, beat Capitals 2–1 at Capital One Arena on April 28, 2010.

🗓 Wed, Apr 28, 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
Marc-Andre Bergeron
1 G
2 shots · 04:06 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Dominic Moore
1 G
2 shots · 15:17 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Scott Gomez
1 A
2 shots · 22:49 TOI
4rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Jaroslav Halak
41 saves
0.976 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL WSH🦅
16 Shots on goal 42
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
13 Hits 27
41 Blocked shots 11
4 Takeaways 9
5 Giveaways 11
8 Penalty minutes 8
MTL shooting 12.5% (2/16) WSH shooting 2.4% (1/42)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jaroslav Halak
41/42
.976 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Semyon Varlamov
14/16
.875 SV% · 2 GA · 58:02 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 42-35-11 (48% win rate, 88 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 57-17-14 (65% win rate, 88 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 42-35-11 (48% win rate, 88 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 57-17-14 (65% win rate, 88 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Cammalleri · Gomez · Gionta 22:49
L2 Kostitsyn · Plekanec · Moore 19:00
L3 Moen · Pyatt · Lapierre 11:23
L4 Pouliot · Metropolit 7:12
D1 Markov · Gill 24:24
D2 Gorges · O'Byrne 21:24
D3 Hamrlik · Subban 12:10
D4 Bergeron 4:06
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Knuble 21:52
L2 Laich · Belanger · Semin 19:18
L3 Chimera · Morrison · Fehr 12:41
L4 Gordon · Bradley · Walker 7:04
D1 Green · Carlson 22:50
D2 Corvo · Schultz 18:56
D3 Morrisonn · Alzner 16:27

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 26, 2010
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 · Canadiens won
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

❓ MTL vs WSH, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Capitals on April 28, 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 41 saves on 42 shots (.976 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 14 saves on 16 shots (.875 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 26
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 30
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
3–6 · PIT won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 26
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 · MTL won
Next game · Oct 8
🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL
2–4 · ATL won
Canadiens season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule