Canadiens 2–3 Capitals — Final Score & Stats (Mar 31, 2012)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Mathieu Perreault

1 G

2 shots · 10:05 TOI

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Jay Beagle

1 G

1 shots · 16:03 TOI

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Michal Neuvirth

39 saves

0.951 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Mathieu Perreault Go-ahead 1st · 04:16

Assists: Alexander Semin, Karl Alzner · beat Peter Budaj

0–1

🦅 Jay Beagle 1st · 16:10

Assists: Matt Hendricks, Mike Knuble · beat Peter Budaj

0–2

🇨🇦 Erik Cole 1st · 19:38

Assists: Max Pacioretty · beat Michal Neuvirth

1–2

2nd period

🇨🇦 Tomas Plekanec Tying 2nd · 14:31

Assists: Andrei Markov, Frédéric St-Denis · beat Michal Neuvirth

2–2

Shootout

🦅 Matt Hendricks Go-ahead SO · 00:00

Unassisted · beat Peter Budaj

2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Pacioretty · Cole · Desharnais 22:14

L2 Eller · Plekanec · Bourque 18:55

L3 Leblanc · Geoffrion · Blunden 13:19

L4 Nokelainen · Palushaj · Staubitz 5:32

D1 Subban · Gorges 26:26

D2 Campoli · Markov 22:30

D3 Emelin · St-Denis 16:19

🦅Capitals

L1 Ovechkin · Laich · Backstrom 19:49

L2 Johansson · Semin · Brouwer 17:52

L3 Chimera · Beagle · Aucoin 13:11

L4 Hendricks · Perreault · Knuble 10:05

D1 Green · Wideman 23:51

D2 Alzner · Hamrlik 21:24

D3 Carlson · Orlov 16:09

Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL WSH🦅

41 Shots on goal 33

21 Hits 26

20 Blocked shots 16

7 Takeaways 11

9 Giveaways 17

10 Penalty minutes 8

MTL shooting 4.9% (2/41) WSH shooting 9.1% (3/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Peter Budaj

31/33

.939 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

🦅Capitals

Michal Neuvirth

39/41

.951 SV% · 2 GA · 64:52 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 5 goals located

MTL WSH

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Canadiens

Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-14-1 (17% win rate, 18 games)

Capitals

Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 13-0-3 (81% win rate, 16 games)

After 2nd — 2–2

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 6-6-3 (40% win rate, 15 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 9-6-5 (45% win rate, 20 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 4–0

Feb 242012 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 1–4 Feb 42012 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–0 Jan 182012 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–0 Mar 262011 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–0 Mar 152011 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–2

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Who won Canadiens vs Capitals on March 31, 2012?

Capitals won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Canadiens 2, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Erik Cole, Tomas Plekanec.

Who scored for Capitals?

Jay Beagle, Mathieu Perreault.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Peter Budaj made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Michal Neuvirth made 39 saves on 41 shots (.951 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 4–0 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🇨🇦 Canadiens

BeforeMar 30 🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR 1–4 AfterApr 4 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–5

🦅 Capitals

BeforeMar 29 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 3–2 AfterApr 2 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 2–4

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