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2014-15 regular season

Canadiens at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0

Canadiens beat Capitals 2–1 in a shootout at Capital One Arena on October 9, 2014.

MTL – WSH
24–30
Shots on goal
29–30
Hits
20–16
Blocked shots
5–4
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Tomas Plekanec
1 G
2 shots · 21:23 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Alex Galchenyuk
1 A
2 shots · 17:57 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Tom Gilbert
1 A
1 shots · 22:16 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Andre Burakovsky Go-ahead 1st · 06:43
Assists: Troy Brouwer · beat Dustin Tokarski
0–1
3rd period
🇨🇦 Tomas Plekanec Tying 3rd · 10:31
Assists: Alex Galchenyuk, Tom Gilbert · beat Braden Holtby
1–1
Shootout
🇨🇦 Brendan Gallagher Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Pacioretty · Plekanec · Desharnais 19:16
L2 Galchenyuk · Eller · Gallagher 14:40
L3 Sekac · Malhotra · Bourque 13:30
L4 Prust · Moen · Parenteau 10:40
D1 Subban · Markov 27:23
D2 Gilbert · Emelin 22:08
D3 Weaver · Beaulieu 15:32
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Fehr 22:22
L2 Laich · Ward · Brouwer 18:42
L3 Chimera · Johansson · Burakovsky 16:39
L4 Kuznetsov · O'Brien · Brown 3:42
D1 Niskanen · Carlson 25:02
D2 Orpik · Alzner 23:02
D3 Hillen · Schmidt 13:38

Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL WSH🦅
24 Shots on goal 30
29 Hits 30
20 Blocked shots 16
5 Takeaways 4
5 Giveaways 6
19 Penalty minutes 19
MTL shooting 8.3% (2/24) WSH shooting 3.3% (1/30)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Dustin Tokarski
29/30
.967 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
23/24
.958 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

2 of 3 goals located
Andre Burakovsky · 1st 06:43 · 0–1 Tomas Plekanec · 3rd 10:31 · 1–1
MTL WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 1–0
Jan 252014 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–0 Nov 292013 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 2–3 SO Nov 222013 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 3–2 Apr 202013 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–1 Apr 92013 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2
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Who won Canadiens vs Capitals on October 9, 2014?

Canadiens won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Canadiens 2, Capitals 1.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Tomas Plekanec.

Who scored for Capitals?

Andre Burakovsky.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Dustin Tokarski made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 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?

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeOct 8 🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR 4–3 AfterOct 11 🇨🇦MTL @ 🔔PHI 4–3
🦅 Capitals
BeforeApr 13 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 1–0 AfterOct 11 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 4–0
Also on October 9
🧥CBJ 3–1 ⚔️BUF 😈NJD 6–4 🔔PHI 🦆ANA 4–6 🐧PIT 🐻BOS 1–2 🐙DET 🐆FLA 2–3 ⚡TBL 🗽NYR 3–2 🎵STL 🏛️OTT 2–3 🐯NSH 🪶CHI 3–2 ⭐DAL
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