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2015-16 regular season

Canadiens at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–0

Capitals beat Canadiens 3–1 at Capital One Arena on December 26, 2015.

MTL – WSH
30–33
Shots on goal
16–22
Hits
13–19
Blocked shots
11–10
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

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
Jason Chimera
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 15:14 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Tom Wilson
2 A
1 shots · 13:39 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Nate Schmidt
2 A
20:15 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Evgeny Kuznetsov Go-ahead 1st · 06:45
Assists: Nate Schmidt, Marcus Johansson · beat Mike Condon
0–1
2nd period
🦅 Jay Beagle 2nd · 01:30
Assists: Tom Wilson, Jason Chimera · beat Mike Condon
0–2
🇨🇦 Daniel Carr 2nd · 01:54
Assists: Andrei Markov, Alex Galchenyuk · beat Braden Holtby
1–2
3rd period
🦅 Jason Chimera 3rd · 11:15
Assists: Tom Wilson, Nate Schmidt · beat Mike Condon
1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Pacioretty · Fleischmann · Galchenyuk 17:34
L2 Desharnais · Plekanec · Weise 16:38
L3 Carr · Byron · Eller 13:56
L4 Flynn · Mitchell · Smith-Pelly 11:52
D1 Subban · Markov 27:50
D2 Petry · Beaulieu 20:51
D3 Emelin · Tinordi 10:56
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Oshie 17:45
L2 Johansson · Chimera · Kuznetsov 16:39
L3 Beagle · Williams · Wilson 15:02
L4 Burakovsky · Laich · Latta 10:55
D1 Niskanen · Carlson 25:44
D2 Alzner · Schmidt 21:20
D3 Chorney · Orlov 10:56

Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL WSH🦅
30 Shots on goal 33
16 Hits 22
13 Blocked shots 19
11 Takeaways 10
5 Giveaways 10
11 Penalty minutes 11
MTL shooting 3.3% (1/30) WSH shooting 9.1% (3/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Mike Condon
30/33
.909 SV% · 3 GA · 57:40 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
29/30
.967 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Evgeny Kuznetsov · 1st 06:45 · 0–1 Jay Beagle · 2nd 01:30 · 0–2 Daniel Carr · 2nd 01:54 · 1–2 Jason Chimera · 3rd 11:15 · 1–3
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: 2-5-1 (25% win rate, 8 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 10-0 (100% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-2 (60% win rate, 5 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 2–0
Dec 32015 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2 Apr 22015 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–4 SO Jan 312015 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–1 OT Oct 92014 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 2–1 SO Jan 252014 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–0
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Who won Canadiens vs Capitals on December 26, 2015?

Capitals won 3–1. The final score was Canadiens 1, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Daniel Carr.

Who scored for Capitals?

Evgeny Kuznetsov, Jason Chimera, Jay Beagle.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Mike Condon made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 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 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeDec 22 🇨🇦MTL @ 🌲MIN 1–2 AfterDec 28 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 4–3
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 21 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 2–1 AfterDec 28 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 2–0
Also on December 26
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