🦅 Away Capitals 34-34-9
2–6
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 30-42-6
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 1012
🇨🇦 MTL 0426

Capitals at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Capitals 6–2 at Bell Centre on April 6, 2023.

🗓 Thu, Apr 6, 2023 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2022-23 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Joel Armia
3 G
3 shots · 17:21 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mike Matheson
3 A
5 shots · 25:45 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Nick Suzuki
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 18:25 TOI

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Dylan Strome Go-ahead 1st · 05:30
Assists: Nick Jensen, Alex Ovechkin · beat Sam Montembeault
1–0
2nd period
🇨🇦 Nick Suzuki SH Tying 2nd · 03:42
Assists: Joel Edmundson, Mike Matheson · beat Darcy Kuemper
1–1
🇨🇦 Joel Armia SH Go-ahead 2nd · 07:52
Assists: Mike Matheson, Jake Evans · beat Darcy Kuemper
1–2
🇨🇦 Brendan Gallagher 2nd · 09:23
Assists: Jonathan Drouin · beat Darcy Kuemper
1–3
🇨🇦 Joel Armia 2nd · 11:15
Assists: Mike Matheson, Nick Suzuki · beat Darcy Kuemper
1–4
3rd period
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom PP 3rd · 14:27
Assists: Dylan Strome, John Carlson · beat Sam Montembeault
2–4
🇨🇦 Joel Armia Empty net 3rd · 16:58
Assists: Rafael Harvey-Pinard
2–5
🇨🇦 Mike Hoffman 3rd · 19:42
Assists: Jake Evans · beat Darcy Kuemper
2–6

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Sheary · Backstrom 20:01
L2 Smith · Kuznetsov · Wilson 18:45
L3 Dowd · Protas · Strome 16:34
L4 Milano · Aube-Kubel 9:45
D1 Carlson · Jensen 21:40
D2 Fehervary · Sandin 18:16
D3 Alexeyev · Irwin 14:49
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Suzuki · Hoffman · Armia 18:10
L2 Harvey-Pinard · Evans · Pitlick 16:50
L3 Drouin · Tierney · Gurianov 13:39
L4 Pezzetta · Gallagher · Ylonen 10:22
D1 Matheson · Edmundson 24:16
D2 Kovacevic · Barron 19:02
D3 Wideman · Schueneman 13:46

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH MTL🇨🇦
26 Shots on goal 32
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
17 Hits 8
19 Blocked shots 16
4 Takeaways 6
11 Giveaways 15
21 Penalty minutes 15
WSH shooting 7.7% (2/26) MTL shooting 18.8% (6/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Darcy Kuemper
26/31
.839 SV% · 5 GA · 58:02 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Sam Montembeault
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 59:16 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Dylan Strome · 1st 05:30 · 1–0 Nick Suzuki · 2nd 03:42 · 1–1 Joel Armia · 2nd 07:52 · 1–2 Brendan Gallagher · 2nd 09:23 · 1–3 Joel Armia · 2nd 11:15 · 1–4 Nicklas Backstrom · 3rd 14:27 · 2–4 Joel Armia · 3rd 16:58 · 2–5 Mike Hoffman · 3rd 19:42 · 2–6
WSH MTL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 13-4-1 (72% win rate, 18 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 3-8 (27% win rate, 11 games)
After 2nd — 1–4
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-5 (0% win rate, 5 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 2–1
Dec 312022 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 2–9 Oct 152022 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 1–3 Apr 162022 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 8–4 Feb 102022 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–2 Nov 242021 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 3–6
🔮 Ask Puckey

Got a question about Capitals vs Canadiens?

Records, streaks, splits and player numbers, answered in seconds from real game results.

Try one

❓ WSH vs MTL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Canadiens on April 6, 2023?

Canadiens won 6–2. The final score was Capitals 2, Canadiens 6.

Who scored for Capitals?

Dylan Strome, Nicklas Backstrom.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Joel Armia (3), Brendan Gallagher, Mike Hoffman, Nick Suzuki.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Darcy Kuemper made 26 saves on 31 shots (.839 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Sam Montembeault made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Canadiens season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from real box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeApr 2 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 5–2 AfterApr 8 🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH 4–2
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeApr 4 🐙DET @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–0 AfterApr 8 🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR 1–7
Also on April 6
🧥CBJ 1–8 😈NJD 🌲MIN 1–4 🐧PIT 🏛️OTT 2–7 🐆FLA 🍁TOR 1–2 🐻BOS ⚔️BUF 7–6 🐙DET ⚡TBL 1–6 🏝️NYI 🌪️CAR 0–3 🐯NSH 🗽NYR 2–3 🎵STL
Capitals season page Canadiens season page Full NHL schedule