Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals — Head-to-Head

Team pages: Montréal Canadiens · Washington Capitals

Regular-Season Record

67 meetings since Nov 2005
🇨🇦 Canadiens 🦅 Capitals
Record (W-L-OTL) 26-32-9 41-18-8
Points % 0.46 0.67
Goals for 182 229
Goals per game 2.72 3.42
At home 11-19-4 18-11-4
On the road 15-13-5 23-7-4
Shutouts 2 6
Biggest win 6–2 Feb 28, 2026 9–2 Dec 31, 2022
Current streak
Canadiens, 1 straight
Last meeting
Feb 28, 2026 · WSH 2–6 MTL
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Canadiens — Top Producers

Player GP G A P
Tomas Plekanec C 44 15 16 31
Nick Suzuki C 18 11 12 23
Andrei Markov D 33 1 19 20
Brendan Gallagher R 33 12 4 16
Cole Caufield R 14 10 6 16
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Capitals — Top Producers

Player GP G A P
Alex Ovechkin L 63 44 32 76
Nicklas Backstrom C 44 12 24 36
John Carlson D 46 3 25 28
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 24 6 20 26
Alexander Semin R 19 11 9 20

Playoff Matchups

Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
First Round • 2009-10
7
Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
First Round • 2024-25
5

Season by Season

2026-27

MTL 0-0-0 · WSH 0-0-0
Date Matchup Score Won
Feb 13 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 12:00 p.m. —
Jan 19 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 6:00 p.m. —
Oct 14 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 6:30 p.m. —

2025-26

MTL 1-1-1 · WSH 2-1-0
Date Matchup Score Won
Feb 28 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 2–6 MTL
Jan 13 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 2–3 OT WSH
Nov 20 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 8–4 WSH

2024-25

MTL 1-2-0 · WSH 2-0-1
Date Matchup Score Won
Jan 10 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 3–2 OT MTL
Dec 7 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 4–2 WSH
Oct 31 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 3–6 WSH

2023-24

MTL 2-1-0 · WSH 1-1-1
Date Matchup Score Won
Feb 17 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 4–3 WSH
Feb 6 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 5–2 MTL
Oct 21 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 2–3 OT MTL

2022-23

MTL 1-2-0 · WSH 2-1-0
Date Matchup Score Won
Apr 6 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 2–6 MTL
Dec 31 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 2–9 WSH
Oct 15 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 1–3 WSH

2021-22

MTL 0-3-0 · WSH 3-0-0
Date Matchup Score Won
Apr 16 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 8–4 WSH
Feb 10 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 5–2 WSH
Nov 24 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 3–6 WSH

2019-20

MTL 2-1-0 · WSH 1-1-1
Date Matchup Score Won
Feb 20 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 4–3 OT MTL
Jan 27 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 4–2 WSH
Nov 15 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 5–2 MTL

2018-19

MTL 1-1-1 · WSH 2-1-0
Date Matchup Score Won
Apr 4 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 1–2 WSH
Nov 19 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 5–4 OT WSH
Nov 1 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 4–6 MTL

2017-18

MTL 1-2-0 · WSH 2-1-0
Date Matchup Score Won
Mar 24 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 6–4 WSH
Jan 19 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 3–2 MTL
Oct 7 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 1–6 WSH

2016-17

MTL 1-2-0 · WSH 2-1-0
Date Matchup Score Won
Feb 4 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 3–2 WSH
Jan 9 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 4–1 WSH
Dec 17 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 2–1 MTL

2015-16

MTL 1-2-0 · WSH 2-1-0
Date Matchup Score Won
Feb 24 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 4–3 MTL
Dec 26 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 1–3 WSH
Dec 3 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 3–2 WSH

2014-15

MTL 2-0-1 · WSH 1-0-2
Date Matchup Score Won
Apr 2 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 5–4 SO WSH
Jan 31 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 0–1 OT MTL
Oct 9 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 2–1 SO MTL

2013-14

MTL 1-1-1 · WSH 2-1-0
Date Matchup Score Won
Jan 25 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 5–0 WSH
Nov 29 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 2–3 SO WSH
Nov 22 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 3–2 MTL

2012-13

MTL 1-2-0 · WSH 2-1-0
Date Matchup Score Won
Apr 20 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 5–1 WSH
Apr 9 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 3–2 WSH
Jan 24 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 4–1 MTL

2011-12

MTL 0-3-1 · WSH 4-0-0
Date Matchup Score Won
Mar 31 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 2–3 SO WSH
Feb 24 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 1–4 WSH
Feb 4 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 3–0 WSH
Jan 18 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 3–0 WSH

2010-11

MTL 1-3-0 · WSH 3-0-1
Date Matchup Score Won
Mar 26 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 2–0 WSH
Mar 15 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 4–2 WSH
Feb 1 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 3–2 SO MTL
Dec 28 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 0–3 WSH

2009-10

MTL 2-1-1 · WSH 2-1-1
Date Matchup Score Won
Feb 10 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 5–6 OT MTL
Jan 5 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 2–4 WSH
Nov 28 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 4–3 SO WSH
Nov 20 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 3–2 MTL

2008-09

MTL 1-2-1 · WSH 3-1-0
Date Matchup Score Won
Feb 18 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 3–4 SO WSH
Jan 10 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 4–5 MTL
Dec 13 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 2–1 WSH
Nov 28 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 0–3 WSH

2007-08

MTL 2-0-2 · WSH 2-2-0
Date Matchup Score Won
Jan 31 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 4–5 OT WSH
Jan 29 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 0–4 MTL
Jan 5 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 5–4 OT WSH
Dec 20 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 5–2 MTL

2006-07

MTL 3-1-0 · WSH 1-3-0
Date Matchup Score Won
Mar 24 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 1–4 MTL
Feb 20 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 3–5 MTL
Jan 4 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 1–5 WSH
Dec 27 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 4–1 MTL

2005-06

MTL 2-2-0 · WSH 2-1-1
Date Matchup Score Won
Mar 30 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 2–3 OT MTL
Mar 20 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 4–2 MTL
Dec 23 🇨🇦 Canadiens @ 🦅 Capitals 2–4 WSH
Nov 19 🦅 Capitals @ 🇨🇦 Canadiens 5–1 WSH