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4/5/2012
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Montreal Canadiens 4 , Washington Capitals 3
Shots: 22 - 30
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:61/69=88 %, Challenges:27/53=50 %
PP: 0 of 0 (0 shots), Passing:81/99=81 %, Challenges:29/48=59 %
Attendance: 21273 of 21273 (Le Centre Molson)
Ticket income: 1053014 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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06:24 1-0
Louis Leblanc [5] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Alex Kovalev)
10:16 1-1
Karl Alzner [2] (Mike Green)
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29:29 2-1
Louis Leblanc [6] (Andrei Kostitsyn, Alex Kovalev)
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46:46 2-2
Matt Bradley [1] (Boyd Gordon)
47:17 2-3
Eric Mestery [2] (Nicklas Bäckström)
50:53 3-3
Blake Wheeler [4] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Joe Thornton)
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61:33 4-3
Alex Kovalev [3] (Dylan McIlrath, Luke Schenn)
Penalty summary:
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42:13
Alexander Ovechkin (5 min for fighting)
42:13
Dylan McIlrath (5 min for fighting)
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Montreal Canadiens scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Fredrik Sjöström 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 6
R Milan Michalek 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17.00 6
R Alex Kovalev 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 18.00 8
R Blake Wheeler 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19.00 7
C Tyler Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 5
R Brock Neilson 0 0 1 6 2 6 0 0 16.20 8
C Louis Leblanc 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 18.10 9
C Joe Thornton 0 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 19.30 6
L Tom Pyatt 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 7.40 4
R Andrew Cogliano 0 0 3 1 4 2 0 0 17.00 7
L Andrei Kostitsyn 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 18.00 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 0 1 2 2 5 0 0 0 19.00 6
D Steve Eminger 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 -1 18.30 5
D Dylan McIlrath 0 1 0 5 1 3 5 2 16.40 8
D Luke Schenn 0 1 2 3 1 3 0 0 26.30 8
D Chris Campoli 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 16.40 6
D Erik Karlsson 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 18.20 6
D Andrei Markov 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 26.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Pascal Leclaire 3 0 27 0 0 61.30 8
G Pier-Olivier Pelletier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 6.50 6
R Petr Sykora 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 14.30 6
R Brad Boyes 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 16.40 7
L Stephen Weiss 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 23.40 7
C David Steckel 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.50 5
C Brooks Laich 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 14.30 7
C Evgeny Kuznetsov 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -1 16.40 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 3 1 3 0 0 -1 23.40 7
L Matt Bradley 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.50 6
L Eric Fehr 0 0 4 4 2 4 0 0 14.30 7
R Dmitri Kugryshev 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 18.00 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 6 10 2 9 5 -2 22.20 10
D Dmitry Kulikov 0 0 0 4 2 5 0 0 15.40 6
D Mike Green 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 -1 18.20 7
D Eric Mestery 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 27.40 7
D Tim Gleason 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14.30 6
D Karl Alzner 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.10 7
D Jay Bouwmeester 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 30.00 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 4 0 18 0 0 61.30 5
G Daren Machesney 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Alex Kovalev
2nd star: Louis Leblanc
3rd star: Blake Wheeler
Notes for Montreal Canadiens:
-Erik Karlsson had his 7 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Brad Boyes had his 5 game goal streak snapped.
-Brad Boyes had his 13 game point streak snapped.
-Matt Bradley finally ended his 21 game goal drought.
-Matt Bradley finally ended his 15 game point drought.
-Karl Alzner ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Alexander Ovechkin fought Dylan McIlrath in a fight.