Montreal 6, Washington 4
When: 7:30 PM ET, Thursday, November 1, 2018
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees:
Pierre Lambert, Brad Watson
Linesmen:
Brian Murphy, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance:
20279
By Field Level Media
Max Domi scored the go-ahead goal with 21.1 seconds left as the host Montreal Canadiens posted three goals in the final four minutes and defeated the Washington Capitals 6-4 on Thursday night.
The Canadiens started quickly and held leads of 1-0 and then 3-1 early in the second period before Washington scored three straight later in the period. Washington had a one-goal lead until Montreal rallied for those three late goals.
Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored the second of his two goals with 3:04 left and tied the game at four. Domi then stole the puck in the defensive end, raced up ice and fired a shot off goalie Braden Holtby's glove that gave the Canadiens a 5-4 lead.
Joel Armia (one goal, one assist) added an empty-net goal for the 6-4 final.
Alex Ovechkin and Lars Eller both scored twice for Washington in the finale of its four-game road trip.
Montreal took a 1-0 lead when Kotkaniemi took a quick pass from Armia and fired a shot past Holtby 2:28 into the game. That was his first NHL goal.
But Washington tied it when Eller scored at 6:16. Matt Niskanen (two assists) took a shot from near the blue line that got deflected over to Eller in the left circle, and he easily put it away to make it 1-1.
The second period featured a flurry of goals -- starting with two from Montreal's Brendan Gallagher early. He scored 32 seconds into the period and then again at 3:06 to give the Canadiens a 3-1 lead as the Capitals appeared to be struggling.
But that changed pretty quickly. Ovechkin cut the lead to 3-2 at 6:49 by one-timing a slick backhand pass from Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Then, just 70 seconds later, Eller tied the game by one-timing a pass from Brett Connolly. Washington then took a 4-3 lead on Ovechkin's second goal of the period as he kind of redirected a shot from Dmitry Orlov in front with 7:07 left.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Washington |
|
Montreal |
Lars Eller 2 |
Points |
Brendan Gallagher 2 |
Lars Eller 2 |
Goals |
Brendan Gallagher 2 |
Matt Niskanen 2 |
Assists |
Phillip Danault 2 |
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
N/A |
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
Braden Holtby .884 |
Save Percentage |
Carey Price .871 |
Braden Holtby 38 |
Saves |
Carey Price 27 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
Washington
|
31 |
4 |
0-1 |
2-2 |
6 |
36 |
Montreal
|
44 |
6 |
0-2 |
1-1 |
4 |
23 |
Upcoming Games
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Montreal will play their next game at home against Tampa Bay. The Canadiens have a W/L % of .333 after a win and .833 after a loss.
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Washington will play their next game at home against Dallas. The Capitals have a W/L % of .167 after a win and .800 after a loss.