National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 3, Montreal 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 26, 2015
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Ghislain Hebert, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Tim Nowak
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Montreal 0101
Washington 1113
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
6:45 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) Assists: Nate Schmidt , Marcus Johansson
Penalties
3:26 - Canadiens Jeff Petry (2) Tripping
 12:12 - Capitals Tom Wilson (5) Fighting
 12:12 - Canadiens Jarred Tinordi (5) Fighting
 13:26 - Canadiens Daniel Carr (2) Interference
 18:23 - Capitals Nate Schmidt (2) Delay of game
2nd Period
Scoring
1:30 - Capitals Jay Beagle (EV) Assists: Tom Wilson , Jason Chimera
1:54 - Canadiens Daniel Carr (EV) Assists: Andrei Markov , Alex Galchenyuk
Penalties
17:39 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
11:15 - Capitals Jason Chimera (EV) Assists: Tom Wilson , Nate Schmidt
Penalties
5:55 - Capitals Brooks Laich (2) Interference
 5:55 - Canadiens Paul Byron (2) Embellishment
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Dustin Tokarski G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Condon G 0 0 0 0 0 57:40 49:40 4:00 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tomas Plekanec C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 24 16:23 14:34 0:44 1:05 0 0 - - 8 5 62
Tomas Fleischmann LW 0 0 0 -2 0 3 23 17:34 16:00 0:37 0:57 0 0 1 - - - -
Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 11:52 10:05 0:00 1:47 0 0 1 1 7 4 64
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 8:37 8:37 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Dale Weise RW 0 0 0 E 0 6 23 16:38 14:35 2:03 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jarred Tinordi D 0 0 0 E 5 0 11 6:19 5:34 0:00 0:45 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jeff Petry D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 31 23:38 22:31 0:29 0:38 0 0 2 2 - - -
Alex Galchenyuk C 0 1 1 E 0 2 23 17:19 14:36 2:35 0:08 0 0 1 - 6 5 55
Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 24 18:04 17:54 0:10 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 20 12:09 11:13 0:00 0:56 0 0 - 1 4 1 80
Paul Byron C 0 0 0 E 2 1 19 12:22 10:48 0:00 1:34 0 0 - 1 - - -
Daniel Carr LW 1 0 1 E 2 2 22 13:56 12:36 1:20 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
David Desharnais C 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 16:50 15:12 1:38 0:00 0 0 1 - 5 9 36
Max Pacioretty LW 0 0 0 E 0 4 25 18:55 15:50 2:40 0:25 0 0 - 1 - - -
Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 19 15:32 14:01 0:00 1:31 0 0 2 - - - -
P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 31 29:24 23:16 3:31 2:37 0 0 3 1 - - -
Andrei Markov D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 30 26:15 20:53 2:53 2:29 0 0 2 - - - -
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 E 0 0 23 14:33 12:05 1:20 1:08 0 0 - 1 3 1 75
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 52:00 4:00 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 E 0 3 31 26:17 22:05 1:39 2:33 0 0 3 2 - - -
Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 18 11:06 10:21 0:00 0:45 0 0 1 - - - -
Alex Ovechkin RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 19:17 15:17 4:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 10:47 10:47 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 20 15:13 13:28 1:24 0:21 0 0 - 1 - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 E 2 3 23 17:45 14:47 2:26 0:32 0 0 1 - 11 8 58
Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 E 2 3 18 11:28 9:45 0:10 1:33 0 0 2 - 0 3 0
Jason Chimera LW 1 1 2 +2 0 4 20 15:14 12:32 1:24 1:18 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 E 0 0 27 22:25 19:44 0:00 2:41 0 0 1 4 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 2 2 +2 5 1 18 13:39 12:15 0:10 1:14 0 0 4 2 0 1 0
Michael Latta C 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 9:09 9:09 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 3 2 60
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 13 10:55 10:55 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
John Carlson D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 30 25:11 21:31 2:21 1:19 0 0 - 3 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 16:53 12:56 2:26 1:31 0 0 - - 0 3 0
Jay Beagle RW 1 0 1 +2 0 3 20 15:02 13:21 0:10 1:31 0 0 1 1 6 8 43
Nate Schmidt D 0 2 2 +2 2 0 26 20:15 19:33 0:00 0:42 0 0 1 2 - - -
Marcus Johansson C 0 1 1 E 0 1 19 16:39 14:13 2:26 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 E 0 5 21 16:45 15:21 1:24 0:00 0 0 1 1 5 7 42
Goaltending
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Michael Condon L (9-9-3) 33 30 3 .909 0 57:40
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (22-4-1) 30 29 1 .967 0 60:00