The Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens by a rating of 5-2 at Bell Centre on Sunday evening to increase their sequence result in 3-1. Goaltender Logan Thompson, who was labeled as a game-time choice as a result of an upper-body damage suffered with below seven minutes left in Recreation 3, made 16 saves within the win.
Andrew Mangiapane scored the go-ahead aim with 3:37 remaining in regulation and powered the @Capitals to a 3-1 lead of their First Spherical sequence. #StanleyCup#NHLStats: https://t.co/rvSbzcyOw9 pic.twitter.com/YPAtCuwxbE
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) April 28, 2025
Washington’s Traces
Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome —Anthony BeauvillierConnor McMichael – Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom WilsonAndrew Mangiapane – Lars Eller — Ryan LeonardBrandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh
Jakob Chychrun — John CarlsonRasmus Sandin — Matt RoyAlexander Alexeyev – Trevor Van Riemsdyk
ThompsonCharlie Lindgren
Scratched
D Dylan McIlrath
D Ethan Bear
LW Ethan Frank
G Clay Stevenson
Injured
D Martin Fehervary (knee)
LW Aliaksei Protas (foot)
LW Sonny Milano (upper-body)
C Nicklas Backstrom (hip)
RW T.J. Oshie (again)
Montreal’s Traces
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj SlafkovskyJosh Anderson – Christian Dvorak — Brendan GallagherAlex Newhook – Jake Evans — Ivan DemidovEmil Heineman — Oliver Kapanen — Joel Armia
Mike Matheson — Alexandre CarrierKaiden Guhle — Lane HutsonArber Xhekaj — David Savard
Jakub DobésCayden Primeau
Scratched
D Jayden Struble
C Michael Pezzetta
Injured
C Kirby Dach (knee)
LW Patrik Laine (upper-body)
G Sam Montembeault (undisclosed)
Montreal recalled Primeau from the AHL’s Laval Rocket after Montembeault, who’s out day-to-day, left 8:21 into the second interval of Recreation 3 and didn’t return.
First Interval
Scoring
Stats
7-5 Washington in photographs
Washington didn’t rating on both of their two energy performs
Montreal didn’t convert on their first
13-11 Washington in hits
6-1 Montreal in blocked photographs
3-2 Montreal in giveaways
2-2 in takeaways
Graph: Pure StatTrick
Second Interval
Scoring
1:25, 1-0 Washington: Beauvillier ripped the puck off of Hutson within the impartial zone, streaked to the aim between two defenders, was stopped by Dobés, and Strome swooped in to stuff the puck over the blocker of Dobés. Strome (2-4-6 in 4 video games) has recorded not less than one level in each sport of the sequence. Beauvillier recorded an help on Strome’s aim, extending his postseason level and help streaks to 4 video games (1-4-5). Beauvillier, a local of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, has recorded eight factors (3-5-8) in 12 profession video games at Bell Centre (common season and postseason). Beauvillier is the primary participant in Capitals historical past to document an help in every of his first 4 postseason video games with the membership and the fourth with not less than one level, following Mike Knuble (5 in 2010), Dave Christian (5 in 1984) and Adam Oates (4 in 1998).
Stromer on clear up crew after a great thing about an effort from Beauvi pic.twitter.com/xpHjlCqAaB
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 27, 2025
10:33, 1-1 (PPG): Slafkovsky buried the puck by means of the five-hole of Thompson on the left submit after Demidov swerved round Roy and Carlson to behind the online and fed Slafkovsky.
WHAT A MOVE BY DEMIDOV TO FEED SLAFKOVSKY 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ZZtchuuJZB
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) April 28, 2025
18:32, 2-1 Montreal (PPG): Caufield blasted a slap shot previous the left pad of Thompson from the left dot after getting a go from the highest by Hutson.
GOAL CAUFIELD. MONTREAL IS LOUD 🚨🔊 pic.twitter.com/sag9XXTO56
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) April 28, 2025
Stats
17-9 Washington in photographs
together with 11-4 within the second
.568 Washington on faceoffs
Montreal scored twice on two energy performs
Washington didn’t strike on three
17-17 in hits
11-6 Montreal in blocked photographs
8-6 Montreal in giveaways
4-3 Washington in takeaways
Third Interval
Scoring
6:39, 2-2: After Wilson dumped Provider alongside the wall, Duhaime chased the puck after Chychrun cleared it into the offensive zone, deked round Matheson, took the puck to the online, and McMichael received a bouncing puck that squirted by means of Dobés. Chychrun tallied his first profession postseason help.
THE CAPS TIE IT UP 🚨 pic.twitter.com/DkimLlz8cW
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) April 28, 2025
16:23, 3-2 Washington: Mangiapane ripped a wrist shot over the glove of Dobés from the slot after Strome dropped the puck for him on the offensive blue line and Chychrun broke the play out with a stretch go from the defensive zone. Strome tallied his fifth help of the sequence on Mangiapane’s go-ahead aim, his second level of the sport. It marks Strome’s second multi-point efficiency of the sequence (additionally three in Recreation 1). Van Riemsdyk tallied two assists within the third interval, marking his first profession postseason multi-point sport.
88 CALLS HIS OWN NUMBER AND DOES NOT MISS pic.twitter.com/HcIstRmSxT
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 28, 2025
17:21, 4-2 (ENG): Wilson ripped Hutson off of the puck, skated forward, fed Duhaime, and Duhaime dumped the puck into an empty web from the offensive blue line. Duhaime, who entered tonight’s sport with one aim in 26 profession postseason video games, has notched his first profession postseason multi-goal sport.
Duhaime’s second of the evening doubles the lead
🎥: Sportsnet pic.twitter.com/RQKczSw6SG
— Every day Faceoff (@DailyFaceoff) April 28, 2025
19:06, 5-2 (ENG): After McMichael received a unfastened puck alongside the half-wall after a missed go by Montreal, he went on a two-on-one with Wilson and Wilson ripped in a wrister.
Tom Wilson will get one other ENG for the Caps and Lane Hutson reveals his frustration 😅 pic.twitter.com/4CVQ3P5pfg
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) April 28, 2025
Stats
26-18 Washington in photographs
.583 Washington on faceoffs
Washington completed 0-for-five on the ability play
Montreal went two-for-four
31-25 Montreal in hits
13-12 Montreal in blocked photographs
12-8 Montreal in giveaways
5-4 Montreal in takeaways
Wilson’s big hit on Provider helped arrange the play that led to the tying aim 👀 https://t.co/9knW8SyrSy pic.twitter.com/wMSiTas5uH
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) April 28, 2025
With Monday’s win over Montreal, the Capitals enhance to 24-7-1 in video games following a loss this season and personal a document of 9-2-0 after dropping a sport by three or extra targets.
That was simply the Capitals’ second street playoff win (2-12) for the reason that begin of the 2019 playoffs (excluding two “street” 2020 bubble video games).
Solely different postseason win as guests throughout that stretch was 4-2 victory in Recreation 1 of 2022 first spherical at Florida.
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) April 28, 2025
Recreation 5: Wednesday at Capital One Area (7 PM ET, Monumental Sports activities Community regionally, ESPN nationally)
By Harrison Brown
