The Montreal Canadiens are back in action tonight when they visit the Capitals in Washington.
Samuel Montembeault is the starting goaltender for this first game in 10 days. Brandon Gignac makes his debut with CH now that he has a valid NHL contract.
2nd period
8:00 p.m. | End of the second period
08:52 | David Savard pounces to deny Max Pacioretty a certain goal!
06:03 | Ovechkin takes a nice pass at the opening of the net and sends the puck into a gaping cage! 3-1
02:51 | Connor McMichael was guilty of unsportsmanlike conduct by grabbing Lucas Condotta's face shield; He offers the Canadians a first AN in this game
01:44 | An Ovechkin ball hits the post head-on during a Capitals power play!
00:00 | Start of the second period
1. Period
8:00 p.m. | At the end of the first period, CH leads 13-5 in shots
13:07 | BUUUT! Rafael Harvey-Pinard recovers the puck and barely manages to reach Pezzetta, who chases Charlie Lindgren out of the game! 3:0 MTL
07:39 | BUUUUUUUT! Suzuki, him again! He takes advantage of the rebound from Arber Xhekaj's shot and doubles his team's lead! 2:0 MTL
06:42 | BUUUUUUUT! Cole Caufield puts on the passer costume and Nick Suzuki finishes to open the score! 1-0 MTL
00:00 | Start of the meeting
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This is the second confrontation of the season between the two teams. On October 21st, CH won 3-2 in front of their fans thanks to Cole Caufield's decisive goal in overtime.
Before you go on vacation, Martin St-Louis' men lost 3-2 to the Pittsburgh Penguins in overtimeand suffered their fourth defeat in five games. They ended the month of January with a record of 5-5-3 in 13 games.
The “Caps”, for their part, have lost their last four meetings. However, they have won four of their last five games at Capital One Arena, where they are 13-7-4 so far in the 2023-24 season.
With the departure of Sean Monahan during the All-Star break, Tanner Pearson will take on more responsibility while he awaits the return of Alex Newhook, likely next weekend. In practice, Pearson replaced Monahan in the first session.
Caufield is trying to become the first Habs player to have a 10-game point streak since Max Domi in 2018.
In defense, Arber Xhekaj will be used in place of Jordan Harris, who will be left out.