The Washington Capitals (7-2-0) continued their profitable methods on Halloween evening versus the Montreal Canadiens (4-6-1). With a 6-3 victory at Capital One Enviornment, Washington matched its finest win whole since 2015-16 by means of 9 contests.
This sport featured 9 targets throughout each groups, however none of them had been scored within the first interval. Tom Wilson ended the scoreless stretch within the second—Alex Ovechkin and John Carlson assisted on his power-play tally.
The Canadiens’ red-hot Cole Caufield responded, notching his tenth purpose of the season. Additionally on the ability play, Montreal captain Nick Suzuki obtained the only real help.
Brendan Gallagher obtained Montreal their first (and final) lead of the sport lower than a minute later. Lane Hutson and Christian Dvorak each notched helpers.
Placing for the Capitals was Brandon Duhaime, who scored his first purpose as a member of the crew. Taylor Raddysh and Trevor van Riemdsyk, each youthful brothers to different NHLers (Darren Raddysh of the Tampa Bay Lightning and James van Riemsdyk of the Columbus Blue Jackets), obtained assists.
Washington had their very own two targets in fast succession, with Jakub Vrana hanging unassisted. Lower than a minute after tying it, the Capitals took a 3-2 lead.
To finish the second interval off with a bang, Suzuki struck for the Canadiens. His thirteenth level of the season and second of the evening, he’s on a sizzling streak. David Savard and Hutson obtained their fourth and seventh assists of the season.
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The Capitals’ Connor McMichael gave his crew the lead again along with his fifth purpose of the season. van Riemsdyk and Wilson each obtained on the rating sheet for his or her second level of the competition.
The theme of back-to-back targets continued with Aliaksei Protas. He struck a mere 36 seconds after McMichael, assisted by Ovechkin and Dylan Strome.
Within the second half of the ultimate body, captain Ovechkin notched the 858th purpose of his profession, needing 37 extra to move the all-time main Wayne Gretzky. Making it three factors on the evening, he obtained assist from Protas and Strome, with the latter now having double-digit assists for the season.
THREE GOALS IN TWO GAMES 👀 pic.twitter.com/waE47FufEn
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 1, 2024
Between the pipes, the Capitals’ Charlie Lindgren didn’t face a lot rubber, however his 13 saves on 16 pictures had been sufficient to get the win. For the Canadiens, Cayden Primeau stopped 28 of 34.
Subsequent up, the Capitals will keep on their residence ice to face the Blue Jackets on Nov. 2. On the identical date, the Canadiens will keep on the street to play the Pittsburgh Penguins.
