The Washington Capitals (7-2-0) continued their profitable methods on Halloween night time versus the Montreal Canadiens (4-6-1). With a 6-3 victory at Capital One Area, Washington matched its finest win complete since 2015-16 via 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 objective of the season. Additionally on the facility play, Montreal captain Nick Suzuki bought the only real help.
Brendan Gallagher bought Montreal their first (and final) lead of the sport lower than a minute later. Lane Hutson and Christian Dvorak each notched helpers.
Putting for the Capitals was Brandon Duhaime, who scored his first objective 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), bought 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 night time, he’s on a sizzling streak. David Savard and Hutson bought their fourth and seventh assists of the season.
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The Capitals’ Connor McMichael gave his crew the lead again together with his fifth objective of the season. van Riemsdyk and Wilson each bought 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 objective of his profession, needing 37 extra to cross the all-time main Wayne Gretzky. Making it three factors on the night time, he bought 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 photographs had been sufficient to get the win. For the Canadiens, Cayden Primeau stopped 28 of 34.
Subsequent up, the Capitals will keep on their dwelling 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.
