NHL · Thursday 15 October · Capital One Arena
Washington Capitals – Montreal Canadiens 5:4: NHL, 15/10/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Washington Capitals – Montreal Canadiens 5:4 (15 October). Washington Capitals won. Venue: Capital One Arena.
By period: 2:2, 1:1, 2:1.
Goals: J. Anderson (Montreal Canadiens) ×2; J. Kyrou (Washington Capitals); L. Hutson (Montreal Canadiens); I. Miroshnichenko (Washington Capitals); A. Tuch (Washington Capitals) ×2; J. Holl (Washington Capitals); N. Suzuki (Montreal Canadiens).
Table now: Washington Capitals — 10th, 18 points from 15 matches; Montreal Canadiens — 4th, 25 points from 17 matches.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 04'
🏒 J. Anderson0:1
assist: A. Newhook
- 05'pen.
Interference
- 07'
- 11'
- 12'pen.
Tripping
- 12'pen.
Roughing
- 17'pen.
Holding
- 19'
🏒 I. Miroshnichenko2:2
2nd period
- 04'pen.
Tripping
- 06'
🏒 A. Tuch3:2
Shorthanded
- 07'pen.
Holding
- 12'
🏒 J. Anderson3:3
assist: A. Newhook
- 15'pen.
Roughing
- 15'pen.
Roughing
- 15'pen.
Roughing
3rd period
- 12'
🏒 J. Holl4:3
assist: I. Protas, A. Ovechkin
- 17'
🏒 A. Tuch5:3
- 17'pen.
Slashing
- 18'
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 13
- 22
- 32
- 42
- 52
- 62
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Tuch | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Kyrou | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| I. Protas | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| I. Miroshnichenko | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Holl | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Ovechkin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Hutson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Strome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Sourdif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| V. Desharnais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Anderson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| L. Hutson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| A. Newhook | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| N. Suzuki | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Dobson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Z. Bolduc | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Caufield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Guhle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Washington Capitals
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Lindgren(W) | 29 | 25 | 4 | 86.2% |
Montreal Canadiens
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Dobes | 24 | 19 | 5 | 79.2% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 24Shots on goal29
- 25Saves19
- 86%Save %79%
- 31Faceoffs won23
- 8Penalty minutes12
- 4Penalties6
- 1Power-play goals1
- 16%Power play %25%
- 75%Penalty kill %83%
- 1Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18 | WWLLW | |
| 4 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 25 | WWLWW |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away