Final · February 28, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : WSH 29 — MTL 25 · Centre Bell
Three stars
- 1★
C. CaufieldMTL · R · 2B 0A - 2★
N. SuzukiMTL · C · 1B 2A - 3★
A. OvechkinWSH · L · 2B 0A
WSHGame statsMTL 
- 29Shots on goal25
- 50 %Faceoff win %50 %
- 0/4Power play0/3
- 8Penalty minutes10
- 20Hits13
- 13Blocked shots12
- 15Giveaways16
- 4Takeaways3
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSH | 10 | 9 | 10 | 29 |
| MTL | 7 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
Season seriesWSH 2 – 1 MTL
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← WSH 2 / 29 / 426 / 25 / 38 MTL →
Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.
Goals
1st period
- Cole CaufieldMTL · 00:300 – 1▶ Watch
- Alex OvechkinWSH · 13:16Assists : Anthony Beauvillier, Declan Chisholm1 – 1▶ Watch
- Cole CaufieldMTL · 14:19Assists : Nick Suzuki, Jayden Struble1 – 2▶ Watch
2nd period
Mike MathesonMTL · 12:22Assists : Zachary Bolduc, Alex Newhook1 – 3▶ Watch
Kirby DachMTL · 16:34Assists : Nick Suzuki1 – 4▶ Watch
3rd period
- Alex OvechkinWSH · 12:12Assists : Dylan Strome, Anthony Beauvillier2 – 4▶ Watch
- Nick SuzukiMTL · 16:442 – 5▶ Watch
Jake EvansMTL · 18:35 · SH2 – 6▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 06:06WSHBrandon Duhaime — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Kirby Dach
- 08:24MTLMike Matheson — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Brandon Duhaime
2nd period
- 10:09WSHRyan Leonard — Roughing removing opponents helmet (2 min) · drawn by Kaiden Guhle
- 17:17MTLBrendan Gallagher — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Declan Chisholm
3rd period
- 06:00WSHNic Dowd — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Kirby Dach
- 06:00MTLKirby Dach — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Nic Dowd
- 07:51MTLNoah Dobson — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Pierre-Luc Dubois
- 13:33WSHConnor McMichael — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Ivan Demidov
- 17:37MTLAlexandre Carrier — Holding the stick (2 min) · drawn by Brandon Duhaime
Box score
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 2 | 15:30 |
| R. LeonardR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 15:09 |
| D. StromeC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16:07 |
| A. ProtasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18:05 |
| B. DuhaimeL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 10:43 |
| C. McMichaelL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 1 | 15:09 |
| N. DowdC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 14:48 |
| J. SourdifC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 12:43 |
| T. WilsonR | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 3 | 19:16 |
| E. FrankR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 11:30 |
| A. BeauvillierR | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:42 |
| P. DuboisC | 0 | 0 | -4 | 3 | 2 | 18:22 |
| M. RoyD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 20:58 |
| J. ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 23:20 |
| R. SandinD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 19:06 |
| M. FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 21:28 |
| D. ChisholmD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:00 |
| T. van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:12 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| L. Thompson | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
| C. Lindgren(L) | 19/23 | 82.6 % | 58:52 |
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:47 |
| C. CaufieldR | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16:19 |
| N. SuzukiC | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18:25 |
| A. NewhookC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:45 |
| J. AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:40 |
| J. SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 1 | 14:23 |
| P. DanaultC | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:53 |
| J. EvansC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:25 |
| Z. BolducR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12:24 |
| K. DachC | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13:44 |
| O. KapanenC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 11:41 |
| I. DemidovR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 12:44 |
| M. MathesonD | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 24:04 |
| K. GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24:48 |
| A. CarrierD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18:01 |
| J. StrubleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:08 |
| L. HutsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:14 |
| N. DobsonD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16:35 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Montembeault | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
| J. Dobes(W) | 27/29 | 93.1 % | 60:00 |
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