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The Washington Capitals fell to the Montreal Canadiens, 3-2(OT), Friday night at Capital One Arena in the District. The loss drops the Capitals’ record to 27-11-4 (58 points) on the season.
The Capitals opened the scoring with a power play goal from Jakob Chychrun less than three minutes into the contest.
The Canadiens tied the game with a tally from Cole Caufield early in the second period and took their first lead of the night with a short-handed tally from Josh Anderson midway through the middle frame.
The Capitals tied the game early in the final frame with a tally from Lars Eller, ultimately sending the game to overtime. Nick Suzuki won it for the Habs in extra the extra frame.
LINEUP
Charlie Lindgren (10-8-2, 2.70 GAA, .900 sv%) got the start between the pipes for the Capitals. Jakub Dobes (9-3-1, 3.09 GAA, .894 sv%) got the start in goal for the visiting Canadiens. The starting forward lines and defensive pairs for the Capitals:
Aliaksei Protas — Dylan Strome — Alex Ovechkin
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Taylor Raddysh – Lars Eller — Ethen Frank
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Andrew Mangiapane
Rasmus Sandin — John Carlson
Martin Fehervary — Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun — Trevor Van Riemsdyk
Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson
Scratched: Jakub Vrana, Dylan McIlrath, Alexander Alexeyev.
Injured: Sonny Milano (upper-body), Nicklas Backstrom (hip), T.J. Oshie (back).
Ethen Frank was recalled from, and Ivan Miroshnichenko was re-assigned to Hershey on Friday, 01/10/2025.
1ST PERIOD
The Capitals opened the scoring with a power play goal from Jakob Chychrun (12) at 2:56 of the opening stanza. The goal was unassisted.
File this one under perks of working with the greatest goal-scorer in NHL history #ALLCAPS | @BlueHalo pic.twitter.com/o4ekLQBHIc
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 11, 2025
And that was it for the first 20 minutes. The Capitals dominated five-on-five shot attempts, 15-7, and led,In expected goals for, 0.37 to 0.23.
2ND PERIOD
Charlie Lindgren was involved in a collision at the goal and was removed from the game a few minutes later and replaced by Logan Thompson at 2:29 of the middle frame. It’s possible a concussion spotter called for Lindgren to be examined.
INJURY UPDATE: #Caps goaltender Charlie Lindgren sustained an upper body injury and will not return to tonight’s game.
— Capitals PR (@CapitalsPR) January 11, 2025
The Canadiens tied the game with a tally from Cole Caufield (23) at 4:56 of the middle frame.
vision 20/20#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/yJAblWOECo
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) January 11, 2025
The Canadiens made it 2-1 with a short handed tally following a turnover by Rasmus Sandin. Josh Anderson (7) corralled the loose puck and converted.
non mais checkez-moi ça
would u look at that pic.twitter.com/8R0tEQ4Xet
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) January 11, 2025
The Canadiens held the 2-1 lead into the second intermission and controlled most of the play in the second stanza, leading 16-7 in five-on-five shot attempts.
3RD PERIOD
The Capitals tied the game early in the final frame with a tally from Lars Eller (8) at 1:54 of the final frame. The marker was setup by a nice feed from Ethan Frank (1), his first career NHL point. Tylor Raddysh had the secondary assist.
Beats out the icing ✅
First career point on a beautiful setup ✅LET’S GO, FRANKY!!! pic.twitter.com/iiZiSyUN1d
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 11, 2025
Regulation would end with the game tied, 2–2.
OVERTIME
The Canadiens won it in the extra frame.
MONSIEUR PROLONGATION LUI-MÊME
MR. OVERTIME DOES IT AGAIN#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/Pe0iTteBft
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) January 11, 2025
The Canadiens led in five-on-five shot attempts, 21-18 in the third period and 46-39 for the game.
SHAVINGS (From Capitals PR)
- Jakob Chychrun scored his 12th goal of the season to give the Capitals a 1-0 lead. It marks the 21st goal by a Capitals defenseman this season, surpassing the team’s total from all of last season (20g in 82 GP).
- Lars Eller scores his eighth goal of the season to tie the game 2-2 1:54 into the third period. Eller has scored two goals in his last four games.
- Ethen Frank, who made his NHL debut tonight, recorded his first career NHL assist and point on Eller’s game-tying goal. Frank is the 40th player in franchise history to record a point in their NHL debut and the first since Vincent Iorio tallied an assist in his debut on March 4, 2023 at San Jose.
- Taylor Raddysh tallied his 14th assist of the season on Eller’s goal. Raddysh (14a in 42 GP) is three assists shy of tying his single-season career high in assists (2022-23: 17a in 78 GP).
Links
Game Summary
Event Summary
@CapitalsPR
CapitalsToday.com
Capitals Postgame Audio
Forward Ethen Frank
Forward Lars Eller
Goaltender Logan Thompson
Head coach Spencer Carbery
