Montreal Canadiens @ Washington Capitals

28-27-8, 15-12-3 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Canadiens MTL	1	1	1	1	4
Capitals WSH	1	1	1	0	3

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

37-17-6, 16-9-5 Home

Ovechkin scores 699th goal, Capitals lose to Canadiens in OT

Alex Ovechkin scored his 699th career goal, closing in on another milestone, but the Washington Capitals dropped their third in a row, losing to the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 in overtime Thursday night.

Feb 21, 2020, 11:24 am - Associated Press

		1	2	3	OT	T
	Canadiens	1	1	1	1	4
	Capitals	1	1	1	0	3

1st Period			MTL	WSH
7:29		Alex Ovechkin (41) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (35)	0	1
17:43		Shea Weber (14) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Phillip Danault (29)	1	1

2nd Period			MTL	WSH
17:03		Lars Eller (15) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Carl Hagelin (14), Richard Panik (8)	1	2
18:37		Brendan Gallagher (20) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Brett Kulak (7)	2	2

3rd Period			MTL	WSH
0:30		Ben Chiarot (8) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Tomas Tatar (34)	3	2
19:39		Tom Wilson (18) (Extra Attacker) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (28), Nicklas Backstrom (36)	3	3

OT Summary			MTL	WSH
0:58		Ben Chiarot (9) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Max Domi (25), Jeff Petry (28)	4	3

CANADIENS

CAPITALS

Regular Season Series

MTL wins 2-1

Canadiens
5
Capitals
2

Game 1

16/11

Capitals
4
Canadiens
2

Game 2

28/1

Canadiens
4
Capitals
3

Game 3

21/2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

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Montreal Canadiens @ Washington Capitals

Ben ChiarotD - MTL

Tom WilsonRW - WSH

Shea WeberD - MTL

Ovechkin scores 699th goal, Capitals lose to Canadiens in OT

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