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Montreal at Washington — NHL December 31, 2022

Montreal
Washington
2 – 9
Final
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC
1 2 3 T
MTL 0 2 0 2
WAS 2 3 4 9
MTL 33 shots on goal 40 WAS
Recap
Alex Ovechkin has hat trick, Capitals rout Canadiens 9-2 thescore.com · opens on their site ›
Three stars
1st star
A. Ovechkin
3 goals
+2 rating
2nd star
E. Gustafsson
1 goal
2 assists
+3 rating
3rd star
M. Johansson
1 goal
2 assists
Scoring
1st Per MTL WAS
0:32 Erik Gustafsson 6 (Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov 25, Conor Sheary 14) 0 1
4:32 Garnet Hathaway 4 (Assists: Aliaksei Protas 5, Nic Dowd 7) 0 2
2nd Per MTL WAS
4:02 Cole Caufield 20 (power-play) (Assists: Nick Suzuki 17, Kirby Dach 18) 1 2
8:31 Nic Dowd 9 (Assists: Aliaksei Protas 6, Erik Gustafsson 16) 1 3
9:06 Alex Ovechkin 24 (Assists: Trevor van Riemsdyk 5, Lars Eller 8) 1 4
12:39 Cole Caufield 21 (Unassisted) 2 4
19:21 Dylan Strome 8 (power-play) (Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov 26, Marcus Johansson 9) 2 5
3rd Per MTL WAS
1:22 Alex Ovechkin 25 (power-play) (Assists: Erik Gustafsson 17, Marcus Johansson 10) 2 6
5:31 Marcus Johansson 10 (Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov 27, Martin Fehervary 3) 2 7
15:43 Anthony Mantha 9 (Unassisted) 2 8
16:35 Alex Ovechkin 26 (Assists: Conor Sheary 15) 2 9
Penalties
1st Per
  • 11:20 Josh Anderson (Slashing - 2 min) drawn by Joe Snively
2nd Per
  • 2:54 Martin Fehervary (Hooking - 2 min) drawn by Christian Dvorak
  • 2:54 Christian Dvorak (Holding - 2 min) drawn by Martin Fehervary
  • 3:18 Lars Eller (High-Sticking - 2 min) drawn by Joel Edmundson
  • 8:31 Johnathan Kovacevic (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Garnet Hathaway
  • 8:31 Garnet Hathaway (Roughing - 2 min) drawn by Johnathan Kovacevic
  • 17:41 Chris Wideman (Holding - 2 min) drawn by Nic Dowd
3rd Per
  • 0:54 Nick Suzuki (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Nick Jensen
  • 5:31 Brendan Gallagher (Unsportsmanlike Conduct - 2 min)
  • 7:18 Alex Ovechkin (High-Sticking - 2 min) drawn by Jordan Harris
Highlights
Ovechkin does it again!
Watch on YouTube ›
Ovechkin does it again! Ovechkin scores 30th hat trick of career! Canadiens @ Capitals 12/31 | NHL Highlights
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