Montreal Canadiens at Washington Capitals

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Montreal Canadiens

20-18-3

Final
3 - 2

Washington Capitals

27-10-5

Nick Suzuki scores in overtime to lift the Canadiens past the Capitals, 3-2

Nick Suzuki's OT heroics lift Canadiens past Capitals

Suzuki got to the front and put the puck up and over goalie Logan Thompson. The Canadiens are 9-1-0 in their last 10 games.

Cole Caufield and Josh Anderson also scored for Montreal. Jakub Dobes stopped 15 shots to improve to 3-0-0 in the NHL.

Defenseman Jakob Chychrun and Lars Eller scored and Ethen Frank picked up his first NHL point in his debut for Washington. The Capitals have dropped three of five games.

Thompson made 18 saves. He came on in relief after Charlie Lindgren, who stopped all nine shots he faced, left with injury after a collision with Suzuki in the crease.

Takeaways Canadiens: Caufield scored his 23rd goal of the season. He has goals in five straight outings.

Capitals: Chychrun has 12 goals this season, the third-most in the league among defensemen.

Key stat The Canadiens have five short-handed goals this season, the third-most in the NHL.

Up next Both teams are back in action Saturday night. The Canadiens return home to play Dallas, and the Capitals are at Nashville.

Regular Season Series

WSH wins series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 2:56	Jakob Chychrun Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: none
Goal	2nd Period 4:56	Cole Caufield Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: Juraj Slafkovsky (19), Kaiden Guhle (7)
Goal	2nd Period 13:22	Josh Anderson Goal (7) Backhand, assists: none
Goal	3rd Period 1:54	Lars Eller Goal (8) Snap Shot, assists: Ethen Frank (1), Taylor Raddysh (14)
Goal	4th Period 1:15	Nick Suzuki Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Cole Caufield (17), Lane Hutson (28)

Statistics

MTL		WSH
14	Blocked Shots	18
19	Hits	25
4	Takeaways	4
30	Shots	17
0	Power Play Goals	1
3	Power Play Opportunities	4
0.0	Power Play Percentage	25.0
1	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
24	Faceoffs Won	25
49.0	Faceoff Win Percent	51.0
16	Giveaways	16
4	Total Penalties	3
8	Penalty Minutes	6

Washington Capitals Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Vincent Desharnais, D	Injured Reserve	Oct 23
Rasmus Sandin, D	Injured Reserve	Oct 12
Patrick Thomas, C	Injured Reserve	Sep 29

Montreal Canadiens Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Josh Anderson, RW	Out	Nov 7
Ivan Demidov, RW	Injured Reserve	Nov 4
Mike Matheson, D	Out	Oct 31
Sam Montembeault, G	Injured Reserve	Oct 31
Bryce Pickford, D	Injured Reserve	Sep 29