- Final0BOS
BUF5
35
3 - Final OTOT1MTL
WSH5
65
6 - Final OTOT2LA
VAN3
23
2
Final OT
Montreal won 4-3
| Game 1: Thursday, April 15th | ||
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| Canadiens | 3 | Final OT |
| Capitals | 2 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, April 17th | ||
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| Canadiens | 5 | Final OT |
| Capitals | 6 | |
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| Game 3: Monday, April 19th | ||
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| Capitals | 5 | Final |
| Canadiens | 1 | |
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| Game 4: Wednesday, April 21st | ||
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| Capitals | 6 | Final |
| Canadiens | 3 | |
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| Game 5: Friday, April 23rd | ||
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| Canadiens | 2 | Final |
| Capitals | 1 | |
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| Game 6: Monday, April 26th | ||
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| Capitals | 1 | Final |
| Canadiens | 4 | |
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| Game 7: Wednesday, April 28th | ||
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| Canadiens | 2 | Final |
| Capitals | 1 | |
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Coverage: NBCSN
7:00 PM ET, April 17, 2010
Verizon Center, Washington, District of Columbia
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | |
| MTL | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| WSH | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Points | Goals | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | B Gionta 15 | B Gionta 9 | P Subban 7 |
| WSH | A Ovechkin 10 | A Ovechkin 5 | A Ovechkin 5 |
N. Backstrom (Capitals - C): Goals: 3, Assists: 1

A. Kostitsyn (Canadiens - RW): Goals: 3, Assists: 1


A. Ovechkin (Capitals - LW): Goals: 1, Assists: 3
Play-by-play data may not reflect changes made after the game has ended.
1st Period Summary | ||
| Time | Team | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Washington | Start of 1st period |
| 0:00 | Washington | Eric Belanger won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in neutral zone |
| 0:36 | Washington | Shot on goal by Jason Chimera saved by Jaroslav Halak (Wristshot 41 ft) |
| 0:36 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 0:36 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Brian Gionta in offensive zone |
| 0:43 | Washington | Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Marc-Andre Bergeron in offensive zone |
| 0:45 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Jaroslav Halak (Wristshot 7 ft) |
| 0:52 | Washington | Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Benoit Pouliot in offensive zone |
| 0:53 | Washington | Shot on goal by John Carlson saved by Jaroslav Halak (Slapshot 52 ft) |
| 1:00 | Montreal | Goal scored by Brian Gionta (Slapshot 52 ft) assisted by Scott Gomez |
| 1:00 | Washington | Brendan Morrison won faceoff against Dominic Moore in neutral zone |
| 1:18 | Washington | Alexander Semin credited with hit on Travis Moen in neutral zone |
| 1:33 | Washington | Takeaway by Brendan Morrison in offensive zone |
| 2:03 | Montreal | Giveaway by Jaroslav Halak in defensive zone |
| 2:14 | Washington | Mike Green shot blocked by Roman Hamrlik |
| 2:25 | Washington | Shot missed by Eric Fehr, Wide of Net (Tip-In 11 ft) |
| 2:30 | Washington | Shot missed by Mike Green, Wide of Net (Slapshot 55 ft) |
| 2:49 | Washington | Jason Chimera credited with hit on Marc-Andre Bergeron in offensive zone |
| 3:04 | Washington | Matt Bradley credited with hit on Marc-Andre Bergeron in offensive zone |
| 3:30 | Washington | Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Josh Gorges in offensive zone |
| 3:38 | Washington | Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Scott Gomez in offensive zone |
| 4:14 | Washington | Brooks Laich credited with hit on Roman Hamrlik in offensive zone |
| 4:18 | Washington | Shot on goal by Jeff Schultz saved by Jaroslav Halak (Wristshot 59 ft) |
| 4:18 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 4:18 | Washington | Brendan Morrison won faceoff against Dominic Moore in offensive zone |
| 4:22 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alexander Semin saved by Jaroslav Halak (Slapshot 34 ft) |
| 4:50 | Washington | Brooks Laich shot blocked by Jaroslav Spacek |
| 5:05 | Washington | Tomas Fleischmann credited with hit on Marc-Andre Bergeron in offensive zone |
| 5:20 | Washington | Eric Fehr shot blocked by Marc-Andre Bergeron |
| 5:25 | Washington | Shot on goal by Eric Fehr saved by Jaroslav Halak (Wristshot 11 ft) |
| 5:27 | Washington | Takeaway by Tomas Fleischmann in offensive zone |
| 5:34 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Netting |
| 5:34 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Scott Gomez in offensive zone |
| 5:48 | Washington | Giveaway by Tom Poti in defensive zone |
| 5:54 | Montreal | Shot missed by Brian Gionta, Wide of Net (Wristshot 18 ft) |
| 5:58 | Washington | Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Scott Gomez in defensive zone |
| 6:41 | Washington | Shot on goal by Joe Corvo saved by Jaroslav Halak (Slapshot 54 ft) |
| 6:52 | Washington | Shaone Morrisonn credited with hit on Mathieu Darche in defensive zone |
| 6:58 | Washington | Stoppage - Icing |
| 6:58 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Dominic Moore in defensive zone |
| 7:19 | Washington | Shot on goal by Jason Chimera saved by Jaroslav Halak (Wristshot 45 ft) |
| 7:19 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout |
| 7:19 | Washington | Eric Belanger won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in offensive zone |
| 7:32 | Washington | Shot on goal by Eric Belanger saved by Jaroslav Halak (Deflection 22 ft) |
| 7:35 | Montreal | Giveaway by Jaroslav Halak in defensive zone |
| 7:52 | Washington | Matt Bradley credited with hit on Andrei Kostitsyn in offensive zone |
| 7:57 | Montreal | Takeaway by Andrei Kostitsyn in neutral zone |
| 7:58 | Montreal | Goal scored by Andrei Kostitsyn (Snapshot 36 ft) |
| 7:58 | Washington | Brendan Morrison won faceoff against Scott Gomez in neutral zone |
| 8:14 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Scott Gomez saved by Semyon Varlamov (Wristshot 39 ft) |
| 8:17 | Washington | Tom Poti credited with hit on Scott Gomez in defensive zone |
| 8:59 | Washington | Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin in defensive zone |
| 9:03 | Washington | Takeaway by Mike Knuble in defensive zone |
| 9:27 | Montreal | Jaroslav Spacek credited with hit on Mike Knuble in defensive zone |
| 9:35 | Washington | Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Roman Hamrlik in offensive zone |
| 9:49 | Washington | Shot missed by Nicklas Backstrom, Wide of Net (Snapshot 73 ft) |
| 10:10 | Montreal | Tomas Plekanec shot blocked by Mike Green |
| 10:21 | Washington | Goal scored by Eric Fehr (Snapshot 33 ft) assisted by Tomas Fleischmann |
| 10:21 | Washington | Brendan Morrison won faceoff against Maxim Lapierre in neutral zone |
| 10:34 | Washington | Shot missed by John Carlson, Wide of Net (Slapshot 53 ft) |
| 10:54 | Washington | Tom Poti shot blocked by Mathieu Darche |
| 11:09 | Washington | Shot missed by John Carlson, Wide of Net (Slapshot 53 ft) |
| 11:09 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout |
| 11:09 | Montreal | Scott Gomez won faceoff against Brendan Morrison in defensive zone |
| 11:21 | Washington | Takeaway by Joe Corvo in defensive zone |
| 11:36 | Washington | Shaone Morrisonn credited with hit on Scott Gomez in defensive zone |
| 11:42 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alexander Semin saved by Jaroslav Halak (Wristshot 31 ft) |
| 11:59 | Washington | Brooks Laich shot blocked by Jaroslav Spacek |
| 12:12 | Washington | Stoppage - Icing |
| 12:12 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Dominic Moore in defensive zone |
| 12:28 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Benches |
| 12:28 | Montreal | Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Eric Belanger in neutral zone |
| 12:38 | Montreal | Takeaway by Mike Cammalleri in offensive zone |
| 12:48 | Washington | Giveaway by Jeff Schultz in defensive zone |
| 12:49 | Washington | Jason Chimera shot blocked by Andrei Markov |
| 12:49 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Crowd |
| 12:49 | Montreal | Scott Gomez won faceoff against Dave Steckel in defensive zone |
| 13:06 | Montreal | Shot missed by Brian Gionta, Wide of Net (Wristshot 38 ft) |
| 13:15 | Montreal | Hal Gill shot blocked by Eric Fehr |
| 13:51 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Roman Hamrlik saved by Semyon Varlamov (Slapshot 53 ft) |
| 13:51 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Travis Moen saved by Semyon Varlamov (Wristshot 11 ft) |
| 13:51 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 13:51 | Washington | Eric Belanger won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in defensive zone |
| 13:59 | Montreal | Takeaway by Tomas Plekanec in offensive zone |
| 14:09 | Montreal | Giveaway by Tomas Plekanec in offensive zone |
| 14:24 | Montreal | Andrei Kostitsyn credited with hit on Matt Bradley in defensive zone |
| 14:31 | Washington | Shot missed by Matt Bradley, Wide of Net (Tip-In 29 ft) |
| 14:34 | Montreal | Roman Hamrlik credited with hit on Jason Chimera in defensive zone |
| 14:59 | Washington | Alexander Semin shot blocked by Maxim Lapierre |
| 15:45 | Washington | Alexander Semin shot blocked by Hal Gill |
| 16:11 | Montreal | Brian Gionta shot blocked by Brendan Morrison |
| 16:24 | Washington | Takeaway by Tom Poti in defensive zone |
| 16:32 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Jaroslav Halak (Wristshot 43 ft) |
| 16:34 | Washington | Stoppage - Net Off; TV timeout |
| 16:34 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in neutral zone |
| 16:47 | Washington | Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Jaroslav Spacek |
| 17:20 | Washington | Mike Knuble credited with hit on Benoit Pouliot in defensive zone |
| 17:27 | Washington | Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Brian Gionta in neutral zone |
| 17:36 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom credited with hit on Marc-Andre Bergeron in offensive zone |
| 17:54 | Washington | Stoppage - Icing |
| 17:54 | Montreal | Dominic Moore won faceoff against Dave Steckel in offensive zone |
| 17:57 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Josh Gorges saved by Semyon Varlamov (Slapshot 52 ft) |
| 17:57 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 17:57 | Montreal | Dominic Moore won faceoff against Dave Steckel in offensive zone |
| 18:30 | Montreal | Giveaway by Mike Cammalleri in offensive zone |
| 18:32 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Mike Cammalleri saved by Semyon Varlamov (Wristshot 39 ft) |
| 18:59 | Montreal | Jaroslav Spacek credited with hit on Brooks Laich in defensive zone |
| 19:10 | Montreal | Mike Cammalleri shot blocked by Joe Corvo |
| 19:34 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Andrei Markov saved by Semyon Varlamov (Snapshot 60 ft) |
| 19:49 | Washington | Alexander Semin shot blocked by Benoit Pouliot |
| 19:55 | Washington | Shot missed by Eric Belanger, Wide of Net (Wristshot 32 ft) |
| 19:58 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alexander Semin saved by Jaroslav Halak (Wristshot 18 ft) |
| 19:59 | Washington | Jeff Schultz shot blocked by Andrei Markov |
| 20:00 | Washington | End of 1st period |
2nd Period Summary | ||
| Time | Team | Detail |
| 0:00 | Washington | Start of 2nd period |
| 0:00 | Washington | Eric Belanger won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in neutral zone |
| 0:18 | Washington | Stoppage - Offside |
| 0:18 | Washington | Eric Belanger won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in neutral zone |
| 0:37 | Washington | Penalty to Eric Belanger 2 minutes for Tripping Mike Cammalleri |
| 0:37 | Montreal | Power play - Scott Gomez won faceoff against Dave Steckel in offensive zone |
| 1:40 | Montreal | Power play - Shot missed by Andrei Kostitsyn, Wide of Net (Tip-In 28 ft) |
| 1:50 | Montreal | Power play - Takeaway by Andrei Markov in neutral zone |
| 1:54 | Montreal | Power play - Shot on goal by Andrei Kostitsyn saved by Semyon Varlamov (Snapshot 38 ft) |
| 1:54 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 1:54 | Montreal | Power play - Mike Cammalleri won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in offensive zone |
| 2:02 | Montreal | Power play - Roman Hamrlik shot blocked by Nicklas Backstrom |
| 2:07 | Montreal | Power play - Andrei Kostitsyn shot blocked by Jeff Schultz |
| 2:23 | Washington | Shorthanded - Mike Green shot blocked by Tomas Plekanec |
| 2:36 | Washington | Shorthanded - Shot missed by Alexander Semin, Over Net (Slapshot 122 ft) |
| 2:41 | Washington | Shot on goal by Brooks Laich saved by Jaroslav Halak (Wristshot 26 ft) |
| 2:56 | Washington | Eric Belanger shot blocked by Josh Gorges |
| 3:21 | Montreal | Brian Gionta shot blocked by Shaone Morrisonn |
| 3:21 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Crowd |
| 3:21 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Scott Gomez in defensive zone |
| 3:34 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Jaroslav Halak (Wristshot 39 ft) |
| 4:00 | Montreal | Shot missed by Benoit Pouliot, Wide of Net (Slapshot 37 ft) |
| 4:09 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Netting |
| 4:09 | Washington | Tomas Fleischmann won faceoff against Maxim Lapierre in defensive zone |
| 5:02 | Washington | Eric Fehr credited with hit on Maxim Lapierre in defensive zone |
| 5:15 | Washington | Eric Belanger shot blocked by Jaroslav Spacek |
| 5:19 | Montreal | Jaroslav Spacek credited with hit on Eric Belanger in defensive zone |
| 5:29 | Washington | Shot on goal by Jason Chimera saved by Jaroslav Halak (Wristshot 18 ft) |
| 5:29 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 5:29 | Montreal | Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Eric Belanger in defensive zone |
| 6:10 | Washington | Shot on goal by Matt Bradley saved by Jaroslav Halak (Slapshot 33 ft) |
| 6:26 | Montreal | Travis Moen credited with hit on Shaone Morrisonn in offensive zone |
| 6:35 | Washington | Brendan Morrison credited with hit on Andrei Markov in offensive zone |
| 6:41 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Marc-Andre Bergeron saved by Semyon Varlamov (Snapshot 59 ft) |
| 7:10 | Washington | Giveaway by Alexander Semin in offensive zone |
| 7:20 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Benoit Pouliot saved by Semyon Varlamov (Wristshot 16 ft) |
| 7:29 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Jaroslav Halak (Wristshot 19 ft) |
| 7:46 | Washington | Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Jaroslav Spacek |
| 8:06 | Montreal | Shot missed by Tomas Plekanec, Hit Crossbar (Wristshot 17 ft) |
| 8:07 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Hal Gill saved by Semyon Varlamov (Wristshot 37 ft) |
| 8:08 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout |
| 8:08 | Montreal | Tom Pyatt won faceoff against Dave Steckel in offensive zone |
| 8:26 | Washington | Tom Poti credited with hit on Maxim Lapierre in defensive zone |
| 9:57 | Washington | Matt Bradley credited with hit on Brian Gionta in offensive zone |
| 11:06 | Montreal | Goal scored by Andrei Kostitsyn (Wristshot 11 ft) assisted by Mike Cammalleri and Tomas Plekanec |
| 11:06 | Montreal | Dominic Moore won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in neutral zone |
| 11:25 | Washington | Shot on goal by Nicklas Backstrom saved by Jaroslav Halak (Tip-In 14 ft) |
| 11:40 | Montreal | Andrei Markov credited with hit on Nicklas Backstrom in neutral zone |
| 11:44 | Washington | Stoppage - Offside; TV timeout |
| 11:44 | Montreal | Maxim Lapierre won faceoff against Eric Belanger in offensive zone |
| 11:55 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Maxim Lapierre saved by Semyon Varlamov (Wristshot 12 ft) |
| 13:01 | Washington | Shot on goal by Mike Green saved by Jaroslav Halak (Slapshot 63 ft) |
| 13:14 | Montreal | Tomas Plekanec shot blocked by Mike Green |
| 13:14 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Crowd |
| 13:14 | Washington | Brendan Morrison won faceoff against Dominic Moore in defensive zone |
| 13:44 | Washington | Alexander Semin shot blocked by Josh Gorges |
| 13:49 | Washington | Brooks Laich credited with hit on Josh Gorges in offensive zone |
| 13:56 | Washington | Stoppage - High Stick |
| 13:56 | Washington | Eric Belanger won faceoff against Maxim Lapierre in neutral zone |
| 14:29 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Maxim Lapierre saved by Semyon Varlamov (Wristshot 40 ft) |
| 15:00 | Washington | Giveaway by Jeff Schultz in defensive zone |
| 15:04 | Montreal | Brian Gionta shot blocked by Jeff Schultz |
| 15:31 | Washington | Mike Knuble shot blocked by Roman Hamrlik |
| 15:36 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Netting; TV timeout |
| 15:36 | Washington | Mike Green shot blocked by Roman Hamrlik |
| 15:36 | Montreal | Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Tomas Fleischmann in defensive zone |
| 16:08 | Washington | Penalty to Brooks Laich 2 minutes for Tripping Mike Cammalleri |
| 16:08 | Montreal | Power play - Scott Gomez won faceoff against Eric Belanger in offensive zone |
| 16:28 | Montreal | Power play - Giveaway by Marc-Andre Bergeron in offensive zone |
| 16:58 | Montreal | Power play - Shot on goal by Benoit Pouliot saved by Semyon Varlamov (Wristshot 9 ft) |
| 17:03 | Washington | Shorthanded - Giveaway by Jeff Schultz in defensive zone |
| 17:06 | Montreal | Power play - Andrei Markov shot blocked by Matt Bradley |
| 17:21 | Washington | Shorthanded - Takeaway by Alexander Semin in neutral zone |
| 17:44 | Montreal | Power Play Goal Scored by Andrei Kostitsyn (Deflection 159 ft) assisted by Jaroslav Spacek and Mike Cammalleri |
| 17:44 | Montreal | Dominic Moore won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in neutral zone |
| 18:03 | Washington | Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Josh Gorges in offensive zone |
| 18:19 | Washington | Shot missed by Joe Corvo, Wide of Net (Slapshot 48 ft) |
| 18:23 | Washington | Goal scored by Nicklas Backstrom (Slapshot 18 ft) assisted by Joe Corvo and Alex Ovechkin |
| 18:23 | Washington | Brendan Morrison won faceoff against Scott Gomez in neutral zone |
| 18:42 | Montreal | Scott Gomez credited with hit on Brendan Morrison in defensive zone |
| 18:53 | Montreal | Brian Gionta credited with hit on Jeff Schultz in offensive zone |
| 18:53 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Scott Gomez saved by Semyon Varlamov (Wristshot 27 ft) |
| 19:03 | Washington | Brendan Morrison credited with hit on Scott Gomez in offensive zone |
| 19:12 | Washington | Mike Green shot blocked by Brian Gionta |
| 19:20 | Washington | Shot on goal by Tom Poti saved by Jaroslav Halak (Wristshot 11 ft) |
| 19:27 | Washington | Stoppage - Hand Pass |
| 19:27 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in neutral zone |
| 19:39 | Montreal | Penalty to Mike Cammalleri 2 minutes for Slashing John Carlson |
| 19:39 | Montreal | Shorthanded - Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone |
| 19:59 | Washington | Power play - Shot on goal by Nicklas Backstrom saved by Jaroslav Halak (Slapshot 98 ft) |
| 20:00 | Washington | End of 2nd period |
3rd Period Summary | ||
| Time | Team | Detail |
| 0:00 | Washington | Start of 3rd period |
| 0:00 | Washington | Power play - Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in neutral zone |
| 0:25 | Washington | Power play - Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Hal Gill |
| 0:42 | Washington | Power play - Shot missed by Mike Knuble, Over Net (Tip-In 15 ft) |
| 0:47 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Benches |
| 0:47 | Montreal | Shorthanded - Scott Gomez won faceoff against Brooks Laich in defensive zone |
| 1:17 | Washington | Power play - Shot missed by Alex Ovechkin, Over Net (Wristshot 51 ft) |
| 1:41 | Washington | Shot on goal by Eric Fehr saved by Jaroslav Halak (Wristshot 11 ft) |
| 1:47 | Washington | Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Travis Moen |
| 2:00 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Mike Cammalleri saved by Semyon Varlamov (Wristshot 54 ft) |
| 2:23 | Washington | Shot missed by Shaone Morrisonn, Wide of Net (Snapshot 39 ft) |
| 2:52 | Montreal | Giveaway by Mathieu Darche in defensive zone |
| 2:55 | Washington | Shot on goal by John Carlson saved by Jaroslav Halak (Slapshot 50 ft) |
| 2:56 | Washington | Goal scored by Alex Ovechkin (Tip-In 10 ft) assisted by Matt Bradley and John Carlson |
| 2:56 | Montreal | Scott Gomez won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in neutral zone |
| 3:30 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Benoit Pouliot saved by Semyon Varlamov (Backhand 12 ft) |
| 3:30 | Washington | Stoppage - Net Off |
| 3:30 | Montreal | Penalty to Scott Gomez 5 minutes for Fighting Tom Poti |
| 3:30 | Washington | Penalty to Tom Poti 5 minutes for Fighting Scott Gomez |
| 3:30 | Washington | Eric Belanger won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in neutral zone |
| 3:50 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Benches |
| 3:50 | Washington | Eric Belanger won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in neutral zone |
| 4:08 | Washington | Shot missed by Alexander Semin, Over Net (Snapshot 33 ft) |
| 4:13 | Washington | Penalty to Alexander Semin 2 minutes for Tripping Marc-Andre Bergeron |
| 4:13 | Washington | Shorthanded - Dave Steckel won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in defensive zone |
| 4:53 | Montreal | Power play - Shot on goal by Andrei Markov saved by Semyon Varlamov (Slapshot 63 ft) |
| 4:54 | Washington | Shorthanded - Giveaway by John Carlson in defensive zone |
| 4:56 | Washington | Stoppage - Net Off |
| 4:56 | Washington | Shorthanded - Eric Belanger won faceoff against Benoit Pouliot in defensive zone |
| 5:19 | Washington | Shorthanded - Takeaway by Brooks Laich in defensive zone |
| 6:44 | Montreal | Travis Moen credited with hit on Mike Knuble in offensive zone |
| 7:14 | Washington | Shot on goal by Nicklas Backstrom saved by Jaroslav Halak (Wristshot 55 ft) |
| 7:15 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout |
| 7:15 | Montreal | Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone |
| 7:29 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Andrei Kostitsyn saved by Semyon Varlamov (Wristshot 39 ft) |
| 7:29 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 7:29 | Washington | Brendan Morrison won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in defensive zone |
| 7:42 | Washington | Brooks Laich shot blocked by Roman Hamrlik |
| 7:50 | Montreal | Shot missed by Mike Cammalleri, Wide of Net (Backhand 20 ft) |
| 8:04 | Montreal | Travis Moen credited with hit on John Carlson in defensive zone |
| 8:12 | Washington | Shot missed by Eric Fehr, Wide of Net (Tip-In 31 ft) |
| 8:17 | Washington | Shot missed by Brendan Morrison, Wide of Net (Wristshot 15 ft) |
| 8:22 | Washington | Giveaway by John Carlson in defensive zone |
| 8:27 | Washington | Takeaway by Jeff Schultz in defensive zone |
| 8:43 | Washington | Tomas Fleischmann credited with hit on Josh Gorges in offensive zone |
| 8:52 | Washington | Takeaway by Eric Belanger in offensive zone |
| 8:56 | Montreal | Benoit Pouliot shot blocked by Joe Corvo |
| 9:21 | Montreal | Shot on goal by Brian Gionta saved by Semyon Varlamov (Slapshot 76 ft) |
| 9:44 | Montreal | Mike Cammalleri credited with hit on Jeff Schultz in offensive zone |
| 9:45 | Washington | Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Roman Hamrlik |
| 9:47 | Washington | Goal scored by Nicklas Backstrom (Wristshot 10 ft) assisted by Alex Ovechkin and Jeff Schultz |
| 9:47 | Montreal | Dominic Moore won faceoff against Brendan Morrison in neutral zone |
| 10:00 | Washington | Takeaway by Brendan Morrison in offensive zone |
| 10:30 | Washington | Eric Fehr shot blocked by Dominic Moore |
| 10:34 | Washington | Shot on goal by Brooks Laich saved by Jaroslav Halak (Backhand 14 ft) |
| 11:12 | Washington | Jeff Schultz credited with hit on Benoit Pouliot in defensive zone |
| 11:27 | Montreal | Penalty to Hal Gill 2 minutes for Interference Alexander Semin |
| 11:27 | Washington | Stoppage - ; TV timeout |
| 11:27 | Washington | Power play - Tomas Fleischmann won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in offensive zone |
| 11:37 | Washington | Power play - Shot on goal by Tomas Fleischmann saved by Jaroslav Halak (Backhand 11 ft) |
| 11:40 | Washington | Power play - Takeaway by Nicklas Backstrom in offensive zone |
| 11:43 | Washington | Power play - Shot missed by Mike Knuble, Over Net (Slapshot 53 ft) |
| 11:55 | Washington | Power play - Mike Knuble shot blocked by Josh Gorges |
| 12:27 | Washington | Power play - Shot on goal by Mike Knuble saved by Jaroslav Halak (Wristshot 33 ft) |
| 12:48 | Montreal | Shorthanded - Tomas Plekanec credited with hit on Brooks Laich in defensive zone |
| 12:50 | Washington | Power play - Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Jaroslav Halak (Slapshot 52 ft) |
| 12:50 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 12:50 | Montreal | Shorthanded - Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Brooks Laich in defensive zone |
| 13:32 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alexander Semin saved by Jaroslav Halak (Snapshot 32 ft) |
| 13:32 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 13:32 | Washington | Dave Steckel won faceoff against Dominic Moore in offensive zone |
| 13:39 | Montreal | Jaroslav Spacek credited with hit on Matt Bradley in defensive zone |
| 14:13 | Montreal | Shot missed by Maxim Lapierre, Over Net (Slapshot 45 ft) |
| 14:22 | Montreal | Travis Moen credited with hit on Jason Chimera in defensive zone |
| 14:54 | Montreal | Goal scored by Tomas Plekanec (Wristshot 13 ft) assisted by Mike Cammalleri and Andrei Kostitsyn |
| 14:54 | Washington | Eric Belanger won faceoff against Scott Gomez in neutral zone |
| 15:17 | Montreal | Penalty to Benoit Pouliot 2 minutes for Tripping John Carlson |
| 15:17 | Washington | Stoppage - ; TV timeout |
| 15:17 | Montreal | Shorthanded - Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone |
| 15:25 | Washington | Power play - Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Tom Pyatt |
| 15:36 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Crowd |
| 15:36 | Montreal | Shorthanded - Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone |
| 15:59 | Washington | Power play - Giveaway by Nicklas Backstrom in offensive zone |
| 16:15 | Washington | Power play - Mike Green shot blocked by Brian Gionta |
| 16:41 | Washington | Power play - Alexander Semin shot blocked by Roman Hamrlik |
| 16:47 | Washington | Power play - Alexander Semin shot blocked by Roman Hamrlik |
| 16:54 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Benches |
| 16:54 | Montreal | Shorthanded - Scott Gomez won faceoff against Tomas Fleischmann in defensive zone |
| 17:13 | Washington | Power play - Shot missed by Alex Ovechkin, Wide of Net (Wristshot 60 ft) |
| 17:55 | Montreal | Jaroslav Spacek credited with hit on Brooks Laich in defensive zone |
| 18:03 | Montreal | Giveaway by Maxim Lapierre in defensive zone |
| 18:39 | Washington | Goal scored by John Carlson (Snapshot 46 ft) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin |
| 18:39 | Washington | Dave Steckel won faceoff against Scott Gomez in neutral zone |
| 18:52 | Washington | Takeaway by Jason Chimera in offensive zone |
| 18:53 | Washington | Shot on goal by Jason Chimera saved by Jaroslav Halak (Wristshot 31 ft) |
| 18:58 | Washington | Matt Bradley credited with hit on Marc-Andre Bergeron in offensive zone |
| 19:32 | Washington | Shot missed by Tom Poti, Over Net (Wristshot 52 ft) |
| 19:33 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Netting |
| 19:33 | Washington | Eric Belanger won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in neutral zone |
| 19:53 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alexander Semin saved by Jaroslav Halak (Snapshot 56 ft) |
| 19:53 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 19:53 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Tomas Plekanec in offensive zone |
| 19:56 | Washington | Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Hal Gill |
| 20:00 | Washington | End of 3rd period |
OT Summary | ||
| Time | Team | Detail |
| 0:00 | Washington | Start of Overtime period |
| 0:00 | Montreal | Tomas Plekanec won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in neutral zone |
| 0:11 | Washington | Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin in defensive zone |
| 0:31 | Washington | Goal scored by Nicklas Backstrom (Snapshot 48 ft) assisted by Mike Knuble and Tom Poti |
| 0:31 | Washington | End of Overtime period |




