nhl Game Recap
Washington Skates Past Montreal 5-2 - Recap
Brandon Duhaime was the difference, potting a pair for Washington on Sunday as the Capitals skated off with a 5-2 victory over the Canadiens at Bell Centre.
Washington was favored by -135 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Washington got goals from Brandon Duhaime(2), Dylan Strome, Tom Wilson, and Andrew Mangiapane in the victory. Strome opened the scoring at 1:25 of the second period.
Logan Thompson stopped 16 of 18 Montreal shots in the victory.
Montreal got goals from Cole Caufield, and Juraj Slafkovsky in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Montreal got a 21-stop effort from Jakub Dobes in the loss.
Washington scored 0 times on 5 chances on the power play, while Montreal went 2-for-4 with the man advantage.
Montreal lost the shots on goal battle to Washington by a margin of 26-18.