nhl Game Recap
Montreal Falls 4-1 to Capitals - Recap
The Capitals earned a 4-1 victory over the Canadiens on Wednesday at Capital One Arena.
Washington was favored by -185 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.0.
Washington got goals from Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson, Brandon Duhaime, and Jakob Chychrun in the victory. Ovechkin opened the scoring at 9:12 of the first period.
Logan Thompson stopped 28 of 29 Montreal shots in the victory.
Emil Heineman scored for the Canadiens, finding the net behind Logan Thompson.
Jakub Dobes stopped 24 of 27 shots for the Canadiens, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Washington scored 2 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Montreal went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Montreal outshot Washington 29-28 in the game.