Canadiens @ Capitals Top Six Minutes: The end of the beginning

First period

• Both teams are highly engaged for this start. Looks like Spencer Carbery was able to convince his team how important it was to seize the first opportunity to advance.
• It’s Montreal’s top line that gets the fir

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Habs comeback bid falls just short in Game 1 overtime loss to Capitals

The underdog Canadiens showed they're ready for a fight despite losing Game 1 of their first-round playoff series with the Washington Capitals 3-2 in overtime.

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Published: 2 weeks ago

The Montreal Canadiens keep breaking the script, even in defeat

Logic has dictated that the Montreal Canadiens should have been out of contention so many times this season. It could have been when they were 31st in the league on December 1. It could have been when they lost eight out of nine games heading into

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Tuesday Habs Headlines: Why Not Us?

Montreal Canadiens News and Notes

• No matter what, this playoff appearance is a start of a new era (though of course, both the team and the fans are hungry for more than that). [Sportsnet]
• Montreal faces a steep but not impossi

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NHL Game 1 Highlights: Capitals 3, Canadiens 2 (OT)

Alex Ovechkin comes up huge for the Washington Capitals in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with two goals and a helper, including an overtime winner to secure a 1-0 series lead over the Montreal Canadiens.

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Ovechkin shrugs off 1st playoff OT winner: 'A goal is a goal'

Alex Ovechkin has 971 goals between the regular season and playoffs, but Monday's was his first overtime winner in the postseason.Unsurprisingly, the sniper wasn't too moved by his career first after his extra-period heroics lifted the Washington Cap

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Canadiens’ Hutson takes blame for Ovechkin’s OT winner: ‘I lost my check twice’

Montreal Canadiens star rookie defenceman Lane Hutson is taking his first-ever loss in the Stanley Cup Playoffs hard.

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Ovechkin nets 1st playoff OT goal, Caps top Habs

Washington star forward Alex Ovechkin made some personal history in the Capitals' Game 1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night, scoring the first playoff overtime goal of his storied career en route to a 3-2 win for the No. 1 seed in the Ea

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‘Lost my check twice and they scored’: Hutson on Ovechkin’s game-winner

Montreal Canadiens defenceman Lane Hutson shares his thoughts on how he played in his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut against the Washington Capitals and describes the final moments before Alexander Ovechkin score the game-winning goal in overtime.

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Ovechkin Scores OT Winner in Capitals’ 3-2 Victory Over Canadiens in Game 1

Alex Ovechkin scored the overtime game-winning goal in a 3-2 win for the Washington Capitals over the Montreal Canadiens at Capital One Arena on Monday night. In a physical Game…

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Canadiens @ Capitals Top Six Minutes: Habs fall on an Alexander Ovechkin OT goal

First period

• The Capitals get a few shots early, but Montreal is still getting zone time.
• Brendan Gallagher takes a cross-check to the teeth. The ref comes over to the bench to inform Martin St-Louis he’s not calling that on

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Canadiens’ Caufield pounces on loose puck and buries power-play goal

Watch as Montreal Canadiens forward Cole Caufield gets loose around the net and fires home a loose puck past Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson.

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Should Canadiens have challenged Beauvillier’s goal for a high stick?

Sportsnet’s Hockey Central panel discusses the second period goal scored by Washington Capitals forward Anthony Beauvillier in Game 1 and whether or not it was worthy of a coach’s challenge by Montreal Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis.

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Published: 2 weeks ago