Washington Capitals at Montréal Canadiens: game preview
WashingtonCapitals2026-27: 1-1-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-30-9 · 95 pts · 12that
MontréalCanadiens2026-27: 1-1-1 · 3 pts · 2025-26: 48-24-10 · 106 pts · 6thEleven points apart last season
Washington finished last season 12th in the league on 95 points. Montréal finished 6th on 106.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 203
Across 202 completed games, Washington lead the head-to-head 101-89-12.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each 2025-26 meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 20 Nov 2025, Washington were 16th in the league and Montréal 22nd. By 28 Feb 2026 it was 19th and 9th.
Washington out-attempted Montréal 314 to 280
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Washington Capitals
Montréal Canadiens
Washington and Montréal are level on chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 2 games for Washington, 3 for Montréal. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Washington, 10 for Montréal.
2025-26: 82 games for Washington, 82 for Montréal.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
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Small sampleDylan Strome has 9 points in the last 5 meetings
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.
Dylan Strome vs Montréal · game by game
See all: Dylan Strome vs Montréal · game by game →Jakub Dobes has been the difference
Jakub Dobes faced 105 shots across 4 appearances against Washington and conceded 12, a .886 save percentage against a season figure of .857. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Expected starter after their game on 3 Feb: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Expected starter after their game on 3 Feb: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.
Logan Thompson
See all: Logan Thompson →WSH · 1-0-0 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 10 Feb
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Charlie Lindgren .931 (1 GP)
Full game logJakub Dobes
See all: Jakub Dobes →MTL · 1-1-1 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 10 Feb
Scoring rates point to about 6.5 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
Washington3.002.503.212.98
Montréal4.004.673.453.12Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
8 on the injury lists
Washington · injuries
Montréal · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Placed G Clay Stevenson, D Louie Belpedio, C Mike Brodzinski and RW Spencer Smallman on waivers. Released G Cal Petersen and D Jonathan McDonald from their professional tryout agreements. Assigned LW Maxim Schäfer to Cape Breton (QMJHL).
Placed G Clay Stevenson, D Louie Belpedio, C Mike Brodzinski and RW Spencer Smallman on waivers. Released G Cal Petersen from his professional tryout agreement.
Placed D Justin Holl on waivers for the purpose of being loaned to Hershey (AHL).
Placed D Reilly Walsh, D Maksymilian Szuber, D Ethan Samson, C Sam Poulin, RW Sasha Pastujov, C Hunter McKown, G Kaapo Kähkönen, LW Brett Berard, and RW Alex Belzile on waivers for the purpose of loaning them to Laval (AHL).
Signed F Chris Kreider to a one-year contract.
Loaned F Vinzenz Rohrer to EV Zug (Switzerland).
Washington · 2026 draft
See all: Washington · 2026 draft →Montréal · 2026 draft
See all: Montréal · 2026 draft →Saturday 13 February · the full slate
See all: Saturday 13 February · the full slate →WSHatMTLThis game1:00 PM ET
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