Mr Viral
The Canadiens took on the Capitals tonight.
The goal for Martin St-Louis’ team: to tie the series.
Here are the line-ups:
Tonight’s lineup
Tonight’s lineup#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/5Tx8cBxCHY
– x – Montreal Canadiens (@CanadiensMTL) April 27, 2025
Lineys! #CapsHabs | @JackDaniels_US pic.twitter.com/QyjJTNF6bH
– Washington Capitals (@Capitals) April 27, 2025
Logan Thompson was surprisingly in front of the Caps net.
No Aliaksei Protas, though.
The first period was scoreless, but Dylan Strome broke the ice early in the second.
Bad goal by Jakub Dobes…
Dylan Strome capitalizes on Hutson’s turnover, breaking the ice for Washington in the 2nd! #ALLCAPS | #StanleyCupPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/yHK5KWQfJD
– Field hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights & News (@HockeyDaily365) April 27, 2025
At one point in the second, the CH found themselves 5-on-3 for 44 seconds.
But thanks in part to Mike Matheson, Montreal managed to kill off both penalties, and suddenly the momentum shifted.
The home team also took advantage of a power play, and unlike the Caps, they made the most of it. Ivan Demidov’s first elimination point was just that.
DEMIDOV AND SLAFKOVSKY CONNECT ON AN ABSOLUTE BEAUTY
(via @BR_OpenIce)pic.twitter.com/orkK2eAuj5
– BarDown (@BarDown) April 28, 2025
Lane Hutson also picked up an assist on Juraj Slafkovsky’s goal.
He’s the oldest player ever to get a point on net. He’s 21 years old…
No defenseman in history has as many assists as the young defenseman in a single season (playoffs included).
64th assist in 2024-25 for Lane Hutson (Season + Series)
NHL record by a rookie defenseman
Personal best among all active NHL players
– Guillaume Villemaire (@GVillemaire13) April 28, 2025
After two periods, Montreal had just 9 shots on goal, six of them in 34 minutes, but still managed to beat Logan Thompson one more time before the end of the period.
Again on the power play, Cole Caufield scored his third goal of the series. Hutson and Demidov picked up their second assists of the game on the sequence.
For Hutson, that’s already five assists since the start of the playoffs.
CAUFIELD! 2-1
The #13 gives his team the lead on the power play! pic.twitter.com/Ho7ngrpEuO
– RDS (@RDSca) April 28, 2025
I don’t think Patrik Laine will be back on the first wave of the power play anytime soon…
In the third period, however, the Caps tied the game. After Tom Wilson laid a big check on Alexandre Carrier, who didn’t finish the game, Brandon Duhaime took advantage and found the back of the net.
Shortly after Wilson laid a big hit on Carrier, Brandon Duhaime finds twine to tie it up at 2!#ALLCAPS | #StanleyCupPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/USVVBdrK69
– Field hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights & News (@HockeyDaily365) April 28, 2025
Carrier was stunned.
The game seemed headed for overtime, but with just over three minutes to go, Andrew Mangiapane foiled Dobes with a veiled shot.
MANGIAPANE! Andrew Mangiapane rifles home a great shot with 3:37 left to play in regulation, 3-2 Capitals!!!#ALLCAPS | #StanleyCupPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/lvxeM5qTk2
– Field hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights & News (@HockeyDaily365) April 28, 2025
Final score: 5-2 Washington, which leads the series 3-2. Duhaime and Tom Wilson scored the insurance goals in an empty net.
Spencer Carbery’s team can eliminate the CH on Wednesday at home.
Montreal will have to win the next three games against the best team in the East to stay alive.
Extension
– Let’s hope Alex Ovechkin follows the CH’s account on X.
We can confirm it’s not the same at WSH
Can confirm it’s not the same as WSH#GoHabsGo
– x – Montreal Canadiens (@CanadiensMTL) April 27, 2025
– It’s crazy.
This Bell Centre crowd is electric and blows the roof off the joint the pre-game ceremony.
Already louder than Friday. pic.twitter.com/bGKewH6DOO
– Marco D’Amico (@mndamico) April 27, 2025
– A nice visit.
Laval Rocket head coach Pascal Vincent and several members of the team are at the Bell Centre tonight. They have a 7 a.m. bus ride tomorrow to Cleveland, where they will start a second-round AHL playoff series on Wednesday. That’s about a 9-hour bus trip #Habs
– Stu Cowan (@StuCowan1) April 27, 2025
– He did quite a job in PK.
Mike Matheson appreciation tweet (because no one else will)
– Joey Alfieri (@joeyalfieri) April 27, 2025
– He still has the CH in his heart.
The crowd PK Subban.
PK is on fire. pic.twitter.com/AySPJq8cS2
– Anthony Martineau (@Antho_Martineau) April 28, 2025
