The Washington Capitals fell 6-3 to the Montreal Canadiens in Game 3 on Friday night. Washingon still leads the series two games to one.
Not the Capitals night
Connor McMichael struck first 3:20 for his third goal of the postseason after scoring twice in Game 2. It came on a tip in shot and it was assisted by Matt Roy and Rasmus Sandin.
Alexandre Carrier tied it at one at 19:07. 1-1 was the score after one with the Habs leading in shots 15-7.
Nick Suzuki gave the Canadiens the lead at 8:37. Jakob Chychrun would tie it at 10:47 with the assists coming from Andrew Mangiapane and Lars Eller. Cole Caufield put the Canadiens back in front at 19:51. Habs led in shots 11-7 after two.
In the third Alex Ovechkin notched his third goal of the playoffs. That came at 2:39 and was assisted by Dylan Strome and Anthony Beauvillier.
Then the Canadiens scored three unanswered goals to take Game 3. Christian Dvorak struck at 4:17. Juraj Slafkovsky added on at 13:23 and Alex Newhook scored on the power play at 17:35. Suzuki's second period goal also came on the power play.
Habs led in shots 14-7 in the third period and 40-21 overall.
"We knew it wasn't going to be easy. We knew they were going to come out hard," Alex Ovechkin said after the game.
Logan Thompson had 30 saves before he left the game with an injury which was cauased when Dylan Strome fell on him as Slafkovsky scored. Charlie Lindgren would make four saves on five shots.
"There's no way the Montreal Canadiens are going to go quietly into the night just because we're up 2-0 (in the series) and won two games at home. So, we all knew that and also that it's going to take our absolute best from the Washington Capitals to win the series. I know that for a fact, so we are going to have to be at our best for Game 4, Game 5 and the rest of the series in order to win the series, that's just a fact. So, we weren't at our best tonight, and we need to get to that level in Game 4. "Spencer Carbery
Game 4 will take place on Sunday night at 6:30 p.m. on Monumental Sports Network, TNT, truTV and Max. You can also listn to the game on 106.7 The Fan and Caps Radio 24/7.