Capitals Fall To Canadiens, 3-2(OT); Jakob Chychrun Scores 12th Of The Season, Ethen Frank Debuts, Tallies First NHL Point

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The Washington Capitals fell to the Montreal Canadiens, 3-2(OT), Friday night at Capital One Arena in the District. The loss drops the Capitals’ record to 27-11-4 (58 points) on the season.

The Capitals opened the scoring with a power play goal from Jakob Chychrun less than three minutes into the contest.

The Canadiens tied the game with a tally from Cole Caufield early in the second period and took their first lead of the night with a short-handed tally from Josh Anderson midway through the middle frame.

The Capitals tied the game early in the final frame with a tally from Lars Eller, ultimately sending the game to overtime. Nick Suzuki won it for the Habs in extra the extra frame.


LINEUP

Charlie Lindgren (10-8-2, 2.70 GAA, .900 sv%) got the start between the pipes for the Capitals. Jakub Dobes (9-3-1, 3.09 GAA, .894 sv%) got the start in goal for the visiting Canadiens. The starting forward lines and defensive pairs for the Capitals:

Aliaksei Protas — Dylan Strome — Alex Ovechkin
Connor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom Wilson
Taylor Raddysh – Lars Eller — Ethen Frank
Brandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Andrew Mangiapane

Rasmus Sandin — John Carlson
Martin Fehervary — Matt Roy
Jakob Chychrun — Trevor Van Riemsdyk

Charlie Lindgren
Logan Thompson

Scratched: Jakub Vrana, Dylan McIlrath, Alexander Alexeyev.

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper-body), Nicklas Backstrom (hip), T.J. Oshie (back).

Ethen Frank was recalled from, and Ivan Miroshnichenko was re-assigned to Hershey on Friday, 01/10/2025.


1ST PERIOD

The Capitals opened the scoring with a power play goal from Jakob Chychrun (12) at 2:56 of the opening stanza. The goal was unassisted.

And that was it for the first 20 minutes. The Capitals dominated five-on-five shot attempts, 15-7, and led,In expected goals for, 0.37 to 0.23.


2ND PERIOD

Charlie Lindgren was involved in a collision at the goal and was removed from the game a few minutes later and replaced by Logan Thompson at 2:29 of the middle frame. It’s possible a concussion spotter called for Lindgren to be examined.

The Canadiens tied the game with a tally from Cole Caufield (23) at 4:56 of the middle frame.

The Canadiens made it 2-1 with a short handed tally following a turnover by Rasmus Sandin. Josh Anderson (7) corralled the loose puck and converted.

The Canadiens held the 2-1 lead into the second intermission and controlled most of the play in the second stanza, leading 16-7 in five-on-five shot attempts.


3RD PERIOD

The Capitals tied the game early in the final frame with a tally from Lars Eller (8) at 1:54 of the final frame. The marker was setup by a nice feed from Ethan Frank (1), his first career NHL point. Tylor Raddysh had the secondary assist.

Regulation would end with the game tied, 2–2.


OVERTIME

The Canadiens won it in the extra frame.

The Canadiens led in five-on-five shot attempts, 21-18 in the third period and 46-39 for the game.


SHAVINGS (From Capitals PR)

  • Jakob Chychrun scored his 12th goal of the season to give the Capitals a 1-0 lead. It marks the 21st goal by a Capitals defenseman this season, surpassing the team’s total from all of last season (20g in 82 GP).
  • Lars Eller scores his eighth goal of the season to tie the game 2-2 1:54 into the third period. Eller has scored two goals in his last four games.
  • Ethen Frank, who made his NHL debut tonight, recorded his first career NHL assist and point on Eller’s game-tying goal. Frank is the 40th player in franchise history to record a point in their NHL debut and the first since Vincent Iorio tallied an assist in his debut on March 4, 2023 at San Jose.
  • Taylor Raddysh tallied his 14th assist of the season on Eller’s goal. Raddysh (14a in 42 GP) is three assists shy of tying his single-season career high in assists (2022-23: 17a in 78 GP).

Links

Game Summary
Event Summary
@CapitalsPR
CapitalsToday.com

Capitals Postgame Audio

Forward Ethen Frank
Forward Lars Eller
Goaltender Logan Thompson
Head coach Spencer Carbery

About Jon Sorensen

Jon has been a Caps fan since day one, attending his first game at the Capital Centre in 1974. His interest in the Caps has grown over the decades and included time as a season ticket holder. He has been a journalist covering the team for 10+ years, primarily focusing on analysis, analytics and prospect development.

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