The Montreal Canadiens outplayed, outshot and out-chanced the Washington Capitals but still came away with a 4-2 loss.
After Artturi Lehkonen took a penalty after getting caught up with Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov broke into the zone on an innocent-looking play, danced around Mark Streit and beat Carey Price to make the score 1-0.
Five minutes later, Nikita Scherbak took a hooking penalty which allowed the Capitals to once again score with the man advantage. Jakub Vrana centred a puck for Kuznetsov but Brandon Davidson tipped it behind Price when he was trying to block the pass.