Schedule and 2024-25 Results
Regular Season Records: Washington 51-22-9=111pts, Montreal 40-31-11=91pts
Game 1 on Monday, 21 April: Montreal loses at Washington, 3-goals-2(OT)
Game 2 on Wednesday, 23 April: Montreal loses at Washington, 3-goals-1
Game 3 on Friday, 25 April: Washington loses at Montreal, 6-goals-3
Game 4 on Sunday, 27 April: Washington wins at Montreal, 5-goals-2
Game 5 on Wednesday, 30 April: Montreal loses at Washington, 4-goals-1

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Washington Capitals hosted and defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-goals-1 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1586 victory. With the series 1586 win, the Washington Capitals improve their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record to 19-30 overall and 13-17 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1586 loss, the Montreal Canadiens see their best-of-7 NHL playoff series record fall to 80-44 overall and 15-10 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Washington Capitals in series 1586 was WWLWW: Series 1586 thus becomes the 20th NHL Preliminary-round series, the 53rd NHL series (all rounds), and the 136th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The series 1586 victory by the Washington Capitals breaks a five-series losing streak by the Capitals; the last series victory by Washington before series 1586 occurred in series 1367, in the 2018 NHL Finals.

After Game 4: The Washington Capitals visited and bested the Montreal Canadiens 5-goals-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1586 lead of 3-games-1.

After Game 3: The Montreal Canadiens hosted and defeated the Washington Capitals 6-goals-3 to reduce the Washington Capitals best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1586 lead to 2-games-1.

After Game 2: The Washington Capitals hosted and defeated the Montreal Canadiens 3-goals-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1586 lead of 2-games-nil.

After Game 1: The Washington Capitals hosted and bested the Montreal Canadiens 3-goals-2(OT) to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1586 lead of 1-game-nil.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2024-25 NHL regular season, the Washington Capitals finished 20 points ahead of the Montreal Canadiens. From 1939 through the 2024 NHL Finals round, when NHL teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 20 regular-season points, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 7-1 (.875) with an active six-series winning streak in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1586 is the 49th best-of-7 NHL playoff series for the Washington Capitals, and the 124th for the Montreal Canadiens. In best-of-7 NHL playoff series, the Washington Capitals have an all-rounds series record of 18-30, a Preliminary-round series record of 12-17, and a Game 1 record of 27-21, while the Montreal Canadiens have an all-rounds series record of 80-43, a Preliminary-round series record of 15-9, and a Game 1 record of 74-49. Series 1586 is the second best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting between the Washington Capitals and the Montreal Canadiens. In their only previous best-of-7 NHL playoff series meeting, the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Washington Capitals in seven games in the 2010 NHL Preliminary round (best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1089).