The Montreal Canadiens arrive in Washington after beating the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in a shootout. Both teams list multiple injuries ahead of Wednesday’s game. Montreal is 3-2-1 overall and 1-0-1 on the road, while Washington stands at 3-3 overall and 2-1-0 at home. Puck drop is set for 7:30 p.m. EDT.
Records, Odds and Penalties
Montreal and Washington meet for the first time this season. The Capitals are listed at -135, the Canadiens at +111, and the over/under is 6.5. Those figures cover the matchup odds; the report gives no numbers for team revenue, player salaries, ticket sales or ownership income.
Washington has taken 31 penalties, averaging 5.2 per game and ranking 10th in NHL play. Montreal has taken 33, or 5.5 per game, ranking seventh. The figures give each team’s penalty total, average and league ranking. They don’t identify the penalties’ causes, the players who took them, or any fines or suspensions.
Montreal’s last result was a 4-3 shootout win over Buffalo. The game report gives the score and outcome, but no scoring details, individual statistics or game length. Montreal enters Wednesday with a 3-2-1 overall record and a 1-0-1 mark on the road.
Washington enters at 3-3 overall and 2-1-0 at home. Those records show each team’s results so far, and Wednesday’s matchup marks their first meeting this season. The report lists no standings positions or broader season projections.
Players Listed Out or Day to Day
Washington lists Rasmus Sandin out with a knee injury and Patrick Thomas out with an upper-body injury. Matt Roy is also out, with a lower-body injury. The team lists all three as out and attaches an injury description to each player.
Pierre-Luc Dubois is day to day with an illness, while Alex Tuch is day to day with an undisclosed issue. The report doesn’t give either player a return date or offer more detail about Tuch’s condition.
Montreal lists Oliver Kapanen and Ivan Demidov out with lower-body injuries. Lucas Condotta and Bryce Pickford are out with undisclosed issues, and Samuel Montembeault is out with a lower-body injury. Florian Xhekaj is day to day with an undisclosed issue; Mike Matheson is day to day with a lower-body injury.
The injury report separates players marked out from those listed day to day. It doesn’t say whether any of them will play Wednesday. No labor, compensation or medical-cost information appears, so the report gives no figures on the injuries’ financial effects for players or teams.
The Associated Press created the story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. The article was updated at 8:11 a.m. UTC on October 14, 2026.