Devante Smith-Pelly scored in the third period to lift the Washington Capitals to a 4-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in a penalty-filled NHL pre-season game on Wednesday night.
The Capitals led by two goals in the first period through Evgeny Kuznetsov and Jakub Vrana before Chares Hudon and captain Max Pacioretty levelled the score in the second.
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Former Canadien Smith-Pelly scored the winner with 5:54 remaining on the clock when he deflected Connor Hobbs’ point shot over Charlie Lindgren, who lost sight of the puck.
Tom Wilson added a fourth for Washington into an empty net.
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Carey Price, in his first game of the pre-season, allowed two goals on 10 shots before being replaced by Lindgren at 9:22 of the second period. Lindgren made 10 saves in relief.
Philipp Grubauer stopped 20 of 21 shots. His replacement Pheonix Copley made 21 saves.
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