The game featured a major brawl and both starting goalies leaving with injuries in playoff hockey's return to Montreal.

The long wait for a full-house playoff game at the Bell Centre culminated in a night that won’t soon be forgotten. The Montreal Canadiens ran over the Capitals in an electric Game 3 on Friday, cutting Washington’s lead to 2-1 in the first-round,

A highlight in the loss was the first power-play unit of Caufield, Suzuki and Slafkovsky, a trio on the first line, with forward Ivan Demidov and defenseman Lane Hutson. Demidov and Hutson both had assists on the two power-play goals.