The Capitals will look to extend their winning streak to four games when they visit the Montreal Canadiens tonight at Bell Centre for the third and final regular-season meeting between the teams. The Capitals lead the season series 2-0-0, having won the most recent matchup 3-2 in overtime on Jan. 13 at Capital One Arena. Ethen Frank leads Washington with six points (4g, 2a) in two games against the Canadiens this season, including a career-best four-point performance (2g, 2a) on Nov. 20 in Montreal. The Capitals have won three straight games at Bell Centre and are 7-2-1 in their last 10 games there overall.
With their 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday, the Capitals extended their winning streak to three games and improved to 6-1-0 over their last seven outings. Pierre-Luc Dubois factored on all three goals (2g, 1a) in the victory and has now registered five points (3g, 2a) in three games since returning to the lineup on Feb. 5. Dubois missed 47 consecutive games from Nov. 1 to Feb. 3 due to injury. The Capitals went 22-18-7 (.543 P%) during Dubois’ 47-game absence, but have a record of 57-25-9 (.676 P%) with him in the lineup since the start of last season.
Dubois, who was born in Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, recorded a career-high 46 assists and 66 points in his first season with Washington in 2024-25. Last season, Dubois (20g-46a–66p in 82 GP) ranked tied for second on the Capitals in assists, tied for third in points and tied for sixth in goals. In addition, the 6’4”, 220-pound center ranked first on the team in primary assists (29), second in even-strength points (52), 5v5 points (46) and plus-minus (+27) and sixth in game-winning goals (4). Dubois became the fourth player since 2010-11 to reach the 50-point mark in their first season with the Capitals, joining Dylan Strome (65p in 2022-23), T.J. Oshie (51p in 2015-16) and Justin Williams (52p in 2015-16).
