"Mathieu Perreault had not suited up for a game in a week. Michal Neuvirth had not made a start in nearly three.

But you wouldn't have known it by the way they played Wednesday night at Bell Centre.

Perreault scored his first goal since October in the opening minutes, and Neuvirth made 31 saves to lift the Capitals to a 3-0 victory over the Canadiens, which came in spite of a season-low 16 shots on Montreal's net.

Joining Perreault on the scoresheet were Marcus Johansson and Alex Ovechkin, whose second-period power-play tally was the Capitals' first in three games."