The Washington Capitals can officially end the Montreal Canadiens' playoff run with a Game 5 win on April 30. After a dominant 4-2 victory at the Bell Centre in Game 4, the series returns to the Capital One Center on Wednesday.

For the first time in seven years, the Washington Capitals were on the smiling end of a playoff handshake line. Alex Ovechkin scored on a laser of a shot off a faceoff, Logan Thompson made some spectacular saves among his 28 and the Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 in Game 5 of their first-round series Wednesday night to advance in the NHL playoffs.

The Washington Capitals looked every bit like the top team in the Eastern Conference most of the time in winning their first-round series against the Montreal Canadiens in five games