MONTREAL -- Montreal Canadiens goalie Sam Montembeault left in the second period of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference First Round against the Washington Capitals at Bell Centre on Friday.

The Washington Capitals and Montreal Canadiens each lost their No. 1 goaltender in Game 3 of their first-round series.

Montreal's Sam Montembeault and Washington's Logan Thompson both left Game 3 with injuries, and they could be gone for a while.

Christian Dvorak broke a tie at 4:17 of the third period and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 6-3 on Friday night to cut their deficit in the first-round series to 2-1.

The odds are stacked against the New Jersey Devils, Montreal Canadiens and Edmonton Oilers after falling behind 0-2 in their first-round series. Of the 300 teams in NHL history that went down 0-2 in a best-of-seven series starting on the road,