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Montréal Canadiens at Washington Capitals

Dec 28, 2010 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 0 25
Washington Capitals 3 30

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
16:20 WSH Jay Beagle (1) Eric Fehr (1), Matt Hendricks (1) 0 - 1
19:22 WSH Mike Green (1) Nicklas Backstrom (1) 0 - 2
3rd Period
19:28 WSH Alex Ovechkin (1) Karl Alzner (1) 0 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:23 WSH Matt Hendricks Boarding 2
04:43 WSH John Carlson High sticking 2
07:32 MTL Alexandre Picard Tripping 2
13:19 MTL Benoit Pouliot Roughing 2
19:45 MTL Travis Moen Boarding 2
2nd Period
03:51 MTL Tomas Plekanec Slashing 2
07:30 MTL Max Pacioretty Roughing 2
07:30 WSH Eric Fehr Roughing 2
12:58 MTL Team Too many men on the ice 2
14:59 WSH Alexander Semin Hooking 2
3rd Period
00:21 MTL Roman Hamrlik Slashing 2
03:52 WSH John Erskine Interference 2
04:19 MTL Tomas Plekanec High sticking double minor 4
08:49 WSH Scott Hannan Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 58 40 25 0 2.2 50.0
Washington Capitals 64 45 30 3 4.5 50.0

How the game went

105051015Start2nd3rdWashington Capitals aheadMontréal Canadiens ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Washington Capitals had taken more, and below it and blue while Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 2.2 expected, 0 scored · Washington Capitals: 4.5 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 16:20 of 1st, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 19:22 of 1st, a 13% chanceWSH goal, 19:28 of 3rd, a 39% chanceWSH 4.5MTL 2.2

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Montréal Canadiens
Washington Capitals

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Scott Gomez · Brian Gionta · Max Pacioretty9:5847.818.00-1
Michael Cammalleri · Tomas Plekanec · Andrei Kostitsyn8:1773.372.50-0
Mathieu Darche · Benoit Pouliot · Lars Eller6:4664.765.60-0
Jeff Halpern · Travis Moen · Maxim Lapierre2:1925.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Hamrlik · Jaroslav Spacek9:5630.49.50-0
Alexandre Picard · Yannick Weber7:2850.062.10-1
Hal Gill · P.K. Subban6:3471.470.30-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
3 Yannick Weber D 0 0 0 -2 0 4 3 19:27 0.25 12-9 0.45-0.31
8 Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 24:37 0.02 10-19 0.13-1.04
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 22:18 0.29 11-13 0.13-0.64
13 Michael Cammalleri L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:11 0.36 11-4 0.62-0.23
14 Jeff Halpern C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:33 1-4 0.00-0.15
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 0 0 -1 6 1 0 21:23 0.22 11-7 0.62-0.42
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 10:53 0.42 11-10 0.42-0.40
23 Scott Gomez C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 20:13 0.11 11-16 0.13-0.80
27 Travis Moen L 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 07:21 1-10 0.00-0.42
40 Roman Hamrlik D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 25:34 0.08 11-20 0.14-1.10
40 Maxim Lapierre C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 04:08 1-7 0.00-0.30
46 Andrei Kostitsyn L 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 15:17 0.32 11-4 0.62-0.23
52 Mathieu Darche L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:28 0.04 11-8 0.42-0.31
54 Alexandre Picard D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 12:06 10-7 0.47-0.25
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 08:20 11-7 0.42-0.22
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 15:26 0.06 11-12 0.13-0.61
75 Hal Gill D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:27 12-6 0.58-0.23
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 21:10 13-7 0.58-0.23
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price 29 27 2 59:08 4.14 +2.14

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Hendricks · David Steckel · Andrew Gordon7:3169.286.10-0
Jason Chimera · Eric Fehr · Jay Beagle6:3161.568.61-0
Mike Knuble · Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom6:2625.00.00-0
Brooks Laich · Keith Aucoin · Alexander Semin3:2145.568.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Erskine · Jeff Schultz10:2248.447.10-0
Karl Alzner · John Carlson10:0252.648.20-0
Scott Hannan · Mike Green8:0441.769.91-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 22:08 0.48 3-7 0.03-0.09
27 Mike Green D 1 0 1 2 0 6 0 28:19 0.70 9-9 0.70-0.21
83 Jay Beagle C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 09:52 0.09 8-7 0.28-0.53
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 12:50 0.21 11-7 0.48-0.07
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 22:16 0.09 3-5 0.13-0.06
21 Eric Fehr C 0 1 1 2 2 6 0 13:50 0.94 12-11 0.60-0.50
27 Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:13 0.03 11-10 0.54-0.52
4 John Erskine D 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 13:51 0.02 17-16 0.59-0.45
9 Mike Knuble R 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 20:56 0.59 6-10 0.41-0.44
13 Alexander Semin R 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15:26 0.22 9-7 0.28-0.13
15 Keith Aucoin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:47 11-9 0.67-0.14
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 11:28 0.10 11-13 0.44-0.91
20 David Steckel C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:00 0.25 11-13 0.50-0.44
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:06 0.38 8-7 0.47-0.11
27 Scott Hannan D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 15:19 5-7 0.42-0.18
44 Andrew Gordon R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:22 9-5 0.42-0.09
55 Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:16 15-16 0.40-0.45
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 22:13 0.06 11-11 0.54-0.54
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Semyon Varlamov 25 25 0 59:45 2.16 +2.16