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Montréal Canadiens at Washington Capitals

Mar 31, 2012 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 2 41
Washington Capitals 3 33

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:16 WSH Mathieu Perreault (1) Alexander Semin (1), Karl Alzner (1) 0 - 1
16:10 WSH Jay Beagle (1) Matt Hendricks (1), Mike Knuble (1) 0 - 2
19:38 MTL Erik Cole (1) Max Pacioretty (1) 1 - 2
2nd Period
14:31 MTL Tomas Plekanec (1) Andrei Markov (1), Frédéric St-Denis (1) 2 - 2
Shootout
WSH Matt Hendricks Shootout winner 2 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:22 MTL Frédéric St-Denis Tripping 2
06:10 MTL Peter Budaj Delaying game illegal play by goalie 2
13:45 MTL Tomas Plekanec Slashing 2
17:04 WSH Alexander Semin Roughing 2
2nd Period
03:48 WSH Dennis Wideman Interference 2
3rd Period
01:34 WSH Dennis Wideman Tripping 2
04:45 MTL P.K. Subban Hooking 2
10:58 MTL Tomas Plekanec Hooking 2
13:09 WSH John Carlson Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 68 52 41 2 2.9 41.7
Washington Capitals 68 48 33 2 3.1 58.3

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdOTWashington 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: 2.9 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.1 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTMTL goal, 19:38 of 1st, a 30% chanceMTL goal, 14:31 of 2nd, a 12% chanceWSH goal, 4:16 of 1st, a 19% chanceWSH goal, 16:10 of 1st, a 11% chanceWSH 3.1MTL 2.9

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
Mike Blunden · Blake Geoffrion · Lars Eller11:4841.236.30-0
Erik Cole · David Desharnais · Max Pacioretty11:3441.940.61-2
Tomas Plekanec · Rene Bourque · Louis Leblanc8:0040.953.01-0
Brad Staubitz · Aaron Palushaj · Lars Eller1:5666.787.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Gorges · P.K. Subban16:1534.448.51-0
Chris Campoli · Alexei Emelin9:5434.626.50-0
Andrei Markov · Frédéric St-Denis9:2061.550.71-1

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
14 Tomas Plekanec C 1 0 1 1 4 5 0 18:55 0.40 11-14 0.47-0.39
72 Erik Cole L 1 0 1 -1 0 4 2 20:39 0.44 15-19 0.73-1.04
28 Frédéric St-Denis D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 1 13:48 0.02 8-7 0.26-0.45
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 1 1 -1 0 5 3 22:14 0.30 13-19 0.66-0.99
79 Andrei Markov D 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 21:36 0.08 11-5 0.33-0.25
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 25:39 0.03 14-24 0.91-0.81
15 Petteri Nokelainen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:42 1-2 0.00-0.01
17 Chris Campoli D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 23:24 0.03 13-23 0.33-0.92
17 Rene Bourque R 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 17:46 0.17 9-13 0.41-0.36
20 Mike Blunden R 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:33 0.13 7-12 0.24-0.45
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:35 0.20 9-11 0.36-0.44
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 18:50 0.06 12-17 0.43-0.66
25 Brad Staubitz R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:32 4-3 0.13-0.03
37 Aaron Palushaj R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:09 0.05 5-5 0.15-0.13
51 David Desharnais C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 23:02 0.26 14-22 0.67-1.09
57 Blake Geoffrion C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:04 0.08 8-12 0.29-0.45
71 Louis Leblanc C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:19 0.25 9-15 0.41-0.42
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 1 2 6 1 27:13 0.45 12-22 0.74-0.78
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Peter Budaj OTL 33 31 2 65:00 3.08 +1.08

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson10:4647.839.50-1
Jason Chimera · Alexander Semin · Mathieu Perreault9:5385.075.90-0
Mike Knuble · Matt Hendricks · Jay Beagle5:3814.330.01-1
Brooks Laich · Keith Aucoin · Troy Brouwer5:3461.574.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Hamrlik · Mike Green12:1057.155.00-0
Dennis Wideman · Karl Alzner11:1968.063.12-1
John Carlson · Dmitry Orlov9:3456.557.00-0

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
83 Jay Beagle C 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 16:03 0.11 7-10 0.43-0.34
85 Mathieu Perreault C 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 10:05 0.35 19-3 0.55-0.11
9 Mike Knuble R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 08:46 0.11 4-6 0.34-0.26
13 Alexander Semin R 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 17:52 0.33 19-6 0.55-0.22
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 12:41 0.19 9-9 0.62-0.32
27 Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 22:05 0.04 19-11 0.91-0.55
6 Dennis Wideman D 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 23:16 0.04 19-12 0.83-0.77
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 21:56 0.29 12-13 0.46-0.69
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:58 0.02 13-10 0.45-0.34
15 Keith Aucoin C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:11 0.28 11-6 0.50-0.14
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:40 0.39 12-16 0.46-0.91
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:52 0.07 17-3 0.36-0.11
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 19:49 0.41 11-8 0.50-0.32
27 Mike Green D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 24:26 0.08 12-12 0.32-0.38
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:25 0.23 14-8 0.58-0.15
40 Roman Hamrlik D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 20:42 0.02 17-14 0.57-0.57
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 19:20 0.15 18-13 0.79-0.57
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:01 12-15 0.46-0.75
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Michal Neuvirth W 41 39 2 64:52 2.93 +0.93