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Washington Capitals at Montréal Canadiens

Jan 31, 2015 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 0 36
Montréal Canadiens 1 30

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
Overtime
03:08 MTL Max Pacioretty (23) Tomas Plekanec (20), P.K. Subban (22) 0 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:32 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Holding 2
08:55 MTL Michael Bournival Boarding 2
11:26 WSH Brooks Laich Roughing 2
11:26 MTL P.K. Subban Roughing 2
15:14 MTL Lars Eller Hooking 2
2nd Period
03:15 WSH Tom Wilson Interference 2
03:15 MTL Tomas Plekanec Interference 2
08:01 MTL Tom Gilbert Slashing 2
09:50 MTL Alexei Emelin Cross checking 2
15:04 WSH Alex Ovechkin Tripping 2
3rd Period
00:59 MTL Lars Eller Holding 2
06:27 WSH Brooks Orpik Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 69 49 36 0 3.1 52.2
Montréal Canadiens 62 42 30 1 2.5 47.8

How the game went

20151050Start2nd3rdOTMontréal Canadiens aheadWashington Capitals 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 Montréal Canadiens had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 3.1 expected, 0 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 2.5 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTMTL goal, 3:08 of overtime, a 13% chanceWSH 3.1MTL 2.5

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

Washington Capitals
Montréal Canadiens

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.

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Jay Beagle6:3942.937.50-0
Troy Brouwer · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov5:3045.537.10-0
Jason Chimera · Michael Latta · Tom Wilson5:1011.11.20-0
Joel Ward · Brooks Laich · Eric Fehr4:4578.678.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson13:4155.944.50-0
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner11:0259.372.10-0
Mike Green · Jack Hillen8:2023.11.10-0

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

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
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 -1 2 8 5 25:18 0.53 18-18 0.60-0.52
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 23:10 0.24 22-13 0.87-0.25
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 23:44 0.06 17-20 0.54-0.61
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:20 1-14 0.01-0.57
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:37 0.10 18-5 0.52-0.12
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 0 2 4 5 15:13 0.57 19-6 0.68-0.10
27 Mike Green D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:23 0.03 3-11 0.01-0.51
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:36 0.02 19-17 0.69-0.31
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:29 0.13 9-7 0.40-0.37
38 Jack Hillen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:06 4-13 0.12-0.55
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:40 0.53 20-12 0.74-0.27
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 09:22 7-11 0.05-0.50
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 21:42 0.00 26-17 0.71-0.78
46 Michael Latta C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:06 3-9 0.04-0.48
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 24:18 0.30 21-17 0.68-0.76
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:34 0.20 13-14 0.36-0.46
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:05 0.29 11-6 0.40-0.37
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 14:49 0.11 9-10 0.34-0.37
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby OTL 30 29 1 63:08 2.46 +1.46

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tomas Plekanec · Max Pacioretty · Dale Weise9:2150.039.50-0
David Desharnais · Brendan Gallagher · Alex Galchenyuk6:4833.381.90-0
Lars Eller · Christian Thomas · Jiri Sekac5:2068.890.90-0
Brandon Prust · Lars Eller · Jiri Sekac3:5225.022.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrei Markov · P.K. Subban13:5955.955.10-0
Tom Gilbert · Alexei Emelin12:2151.773.00-0
Sergei Gonchar · Nathan Beaulieu11:1227.37.00-0

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
67 Max Pacioretty L 1 0 1 1 0 7 1 22:06 0.37 17-12 0.28-0.37
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 1 1 1 2 6 1 23:21 0.25 15-16 0.24-0.49
76 P.K. Subban D 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 27:53 0.09 23-16 0.70-0.61
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:07 6-10 0.37-0.19
9 Brandon Prust L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:21 0.05 7-11 0.19-0.60
14 Tom Gilbert D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19:20 0.09 18-17 0.91-0.45
15 Michael Bournival L 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 05:28 5-8 0.03-0.40
20 Manny Malhotra C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:20 0.01 4-4 0.02-0.17
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 18:32 0.14 18-20 0.94-0.77
22 Dale Weise R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:51 11-17 0.21-0.56
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 18:48 0.02 17-14 0.83-0.31
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:44 0.03 6-16 0.04-0.59
36 Jiri Sekac L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:49 0.16 17-16 0.89-0.59
38 Christian Thomas L 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 08:14 0.71 15-6 0.78-0.12
47 Alex Galchenyuk C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:45 0.48 8-13 0.41-0.19
51 David Desharnais C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:22 7-11 0.38-0.22
55 Sergei Gonchar D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:12 6-16 0.04-0.59
79 Andrei Markov D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 27:28 0.08 20-17 0.63-0.56
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price W, SO 36 36 0 62:59 3.09 +3.09