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Washington Capitals at Montréal Canadiens

Dec 3, 2015 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 19
Montréal Canadiens 2 35

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:26 WSH Tom Wilson (2) Brooks Laich (3) 1 - 0
2nd Period
12:08 MTL Lars Eller (7) Alex Galchenyuk (12), Tomas Plekanec (18) 1 - 1
19:16 WSH T.J. Oshie (7) Nicklas Backstrom (13), Matt Niskanen (11) 2 - 1
3rd Period
02:30 MTL Brian Flynn (3) SH Paul Byron (2), Jeff Petry (7) 2 - 2
08:17 WSH T.J. Oshie (8) Karl Alzner (6), Alex Ovechkin (11) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:37 WSH Matt Niskanen Holding 2
2nd Period
10:06 WSH Taylor Chorney Delaying game puck over glass 2
12:25 MTL Alexei Emelin Hooking 2
3rd Period
02:00 MTL Max Pacioretty Hooking 2
09:07 WSH John Carlson Holding 2
18:07 MTL Dale Weise Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 43 30 19 3 2.3 37.1
Montréal Canadiens 73 47 35 2 3.4 62.9

How the game went

0102030Start2nd3rdMontréal 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: 2.3 expected, 3 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 3.4 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 2:26 of 1st, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 19:16 of 2nd, a 2% chanceWSH goal, 8:17 of 3rd, a 8% chanceMTL goal, 12:08 of 2nd, a 18% chanceMTL goal, 2:30 of 3rd, a 19% chanceMTL 3.4WSH 2.3

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 · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom13:4840.031.42-0
Justin Williams · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov12:2244.467.40-0
Jason Chimera · Jay Beagle · Andre Burakovsky7:5218.216.70-0
Brooks Laich · Michael Latta · Tom Wilson3:0540.032.81-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner17:4633.333.72-0
John Carlson · Nate Schmidt15:5037.831.20-0
Taylor Chorney · Dmitry Orlov11:1154.583.01-0

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
77 T.J. Oshie R 2 0 2 1 0 3 4 19:08 0.23 10-17 0.27-0.75
43 Tom Wilson R 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 09:30 0.31 7-5 0.37-0.48
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 20:29 0.07 11-16 0.33-0.60
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 25:59 0.02 12-27 0.42-1.28
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 20:48 0.03 12-19 0.33-1.18
25 Brooks Laich C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 08:50 0.02 6-3 0.37-0.17
27 Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 22:57 0.02 13-25 0.54-1.00
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:51 0.01 6-6 0.19-0.16
14 Justin Williams R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:10 0.17 10-13 0.48-0.64
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 15:32 0.14 5-25 0.16-1.16
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:48 0.02 8-20 0.20-0.70
44 Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:21 6-7 0.19-0.24
46 Michael Latta C 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 06:36 4-5 0.10-0.17
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 22:32 0.09 15-24 0.68-1.39
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:33 0.11 9-20 0.44-0.82
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 19:04 0.11 14-24 0.56-1.25
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:25 0.09 9-13 0.42-0.64
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:34 0.10 8-11 0.42-0.22
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 35 33 2 59:53 3.33 +1.33

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Desharnais · Max Pacioretty · Dale Weise14:3964.557.10-1
Tomas Plekanec · Tomas Fleischmann · Paul Byron13:0963.073.90-0
Lars Eller · Alex Galchenyuk · Sven Andrighetto9:4164.374.50-0
Christian Thomas · Devante Smith-Pelly · Brian Flynn5:0742.912.60-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrei Markov · P.K. Subban16:1659.358.60-1
Tom Gilbert · Alexei Emelin13:5466.765.50-1
Jeff Petry · Nathan Beaulieu12:0975.064.80-0

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
20 Lars Eller C 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 14:29 0.36 11-7 0.72-0.20
32 Brian Flynn C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 09:13 0.19 4-5 0.04-0.24
2 Jeff Petry D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:42 0.14 22-8 1.12-0.53
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:55 0.06 18-10 0.68-0.18
41 Paul Byron L 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 17:55 0.39 21-11 0.95-0.23
47 Alex Galchenyuk C 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 14:42 0.34 12-6 0.72-0.17
10 Sven Andrighetto R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:06 0.11 10-6 0.45-0.18
12 Tomas Fleischmann L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:57 0.15 20-10 0.53-0.18
14 Tom Gilbert D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:28 17-10 0.90-0.28
22 Dale Weise R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 19:14 0.21 21-11 0.95-0.65
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 7 16:35 0.02 14-9 0.45-0.32
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 05:56 0.01 3-5 0.03-0.24
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:51 0.02 23-10 0.97-0.59
38 Christian Thomas L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 05:22 3-4 0.03-0.22
51 David Desharnais C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:31 0.17 23-12 1.30-0.70
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 0 0 -1 2 9 2 19:25 1.07 22-12 1.29-0.70
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 26:44 0.10 20-16 1.16-0.46
79 Andrei Markov D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 23:46 0.05 16-13 0.54-0.40
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Mike Condon 19 16 3 59:16 1.51 -1.49