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Montréal Canadiens at Washington Capitals

Dec 17, 2016 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 2 25
Washington Capitals 1 21

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
14:41 MTL Artturi Lehkonen (6) Unassisted 1 - 0
2nd Period
14:16 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (9) PP Justin Williams (4), Alex Ovechkin (9) 1 - 1
16:39 MTL Jeff Petry (6) Max Pacioretty (13), Phillip Danault (7) 2 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:00 MTL Michael McCarron Slashing 2
2nd Period
00:23 MTL Torrey Mitchell Holding the stick 2
08:05 WSH Justin Williams Roughing 2
13:35 MTL Nathan Beaulieu Hooking 2
14:07 MTL Alexei Emelin Interference 2
14:16 MTL Nathan Beaulieu Abuse of officials 10
15:48 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Cross checking 2
15:48 MTL Paul Byron Slashing 2
18:16 WSH Dmitry Orlov Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 44 40 25 2 3.6 47.0
Washington Capitals 58 37 21 1 2.2 53.0

How the game went

0510Start2nd3rdWashington 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: 3.6 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.2 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 14:41 of 1st, a 5% chanceMTL goal, 16:39 of 2nd, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 14:16 of 2nd, a 8% chanceMTL 3.6WSH 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
Torrey Mitchell · Paul Byron · Brendan Gallagher11:5352.471.30-0
Alexander Radulov · Max Pacioretty · Phillip Danault11:5175.084.30-0
Tomas Plekanec · Brian Flynn · Artturi Lehkonen9:4330.025.81-0
Chris Terry · Michael McCarron · Daniel Carr7:5130.051.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shea Weber · Alexei Emelin13:5955.681.80-0
Andrei Markov · Jeff Petry10:1366.771.11-0
Jeff Petry · Nathan Beaulieu5:1040.058.40-0

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
2 Jeff Petry D 1 0 1 2 0 6 3 23:24 0.24 24-16 1.42-0.50
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 13:18 0.15 6-17 0.24-0.70
24 Phillip Danault C 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 17:35 0.76 19-9 1.30-0.29
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18:22 0.17 19-8 1.30-0.29
6 Shea Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26:39 0.03 10-17 1.01-0.78
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:26 0.46 11-13 0.97-0.42
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:25 0.15 6-16 0.24-0.70
15 Chris Terry L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:01 0.15 3-7 0.19-0.18
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 25:34 0.02 12-15 1.13-0.44
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 0 12 1 2 14:55 0.02 9-14 0.48-0.54
28 Daniel Carr L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:55 0.01 3-9 0.19-0.27
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14:02 6-14 0.24-0.68
41 Paul Byron L 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 18:06 11-10 0.97-0.39
44 Mark Barberio D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 10:50 0.40 8-14 0.75-0.69
47 Alexander Radulov R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 17:49 0.35 18-9 1.19-0.32
47 Michael McCarron C 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 10:45 0.03 3-9 0.19-0.27
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15:03 0.14 11-10 0.97-0.39
79 Andrei Markov D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:10 16-13 0.71-0.41
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price W 21 20 1 60:00 2.14 +1.14

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Justin Williams · Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov8:3162.584.20-0
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson6:2942.921.70-2
Daniel Winnik · Jay Beagle · Tom Wilson6:2845.54.60-0
Lars Eller · Zachary Sanford · Jakub Vrana5:4853.852.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov14:0960.045.80-1
Brooks Orpik · Nate Schmidt12:5772.760.40-0
Karl Alzner · John Carlson12:3344.022.00-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 17:46 0.13 12-13 0.36-1.60
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 1 1 0 0 3 6 19:59 0.14 17-9 0.91-0.15
14 Justin Williams R 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 16:55 0.04 11-11 0.64-0.27
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 5 20:21 0.06 16-10 0.83-0.93
13 Zachary Sanford L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:26 9-10 0.22-0.31
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 19:58 13-8 0.70-0.83
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:30 0.18 11-7 0.30-0.29
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:56 0.18 15-12 0.55-0.35
26 Daniel Winnik L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:16 0.12 7-9 0.14-1.02
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 18:04 12-20 0.33-1.32
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10:43 6-8 0.15-0.99
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:22 16-9 0.49-0.43
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 7 24:01 0.19 11-19 0.33-1.34
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 17:14 0.14 11-9 0.44-1.01
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:50 0.07 10-10 0.15-0.74
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:45 0.08 20-13 0.62-0.58
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 15:50 0.17 11-11 0.38-1.21
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 18:08 0.65 12-7 0.70-0.12
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby L 25 23 2 57:56 3.04 +1.04