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Washington Capitals at Montréal Canadiens

Jan 9, 2017 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 4 39
Montréal Canadiens 1 23

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
11:03 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (10) Alex Ovechkin (13), Karl Alzner (4) 1 - 0
3rd Period
07:18 MTL Tomas Plekanec (4) PP Paul Byron (12), Artturi Lehkonen (3) 1 - 1
08:12 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (5) Alex Ovechkin (14), Justin Williams (10) 2 - 1
11:00 WSH Brett Connolly (5) Evgeny Kuznetsov (22) 3 - 1
16:36 WSH Alex Ovechkin (19) PP Nicklas Backstrom (24), Marcus Johansson (15) 4 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
08:03 MTL Bobby Farnham Interference 2
10:48 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Tripping 2
3rd Period
00:24 WSH Team Too many men on the ice 2
05:19 WSH Lars Eller Interference 2
11:56 WSH Brett Connolly High sticking 2
16:04 MTL Alexander Radulov Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 68 50 39 4 2.8 54.4
Montréal Canadiens 62 38 23 1 2.5 45.6

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdMontréal 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: 2.8 expected, 4 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 2.5 expected, 1 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 11:03 of 1st, a 24% chanceWSH goal, 8:12 of 3rd, a 13% chanceWSH goal, 11:00 of 3rd, a 5% chanceWSH goal, 16:36 of 3rd, a 6% chanceMTL goal, 7:18 of 3rd, a 31% chanceWSH 2.8MTL 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
Justin Williams · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov14:4450.046.81-0
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Brett Connolly9:5550.071.11-0
Daniel Winnik · Lars Eller · Andre Burakovsky8:4066.756.70-0
Jay Beagle · Tom Wilson · Liam O'Brien5:2146.285.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov16:1657.167.10-0
Karl Alzner · John Carlson14:0842.152.03-0
Brooks Orpik · Nate Schmidt12:4769.661.80-0

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

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 1 2 3 2 0 5 1 15:20 0.27 12-12 0.44-0.26
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 15:25 0.31 10-15 0.38-0.35
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 1 2 2 2 4 0 18:23 0.43 22-17 0.72-0.75
20 Brett Connolly R 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 13:28 0.05 14-12 0.42-0.17
14 Justin Williams R 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 19:32 0.61 16-18 0.60-0.92
27 Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 3 0 1 2 20:26 0.01 20-23 0.76-0.76
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 18:21 0.04 16-19 0.56-0.84
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:34 0.05 22-16 0.81-0.48
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 23:06 0.08 20-15 0.75-0.37
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 17:03 0.08 17-8 0.44-0.30
26 Daniel Winnik L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:31 0.25 15-8 0.34-0.30
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10:48 0.03 14-6 0.29-0.22
38 Liam O'Brien C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:08 9-7 0.43-0.07
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 10:22 0.31 10-8 0.51-0.08
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:12 0.02 18-8 0.39-0.26
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 3 0 4 2 20:58 0.17 16-24 0.69-0.75
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:26 0.11 13-11 0.58-0.16
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:59 0.01 16-8 0.39-0.33
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 23 22 1 60:00 2.43 +1.43

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexander Radulov · Max Pacioretty · Phillip Danault13:3450.040.70-2
Tomas Plekanec · Paul Byron · Artturi Lehkonen11:0260.071.00-0
Torrey Mitchell · Brian Flynn · Sven Andrighetto6:0956.331.90-1
Bobby Farnham · Michael McCarron · Nikita Scherbak3:3612.511.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Petry · Nathan Beaulieu17:0252.967.10-2
Shea Weber · Alexei Emelin14:4650.028.90-1
Mark Barberio · Ryan Johnston9:2934.812.80-0

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
14 Tomas Plekanec C 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 18:15 0.75 18-13 0.65-0.33
41 Paul Byron L 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 17:08 0.08 15-11 0.64-0.27
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 16:03 0.28 19-12 0.66-0.28
2 Jeff Petry D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 23:52 0.12 20-17 0.88-0.50
6 Shea Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 25:11 0.08 18-21 0.45-0.87
10 Sven Andrighetto R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 10:56 0.05 10-18 0.22-0.71
21 Nikita Scherbak R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:02 0.08 10-14 0.23-0.37
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 17:00 0.17 12-14 0.40-0.57
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 19:42 0.05 18-15 0.46-0.67
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 27:50 0.05 22-25 1.03-0.62
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:16 0.02 13-15 0.40-0.58
44 Mark Barberio D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:56 0.01 8-19 0.07-0.65
44 Bobby Farnham R 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 07:31 0.27 3-14 0.03-0.33
47 Alexander Radulov R 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 22:14 0.18 12-14 0.39-0.63
47 Michael McCarron C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:09 4-13 0.04-0.33
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 21:37 0.15 12-15 0.39-0.62
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:41 0.12 13-15 0.38-0.67
89 Ryan Johnston D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:29 8-15 0.07-0.49
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price L 39 35 4 59:36 2.80 -1.20