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Montréal Canadiens at Washington Capitals

Oct 7, 2017 · Capital One Arena

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 1 39
Washington Capitals 6 23

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:20 WSH Alex Ovechkin (4) Jakub Vrana (3), Evgeny Kuznetsov (4) 0 - 1
00:46 WSH T.J. Oshie (1) Nicklas Backstrom (1), Andre Burakovsky (1) 0 - 2
02:51 WSH Alex Ovechkin (5) PP Evgeny Kuznetsov (5), Nicklas Backstrom (2) 0 - 3
18:10 WSH Alex Ovechkin (6) Evgeny Kuznetsov (6), Aaron Ness (1) 0 - 4
2nd Period
04:50 MTL Brendan Gallagher (1) SH Paul Byron (1) 1 - 4
16:46 WSH Alex Ovechkin (7) Evgeny Kuznetsov (7), John Carlson (1) 1 - 5
18:05 WSH Nathan Walker (1) Devante Smith-Pelly (1), Jay Beagle (1) 1 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:02 MTL Ales Hemsky Slashing 2
05:58 MTL Brendan Gallagher Tripping 2
15:26 WSH John Carlson Holding 2
2nd Period
03:07 MTL Jacob de la Rose Tripping 2
08:29 WSH Matt Niskanen Slashing 2
3rd Period
06:53 WSH Matt Niskanen Hooking 2
15:05 MTL Ales Hemsky Tripping 2
16:32 WSH Brett Connolly Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 70 55 39 1 3.3 63.0
Washington Capitals 37 29 23 6 2.0 37.0

How the game went

3020100Start2nd3rdWashington 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: 3.3 expected, 1 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.0 expected, 6 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 4:50 of 2nd, a 43% chanceWSH goal, 0:20 of 1st, a 4% chanceWSH goal, 0:46 of 1st, a 27% chanceWSH goal, 2:51 of 1st, a 7% chanceWSH goal, 18:10 of 1st, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 16:46 of 2nd, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 18:05 of 2nd, a 12% chanceMTL 3.3WSH 2.0

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
Andrew Shaw · Phillip Danault · Alex Galchenyuk10:5457.954.90-1
Max Pacioretty · Brendan Gallagher · Jonathan Drouin10:1360.044.10-2
Tomas Plekanec · Charles Hudon · Artturi Lehkonen9:3083.388.40-1
Ales Hemsky · Paul Byron · Jacob de la Rose6:2842.970.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mark Streit · Victor Mete12:2265.465.30-2
Jeff Petry · Jordie Benn10:4768.263.80-0
Shea Weber · Karl Alzner9:4666.782.60-0

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
7 Brendan Gallagher R 1 0 1 -1 2 3 3 14:17 0.68 16-10 0.58-0.73
41 Paul Byron L 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 10:42 5-5 0.20-0.16
2 Jeff Petry D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 19:42 0.08 18-11 0.84-0.72
6 Shea Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 24:54 0.06 15-10 0.28-0.58
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:01 0.15 18-5 0.92-0.36
18 Jordie Benn D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:42 0.04 21-11 0.81-0.81
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 15:17 0.06 13-9 0.30-0.31
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:17 0.01 14-8 0.34-0.20
32 Mark Streit D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 15:47 17-10 0.84-0.46
47 Alex Galchenyuk C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:11 0.29 12-10 0.29-0.36
54 Charles Hudon L 0 0 0 -1 0 6 4 14:38 0.18 19-3 0.92-0.12
61 Jacob de la Rose L 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 10:59 0.14 4-5 0.18-0.18
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 17:55 0.56 17-5 0.89-0.36
65 Andrew Shaw R 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 15:55 0.37 12-11 0.27-0.45
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 18:00 0.35 16-12 0.58-0.98
83 Ales Hemsky R 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 10:56 0.01 5-4 0.20-0.07
92 Jonathan Drouin L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 16:27 0.30 16-11 0.58-0.76
98 Victor Mete D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:39 0.02 17-10 0.84-0.47
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Al Montoya 9 7 2 39:52 0.95 -1.05
31 Carey Price 14 10 4 20:00 1.12 -2.88

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Jakub Vrana11:4125.032.52-0
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Andre Burakovsky9:5834.853.71-0
Lars Eller · Alex Chiasson · Brett Connolly8:3558.363.00-0
Jay Beagle · Devante Smith-Pelly · Nathan Walker7:4850.054.41-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov15:4729.436.62-0
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson13:5540.939.51-0
Taylor Chorney · Aaron Ness12:0543.561.91-0

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
8 Alex Ovechkin L 4 0 4 3 0 8 0 17:44 0.47 7-16 0.26-0.35
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 4 4 3 0 0 0 17:18 6-15 0.26-0.35
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 15:11 0.03 10-16 0.70-0.67
26 Nathan Walker L 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 11:23 0.23 6-8 0.33-0.37
77 T.J. Oshie R 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 14:17 0.56 10-15 0.76-0.57
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:15 0.00 6-16 0.17-0.35
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 14:46 0.02 6-7 0.36-0.39
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:11 0.21 9-16 0.70-0.67
42 Aaron Ness D 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 14:22 11-13 0.66-0.35
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 23:08 0.05 10-14 0.31-0.33
83 Jay Beagle C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:13 0.08 6-10 0.33-0.67
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 21:55 10-24 0.75-1.29
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 1 4 1 3 20:16 0.03 10-25 0.75-1.29
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:53 9-15 0.33-0.68
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 12:30 0.09 7-10 0.33-0.58
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 19:31 9-14 0.21-0.33
44 Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:39 0.02 10-13 0.57-0.35
48 Alex Chiasson R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:38 0.22 8-8 0.33-0.27
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 39 38 1 59:50 3.38 +2.38