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Washington Capitals at Montréal Canadiens

Mar 24, 2018 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 6 30
Montréal Canadiens 4 21

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:35 MTL Alex Galchenyuk (17) Jacob de la Rose (8) 0 - 1
11:11 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (22) PP John Carlson (47), Nicklas Backstrom (39) 1 - 1
14:49 WSH Tom Wilson (12) Nicklas Backstrom (40) 2 - 1
18:11 WSH Tom Wilson (13) Nicklas Backstrom (41), Andre Burakovsky (11) 3 - 1
2nd Period
04:52 WSH Jay Beagle (7) Dmitry Orlov (21), Alex Chiasson (8) 4 - 1
19:58 MTL Charles Hudon (9) Jordie Benn (11), Logan Shaw (8) 4 - 2
3rd Period
01:10 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (23) PP Nicklas Backstrom (42), John Carlson (48) 5 - 2
04:52 WSH Jakub Jerabek (2) Andre Burakovsky (12), T.J. Oshie (26) 6 - 2
09:28 MTL Charles Hudon (10) Mike Reilly (14), Logan Shaw (9) 6 - 3
18:03 MTL Brendan Gallagher (28) PP Jonathan Drouin (28), Jeff Petry (26) 6 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:35 MTL Logan Shaw High sticking 2
2nd Period
02:25 MTL Nikita Scherbak Hooking 2
14:49 WSH Tom Wilson Holding 2
3rd Period
01:00 MTL Jonathan Drouin Hooking 2
05:19 WSH Tom Wilson High sticking 2
17:05 WSH Alex Ovechkin Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 53 40 30 6 3.3 54.4
Montréal Canadiens 47 33 21 4 1.8 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: 3.3 expected, 6 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 1.8 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 11:11 of 1st, a 5% chanceWSH goal, 14:49 of 1st, a 4% chanceWSH goal, 18:11 of 1st, a 12% chanceWSH goal, 4:52 of 2nd, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 1:10 of 3rd, a 16% chanceWSH goal, 4:52 of 3rd, a 3% chanceMTL goal, 8:35 of 1st, a 8% chanceMTL goal, 19:58 of 2nd, a 9% chanceMTL goal, 9:28 of 3rd, a 2% chanceMTL goal, 18:03 of 3rd, a 10% chanceWSH 3.3MTL 1.8

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 · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson14:0150.060.70-0
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Andre Burakovsky11:1066.764.71-0
Jay Beagle · Alex Chiasson · Chandler Stephenson8:4266.787.11-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Jakub Vrana7:2640.019.30-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov17:1160.067.21-2
John Carlson · Michal Kempny14:2250.050.51-1
Brooks Orpik · Jakub Jerabek12:4858.370.41-0

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
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 4 4 2 0 1 0 17:04 0.08 17-11 0.66-0.32
43 Tom Wilson R 2 0 2 2 4 3 2 16:55 0.22 12-12 0.43-0.24
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 18:06 0.36 10-10 0.26-0.17
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 2 2 3 0 1 4 14:06 0.09 17-7 0.56-0.22
74 John Carlson D 0 2 2 0 0 6 1 21:04 0.09 15-16 0.58-0.65
28 Jakub Jerabek D 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15:00 0.03 9-5 0.19-0.08
83 Jay Beagle C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:06 0.59 9-7 0.53-0.21
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 21:33 0.03 18-15 0.76-0.42
48 Alex Chiasson R 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 12:42 0.11 8-5 0.43-0.10
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 17:00 0.08 15-10 0.49-0.25
6 Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:25 0.14 14-12 0.55-0.54
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 19:38 0.34 11-10 0.36-0.17
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:05 8-5 0.43-0.10
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 23:20 0.02 19-15 0.80-0.41
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 09:30 0.10 7-12 0.23-0.58
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 14:23 0.08 8-9 0.23-0.52
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 11:09 7-10 0.12-0.55
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 19:56 0.02 11-9 0.27-0.19
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Philipp Grubauer W 21 17 4 60:00 1.82 -2.18

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Galchenyuk · Jacob de la Rose · Artturi Lehkonen11:3345.549.21-1
Paul Byron · Brendan Gallagher · Jonathan Drouin11:2753.321.70-1
Logan Shaw · Charles Hudon · Nikita Scherbak9:3243.828.21-1
Nicolas Deslauriers · Michael McCarron · Daniel Carr8:1446.252.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordie Benn · Brett Lernout17:3329.621.51-3
Jeff Petry · Mike Reilly15:1154.864.82-1
Karl Alzner · Noah Juulsen13:3753.333.80-0

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
54 Charles Hudon L 2 0 2 1 0 4 4 15:02 0.29 9-11 0.28-0.37
20 Logan Shaw R 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 14:34 0.06 10-10 0.39-0.37
7 Brendan Gallagher R 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 18:22 0.32 9-11 0.18-0.47
47 Alex Galchenyuk C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 2 17:56 0.36 12-14 0.44-0.40
2 Jeff Petry D 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 21:09 17-16 0.76-0.50
6 Mike Reilly D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19:41 20-15 0.78-0.41
18 Jordie Benn D 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 19:48 0.01 8-19 0.22-0.81
61 Jacob de la Rose L 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 15:12 0.07 10-15 0.27-0.43
92 Jonathan Drouin L 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 18:37 0.05 10-10 0.27-0.52
21 Nikita Scherbak R 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:23 0.10 8-12 0.18-0.37
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:07 0.02 8-9 0.14-0.35
28 Daniel Carr L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:54 0.36 7-8 0.31-0.25
36 Brett Lernout D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 19:09 0.03 9-19 0.25-0.81
41 Paul Byron L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:11 8-9 0.11-0.55
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 11:46 0.01 7-7 0.32-0.25
47 Michael McCarron C 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 10:16 0.02 7-8 0.31-0.25
47 Noah Juulsen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:07 0.02 10-8 0.14-0.27
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:45 0.06 11-14 0.37-0.49
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price L 30 24 6 58:15 2.42 -3.58