Montréal Canadiens at Washington Capitals

1st Round, Game 2 · Apr 23, 2025 · Capital One Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Montréal Canadiens	1	26
Washington Capitals	3	32

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
01:16	MTL	Christian Dvorak (1)	Josh Anderson (1), Brendan Gallagher (1)	1 - 0
03:47	WSH	Connor McMichael (1)	Taylor Raddysh (1)	1 - 1
04:47	WSH	Dylan Strome (1)	Anthony Beauvillier (2), Ryan Leonard (1)	1 - 2
3rd Period
19:58	WSH	Connor McMichael (2)	Pierre-Luc Dubois (1), Tom Wilson (2)	1 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
08:14	MTL	Josh Anderson	Boarding	2
08:14	MTL	Josh Anderson	Cross checking	2
08:14	WSH	Tom Wilson	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd Period
05:08	WSH	Matt Roy	Cross checking	2
17:41	WSH	Nic Dowd	Interference	2
3rd Period
20:00	MTL	Josh Anderson	Slashing	2
20:00	WSH	Brandon Duhaime	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens	72	47	26	1	2.8	54.2
Washington Capitals	62	49	32	3	3.7	45.8

How the game went

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: 2.8 expected, 1 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.7 expected, 3 scored

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.

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský	14:21	59.0	49.5	0-1
Brendan Gallagher · Josh Anderson · Christian Dvorak	11:27	60.0	53.6	1-0
Jake Evans · Emil Heineman · Ivan Demidov	5:43	37.5	41.7	0-0
Joel Armia · Patrik Laine · Alex Newhook	4:10	33.3	11.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Matheson · Alexandre Carrier	17:39	35.1	19.5	0-1
Kaiden Guhle · Lane Hutson	15:59	56.5	65.6	1-0
David Savard · Jayden Struble	6:00	68.8	50.8	0-1

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

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
22	Christian Dvorak	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	18:01	0.54	19-17	0.80-0.65
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	18:04	0.03	18-14	0.71-0.93
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	1	1	0	6	2	6	13:18	0.12	16-15	0.67-0.90
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	25:07	0.12	18-27	0.48-1.57
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	20:16	0.28	25-17	1.03-1.14
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	23:58	0.07	26-19	0.93-1.05
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	16:56	0.11	18-18	0.42-0.97
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	-2	0	5	3	22:33	0.77	27-18	1.01-1.04
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	20:25	0.06	30-20	1.12-0.56
40	Joel Armia	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	07:27		4-9	0.13-0.18
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	22:46	0.11	19-25	0.52-1.41
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	10:27	0.01	17-7	0.71-0.72
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	25:36	0.08	30-22	1.15-0.62
51	Emil Heineman	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	07:39	0.17	5-7	0.23-0.25
58	David Savard	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	09:35	0.01	13-7	0.72-0.60
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	14:45	0.14	16-13	0.60-0.36
92	Patrik Laine	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10:10	0.17	3-6	0.03-0.38
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12:50		16-9	0.48-0.35

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Samuel Montembeault	L	31	29	2	58:07	3.32	+1.32

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Tom Wilson · Pierre-Luc Dubois · Connor McMichael	11:13	33.3	44.9	0-0
Alex Ovechkin · Dylan Strome · Anthony Beauvillier	10:05	52.0	36.4	0-1
Nic Dowd · Taylor Raddysh · Brandon Duhaime	9:03	50.0	46.7	0-0
Lars Eller · Andrew Mangiapane · Ryan Leonard	7:24	58.3	52.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Roy · Rasmus Sandin	17:07	38.9	33.8	0-1
John Carlson · Jakob Chychrun	14:56	50.0	63.2	1-0
Trevor van Riemsdyk · Alexander Alexeyev	12:52	55.6	57.3	0-0

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
77	Connor McMichael	L	2	0	2	2	0	4	0	17:48	0.33	12-23	0.79-0.53
17	Dylan Strome	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	15:19	0.47	15-19	0.60-0.76
9	Ryan Leonard	R	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	11:12	0.27	12-6	1.00-0.39
14	Taylor Raddysh	R	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	11:58	0.30	16-18	0.92-0.65
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	1	1	1	2	2	5	18:11	0.39	10-20	0.41-0.50
72	Anthony Beauvillier	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	14:53	0.26	18-17	0.93-0.80
80	Pierre-Luc Dubois	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	17:07		14-17	0.60-0.44
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	22:56	0.03	17-29	0.87-1.21
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	21:48	0.12	20-26	1.07-0.74
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	8	14:23	0.13	13-15	0.33-0.68
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	12:05	0.07	10-9	0.65-0.52
24	Brandon Duhaime	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	16:06	0.06	14-16	0.54-0.62
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	14:57	0.31	15-21	0.89-0.66
26	Andrew Mangiapane	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	12:28	0.32	13-10	0.56-0.48
27	Alexander Alexeyev	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	14:12	0.01	18-15	0.95-0.51
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	21:26	0.13	15-24	0.68-1.10
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:01	0.02	16-13	0.68-0.53
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	24:10	0.09	22-22	1.22-0.61

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
48	Logan Thompson	W	26	25	1	60:00	2.77	+1.77