Montréal Canadiens at Washington Capitals

1st Round, Game 5 · Apr 30, 2025 · Capital One Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Montréal Canadiens	1	29
Washington Capitals	4	28

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
09:12	WSH	Alex Ovechkin (4) PP	Dylan Strome (6)	0 - 1
11:15	WSH	Jakob Chychrun (2)	Pierre-Luc Dubois (2), Tom Wilson (3)	0 - 2
2nd Period
16:59	WSH	Tom Wilson (2) PP	John Carlson (1), Dylan Strome (7)	0 - 3
3rd Period
02:40	MTL	Emil Heineman (1)	Joel Armia (2), Oliver Kapanen (1)	1 - 3
19:34	WSH	Brandon Duhaime (3)	Connor McMichael (2)	1 - 4

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
07:06	WSH	Pierre-Luc Dubois	Interference	2
08:34	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	Slashing	2
13:50	WSH	Brandon Duhaime	Roughing	2
2nd Period
05:45	MTL	Mike Matheson	Slashing	2
16:41	MTL	Jake Evans	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens	70	47	29	1	4.0	56.1
Washington Capitals	54	44	28	4	4.1	43.9

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: 4.0 expected, 1 scored · Washington Capitals: 4.1 expected, 4 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
Brendan Gallagher · Josh Anderson · Christian Dvorak	10:35	71.4	78.6	0-0
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský	7:27	57.9	55.5	0-1
Jake Evans · Alex Newhook · Ivan Demidov	6:39	33.3	0.0	0-0
Nick Suzuki · Alex Newhook · Ivan Demidov	5:06	50.0	60.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Matheson · Alexandre Carrier	16:35	54.5	38.9	0-0
Kaiden Guhle · Lane Hutson	16:15	75.0	85.6	0-0
David Savard · Arber Xhekaj	5:40	40.0	49.8	1-0

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
51	Emil Heineman	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	07:37	0.20	6-6	0.42-0.28
40	Joel Armia	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	09:53		12-7	0.48-0.16
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	07:10	0.28	6-8	0.42-0.45
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	5	15:17	1.05	18-7	1.21-0.33
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	22:03	0.03	23-19	0.91-1.49
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	3	19:16	0.40	18-12	0.51-0.34
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	5	22:36	0.41	22-15	0.85-0.55
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16:27	0.11	13-16	0.53-1.39
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	16:19	0.59	16-12	1.16-0.69
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	-2	2	0	7	19:00	0.23	16-12	0.51-0.57
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	21:18	0.16	20-9	1.13-0.31
22	Christian Dvorak	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	17:47	0.03	18-11	1.16-0.68
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	23:12	0.01	20-18	0.87-1.35
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	27:11	0.43	24-13	1.11-0.45
58	David Savard	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:50		10-16	0.63-0.81
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	15:25	0.05	11-11	0.19-0.91
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	09:59	0.00	13-11	0.59-0.51
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	18:21	0.06	9-12	0.41-1.03

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
75	Jakub Dobes	L	27	24	3	57:23	3.33	+0.33

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Tom Wilson · Pierre-Luc Dubois · Connor McMichael	10:39	52.4	59.7	1-0
Nic Dowd · Brandon Duhaime · Aliaksei Protas	9:14	52.6	87.8	0-0
Alex Ovechkin · Dylan Strome · Anthony Beauvillier	8:01	45.0	35.2	0-0
Lars Eller · Andrew Mangiapane · Ryan Leonard	6:38	36.4	10.2	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Roy · Rasmus Sandin	14:21	38.5	63.1	0-0
John Carlson · Jakob Chychrun	14:04	45.8	24.0	1-0
Trevor van Riemsdyk · Alexander Alexeyev	6:37	44.4	38.6	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	1	2	1	0	2	3	23:48	0.57	16-16	0.84-0.82
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	15:40	0.01	11-19	0.53-0.88
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	25:51	0.10	17-19	0.76-0.97
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	0	0	6	3	13:51	0.53	11-15	0.53-0.86
24	Brandon Duhaime	L	1	0	1	1	2	2	5	12:22	0.37	12-12	0.87-0.19
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	23:42	0.33	13-14	0.35-0.78
77	Connor McMichael	L	0	1	1	2	0	3	4	17:42	0.28	12-19	0.70-0.64
80	Pierre-Luc Dubois	C	0	1	1	2	2	2	4	16:13	0.08	13-15	0.82-0.64
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23:56	0.01	13-21	1.04-0.76
9	Ryan Leonard	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	08:38	0.08	6-10	0.35-0.82
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	10:14		6-10	0.10-0.87
21	Aliaksei Protas	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16:48	0.13	10-15	0.84-0.14
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	18:40	0.12	15-11	1.03-0.23
26	Andrew Mangiapane	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	08:08	0.01	6-7	0.24-0.82
27	Alexander Alexeyev	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	07:33	0.14	10-10	0.68-0.89
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	21:50	0.10	18-25	1.25-0.76
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	16:36	0.12	15-21	0.84-1.08
72	Anthony Beauvillier	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	14:33	0.35	11-16	0.52-0.98

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
48	Logan Thompson	W	29	28	1	59:55	4.05	+3.05