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Washington Capitals at Montréal Canadiens

Feb 28, 2026 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 2 29
Montréal Canadiens 6 25

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:30 MTL Cole Caufield (34) Unassisted 0 - 1
13:16 WSH Alex Ovechkin (23) Anthony Beauvillier (9), Declan Chisholm (5) 1 - 1
14:19 MTL Cole Caufield (35) Nick Suzuki (48), Jayden Struble (9) 1 - 2
2nd Period
12:22 MTL Mike Matheson (6) Zachary Bolduc (14), Alex Newhook (8) 1 - 3
16:34 MTL Kirby Dach (8) Nick Suzuki (49) 1 - 4
3rd Period
12:12 WSH Alex Ovechkin (24) Dylan Strome (32), Anthony Beauvillier (10) 2 - 4
16:44 MTL Nick Suzuki (19) Unassisted 2 - 5
18:35 MTL Jake Evans (8) SH Unassisted 2 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:06 WSH Brandon Duhaime Roughing 2
08:24 MTL Mike Matheson Holding 2
2nd Period
10:09 WSH Ryan Leonard Roughing removing opponents helmet 2
17:17 MTL Brendan Gallagher Slashing 2
3rd Period
06:00 WSH Nic Dowd Cross checking 2
06:00 MTL Kirby Dach Roughing 2
07:51 MTL Noah Dobson Tripping 2
13:33 WSH Connor McMichael Holding 2
17:37 MTL Alexandre Carrier Holding the stick 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 57 42 29 2 3.8 53.3
Montréal Canadiens 53 38 25 6 3.8 46.7

How the game went

6420246Start2nd3rdMontréal 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: 3.8 expected, 2 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 3.8 expected, 6 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 13:16 of 1st, a 21% chanceWSH goal, 12:12 of 3rd, a 25% chanceMTL goal, 0:30 of 1st, a 18% chanceMTL goal, 14:19 of 1st, a 12% chanceMTL goal, 12:22 of 2nd, a 21% chanceMTL goal, 16:34 of 2nd, a 10% chanceMTL goal, 16:44 of 3rd, a 2% chanceMTL goal, 18:35 of 3rd, a 38% chanceMTL 3.8WSH 3.8

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.

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
Tom Wilson · Pierre-Luc Dubois · Aliaksei Protas9:2966.772.10-0
Alex Ovechkin · Dylan Strome · Anthony Beauvillier5:3376.994.62-0
Nic Dowd · Brandon Duhaime · Ethen Frank5:0240.00.00-1
Connor McMichael · Justin Sourdif · Ryan Leonard4:1922.249.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Trevor van Riemsdyk · Declan Chisholm10:5462.558.82-0
Martin Fehérváry · Rasmus Sandin10:0870.089.50-0
Matt Roy · Jakob Chychrun9:5047.641.50-2

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 2 0 2 -2 0 6 2 15:30 0.69 13-9 1.22-0.53
72 Anthony Beauvillier R 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 12:42 0.07 16-14 1.30-1.06
17 Dylan Strome C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 16:07 0.65 15-7 1.51-0.26
47 Declan Chisholm D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13:00 0.01 10-8 0.57-0.55
3 Matt Roy D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 20:58 0.01 13-15 0.56-1.11
6 Jakob Chychrun D 0 0 0 -5 0 2 0 23:20 0.24 13-17 0.69-1.12
9 Ryan Leonard R 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 15:09 0.09 6-13 0.29-0.70
21 Aliaksei Protas L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:05 0.21 15-5 0.89-0.20
24 Brandon Duhaime L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 10:43 0.01 4-5 0.03-0.43
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 14:48 0.03 8-7 0.10-0.57
34 Justin Sourdif C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:43 0.17 8-11 0.27-0.46
38 Rasmus Sandin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 19:06 16-13 1.16-0.61
42 Martin Fehérváry D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 21:28 0.09 18-10 1.33-0.46
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 -3 0 1 3 19:16 0.38 14-5 0.81-0.27
53 Ethen Frank R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:30 0.30 3-6 0.01-0.39
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 15:12 0.02 10-7 0.57-0.43
77 Connor McMichael L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 15:09 0.27 7-13 0.30-0.67
80 Pierre-Luc Dubois C 0 0 0 -4 0 3 2 18:22 0.52 11-10 0.56-0.86
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
79 Charlie Lindgren L 23 19 4 58:52 3.30 -0.70

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brendan Gallagher · Phillip Danault · Josh Anderson10:456.72.00-0
Nick Suzuki · Kirby Dach · Cole Caufield9:2855.672.72-0
Jake Evans · Alex Newhook · Zachary Bolduc8:4458.352.71-1
Oliver Kapanen · Juraj Slafkovský · Ivan Demidov6:3960.044.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Matheson · Kaiden Guhle14:4328.620.50-0
Noah Dobson · Lane Hutson10:3350.045.12-2
Alexandre Carrier · Jayden Struble9:1750.052.40-0

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 Nick Suzuki C 1 2 3 4 0 2 0 18:25 0.37 13-10 1.11-0.30
13 Cole Caufield R 2 0 2 3 0 5 1 16:19 1.00 12-9 1.07-0.30
8 Mike Matheson D 1 0 1 4 2 3 1 24:04 0.24 9-12 0.62-0.83
71 Jake Evans C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:25 0.02 7-6 0.36-0.35
77 Kirby Dach C 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 13:44 0.10 10-9 0.80-0.30
15 Alex Newhook C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:45 8-7 0.36-0.39
47 Jayden Struble D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:08 14-12 0.83-0.46
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 12:24 0.08 8-7 0.48-0.35
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 13:47 3-14 0.17-0.92
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15:40 1-15 0.02-0.92
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:23 0.54 14-11 0.69-0.89
21 Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 24:48 0.07 6-15 0.24-1.02
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17:53 2-14 0.05-0.92
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 18:01 0.11 11-15 0.51-0.60
48 Lane Hutson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:14 0.05 16-12 1.01-0.94
53 Noah Dobson D 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 16:35 0.07 15-14 1.06-1.01
91 Oliver Kapanen C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:41 0.08 12-8 0.62-0.79
93 Ivan Demidov R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:44 0.72 14-10 0.69-0.86
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
75 Jakub Dobes W 29 27 2 60:00 3.62 +1.62