Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington CapitalsOct 7, 2017

FinalSaturday, Oct 7, 2017· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	0	1		MTL	7	20	12	39
WSH	4	2	0	6		WSH	14	6	3	23

: MTL 70WSH 37
: MTL 3.17WSH 1.56
PP goals: MTL 0WSH 1
Hits: MTL 24WSH 21
Blocks: MTL 8WSH 15
PIM: MTL 8WSH 8
: MTL 39%WSH 61%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Washington Capitals rout Montreal Canadiens 6–1

Washington Capitals beat Montreal Canadiens 6–1 at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 4G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:35 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had 4 goals (4 points) on 8 shots in 17:44.Ovechkin
Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had 4 assists (4 points) in 17:18.Kuznetsov
Points
Nicklas Backstrom had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:11.Backstrom
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:35 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
Luck
WSH scored 6 goals on 1.56 expected goals (37 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Goalie
Braden Holtby (WSH) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +8 against a season average of 30.5; the win.Holtby
Luck
MTL scored 1 goal on 3.17 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Paul Byron (MTL) played 10:42, −5:30 down on his 16:12 season average over 81 games.Byron

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · WSH 37 · MTL 70

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH pressure
MTL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 50% of the game, WSH 23%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

WSH

MTL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	MTL	WSH
	61	36
	2.37	1.33
	2.34	1.31
	10	7
	4	5
	8	6
	−0.124	+0.124
	50%	23%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Shaw – Danault – Galchenyuk
10:5458% CF
L2Pacioretty – Gallagher – Drouin
10:1360% CF
L3Plekanec – Hudon – Lehkonen
9:3083% CF
L4Hemsky – Byron – de la Rose
6:2843% CF
D1Streit – Mete
12:2265% CF
D2Petry – Benn
10:4768% CF
D3Weber – Alzner
9:4667% CF

PP1Hemsky – Weber – Pacioretty – Galchenyuk – Drouin
4:27100% CF
PP2Streit – Gallagher – Hudon – Lehkonen – Mete
1:220% CF
PK1FPlekanec – Lehkonen
2:45
PK2FByron – de la Rose
1:27
PK1DWeber – Alzner
3:43
PK2DPetry – Benn
2:11

Current MTL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Vrana
11:4125% CF
L2Oshie – Backstrom – Burakovsky
9:5835% CF
L3Eller – Chiasson – Connolly
8:3558% CF
L4Beagle – Smith-Pelly – Walker
7:4850% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
16:1229% CF
D2Orpik – Carlson
14:2839% CF
D3Chorney – Ness
12:0543% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
3:35100% CF
PP2Niskanen – Orlov – Connolly – Burakovsky – Vrana
2:090% CF
PK1FBeagle – Smith-Pelly
3:56
PK2FEller – Chiasson
1:46
PK1DOrpik – Carlson
2:17
PK2DNiskanen – Orlov
1:01

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:20
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Jakub Vrana, Evgeny Kuznetsov)slap0.04 xG
MTL: Plekanec, Petry, Alzner, Hudon, LehkonenWSH: Orpik, Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Vrana
MTL 0 – 1 WSH
0:46
WSHT.J. Oshie (Nicklas Backstrom, Andre Burakovsky)wrist0.05 xG
MTL: Weber, Pacioretty, Benn, Gallagher, DrouinWSH: Oshie, Niskanen, Backstrom, Orlov, Burakovsky
MTL 0 – 2 WSH
2:51
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Plekanec, Weber, Alzner, LehkonenWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov
MTL 0 – 3 WSH
18:10
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Aaron Ness)tip-in0.06 xG
MTL: Petry, Alzner, Byron, Shaw, DanaultWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Ness, Kuznetsov, Vrana
MTL 0 – 4 WSH

2nd period

4:50
MTLBrendan GallagherSH (Paul Byron)wrist0.22 xG
MTL: Weber, Alzner, Byron, GallagherWSH: Niskanen, Orlov, Connolly, Burakovsky, Vrana
MTL 1 – 4 WSH
16:46
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Evgeny Kuznetsov, John Carlson)backhand0.11 xG
MTL: Streit, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Drouin, MeteWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov
MTL 1 – 5 WSH
18:05
WSHNathan Walker (Devante Smith-Pelly, Jay Beagle)deflected0.02 xG
MTL: Streit, Shaw, Danault, Galchenyuk, MeteWSH: Chorney, Beagle, Ness, Smith-Pelly, Walker
MTL 1 – 6 WSH

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Galchenyuk C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	0	0	0	18:11	—	—	55	58
Andrew Shaw R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.44	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	52	52
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.04	1	0	0	15:17	—	—	59	74
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.35	0	1	0	18:00	—	—	57	49
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	2	0	0	16:27	—	—	59	51
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.60	3	0	2	14:17	—	—	62	52
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.48	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	77	85
Tomas Plekanec C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	2	0	0	15:01	—	—	78	85
Charles Hudon L	L3	0	0	0	-1	6	0.22	4	0	0	14:38	—	—	86	91
Jacob de la Rose L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	1	2	10:59	—	—	44	36
Ales Hemsky R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	4	10:56	—	—	56	64
Paul Byron L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:42	—	—	50	52
Victor Mete D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	2	0	16:39	—	—	63	63
Mark Streit D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:47	—	—	63	64
Jordie Benn D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	2	0	19:42	—	—	66	66
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	3	1	0	19:42	—	—	62	62
Shea Weber D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	1	0	24:54	—	—	60	54
Karl Alzner D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	64	77

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Al Montoya	—	9	7	2	.778	0.63	39:52
Carey Price(start)	L	14	10	4	.714	0.94	20:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	4	0	4	+3	8	0.48	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	30	38
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	4	4	+3	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:18	—	—	29	38
Jakub Vrana L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	15:15	—	—	27	25
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	39	40
T.J. Oshie R	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.35	1	1	0	14:17	—	—	40	49
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	0	1	0	14:11	—	—	36	40
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:53	—	—	38	16
Alex Chiasson R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	12:38	—	—	50	25
Brett Connolly R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	2	12:30	—	—	41	20
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	15:13	—	—	38	35
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	1	2	0	14:46	—	—	46	42
Nathan Walker L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	4	0	0	11:23	—	—	43	40
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	21:55	—	—	29	31
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	3	0	4	20:16	—	—	29	31
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	1	3	2	23:08	—	—	42	35
Brooks Orpik D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	19:31	—	—	39	28
Taylor Chorney D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	4	0	17:39	—	—	44	49
Aaron Ness D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:22	—	—	46	53

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	39	38	1	.974	3.17	59:50

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.