Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington CapitalsJan 19, 2018

FinalFriday, Jan 19, 2018· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	2	3		MTL	8	7	11	26
WSH	0	1	1	2		WSH	4	12	10	26

: MTL 67WSH 61
: MTL 4.26WSH 2.48
PP goals: MTL 1WSH 1
Hits: MTL 19WSH 18
Blocks: MTL 18WSH 19
PIM: MTL 11WSH 15
: MTL 43%WSH 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Washington Capitals 3–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Washington Capitals 3–2 at WSH. Max Pacioretty (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Petry, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Galchenyuk and Drouin) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:11 together.

Points
Max Pacioretty had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:58.Pacioretty
Points
Paul Byron had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:36.Byron
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Petry, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Galchenyuk and Drouin) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:11 together.Petry Pacioretty Gallagher Galchenyuk Drouin
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:28 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Backstrom–Wilson skated 7:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (21.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Backstrom Wilson
New line
New look for MTL: Froese–Shaw–de la Rose skated 7:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Froese Shaw de la Rose
Usage
John Carlson (WSH) played 29:11, +4:27 up on his 24:44 season average over 81 games.Carlson
Usage
Jakub Jerabek (MTL) played 19:33, +3:19 up on his 16:14 season average over 35 games.Jerabek

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 128 of 128 attempts · WSH 61 · MTL 67

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 48% of the game, WSH 24%.

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	48
	3.24	1.64
	3.21	1.58
	12	7
	4	7
	16	8
	−0.021	+0.021
	48%	24%

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

L1Deslauriers – Galchenyuk – Drouin
10:1236% CF
L2Plekanec – Gallagher – Lehkonen
9:5667% CF
L3Byron – Pacioretty – Hudon
9:3862% CF
L4Froese – Shaw – de la Rose
7:3350% CF
D1Benn – Jerabek
14:2370% CF
D2Petry – Alzner
14:1543% CF
D3Schlemko – Mete
10:3754% CF

PP1Petry – Pacioretty – Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Drouin
4:1189% CF
PP2Schlemko – Byron – Hudon – Lehkonen – Mete
2:0350% CF
PK1FPlekanec – Lehkonen
1:54
PK2FByron – Pacioretty
1:22
PK1DPetry – Alzner
2:20
PK2DSchlemko – Benn
1:22

Current MTL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Eller – Connolly
9:5240% CF
L2Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
7:5321% CF
L3Kuznetsov – Burakovsky – Vrana
3:1650% CF
L4Beagle – Chiasson – Stephenson
3:0940% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
14:2237% CF
D2Carlson – Djoos
13:2079% CF
D3Orpik – Bowey
9:3217% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
4:28100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Carlson – Connolly – Burakovsky
0:42100% CF
PK1FOshie – Backstrom
1:37
PK2FEller – Stephenson
1:13
PK1DOrpik – Carlson
3:14
PK2DNiskanen – Orlov
2:49

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:08
MTLMax PaciorettyPP (Jonathan Drouin, Brendan Gallagher)wrist0.06 xG
MTL: Petry, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Galchenyuk, DrouinWSH: Orpik, Beagle, Carlson, Chiasson
MTL 1 – 0 WSH
13:24
WSHJohn CarlsonPP (Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov)slap0.06 xG
MTL: Plekanec, Petry, Alzner, LehkonenWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov
MTL 1 – 1 WSH

3rd period

10:41
MTLPaul Byron (Max Pacioretty, Jakub Jerabek)wrist0.07 xG
MTL: Byron, Pacioretty, Benn, Hudon, JerabekWSH: Niskanen, Backstrom, Orlov, Wilson, Vrana
MTL 2 – 1 WSH
18:42
MTLMax PaciorettyEN (Tomas Plekanec, Paul Byron)wrist0.51 xG
MTL: Plekanec, Petry, Alzner, Byron, PaciorettyWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Connolly
MTL 3 – 1 WSH
19:06
WSHLars Eller (Matt Niskanen, Dmitry Orlov)slap0.03 xG
MTL: Petry, Alzner, Froese, Gallagher, LehkonenWSH: Niskanen, Eller, Chiasson, Orlov, Wilson, Burakovsky
MTL 3 – 2 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	0	2	0.36	1	0	0	17:06	—	—	44	38
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	16:54	—	—	36	17
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	3	0	5	13:33	—	—	47	42
Tomas Plekanec C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.20	0	0	2	17:45	—	—	63	78
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.72	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	57	69
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.73	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	65	83
Max Pacioretty L	L3	2	1	3	+2	4	1.04	2	2	0	17:58	—	—	59	77
Paul Byron L	L3	1	1	2	+2	4	0.59	2	0	0	16:36	—	—	59	67
Charles Hudon L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	1	0	13:26	—	—	57	65
Logan Shaw R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	1	0	10:36	—	—	53	43
Byron Froese C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	0	0	0	9:56	—	—	54	51
Jacob de la Rose L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	9:38	—	—	56	57
Jakub Jerabek D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	1	2	0	19:33	—	—	64	79
Jordie Benn D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	0	3	0	19:19	—	—	70	85
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	2	0	25:44	—	—	41	56
Karl Alzner D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	2	19:52	—	—	46	62
David Schlemko D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	17:22	—	—	55	48
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	54	51

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Niemi(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	2.48	59:57

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	3	0	20:47	—	—	48	44
Lars Eller C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	3	1	0	15:14	—	—	39	11
Brett Connolly R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	5	0	0	13:51	—	—	35	10
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.06	2	2	2	21:06	—	—	23	10
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	1	0	0	19:47	—	—	33	14
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	0	3	9	10:30	—	—	24	12
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.36	1	0	2	19:20	—	—	41	38
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.48	0	1	2	15:14	—	—	63	57
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	8:17	—	—	58	61
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	1	0	13:11	—	—	67	67
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	12:51	—	—	60	49
Alex Chiasson R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:09	—	—	27	28
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:08	—	—	40	21
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.03	0	1	0	19:26	—	—	35	18
John Carlson D	D2	1	0	1	-1	8	0.48	0	1	0	29:11	—	—	61	61
Christian Djoos D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	1	0	15:12	—	—	68	75
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:11	—	—	19	2
Madison Bowey D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	10:48	—	—	23	16

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	3.75	57:33

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.