Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington CapitalsNov 24, 2021

FinalWednesday, Nov 24, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Washington CapitalsWSH

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	1	3		MTL	5	10	13	28
WSH	3	1	2	6		WSH	16	10	8	34

: MTL 44WSH 67
: MTL 3.04WSH 3.05
PP goals: MTL 0WSH 1
Hits: MTL 22WSH 20
Blocks: MTL 13WSH 7
PIM: MTL 2WSH 6
: MTL 46%WSH 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Montreal Canadiens 6–3

Washington Capitals beat Montreal Canadiens 6–3 at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 3A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson and Protas) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:08 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 21:00.Ovechkin
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Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:27.Lehkonen
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Dmitry Orlov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 23:49.Orlov
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Evgeny Kuznetsov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:06.Kuznetsov
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Jake Evans had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:14.Evans
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John Carlson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:46.Carlson
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Nic Dowd had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:21.Dowd
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WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson and Protas) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:08 together.Ovechkin Carlson Kuznetsov Wilson Protas

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 111 of 111 attempts · WSH 67 · MTL 44

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 29% of the game, WSH 33%.

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
	47	76
	3.19	3.28
	3.12	3.14
	13	13
	1	7
	14	18
	−0.047	+0.047
	29%	33%

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

L1Anderson – Drouin – Dvorak
14:1921% CF
L2Toffoli – Suzuki – Caufield
12:0244% CF
L3Gallagher – Lehkonen – Evans
11:4850% CF
L4Armia – Paquette – Poehling
8:1318% CF
D1Savard – Romanov
18:0537% CF
D2Petry – Chiarot
16:2534% CF
D3Wideman – Niku
12:3852% CF

PP1Wideman – Toffoli – Gallagher – Drouin – Suzuki
2:44100% CF
PP2Petry – Chiarot – Anderson – Dvorak – Caufield
1:33
PK1FArmia – Paquette
0:40
PK2FLehkonen – Evans
0:28
PK1DSavard – Romanov
1:08

Current MTL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Protas
16:0644% CF
L2Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
10:5970% CF
L3Wilson – Sprong – McMichael
9:1958% CF
L4Sgarbossa – Malenstyn – Leason
7:5886% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
12:0058% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
11:3765% CF
D3Schultz – van Riemsdyk
4:40100% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Protas
1:0850% CF
PK1FDowd – Wilson
1:17
PK2FHagelin – Kuznetsov
1:11
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
3:10
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
1:21

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:34
WSHNic Dowd (Dmitry Orlov, Nick Jensen)backhand0.02 xG
MTL: Petry, Chiarot, Anderson, Evans, CaufieldWSH: Ovechkin, Jensen, Dowd, Hathaway, Fehérváry
MTL 0 – 1 WSH
9:43
WSHJohn CarlsonPP (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alex Ovechkin)slap0.05 xG
MTL: Savard, Armia, Paquette, RomanovWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Protas
MTL 0 – 2 WSH
14:31
WSHMichael Sgarbossadeflected0.24 xG
MTL: Savard, Armia, Paquette, Poehling, RomanovWSH: Orlov, Jensen, Sgarbossa, Malenstyn, Leason
MTL 0 – 3 WSH
18:46
MTLJake Evans (Artturi Lehkonen)wrist0.12 xG
MTL: Petry, Chiarot, Gallagher, Lehkonen, EvansWSH: Carlson, Wilson, Sprong, Fehérváry, McMichael
MTL 1 – 3 WSH

2nd period

9:05
WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov (John Carlson, Alex Ovechkin)backhand0.11 xG
MTL: Chiarot, Armia, Lehkonen, Evans, RomanovWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Protas
MTL 1 – 4 WSH
18:54
MTLCole Caufield (Jonathan Drouin, Nick Suzuki)wrist0.55 xG
MTL: Petry, Chiarot, Drouin, Suzuki, CaufieldWSH: Hagelin, Jensen, Dowd, van Riemsdyk, Hathaway
MTL 2 – 4 WSH

3rd period

1:49
WSHTom Wilson (Alex Ovechkin, Connor McMichael)wrist0.06 xG
MTL: Wideman, Gallagher, Lehkonen, Evans, NikuWSH: Ovechkin, Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Fehérváry, McMichael
MTL 2 – 5 WSH
5:57
WSHDmitry Orlov (Nic Dowd)wrist0.02 xG
MTL: Wideman, Anderson, Drouin, Dvorak, NikuWSH: Hagelin, Orlov, Jensen, Dowd, Hathaway
MTL 2 – 6 WSH
17:34
MTLArtturi Lehkonen (Brendan Gallagher, Jake Evans)wrist0.22 xG
MTL: Savard, Gallagher, Lehkonen, Evans, RomanovWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, van Riemsdyk, Protas
MTL 3 – 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
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	17:49	—	—	27	50
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	17:29	—	—	29	16
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	17:15	—	—	30	17
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	2	1	0	16:54	—	—	50	43
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:45	—	—	52	63
Cole Caufield R	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.83	0	0	0	15:57	—	—	48	61
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.32	0	1	0	16:20	—	—	52	67
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	1	1	2	0	4	0.90	0	0	0	15:27	—	—	50	63
Jake Evans C	L3	1	1	2	-1	4	0.32	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	41	58
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	0	0	0	11:13	—	—	32	37
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	0	0	0	10:55	—	—	14	9
Cedric Paquette C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	2	0	10:18	—	—	29	38
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	4	1	0	20:59	—	—	34	40
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	1	0	20:16	—	—	37	45
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	22:27	—	—	33	59
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	4	1	2	20:59	—	—	32	61
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	0	0	0	18:10	—	—	50	45
Sami Niku D	D3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.04	0	1	0	14:25	—	—	48	42

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	34	28	6	.824	3.05	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	1	1	2	0	2	0.30	1	0	0	22:06	—	—	47	38
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	3	3	+2	4	0.32	2	0	0	21:00	—	—	46	36
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	0	0	0	17:52	—	—	44	34
Nic Dowd C	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.17	5	0	0	16:21	—	—	71	56
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	15:31	—	—	71	51
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.74	1	0	2	14:17	—	—	70	52
Tom Wilson R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.28	3	0	0	16:35	—	—	54	60
Daniel Sprong R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	1	0	0	11:25	—	—	63	70
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	11:09	—	—	54	53
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:10	—	—	86	93
Brett Leason R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	1	0	0	9:33	—	—	84	93
Michael Sgarbossa C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	0	0	0	8:43	—	—	87	93
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	22:56	—	—	67	59
John Carlson D	D1	1	1	2	-1	4	0.13	0	2	2	21:46	—	—	53	42
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	1	1	2	+3	5	0.17	2	1	2	23:49	—	—	61	72
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.06	1	2	0	22:32	—	—	71	55
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	1	1	0	21:30	—	—	50	33
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	6:53	—	—	70	58

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	W	28	25	3	.893	3.04	59:52

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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.