Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington CapitalsOct 15, 2022

FinalSaturday, Oct 15, 2022· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	0	1		MTL	8	5	9	22
WSH	0	3	0	3		WSH	12	14	3	29

: MTL 53WSH 65
: MTL 2.31WSH 4.51
PP goals: MTL 0WSH 1
Hits: MTL 21WSH 26
Blocks: MTL 20WSH 15
PIM: MTL 13WSH 13
: MTL 60%WSH 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Montreal Canadiens 3–1

Washington Capitals beat Montreal Canadiens 3–1 at home. T.J. Oshie (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Johansson and Strome) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 2:19 together.

Points
T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:00.Oshie
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Johansson and Strome) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 2:19 together.Ovechkin Oshie Carlson Johansson Strome
New line
New look for MTL: Dadonov–Monahan–Dach skated 10:44 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Monahan Dach
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New look for WSH: Oshie–Kuznetsov–Mantha skated 11:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Kuznetsov Mantha
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New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Brown–Strome skated 11:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Brown Strome
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New look for MTL: Hoffman–Drouin–Evans skated 7:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Drouin Evans
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New look for WSH: Eller–Johansson–Protas skated 7:51 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (68.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Johansson Protas
Luck
WSH scored 3 goals on 4.51 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 118 of 118 attempts · WSH 65 · MTL 53

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 40% of the game, WSH 30%.

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
	50	55
	2.13	1.55
	2.06	1.49
	5	11
	2	6
	19	23
	+0.061	−0.061
	40%	30%

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

L1Dadonov – Monahan – Dach
10:4475% CF
L2Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield
10:0247% CF
L3Gallagher – Dvorak – Slafkovský
8:1138% CF
L4Hoffman – Drouin – Evans
7:0431% CF
D1Savard – Guhle
17:0427% CF
D2Kovacevic – Harris
12:5850% CF
D3Wideman – Xhekaj
12:1357% CF

PP1Wideman – Anderson – Monahan – Suzuki – Caufield
3:3675% CF
PP2Hoffman – Gallagher – Drouin – Dvorak – Dach
2:11100% CF
PK1FDadonov – Dvorak
1:29
PK2FEvans – Suzuki
0:40
PK1DSavard – Guhle
1:55
PK2DKovacevic – Harris
0:40

Current MTL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Kuznetsov – Mantha
11:1350% CF
L2Ovechkin – Brown – Strome
11:0940% CF
L3Dowd – Sheary – Hathaway
8:5536% CF
L4Eller – Johansson – Protas
7:5168% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
15:1640% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
14:0863% CF
D3Gustafsson – van Riemsdyk
11:3354% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Johansson – Strome
2:19100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Brown – Mantha
0:47
PK1FKuznetsov – Brown
1:40
PK2FDowd – Sheary
1:09
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
3:17
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:29

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:01
MTLNick Suzuki (Arber Xhekaj, Cole Caufield)wrap-around0.16 xG
MTL: Wideman, Anderson, Suzuki, Xhekaj, SlafkovskýWSH: Orlov, Jensen, Dowd, Sheary, Hathaway
MTL 1 – 0 WSH
9:02
WSHConor Sheary (Nick Jensen, Trevor van Riemsdyk)tip-in0.25 xG
MTL: Savard, Anderson, Monahan, Caufield, GuhleWSH: Jensen, Kuznetsov, Brown, Sheary, van Riemsdyk
MTL 1 – 1 WSH
11:43
WSHAnthony Mantha (Evgeny Kuznetsov, T.J. Oshie)wrist0.13 xG
MTL: Savard, Anderson, Suzuki, Caufield, GuhleWSH: Oshie, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Mantha, Fehérváry
MTL 1 – 2 WSH
15:20
WSHT.J. OshiePP (Alex Ovechkin, Dylan Strome)wrist0.31 xG
MTL: Dadonov, Savard, Dvorak, GuhleWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Johansson, Strome
MTL 1 – 3 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
Sean Monahan C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	68	42
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	0	0	16:14	—	—	70	85
Evgenii Dadonov L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	15:29	—	—	73	79
Nick Suzuki C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	0	1	0	18:17	—	—	53	63
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.10	0	0	0	17:15	—	—	48	41
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.44	5	1	0	16:37	—	—	50	49
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:53	—	—	35	73
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.55	1	0	4	16:45	—	—	31	65
Juraj Slafkovský L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.19	0	0	0	12:41	—	—	53	81
Jonathan Drouin L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	32	42
Mike Hoffman C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	2	12:16	—	—	28	38
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	11:56	—	—	38	28
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	1	4	0	24:43	—	—	34	44
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	6	3	5	20:29	—	—	27	34
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	2	0	0	16:11	—	—	56	73
Jordan Harris D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	2	0	15:35	—	—	52	68
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.09	0	0	0	18:34	—	—	59	77
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	3	3	2	15:05	—	—	63	81

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	3.25	58:25

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
T.J. Oshie R	L1	1	1	2	+1	5	1.36	4	1	0	17:00	—	—	50	32
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	2	16:56	—	—	62	57
Anthony Mantha R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	0	0	5	13:28	—	—	50	33
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	1	1	0	6	1.11	2	2	0	17:27	—	—	39	27
Connor Brown R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.18	3	0	0	17:13	—	—	46	60
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	0	1	0	15:58	—	—	38	30
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	2	1	2	14:43	—	—	38	35
Conor Sheary L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.96	0	0	2	14:13	—	—	48	59
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:23	—	—	37	26
Marcus Johansson L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	13:38	—	—	69	33
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	2	0	0	13:03	—	—	68	33
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	10:57	—	—	70	48
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	2	2	21:26	—	—	33	26
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	21:22	—	—	44	52
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	2	1	0	23:04	—	—	57	42
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	19:41	—	—	63	46
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	3	0	16:07	—	—	57	50
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	55	30

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	2.31	60:00

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.