Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 6, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	3	0	2	5		MTL	13	5	8	26
WSH	0	1	1	2		WSH	5	16	18	39

: MTL 39WSH 75
: MTL 1.68WSH 2.60
PP goals: MTL 1WSH 0
Hits: MTL 15WSH 21
Blocks: MTL 20WSH 6
PIM: MTL 8WSH 6
: MTL 51%WSH 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Washington Capitals 5–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Washington Capitals 5–2 at WSH. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Pearson, Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:50 together.

Points
Nick Suzuki had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:45.Suzuki
Points
Juraj Slafkovský had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:15.Slafkovský
Points
Dylan Strome had 2 assists (2 points) on 8 shots in 22:00.Strome
Points
Mike Matheson had 2 assists (2 points) in 27:08.Matheson
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Pearson, Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:50 together.Pearson Matheson Suzuki Caufield Slafkovský
Luck
MTL scored 5 goals on 1.68 expected goals (39 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Anderson–Gignac skated 11:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Anderson Gignac
New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Pacioretty–McMichael skated 10:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Pacioretty McMichael

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 114 of 114 attempts · WSH 75 · MTL 39

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 25% of the game, WSH 40%.

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
	41	73
	1.65	2.25
	1.56	2.15
	4	14
	6	7
	18	18
	+0.012	−0.012
	25%	40%

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

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
12:5350% CF
L2Armia – Anderson – Gignac
11:3236% CF
L3Pearson – Evans – Ylonen
8:3827% CF
L4Pezzetta – Harvey-Pinard – Condotta
8:0227% CF
D1Matheson – Guhle
18:1526% CF
D2Savard – Struble
16:4234% CF
D3Kovacevic – Xhekaj
10:1353% CF

PP1Pearson – Matheson – Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
1:50100% CF
PP2Armia – Anderson – Gignac – Ylonen – Xhekaj
0:22100% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
3:05
PK2FHarvey-Pinard – Condotta
1:16
PK1DSavard – Matheson
3:20
PK2DKovacevic – Guhle
2:19

Current MTL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome
14:4673% CF
L2Oshie – Pacioretty – McMichael
10:4645% CF
L3Sgarbossa – Mantha – Protas
6:4762% CF
L4Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
5:2060% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
13:3779% CF
D2Jensen – Edmundson
12:5552% CF
D3Carlson – Sandin
11:4030% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Pacioretty – Carlson – Strome
3:50100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Wilson – Mantha – Sandin – McMichael
1:55100% CF
PK1FDowd – Malenstyn
1:58
PK2FWilson – Protas
0:34
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
1:48
PK2DEdmundson – Fehérváry
0:44

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Nick Suzuki C	L1	2	1	3	0	3	0.27	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	48	49
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	2	0	2	+1	3	0.48	2	0	2	17:15	—	—	50	50
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.17	0	1	0	15:58	—	—	50	50
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.13	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	36	53
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	2	0	15:16	—	—	30	40
Brandon Gignac C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	2	0	14:54	—	—	33	43
Jake Evans C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:52	—	—	29	10
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	4	13:46	—	—	23	3
Jesse Ylonen R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	9:53	—	—	27	10
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	12:11	—	—	28	34
Lucas Condotta L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	1	0	10:34	—	—	24	34
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	2	0	0	10:08	—	—	31	37
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	2	2	0	0	0.05	0	4	0	27:08	—	—	25	37
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	22:48	—	—	31	42
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	2	2	0	23:21	—	—	36	46
Jayden Struble D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.03	1	0	0	17:57	—	—	34	45
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	1	2	14:13	—	—	42	38
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	0	3	0	12:29	—	—	52	44

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	2.60	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.33	1	0	0	22:49	—	—	77	60
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	2	2	+1	8	0.58	0	0	0	22:00	—	—	76	60
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	3	0	0	20:35	—	—	77	61
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.46	0	0	0	18:12	—	—	52	54
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.16	3	0	0	17:02	—	—	48	45
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	0	2	16:52	—	—	54	52
Anthony Mantha R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	4	12:00	—	—	60	73
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	10:50	—	—	59	66
Michael Sgarbossa C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	9:49	—	—	71	73
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	6	0	0	12:24	—	—	65	62
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	0	0	0	10:45	—	—	50	48
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	5	0	0	8:09	—	—	73	58
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.17	0	0	0	19:52	—	—	78	75
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.22	0	0	0	19:35	—	—	81	76
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	17:05	—	—	63	45
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:19	—	—	52	41
John Carlson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.15	0	2	0	21:41	—	—	44	43
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.10	1	1	0	19:30	—	—	54	47

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper	—	17	15	2	.882	1.23	46:51
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	9	6	3	.667	0.45	13:07

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Nick Suzuki (MTL) 1st 6:42 · assists Cole Caufield · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-1 at the blue line · 47.2 mph shot · 3.1 s from entry to goal.

Nick Suzuki · 1st 6:42 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.2 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s
Type: one-timer

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Nick Suzuki · 1st 7:39 · MTL

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 38.4 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: deflection

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Michael Pezzetta · 1st 13:07 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.3 mph
Distance: 22 ft

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Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 6:03 · WSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 66.6 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Juraj Slafkovský · 3rd 11:19 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 57.7 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 5.4 s

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Juraj Slafkovský · 3rd 14:01 · MTL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 63.4 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 6, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens beat Washington Capitals 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Montreal Canadiens

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Washington Capitals

Goal anatomy

Nick Suzuki · 1st 6:42 · MTL

Nick Suzuki · 1st 7:39 · MTL

Michael Pezzetta · 1st 13:07 · MTL

Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 6:03 · WSH

Juraj Slafkovský · 3rd 11:19 · MTL

Juraj Slafkovský · 3rd 14:01 · MTL PP