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Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington CapitalsJan 10, 2025

Final / OT· Capital One Arena
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MTL
3
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WSH
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Goals123OTTShots123OTT
MTL02013MTL7138230
WSH10102WSH647017
MTL 66WSH 49
MTL 4.99WSH 2.48
PP goals
MTL 0WSH 1
Hits
MTL 19WSH 25
Blocks
MTL 14WSH 18
PIM
MTL 8WSH 6
MTL 49%WSH 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Washington Capitals 3–2 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime at WSH. Cole Caufield (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:46 together.

  1. Points
    Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 21:05.Caufield
  2. PP1
    WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:46 together.OvechkinCarlsonWilsonStromeChychrun
  3. Usage
    Jayden Struble (MTL) played 5:09, −9:59 down on his 15:08 season average over 55 games.Struble
  4. New line
    New look for WSH: Eller–Raddysh–Frank skated 6:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.EllerRaddyshFrank
  5. Luck
    MTL scored 3 goals on 4.99 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
  6. Usage
    Cole Caufield (MTL) played 21:05, +3:03 up on his 18:02 season average over 81 games.Caufield
  7. PP1
    MTL's PP1 (Suzuki, Dach, Caufield, Hutson and Slafkovský) went scoreless in 4:30 of 5v4 time with 14 attempts.SuzukiDachCaufieldHutsonSlafkovský

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.

Shot map, MTL at WSH: 115 attempts, 47 on goal, 5 goals, 7.47 expected goals; best chance Nick Suzuki at 0.62 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →
  • WSH
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · WSH 49 · MTL 66

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, MTL at WSH: expected goals 2.48 to 4.99 (MTL led the chances), shot attempts 49 to 66, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdOTWSHMTLCCAESnet xGcumulative expected goals · 61:15
  • WSH
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
WSHMTLcontrol2nd3rdOTChychrun · 1st 2:56Caufield · 2nd 4:56Anderson · 2nd 13:22Eller · 3rd 1:54Suzuki · OT 1:15
  • 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 43% of the game, WSH 22%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, MTL at WSH: 39 players over 61:15; most ice Logan Thompson (38:46) for WSH and Jakub Dobes (61:15) for MTL, 5 goals.

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
StatMTLWSH
5547
2.782.18
2.572.11
57
51
2020
−0.006+0.006
43%22%

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

Current MTL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 2:56
    WSHJakob ChychrunPPsnap0.09 xG
    MTL: Matheson, Anderson, Evans, CarrierWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome, Chychrun
    MTL 0 – 1 WSH

2nd period

  1. 4:56
    MTLCole Caufield (Juraj Slafkovský, Kaiden Guhle)snap0.23 xG
    MTL: Carrier, Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle, SlafkovskýWSH: Carlson, Wilson, Dubois, Sandin, McMichael
    MTL 1 – 1 WSH
  2. 13:22
    MTLJosh AndersonSHbackhand0.35 xG
    MTL: Matheson, Anderson, Dvorak, GuhleWSH: Ovechkin, Mangiapane, Dubois, Sandin, McMichael
    MTL 2 – 1 WSH

3rd period

  1. 1:54
    WSHLars Eller (Ethen Frank, Taylor Raddysh)snap0.10 xG
    MTL: Pezzetta, Dach, Newhook, Guhle, XhekajWSH: Eller, Roy, Raddysh, Fehérváry, Frank
    MTL 2 – 2 WSH

OT period

  1. 1:15
    MTLNick Suzuki (Cole Caufield, Lane Hutson)wrist0.62 xG
    MTL: Matheson, Suzuki, CaufieldWSH: Strome, Chychrun, Protas
    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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nick Suzuki CL1101+261.4301021:34——5767
Cole Caufield RL1112+260.8101021:05——6366
Juraj Slafkovský LL1011+110.1001019:05——5862
Christian Dvorak CL2000+100.0000014:51——413
Brendan Gallagher RL2000010.1920013:24——6129
Josh Anderson RL2101+110.3510012:36——505
Jake Evans CL3000010.2510018:00——7272
Joel Armia RL3000030.4300017:08——6574
Emil Heineman LL3000010.5020010:22——7386
Kirby Dach CL4000-100.1320216:36——3331
Alex Newhook CL4000-140.3911013:21——3642
Michael Pezzetta LL4000-100.003123:05——2951
Mike Matheson DD1000+220.0900027:27——6865
Lane Hutson DD1011010.2302023:13——6871
Kaiden Guhle DD2011+110.0643023:18——5359
Alexandre Carrier DD2000+120.0402021:21——4851
Arber Xhekaj DD3000-100.0011015:23——2839
Jayden Struble DD3000000.002145:09——2928
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jakub Dobes(start)W17152.8822.4861:15

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nic Dowd CL1000010.0020016:05——4242
Brandon Duhaime LL1000020.1031014:33——4345
Andrew Mangiapane LL1000-100.1600013:54——4248
Lars Eller CL2101+110.1910011:34——5450
Taylor Raddysh RL2011+120.1910010:41——6768
Ethen Frank RL2011+100.0020210:29——6758
Tom Wilson RL3000-120.5540018:53——3018
Aliaksei Protas LL3000-100.1301017:16——5252
Pierre-Luc Dubois CL3000-200.0220415:46——3932
Dylan Strome CL4000-110.1801018:12——3953
Alex Ovechkin LL4000-110.2930016:31——5477
Connor McMichael LL4000-200.0010014:33——2529
Martin Fehérváry DD1000+100.0034020:20——4450
Matt Roy DD1000+110.0313019:15——4452
Jakob Chychrun DD2101-110.0902019:45——3825
Trevor van Riemsdyk DD2000000.0302016:42——287
John Carlson DD3000-140.4601024:34——5645
Rasmus Sandin DD3000-210.0523018:42——5452
WSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Logan ThompsonO21183.8573.6238:46
Charlie Lindgren(start)—990.10001.3722:29

Goal anatomy

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

Jakob Chychrun (WSH PP) 1st 2:56 · unassisted · Rush · carried in · 80.7 mph shot · 6.3 s from entry to goal.

Jakob Chychrun · 1st 2:56 · WSH PP

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
80.7 mph
Distance
34 ft
Entry to goal
6.3 s

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Josh Anderson · 2nd 13:22 · MTL SH

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
28.9 mph
Distance
8 ft
Entry to goal
2.4 s

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Nick Suzuki · OT 1:15 · MTL

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
2
Shot
15.0 mph
Distance
33 ft
Entry to goal
2.8 s

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