Washington Capitals vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 1, 2018

FinalThursday, Nov 1, 2018· Centre Bell

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	3	0	4		WSH	13	13	5	31
MTL	1	2	3	6		MTL	19	8	17	44

: WSH 57MTL 75
: WSH 2.39MTL 5.06
PP goals: WSH 0MTL 0
Hits: WSH 25MTL 32
Blocks: WSH 22MTL 18
PIM: WSH 6MTL 4
: WSH 61%MTL 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Washington Capitals 6–4

Montreal Canadiens beat Washington Capitals 6–4 at home. Brendan Gallagher (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:35.Ovechkin
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Brendan Gallagher had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 15:22.Gallagher
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Jesperi Kotkaniemi had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:42.Kotkaniemi
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Lars Eller had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:38.Eller
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Joel Armia had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:03.Armia
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Matt Niskanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:59.Niskanen
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Phillip Danault had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:43.Danault
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Tomas Tatar had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:59.Tatar

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

← WSH attacks left (bottom on phones)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 132 of 132 attempts · MTL 75 · WSH 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL pressure
WSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: WSH 25% of the game, MTL 40%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

WSH

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	WSH	MTL
	55	76
	2.09	4.17
	2.05	4.08
	8	16
	4	2
	26	20
	+0.089	−0.089
	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.

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Backstrom – Burakovsky
13:0161% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Vrana
12:1525% CF
L3Eller – Connolly – Stephenson
9:0430% CF
L4Dowd – Smith-Pelly – Jaskin
6:4262% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
19:1034% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
14:3439% CF
D3Djoos – Bowey
8:1471% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
1:02100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Carlson – Connolly – Vrana
0:490% CF
PK1FDowd – Smith-Pelly
2:00
PK2FOshie – Backstrom
0:48
PK1DNiskanen – Orlov
2:13
PK2DCarlson – Kempny
1:44

Current WSH line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Hudon – Drouin – Domi
11:4550% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
10:4373% CF
L3Armia – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
9:2554% CF
L4Deslauriers – Peca – Shaw
7:0750% CF
D1Ouellet – Mete
16:0063% CF
D2Petry – Benn
15:3159% CF
D3Reilly – Juulsen
14:0652% CF

PP1Petry – Gallagher – Armia – Drouin – Domi
2:0167% CF
PP2Tatar – Shaw – Reilly – Hudon – Kotkaniemi
1:27100% CF
PK1FDeslauriers – Peca
0:49
PK2FShaw – Danault
0:38
PK1DOuellet – Juulsen
0:57
PK2DPetry – Benn
0:40

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:28
MTLJesperi Kotkaniemi (Joel Armia)wrist0.03 xG
WSH: Eller, Orlov, Connolly, Stephenson, BoweyMTL: Petry, Benn, Armia, Lehkonen, Kotkaniemi
WSH 0 – 1 MTL
6:16
WSHLars Eller (Matt Niskanen, Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.01 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Eller, Orlov, Connolly, StephensonMTL: Tatar, Gallagher, Reilly, Danault, Juulsen
WSH 1 – 1 MTL

2nd period

0:32
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Tomas Tatar)tip-in0.09 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Vrana, KempnyMTL: Petry, Tatar, Gallagher, Reilly, Danault
WSH 1 – 2 MTL
3:06
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Tomas Tatar, Phillip Danault)backhand0.16 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Vrana, KempnyMTL: Petry, Benn, Tatar, Gallagher, Danault
WSH 1 – 3 MTL
6:49
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Jakub Vrana)wrist0.17 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Vrana, KempnyMTL: Petry, Benn, Gallagher, Danault, Drouin
WSH 2 – 3 MTL
7:59
WSHLars Eller (Brett Connolly)slap0.15 xG
WSH: Eller, Connolly, Stephenson, Djoos, BoweyMTL: Reilly, Armia, Lehkonen, Juulsen, Kotkaniemi
WSH 3 – 3 MTL
12:53
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Dmitry Orlov, Matt Niskanen)deflected0.11 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, VranaMTL: Petry, Benn, Armia, Lehkonen, Kotkaniemi
WSH 4 – 3 MTL

3rd period

16:56
MTLJesperi Kotkaniemi (Artturi Lehkonen, Victor Mete)wrist0.14 xG
WSH: Carlson, Orlov, Dowd, Smith-Pelly, JaskinMTL: Shaw, Ouellet, Lehkonen, Mete, Kotkaniemi
WSH 4 – 4 MTL
19:38
MTLMax Domi (Jeff Petry)wrist0.06 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Carlson, Orlov, KuznetsovMTL: Petry, Reilly, Hudon, Drouin, Domi
WSH 4 – 5 MTL
19:40
MTLJoel ArmiaEN (Phillip Danault)wrist0.62 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Eller, Carlson, KuznetsovMTL: Petry, Benn, Armia, Danault, Lehkonen
WSH 4 – 6 MTL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.60	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	57	68
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	5	1	0	19:25	—	—	55	66
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	15:01	—	—	58	66
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	2	0	2	-2	4	0.52	6	1	0	18:35	—	—	31	31
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.12	1	0	4	15:47	—	—	24	24
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.08	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	30	28
Lars Eller C	L3	2	0	2	-1	3	0.19	0	1	2	15:38	—	—	40	22
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	0	2	0	13:44	—	—	37	22
Brett Connolly R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	0	2	0	11:46	—	—	27	19
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	11:28	—	—	45	31
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	11:16	—	—	65	40
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:22	—	—	64	45
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.00	1	3	0	25:43	—	—	38	31
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.04	4	4	0	24:59	—	—	33	26
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	-4	2	0.09	0	0	0	24:04	—	—	43	30
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	1	6	0	21:41	—	—	37	23
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:59	—	—	61	78
Madison Bowey D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	1	0	9:41	—	—	72	91

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	L	43	38	5	.884	4.44	59:58

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Max Domi C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	1.52	0	0	0	18:29	—	—	48	65
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	18:29	—	—	44	37
Charles Hudon L	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.20	2	0	2	17:04	—	—	59	78
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	16:43	—	—	69	83
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	2	0	2	0	7	0.80	3	0	2	15:22	—	—	65	76
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	2	2	+1	3	0.54	3	0	0	14:59	—	—	77	95
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	2	0	2	0	4	0.42	0	1	0	15:42	—	—	56	51
Joel Armia R	L3	1	1	2	0	4	0.71	4	0	0	15:03	—	—	55	38
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	1	3	0	13:38	—	—	50	39
Andrew Shaw R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	2	0	0	12:07	—	—	63	58
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	5	1	0	11:45	—	—	54	75
Matthew Peca C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:33	—	—	42	31
Xavier Ouellet D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	2	0	0	20:52	—	—	58	78
Victor Mete D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	0	2	0	17:05	—	—	63	84
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	1	1	+3	2	0.15	3	3	0	22:42	—	—	60	67
Jordie Benn D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	4	0	19:30	—	—	60	65
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	19:46	—	—	52	52
Noah Juulsen D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	3	3	0	16:11	—	—	52	42

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	31	27	4	.871	2.39	60:00

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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.