Washington Capitals vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 27, 2020

FinalMonday, Jan 27, 2020· Centre Bell

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	2	1	4		WSH	13	15	12	40
MTL	1	0	1	2		MTL	9	9	15	33

: WSH 64MTL 55
: WSH 5.01MTL 3.17
PP goals: WSH 1MTL 0
Hits: WSH 28MTL 23
Blocks: WSH 10MTL 15
PIM: WSH 6MTL 6
: WSH 44%MTL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2

Washington Capitals beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2 at MTL. Tom Wilson (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Wilson and Vrana) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:29 together.

Points
Jakub Vrana had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:33.Vrana
Points
Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:57.Wilson
Points
T.J. Oshie had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:25.Oshie
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Wilson and Vrana) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:29 together.Oshie Backstrom Carlson Wilson Vrana
New line
New look for WSH: Hagelin–Eller–Boyd skated 9:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hagelin Eller Boyd
Goalie
Carey Price (MTL) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +9 against a season average of 30.3; the loss.Price
New line
New look for WSH: Backstrom–Panik–Wilson skated 8:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Backstrom Panik Wilson
Usage
Carl Hagelin (WSH) played 17:48, +3:33 up on his 14:15 season average over 57 games.Hagelin

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 119 of 119 attempts · MTL 55 · WSH 64

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 33% of the game, MTL 24%.

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
	60	58
	3.44	3.14
	3.03	3.05
	16	16
	5	2
	20	29
	−0.066	+0.066
	33%	24%

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 – Kuznetsov – Vrana
10:4844% CF
L2Hagelin – Eller – Boyd
9:2636% CF
L3Backstrom – Panik – Wilson
8:3046% CF
L4Dowd – Leipsic – Hathaway
7:1964% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
12:4857% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
11:5545% CF
D3Gudas – Siegenthaler
8:4447% CF

PP1Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Wilson – Vrana
3:29100% CF
PP2Eller – Orlov – Kuznetsov – Boyd – Leipsic
1:16100% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
2:08
PK2FHagelin – Dowd
2:03
PK1DJensen – Kempny
3:31
PK2DGudas – Siegenthaler
2:26

Current WSH line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Kovalchuk – Tatar – Danault
11:4443% CF
L2Armia – Domi – Suzuki
10:3964% CF
L3Lehkonen – Poehling – Kotkaniemi
7:2858% CF
L4Thompson – Weise – Cousins
6:2838% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
15:1043% CF
D2Petry – Scandella
11:0456% CF
D3Kulak – Mete
10:0863% CF

PP1Petry – Tatar – Danault – Suzuki – Kotkaniemi
2:4240% CF
PP2Kovalchuk – Weber – Cousins – Armia – Domi
1:56
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
1:44
PK2FThompson – Armia
1:42
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
3:40
PK2DPetry – Scandella
1:09

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:55
MTLJeff Petry (Tomas Tatar, Marco Scandella)backhand0.16 xG
WSH: Oshie, Orlov, Jensen, Kuznetsov, VranaMTL: Kovalchuk, Petry, Tatar, Kulak, Kotkaniemi
WSH 0 – 1 MTL
18:30
WSHTom WilsonPP (Jakub Vrana, T.J. Oshie)wrist0.18 xG
WSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Wilson, VranaMTL: Weber, Thompson, Chiarot, Armia
WSH 1 – 1 MTL

2nd period

2:03
WSHTravis Boyd (Lars Eller, Brendan Leipsic)wrist0.40 xG
WSH: Eller, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Boyd, LeipsicMTL: Thompson, Petry, Scandella, Armia, Danault
WSH 2 – 1 MTL
14:51
WSHJakub Vrana (T.J. Oshie, Evgeny Kuznetsov)wrist0.11 xG
WSH: Oshie, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Vrana, KempnyMTL: Kovalchuk, Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Danault
WSH 3 – 1 MTL

3rd period

7:30
MTLDale Weise (Nick Suzuki, Nick Cousins)backhand0.14 xG
WSH: Oshie, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Vrana, KempnyMTL: Petry, Scandella, Weise, Cousins, Suzuki
WSH 3 – 2 MTL
19:37
WSHNicklas BackstromEN (Carl Hagelin, Tom Wilson)backhand0.60 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Hagelin, Carlson, Orlov, WilsonMTL: Kovalchuk, Weber, Petry, Tatar, Domi, Suzuki
WSH 4 – 2 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
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	2	2	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	18:25	—	—	55	54
Jakub Vrana L	L1	1	1	2	-1	3	0.41	1	1	0	15:33	—	—	45	40
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	14:14	—	—	48	58
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	1	1	+1	6	0.59	1	1	0	17:48	—	—	49	55
Lars Eller C	L2	0	1	1	+1	6	0.72	3	0	0	16:45	—	—	51	71
Travis Boyd C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.40	1	0	0	12:09	—	—	44	66
Tom Wilson R	L3	1	1	2	+1	5	0.68	2	0	2	17:57	—	—	53	41
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.84	1	0	2	16:10	—	—	41	33
Richard Panik R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	1	0	12:35	—	—	59	41
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	12:57	—	—	61	46
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	5	0	0	12:50	—	—	60	56
Brendan Leipsic L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.09	2	0	0	11:29	—	—	56	73
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:52	—	—	61	69
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	2	0	20:07	—	—	54	52
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.56	0	0	0	23:48	—	—	48	47
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	1	0	20:15	—	—	45	45
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	1	0	15:03	—	—	50	30
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	14:03	—	—	45	8

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	3.17	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	0	1	0	21:17	—	—	52	52
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.09	0	2	2	19:58	—	—	41	29
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.38	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	48	58
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.43	2	1	0	16:51	—	—	50	32
Max Domi C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	0	2	16:51	—	—	67	59
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.19	1	0	0	16:34	—	—	61	63
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.18	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	61	61
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.51	1	0	0	13:07	—	—	48	57
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	10:41	—	—	63	70
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	2	2	0	13:16	—	—	26	13
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	0	0	0	12:58	—	—	45	53
Dale Weise R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	5	1	0	9:27	—	—	35	51
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	2	1	0	24:17	—	—	43	39
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	4	3	0	22:27	—	—	40	43
Jeff Petry D	D2	1	0	1	0	4	0.28	3	1	0	21:07	—	—	48	41
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	18:20	—	—	54	50
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	1	1	0	14:31	—	—	50	55
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	2	13:04	—	—	60	75

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	39	36	3	.923	3.99	58:35

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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.