Washington Capitals vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 16, 2022

FinalSaturday, Apr 16, 2022· Centre Bell

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	3	4	8		WSH	7	18	16	41
MTL	0	2	2	4		MTL	15	9	8	32

: WSH 78MTL 55
: WSH 5.08MTL 2.84
PP goals: WSH 2MTL 0
Hits: WSH 34MTL 21
Blocks: WSH 12MTL 18
PIM: WSH 8MTL 14
: WSH 44%MTL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals rout Montreal Canadiens 8–4

Washington Capitals beat Montreal Canadiens 8–4 at MTL. Anthony Mantha (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 2A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 5:54 together.

Points
Anthony Mantha had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 14:04.Mantha
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Dmitry Orlov had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 18:13.Orlov
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Ryan Poehling had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:02.Poehling
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Nic Dowd had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:39.Dowd
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Evgeny Kuznetsov had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:37.Kuznetsov
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Jeff Petry had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:33.Petry
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Lars Eller had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:38.Eller
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WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 5:54 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov

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 133 of 133 attempts · MTL 55 · WSH 78

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 45% of the game, MTL 18%.

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
	65	50
	3.73	2.43
	3.46	2.37
	22	8
	2	5
	28	14
	−0.060	+0.060
	45%	18%

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

L1Dowd – Larsson – Hathaway
9:1057% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Sheary
6:0438% CF
L3Oshie – Backstrom – Johansson
5:1540% CF
L4Eller – Wilson – Mantha
4:4575% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
12:1250% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
9:3455% CF
D3Schultz – van Riemsdyk
6:5758% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
5:5483% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Schultz – Johansson – Wilson – Mantha
0:47
PK1FEller – Wilson
1:09
PK2FDowd – Hathaway
1:03
PK1DCarlson – van Riemsdyk
0:55
PK2DJensen – Fehérváry
0:41

Current WSH line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Hoffman – Gallagher – Dvorak
11:2735% CF
L2Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield
11:0852% CF
L3Armia – Evans – Pitlick
8:0854% CF
L4Pitlick – Pezzetta – Poehling
6:3643% CF
D1Savard – Romanov
16:2052% CF
D2Petry – Edmundson
13:4450% CF
D3Wideman – Schueneman
12:2332% CF

PP1Wideman – Anderson – Dvorak – Suzuki – Caufield
1:41100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Gallagher – Armia – Pitlick – Schueneman
0:35100% CF
PK1FPitlick – Dvorak
1:19
PK2FHoffman – Evans
0:37
PK1DPetry – Edmundson
3:17
PK2DSavard – Romanov
1:26

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:23
WSHNic Dowd (Dmitry Orlov, Anthony Mantha)deflected0.11 xG
WSH: Johansson, Orlov, Jensen, Dowd, ManthaMTL: Savard, Anderson, Suzuki, Romanov, Schueneman
WSH 1 – 0 MTL

2nd period

1:56
MTLJake Evans (Christian Dvorak, David Savard)slap0.03 xG
WSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Schultz, Johansson, van RiemsdykMTL: Savard, Armia, Dvorak, Evans, Romanov
WSH 1 – 1 MTL
8:03
WSHAnthony Mantha (Lars Eller, Dmitry Orlov)backhand0.22 xG
WSH: Eller, Orlov, Jensen, ManthaMTL: Savard, Evans, Pitlick, Romanov
WSH 2 – 1 MTL
8:37
WSHAnthony Mantha (Lars Eller)wrist0.16 xG
WSH: Eller, Carlson, Mantha, FehérváryMTL: Savard, Suzuki, Romanov, Caufield
WSH 3 – 1 MTL
8:51
MTLRyan Poehling (Jeff Petry, Mike Hoffman)wrist0.11 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Schultz, Kuznetsov, van RiemsdykMTL: Petry, Hoffman, Edmundson, Poehling
WSH 3 – 2 MTL
15:36
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Evgeny Kuznetsov)wrist0.15 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, FehérváryMTL: Savard, Anderson, Suzuki, Romanov, Caufield
WSH 4 – 2 MTL

3rd period

2:22
MTLRyan Poehling (Tyler Pitlick, Alexander Romanov)wrist0.07 xG
WSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Schultz, Mantha, van RiemsdykMTL: Savard, Pitlick, Pezzetta, Poehling, Romanov
WSH 4 – 3 MTL
3:08
WSHGarnet Hathaway (Nic Dowd, Johan Larsson)backhand0.15 xG
WSH: Carlson, Dowd, Larsson, Hathaway, FehérváryMTL: Hoffman, Savard, Gallagher, Dvorak, Romanov
WSH 5 – 3 MTL
4:30
WSHDmitry Orlov (Anthony Mantha)wrist0.04 xG
WSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Orlov, Jensen, ManthaMTL: Wideman, Anderson, Dvorak, Suzuki, Schueneman
WSH 6 – 3 MTL
9:50
WSHJustin SchultzPP (Dmitry Orlov, Marcus Johansson)wrist0.07 xG
WSH: Schultz, Johansson, Orlov, Wilson, ManthaMTL: Savard, Armia, Dvorak, Romanov
WSH 7 – 3 MTL
14:53
MTLNick Suzuki (Jeff Petry)wrist0.10 xG
WSH: Schultz, Orlov, Dowd, Larsson, HathawayMTL: Petry, Edmundson, Anderson, Suzuki, Caufield
WSH 7 – 4 MTL
16:35
WSHT.J. OshiePP (Evgeny Kuznetsov, John Carlson)deflected0.14 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovMTL: Petry, Edmundson, Armia, Dvorak
WSH 8 – 4 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
Nic Dowd C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.30	1	1	0	12:39	—	—	59	68
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.21	6	0	0	10:59	—	—	58	63
Johan Larsson L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	3	0	2	10:06	—	—	57	75
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.75	2	0	0	19:50	—	—	50	66
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	2	2	0	0	0.14	1	0	0	19:37	—	—	52	65
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	0	0	0	14:37	—	—	44	35
T.J. Oshie R	L3	1	0	1	-1	5	0.57	5	0	2	18:50	—	—	42	29
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	2	2	17:39	—	—	41	26
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.41	0	0	0	12:50	—	—	66	76
Lars Eller C	L4	0	2	2	+2	2	0.10	1	0	0	14:38	—	—	75	75
Tom Wilson R	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.40	5	1	0	14:16	—	—	82	89
Anthony Mantha R	L4	2	2	4	+3	5	0.99	2	1	2	14:04	—	—	70	67
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.19	1	3	0	23:56	—	—	50	67
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	5	2	0	19:31	—	—	50	58
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	+3	2	0.11	1	1	0	20:19	—	—	55	66
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	1	3	4	+2	3	0.22	1	1	0	18:13	—	—	58	68
Justin Schultz D	D3	1	0	1	-4	4	0.31	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	58	60
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:23	—	—	62	45

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	32	28	4	.875	2.84	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.07	0	2	0	18:55	—	—	33	24
Mike Hoffman C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	16:54	—	—	35	20
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	2	0	0	15:18	—	—	39	28
Nick Suzuki C	L2	1	0	1	-3	5	0.46	0	1	0	16:22	—	—	47	35
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.32	3	0	4	15:48	—	—	46	33
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.28	0	0	0	15:25	—	—	51	36
Jake Evans C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	13:20	—	—	48	44
Rem Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:42	—	—	41	51
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.50	0	0	0	11:43	—	—	57	64
Ryan Poehling C	L4	2	0	2	+2	4	0.52	0	2	0	13:02	—	—	47	81
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.21	1	1	0	11:21	—	—	38	49
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	0	2	7:56	—	—	47	81
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	1	1	-3	2	0.01	1	2	0	23:49	—	—	48	38
David Savard D	D1	0	1	1	-3	0	0.01	1	2	2	22:21	—	—	52	42
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.01	2	2	0	20:33	—	—	48	48
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.01	3	0	4	19:43	—	—	48	45
Corey Schueneman D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	0	2	0	17:30	—	—	27	29
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	2	0	14:11	—	—	32	36

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	41	33	8	.805	5.08	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.