Washington Capitals vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 6, 2023

FinalThursday, Apr 6, 2023· Centre Bell

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	0	1	2		WSH	6	8	12	26
MTL	0	4	2	6		MTL	13	12	7	32

: WSH 51MTL 64
: WSH 2.66MTL 4.23
PP goals: WSH 0MTL 0
Hits: WSH 17MTL 8
Blocks: WSH 19MTL 16
PIM: WSH 21MTL 13
: WSH 44%MTL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens rout Washington Capitals 6–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Washington Capitals 6–2 at home. Joel Armia (MTL) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for MTL: Hoffman–Evans–Pitlick skated 11:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Joel Armia had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:21.Armia
Points
Mike Matheson had 3 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 25:45.Matheson
Points
Dylan Strome had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:10.Strome
Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:25.Suzuki
Points
Jake Evans had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:05.Evans
New line
New look for MTL: Hoffman–Evans–Pitlick skated 11:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoffman Evans Pitlick
New line
New look for MTL: Gallagher–Drouin–Gurianov skated 8:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (72.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gallagher Drouin Gurianov
Usage
Craig Smith (WSH) played 18:48, +7:55 up on his 10:53 season average over 63 games.Smith

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 115 of 115 attempts · MTL 64 · WSH 51

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
	47	49
	2.05	2.07
	1.93	2.05
	8	10
	5	7
	17	18
	−0.109	+0.109
	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

L1Dowd – Sheary – Protas
6:1469% CF
L2Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome
6:0260% CF
L3Backstrom – Smith – Kuznetsov
1:4567% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
9:2659% CF
D2Irwin – Alexeyev
9:1818% CF
D3Jensen – Sandin
7:4556% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Carlson – Smith – Strome
4:2450% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Sheary – Sandin – Protas
2:06100% CF
PK1FDowd – Wilson
1:53
PK2FKuznetsov – Sheary
1:15
PK1DJensen – Alexeyev
2:00
PK2DIrwin – Fehérváry
1:52

Current WSH line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Hoffman – Evans – Pitlick
11:0340% CF
L2Gallagher – Drouin – Gurianov
8:0072% CF
L3Armia – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard
7:3647% CF
L4Tierney – Pezzetta – Ylonen
6:2250% CF
D1Matheson – Barron
9:0160% CF
D2Wideman – Edmundson
7:2327% CF
D3Kovacevic – Schueneman
6:04100% CF

PP1Hoffman – Armia – Matheson – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard
3:5790% CF
PP2Gallagher – Drouin – Gurianov – Pitlick – Barron
1:49100% CF
PK1FSuzuki – Harvey-Pinard
2:33
PK2FTierney – Ylonen
1:41
PK1DEdmundson – Matheson
3:54
PK2DKovacevic – Barron
2:23

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:30
WSHDylan Strome (Nick Jensen, Alex Ovechkin)wrist0.09 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Irwin, Wilson, Strome, SandinMTL: Edmundson, Armia, Suzuki, Kovacevic, Harvey-Pinard
WSH 1 – 0 MTL

2nd period

3:42
MTLNick SuzukiSH (Joel Edmundson, Mike Matheson)wrist0.27 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Sheary, StromeMTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Kovacevic, Harvey-Pinard
WSH 1 – 1 MTL
7:52
MTLJoel ArmiaSH (Mike Matheson, Jake Evans)wrist0.16 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Sheary, SandinMTL: Armia, Matheson, Evans, Kovacevic
WSH 1 – 2 MTL
9:23
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Jonathan Drouin)wrist0.17 xG
WSH: Carlson, Dowd, Aube-Kubel, Alexeyev, ProtasMTL: Gallagher, Drouin, Gurianov, Schueneman, Barron
WSH 1 – 3 MTL
11:15
MTLJoel Armia (Mike Matheson, Nick Suzuki)slap0.14 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Carlson, Milano, Fehérváry, ProtasMTL: Armia, Matheson, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard, Barron
WSH 1 – 4 MTL

3rd period

14:27
WSHNicklas Backstrom (Dylan Strome, John Carlson)wrist0.16 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, StromeMTL: Edmundson, Armia, Matheson, Suzuki
WSH 2 – 4 MTL
16:58
MTLJoel ArmiaEN (Rafael Harvey-Pinard)wrist0.53 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, StromeMTL: Edmundson, Armia, Matheson, Suzuki, Harvey-Pinard
WSH 2 – 5 MTL
19:42
MTLMike Hoffman (Jake Evans)snap0.06 xG
WSH: Smith, Jensen, Irwin, Aube-Kubel, StromeMTL: Hoffman, Wideman, Evans, Pitlick, Schueneman
WSH 2 – 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
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	0	0	20:01	—	—	50	48
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	3	2	0	17:24	—	—	50	44
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	16:34	—	—	54	47
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.12	4	0	0	21:50	—	—	46	40
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	0	0	17	17:34	—	—	44	44
Dylan Strome C	L2	1	1	2	-2	2	0.10	0	0	0	16:10	—	—	44	34
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	1	0	1	-2	2	0.35	1	1	0	19:53	—	—	69	80
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.50	0	1	0	18:48	—	—	47	40
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.17	1	0	0	18:45	—	—	36	51
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	-4	4	0.46	3	3	0	24:18	—	—	66	58
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	1	5	0	18:41	—	—	53	61
Alexander Alexeyev D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	2	0	16:01	—	—	25	28
Matt Irwin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	2	0	13:37	—	—	26	28
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	1	2	0	19:02	—	—	48	52
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	71	76
Sonny Milano L	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	0	0	4	10:06	—	—	50	73
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	—	0	0	0	-2	0	0.08	1	1	0	9:24	—	—	53	44

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	31	26	5	.839	3.03	58:02

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mike Hoffman C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.37	0	0	0	18:10	—	—	38	24
Jake Evans C	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:05	—	—	41	27
Rem Pitlick C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	16:04	—	—	39	23
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	64	65
Denis Gurianov R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.28	0	0	0	13:39	—	—	70	84
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.24	0	0	2	11:58	—	—	74	83
Nick Suzuki C	L3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.48	0	0	0	18:25	—	—	47	46
Joel Armia R	L3	3	0	3	+2	3	1.21	1	0	0	17:21	—	—	45	46
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.28	1	1	0	16:50	—	—	47	46
Chris Tierney C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:56	—	—	46	82
Jesse Ylonen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	10:22	—	—	50	86
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	1	7	9:28	—	—	54	84
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	3	3	+4	5	0.32	0	4	0	25:45	—	—	63	64
Justin Barron D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:23	—	—	58	56
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.39	1	5	2	22:46	—	—	31	33
Chris Wideman D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	13:59	—	—	36	34
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	+1	6	0.35	1	0	0	20:40	—	—	64	66
Corey Schueneman D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	2	1	0	13:33	—	—	63	58

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	2.66	59:16

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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.