Washington Capitals vs. Montreal CanadiensOct 21, 2023

Final / OTSaturday, Oct 21, 2023· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	0	0	2	0	2		WSH	12	12	9	0	33
MTL	1	1	0	1	3		MTL	6	12	9	1	28

: WSH 65MTL 66
: WSH 4.17MTL 3.82
PP goals: WSH 0MTL 1
Hits: WSH 20MTL 22
Blocks: WSH 19MTL 17
PIM: WSH 12MTL 10
: WSH 42%MTL 58%

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 home. Dylan Strome (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Anderson, Monahan, Suzuki and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 5:27 together.

Points
Dylan Strome had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:09.Strome
Points
Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:33.Caufield
Points
Sean Monahan had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:13.Monahan
Points
Nick Suzuki had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:00.Suzuki
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Anderson, Monahan, Suzuki and Caufield) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 5:27 together.Matheson Anderson Monahan Suzuki Caufield
New line
New look for MTL: Anderson–Newhook–Slafkovský skated 8:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Anderson Newhook Slafkovský
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Strome–Phillips skated 6:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Strome Phillips
Luck
WSH scored 2 goals on 4.17 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 131 of 131 attempts · MTL 66 · WSH 65

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 36%.

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
	53	58
	3.19	3.01
	3.01	2.88
	16	18
	4	0
	18	16
	−0.060	+0.060
	25%	36%

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 – McMichael
7:0850% CF
L2Ovechkin – Strome – Phillips
6:3352% CF
L3Backstrom – Wilson – Milano
6:1444% CF
L4Mantha – Malenstyn – Protas
4:4550% CF
D1Carlson – Sandin
13:0756% CF
D2Jensen – Fehérváry
12:5834% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Haman Aktell
6:3850% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
5:07100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Phillips – Sandin
1:50
PK1FMalenstyn – Protas
3:23
PK2FKuznetsov – Wilson
2:05
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
4:08
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
1:23

Current WSH line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard – Caufield
9:5863% CF
L2Anderson – Newhook – Slafkovský
8:3842% CF
L3Gallagher – Pearson – Monahan
5:5050% CF
L4Evans – Pezzetta – Ylonen
5:2827% CF
D1Savard – Matheson
13:4246% CF
D2Kovacevic – Harris
11:5448% CF
D3Barron – Xhekaj
9:4768% CF

PP1Matheson – Anderson – Monahan – Suzuki – Caufield
5:27100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Pearson – Newhook – Xhekaj – Slafkovský
1:4050% CF
PK1FEvans – Ylonen
3:51
PK2FMonahan – Harvey-Pinard
2:14
PK1DKovacevic – Harris
4:18
PK2DSavard – Matheson
2:21

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	1	0	2	21:42	—	—	44	60
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.64	1	0	0	19:18	—	—	43	56
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.67	1	1	0	11:47	—	—	52	64
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.54	1	1	2	19:58	—	—	53	61
Dylan Strome C	L2	2	0	2	+2	5	0.38	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	54	61
Matthew Phillips R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.20	1	0	0	12:25	—	—	55	66
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	2	17:32	—	—	45	34
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.60	0	3	0	16:37	—	—	36	33
Sonny Milano L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	4	10:28	—	—	41	33
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	2	1	0	12:13	—	—	30	4
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	11:32	—	—	46	36
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	10:02	—	—	60	55
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.18	1	3	0	29:22	—	—	50	42
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	3	0	21:27	—	—	54	45
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	22:42	—	—	31	39
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	3	1	0	17:00	—	—	44	66
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	13:56	—	—	61	64
Hardy Haman Aktell D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	2	2	8:00	—	—	50	44

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	O	28	25	3	.893	3.82	60:31

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.34	0	1	0	22:00	—	—	63	39
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.78	1	0	0	21:33	—	—	64	44
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.30	1	1	2	15:10	—	—	63	43
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.72	1	1	2	18:27	—	—	48	46
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	0	0	2	15:54	—	—	49	53
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	2	0	0	13:50	—	—	53	54
Sean Monahan C	L3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.19	1	0	0	18:13	—	—	58	72
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	2	1	0	12:09	—	—	50	71
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.60	1	0	2	9:27	—	—	53	68
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	1	0	14:09	—	—	31	34
Jesse Ylonen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	3	0	11:51	—	—	36	36
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	7:30	—	—	39	37
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.28	3	2	2	26:23	—	—	45	39
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	19:42	—	—	52	41
Jordan Harris D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	19:32	—	—	48	44
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	2	0	19:16	—	—	42	42
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	4	0	0	15:44	—	—	63	71
Justin Barron D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:31	—	—	65	68

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	4.17	60:47

Goal anatomy

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

Sean Monahan (MTL PP) 1st 18:55 · assists Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield · Deflection · 17.2 mph shot.

Sean Monahan · 1st 18:55 · MTL PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 17.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Cole Caufield · OT 0:47 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 75.6 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Brendan Gallagher · 2nd 9:50 · MTL

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.4 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s
Type: rebound

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Dylan Strome · 3rd 11:25 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.0 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Dylan Strome · 3rd 17:59 · WSH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.6 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s
Type: rebound

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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.

Washington Capitals vs. Montreal CanadiensOct 21, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens edge Washington Capitals 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Sean Monahan · 1st 18:55 · MTL PP

Cole Caufield · OT 0:47 · MTL

Brendan Gallagher · 2nd 9:50 · MTL

Dylan Strome · 3rd 11:25 · WSH

Dylan Strome · 3rd 17:59 · WSH