Washington Capitals vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 27, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	4	5		WSH	6	11	9	26
MTL	0	2	0	2		MTL	5	4	9	18

: WSH 57MTL 47
: WSH 3.93MTL 1.87
PP goals: WSH 0MTL 2
Hits: WSH 26MTL 34
Blocks: WSH 12MTL 13
PIM: WSH 10MTL 12
: WSH 58%MTL 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2

Washington Capitals beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2 at MTL. Brandon Duhaime (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 3:27 together.

Points
Brandon Duhaime had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:16.Duhaime
Points
Dylan Strome had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:25.Strome
Points
Ivan Demidov had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:38.Demidov
Points
Lane Hutson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:00.Hutson
Points
Trevor van Riemsdyk had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:51.van Riemsdyk
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský and Demidov) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 3:27 together.Suzuki Caufield Hutson Slafkovský Demidov
Usage
Alexandre Carrier (MTL) played 13:39, −8:52 down on his 22:31 season average over 4 games.Carrier
Usage
Lane Hutson (MTL) played 21:00, −4:48 down on his 25:48 season average over 4 games.Hutson

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 104 of 104 attempts · MTL 47 · 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 44% of the game, MTL 27%.

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
	52	43
	1.75	1.36
	1.70	1.33
	10	7
	4	2
	16	12
	+0.055	−0.055
	44%	27%

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

L1Wilson – Dubois – McMichael
9:4250% CF
L2Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
7:1375% CF
L3Eller – Mangiapane – Leonard
6:3717% CF
L4Dowd – Raddysh – Duhaime
6:2745% CF
D1Carlson – Chychrun
13:0056% CF
D2Roy – Sandin
11:3367% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Alexeyev
5:590% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun
5:4888% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Mangiapane – Dubois – Sandin – McMichael
2:51100% CF
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
2:09
PK2FWilson – McMichael
1:43
PK1DCarlson – Roy
3:00
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
0:31

Current WSH line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
11:2343% CF
L2Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak
8:4539% CF
L3Evans – Newhook – Demidov
6:2671% CF
L4Armia – Heineman – Kapanen
4:1480% CF
D1Guhle – Hutson
12:1054% CF
D2Matheson – Carrier
8:5756% CF
D3Savard – Xhekaj
8:0538% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
3:2786% CF
PP2Gallagher – Matheson – Suzuki – Newhook – Heineman
2:0050% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
4:36
PK2FAnderson – Dvorak
1:48
PK1DSavard – Matheson
5:31
PK2DCarrier – Guhle
1:01

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:25
WSHDylan Strome (Anthony Beauvillier)backhand0.24 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Strome, Beauvillier, Roy, ChychrunMTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle, Hutson, Slafkovský
WSH 1 – 0 MTL
10:33
MTLJuraj SlafkovskýPP (Ivan Demidov, Lane Hutson)snap0.17 xG
WSH: Eller, Carlson, Wilson, RoyMTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský, Demidov
WSH 1 – 1 MTL
18:32
MTLCole CaufieldPP (Lane Hutson, Ivan Demidov)slap0.09 xG
WSH: Carlson, Dowd, Roy, DuhaimeMTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský, Demidov
WSH 1 – 2 MTL

3rd period

6:39
WSHBrandon Duhaime (Jakob Chychrun, Trevor van Riemsdyk)backhand0.16 xG
WSH: Dowd, Roy, Duhaime, Sandin, McMichaelMTL: Gallagher, Matheson, Caufield, Guhle, Kapanen
WSH 2 – 2 MTL
16:23
WSHAndrew Mangiapane (Dylan Strome, Trevor van Riemsdyk)snap0.05 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, van Riemsdyk, Mangiapane, Strome, SandinMTL: Gallagher, Anderson, Dvorak, Guhle, Xhekaj
WSH 3 – 2 MTL
17:21
WSHBrandon DuhaimeEN (Nic Dowd)snap0.81 xG
WSH: Carlson, Dowd, Wilson, Chychrun, DuhaimeMTL: Gallagher, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský, Demidov
WSH 4 – 2 MTL
19:05
WSHTom WilsonEN (Connor McMichael)snap0.77 xG
WSH: Carlson, Wilson, Chychrun, Dubois, McMichaelMTL: Gallagher, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský, Demidov
WSH 5 – 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
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	1.00	6	0	0	21:16	—	—	48	45
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	1	0	0	19:34	—	—	46	50
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.18	0	0	0	18:43	—	—	59	67
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	+2	5	0.31	0	0	2	19:55	—	—	71	64
Dylan Strome C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.41	0	0	0	18:25	—	—	68	62
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	1	1	0	11:48	—	—	71	64
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	0	2	0	12:26	—	—	31	33
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:39	—	—	22	17
Ryan Leonard R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:25	—	—	33	19
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	2	0	2	+2	3	1.11	5	2	0	13:16	—	—	50	69
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.06	1	0	2	12:06	—	—	58	77
Taylor Raddysh R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:17	—	—	47	42
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.15	0	2	2	26:15	—	—	53	53
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.40	0	1	2	25:13	—	—	55	39
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	4	0	0	22:21	—	—	61	64
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.07	1	1	0	19:45	—	—	61	64
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:51	—	—	46	78
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	8:58	—	—	20	0

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	18	16	2	.889	1.87	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.34	2	4	0	21:17	—	—	37	39
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	1	0	1	-3	1	0.28	1	0	0	18:20	—	—	35	38
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	-4	2	0.25	0	0	0	18:11	—	—	40	32
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	-4	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:55	—	—	32	39
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	1	4	15:26	—	—	33	57
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	6	1	2	14:01	—	—	42	55
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	18:31	—	—	60	62
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	1	0	14:25	—	—	71	78
Ivan Demidov R	L3	0	2	2	-2	1	0.06	1	0	0	13:38	—	—	67	83
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	2	14:57	—	—	75	49
Emil Heineman L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:19	—	—	56	15
Oliver Kapanen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:33	—	—	50	5
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.05	4	0	2	22:45	—	—	42	43
Lane Hutson D	D1	0	2	2	-3	3	0.19	0	0	0	21:00	—	—	54	61
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	28:00	—	—	46	40
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	13:39	—	—	47	38
David Savard D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	3	0	14:49	—	—	36	13
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	6	0	2	12:51	—	—	42	15

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	2.35	58:23

Goal anatomy

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

Dylan Strome (WSH) 2nd 1:25 · assists Anthony Beauvillier · Rush · carried in · 21.8 mph shot · 4.0 s from entry to goal.

Dylan Strome · 2nd 1:25 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 21.8 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 s

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Juraj Slafkovský · 2nd 10:33 · MTL PP

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 55.8 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 7.3 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Cole Caufield · 2nd 18:32 · MTL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 50.1 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Type: one-timer

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Brandon Duhaime · 3rd 6:39 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.3 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s

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Andrew Mangiapane · 3rd 16:23 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 73.7 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Brandon Duhaime · 3rd 17:21 · WSH EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 61.6 mph
Distance: 61 ft
Entry to goal: 0.8 s

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Tom Wilson · 3rd 19:05 · WSH EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 64.8 mph
Distance: 55 ft
Entry to goal: 1.1 s

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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.