Washington Capitals vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 28, 2026

FinalSaturday, Feb 28, 2026· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	0	1	2		WSH	10	9	10	29
MTL	2	2	2	6		MTL	7	9	9	25

: WSH 56MTL 54
: WSH 3.71MTL 4.11
PP goals: WSH 0MTL 0
Hits: WSH 20MTL 13
Blocks: WSH 13MTL 12
PIM: WSH 8MTL 10
: WSH 50%MTL 50%

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. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for MTL: Evans–Newhook–Bolduc skated 8:44 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:25.Suzuki
Points
Alex Ovechkin had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:30.Ovechkin
Points
Cole Caufield had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:19.Caufield
Points
Anthony Beauvillier had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:42.Beauvillier
New line
New look for MTL: Evans–Newhook–Bolduc skated 8:44 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Evans Newhook Bolduc
Luck
MTL scored 6 goals on 4.11 expected goals (54 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
WSH scored 2 goals on 3.71 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Noah Dobson (MTL) played 16:35, −5:59 down on his 22:34 season average over 79 games.Dobson

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 110 of 110 attempts · MTL 54 · WSH 56

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 34% of the game, MTL 37%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

MTL skaters (rows) against WSH skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the MTL side.

Matchup matrix

MTL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	WSH	MTL
	46	44
	3.09	2.76
	2.84	2.64
	13	11
	4	2
	23	18
	+0.005	−0.005
	34%	37%

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 – Protas
9:2967% CF
L2Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
5:3377% CF
L3Dowd – Duhaime – Frank
5:0240% CF
L4McMichael – Sourdif – Leonard
4:1922% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Chisholm
10:5556% CF
D2Fehérváry – Sandin
10:0970% CF
D3Roy – Chychrun
9:5648% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – Leonard
3:53100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Dubois – Sandin – McMichael – Frank
1:03100% CF
PK1FMcMichael – Protas
2:22
PK2FDowd – Wilson
1:29
PK1DRoy – Fehérváry
3:25
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
1:30

Current WSH line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Gallagher – Danault – Anderson
10:4513% CF
L2Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
9:2856% CF
L3Evans – Newhook – Bolduc
8:4450% CF
L4Kapanen – Slafkovský – Demidov
6:3960% CF
D1Matheson – Guhle
14:4840% CF
D2Dobson – Hutson
10:3754% CF
D3Carrier – Struble
9:1945% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
4:33100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Dobson – Dach – Newhook – Bolduc
1:000% CF
PK1FAnderson – Kapanen
2:49
PK2FDanault – Evans
2:32
PK1DCarrier – Guhle
1:53
PK2DMatheson – Dobson
0:50

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
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.57	3	0	0	19:16	—	—	74	83
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	0	0	-4	3	0.57	2	0	0	18:22	—	—	52	45
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	0	0	18:05	—	—	75	89
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.55	0	1	0	16:07	—	—	64	90
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	2	0	2	-2	6	0.71	2	0	0	15:30	—	—	50	59
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	2	2	0	0	0.05	0	1	0	12:42	—	—	50	50
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	2	14:48	—	—	47	10
Ethen Frank R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	1	1	0	11:30	—	—	33	3
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	2	10:43	—	—	44	7
Ryan Leonard R	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	1	0	2	15:09	—	—	37	26
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	1	0	2	15:09	—	—	30	26
Justin Sourdif C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.15	1	0	0	12:43	—	—	37	31
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	1	0	15:12	—	—	53	66
Declan Chisholm D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	13:00	—	—	50	57
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	4	3	0	21:28	—	—	64	67
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:06	—	—	52	65
Jakob Chychrun D	D3	0	0	0	-5	2	0.26	0	0	0	23:20	—	—	40	43
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	3	0	20:58	—	—	46	36

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	23	19	4	.826	3.28	58:52

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:53	—	—	19	5
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:40	—	—	19	3
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	13:47	—	—	24	14
Nick Suzuki C	L2	1	2	3	+4	2	0.78	0	1	0	18:25	—	—	65	78
Cole Caufield R	L2	2	0	2	+3	5	1.05	1	2	0	16:19	—	—	62	77
Kirby Dach C	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.10	0	0	2	13:44	—	—	58	67
Jake Evans C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.36	0	2	0	14:25	—	—	46	54
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:45	—	—	47	52
Zachary Bolduc R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	3	1	0	12:24	—	—	53	70
Juraj Slafkovský L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.77	1	0	0	14:23	—	—	56	39
Ivan Demidov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.45	0	0	0	12:44	—	—	58	40
Oliver Kapanen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	11:41	—	—	60	39
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	2	3	0	24:48	—	—	33	18
Mike Matheson D	D1	1	0	1	+4	3	0.26	1	0	2	24:04	—	—	52	55
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	2	0	20:14	—	—	61	40
Noah Dobson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	0	0	2	16:35	—	—	55	42
Alexandre Carrier D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	0	1	2	18:01	—	—	39	50
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:08	—	—	54	71

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	3.71	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Cole Caufield (MTL) 1st 0:30 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 53.5 mph shot · 2.0 s from entry to goal.

Cole Caufield · 1st 0:30 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.5 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Cole Caufield · 1st 14:19 · MTL

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 22.4 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 9.0 s
Type: rebound

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Alex Ovechkin · 1st 13:16 · WSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.1 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Mike Matheson · 2nd 12:22 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.4 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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Kirby Dach · 2nd 16:34 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.3 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 12:12 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 27.0 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: one-timer

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Nick Suzuki · 3rd 16:44 · MTL EN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.3 mph
Distance: 49 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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Jake Evans · 3rd 18:35 · MTL EN

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.9 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Type: deflection

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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 CanadiensFeb 28, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens rout Washington Capitals 6–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Cole Caufield · 1st 0:30 · MTL

Cole Caufield · 1st 14:19 · MTL

Alex Ovechkin · 1st 13:16 · WSH

Mike Matheson · 2nd 12:22 · MTL

Kirby Dach · 2nd 16:34 · MTL

Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 12:12 · WSH

Nick Suzuki · 3rd 16:44 · MTL EN

Jake Evans · 3rd 18:35 · MTL EN