Washington Capitals at Montréal Canadiens

Wed, Jan 18, 2012 · Centre Bell · 2011–12 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 0

Final

Montréal Canadiens

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–0 on Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at Centre Bell. Michal Neuvirth made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 16–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	1	0	3	16
MTL	0	0	0	0	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:41	WSH	EV	Mathieu Perreault (1) · wrist	Dmitry Orlov (1), Cody Eakin (1)	1–0
1st	08:23	WSH	EV	Marcus Johansson (1) · wrist	Troy Brouwer (1), John Carlson (1)	2–0
2nd	10:44	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (1) · slap	Alexander Semin (1), Dennis Wideman (1)	3–0

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:15	MTL	Rene Bourque	fighting	5
1st	01:15	WSH	Matt Hendricks	fighting	5
1st	08:36	MTL	Josh Gorges	roughing	2
1st	13:01	WSH	John Erskine	interference	2
1st	15:14	WSH	Dennis Wideman	broken stick	2
2nd	02:48	WSH	Jeff Halpern	holding	2
2nd	07:53	MTL	Mathieu Darche	high sticking double minor	4
3rd	02:34	WSH	John Erskine	elbowing	2
3rd	02:34	WSH	John Erskine	high sticking double minor	4
3rd	05:19	MTL	Max Pacioretty	interference	2
3rd	09:23	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	16:36	MTL	Alexei Emelin	interference	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 1.19 · MTL 2.91 · xG% WSH 29.0

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Dennis Wideman	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	3		26:16	31
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	3		22:17	27
20	Troy Brouwer	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	2		19:25	28
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1	3	0		18:28	24
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	58.8	16:19	23
81	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		15:40	19
28	Alexander Semin	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		14:48	15
85	Mathieu Perreault	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	3	0	100.0	6:09	8
50	Cody Eakin	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	50.0	5:35	8
44	Roman Hamrlik	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2		22:16	28
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2		21:55	29
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	52.2	20:21	29
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		16:06	25
22	Mike Knuble	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		15:08	23
15	Jeff Halpern	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	60.0	14:18	26
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		11:21	18
26	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	66.7	10:48	16
4	John Erskine	D	0	0	0	+1	8	0	0	2		8:51	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Michal Neuvirth	W	31	31	0	1.000	60:00

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	0	3	1	0		23:44	30
72	Erik Cole	L	-1	0	5	3	0		21:09	27
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	0	0	0	0	1	55.0	21:04	25
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	2	6	1	2		20:19	25
22	Tomas Kaberle	D	0	0	3	0	0		20:12	22
51	David Desharnais	C	0	0	2	0	1	47.6	20:12	25
26	Josh Gorges	D	-1	2	0	1	1		19:39	27
68	Yannick Weber	D	0	0	1	0	1		18:46	25
61	Raphael Diaz	D	-1	0	1	0	1		18:01	24
32	Travis Moen	L	-1	0	0	3	2		17:00	23
11	Scott Gomez	C	-2	0	5	0	0	22.2	16:25	22
27	Rene Bourque	R	0	5	1	1	0		14:05	19
46	Andrei Kostitsyn	L	-2	0	1	1	0		13:31	19
81	Lars Eller	C	0	0	1	4	0	25.0	11:25	15
74	Alexei Emelin	D	-2	2	0	1	2		11:23	17
75	Hal Gill	D	0	0	0	0	2		8:55	13
45	Mike Blunden	R	0	0	1	3	0		7:49	11
52	Mathieu Darche	L	0	4	1	0	2		7:39	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Carey Price	L	16	13	3	.813	59:51