Montréal Canadiens at Washington Capitals

Sat, Oct 7, 2017 · Capital One Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

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Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–1 on Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at Capital One Arena. Alex Ovechkin scored 4 goals. Braden Holtby made 38 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 39–23.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	1	0	1	39
WSH	4	2	0	6	23

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:20	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (4) · slap	Jakub Vrana (3), Evgeny Kuznetsov (4)	0–1
1st	00:46	WSH	EV	T.J. Oshie (1) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (1), Andre Burakovsky (1)	0–2
1st	02:51	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (5) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (5), Nicklas Backstrom (2)	0–3
1st	18:10	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (6) · tip-in	Evgeny Kuznetsov (6), Aaron Ness (1)	0–4
2nd	04:50	MTL	SH	Brendan Gallagher (1) · wrist	Paul Byron (1)	1–4
2nd	16:46	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (7) · backhand	Evgeny Kuznetsov (7), John Carlson (1)	1–5
2nd	18:05	WSH	EV	Nathan Walker (1) · deflected	Devante Smith-Pelly (1), Jay Beagle (1)	1–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:02	MTL	Ales Hemsky	slashing	2
1st	05:58	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	tripping	2
1st	15:26	WSH	John Carlson	holding	2
2nd	03:07	MTL	Jacob de la Rose	tripping	2
2nd	08:29	WSH	Matt Niskanen	slashing	2
3rd	06:53	WSH	Matt Niskanen	hooking	2
3rd	15:05	MTL	Ales Hemsky	tripping	2
3rd	16:32	WSH	Brett Connolly	interference	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: MTL 3.43 · WSH 1.81 · xG% MTL 65.5

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	1	0	1	-1	2	3	3	0		14:17	20
41	Paul Byron	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0		10:42	19
6	Shea Weber	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		24:54	30
8	Jordie Benn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2		19:42	27
26	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	1		19:42	29
22	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		18:17	27
27	Alex Galchenyuk	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		18:11	19
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	-2	0	5	0	1		18:00	20
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		17:55	23
53	Victor Mete	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	2		16:39	25
92	Jonathan Drouin	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	0	52.9	16:27	18
65	Andrew Shaw	R	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	0		15:55	18
32	Mark Streit	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0		15:47	24
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0	44.4	15:17	20
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	38.1	15:01	22
54	Charles Hudon	L	0	0	0	-1	0	6	4	0	33.3	14:38	19
25	Jacob de la Rose	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	36.4	10:59	18
83	Ales Hemsky	R	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		10:56	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Al Montoya	L	9	7	2	.778	39:52
31	Carey Price	L	14	10	4	.714	20:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	4	0	4	+3	0	8	0	0	100.0	17:44	20
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	4	4	+3	0	0	0	1	61.5	17:18	20
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0	50.0	15:11	21
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+2	2	1	1	3		23:08	32
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	100.0	15:15	20
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	78.6	15:13	23
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	2		14:46	19
55	Aaron Ness	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	1		14:22	21
77	T.J. Oshie	R	1	0	1	+2	0	3	1	1		14:17	21
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1		14:11	20
79	Nathan Walker	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	4	0		11:23	18
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	1		21:55	26
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	+1	4	1	3	0		20:16	26
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	1		19:31	27
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	4		17:39	23
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	63.2	14:53	19
39	Alex Chiasson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		12:38	17
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0		12:30	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	39	38	1	.974	59:50