Montréal Canadiens at Washington Capitals

Fri, Jan 19, 2018 · Capital One Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

Montréal Canadiens

3 – 2

Final

Washington Capitals

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at Capital One Arena. Max Pacioretty scored twice. Antti Niemi made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	1	2	3	26
WSH	0	1	1	2	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	07:08	MTL	PP	Max Pacioretty (13) · wrist	Jonathan Drouin (16), Brendan Gallagher (8)	1–0
2nd	13:24	WSH	PP	John Carlson (6) · slap	Alex Ovechkin (22), Evgeny Kuznetsov (30)	1–1
3rd	10:41	MTL	EV	Paul Byron (13) · wrist	Max Pacioretty (14), Jakub Jerabek (3)	2–1
3rd	18:42	MTL	SH EN	Max Pacioretty (14) · wrist	Tomas Plekanec (13), Paul Byron (7)	3–1
3rd	19:06	WSH	PP	Lars Eller (10) · slap	Matt Niskanen (10), Dmitry Orlov (10)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:15	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	tripping	2
1st	07:15	MTL	Tomas Plekanec	embellishment	2
1st	17:11	MTL	Karl Alzner	slashing	2
2nd	02:51	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	hooking	2
2nd	06:54	WSH	Tom Wilson	hooking	2
2nd	12:08	MTL	Jonathan Drouin	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	17:59	MTL	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
3rd	02:02	WSH	Tom Wilson	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	02:02	WSH	Tom Wilson	fighting	5
3rd	02:02	MTL	Nicolas Deslauriers	fighting	5
3rd	05:43	WSH	Andre Burakovsky	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: MTL 3.82 · WSH 2.76 · xG% MTL 58.1

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
67	Max Pacioretty	L	2	1	3	+2	0	4	2	2		17:58	23
41	Paul Byron	L	1	1	2	+2	0	4	2	0	25.0	16:36	23
28	Jakub Jerabek	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	2		19:33	26
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	0	40.0	17:45	22
92	Jonathan Drouin	L	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	62.5	16:54	17
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	100.0	16:17	22
26	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2		25:44	30
22	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3		19:52	27
8	Jordie Benn	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	3		19:19	29
21	David Schlemko	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		17:22	23
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	50.0	17:12	22
27	Alex Galchenyuk	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		17:06	17
53	Victor Mete	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		14:00	20
20	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	0		13:33	16
54	Charles Hudon	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1	12.5	13:26	19
49	Logan Shaw	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		10:36	13
42	Byron Froese	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	40.0	9:56	13
25	Jacob de la Rose	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		9:38	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
37	Antti Niemi	W	26	24	2	.923	59:57

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	1	0	1	-1	0	8	0	1		29:11	29
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	-1	2	1	2	2		21:06	22
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2		20:08	24
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1		19:26	23
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	-1	2	1	1	0	60.0	19:20	23
20	Lars Eller	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	3	1	81.3	15:14	19
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	3		20:47	20
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	35.3	19:47	21
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		18:11	20
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	1		15:14	19
29	Christian Djoos	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		15:12	18
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	0		13:51	17
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	63.6	13:11	18
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		12:51	17
39	Alex Chiasson	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		11:09	14
22	Madison Bowey	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		10:48	13
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	3		10:30	17
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		8:17	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Philipp Grubauer	L	25	23	2	.920	57:33