MTL
MTL
Montréal Canadiens
48-23-10 · W1 · L10: 8-2-0
L
L
L
OT
W
L
L
L
W
L
Final
2—9
2022-12-31 · Capital One Arena
WSH
WSH
Washington Capitals
42-30-9 · W3 · L10: 7-3-0
OT
W
W
W
W
W
L
W
W
W
WSH dominated expected goals 5.0 to 2.8

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
012341ST2ND3RD
MTL xG
2.78
ACTUAL
2 — 9
WSH xG
5.01

Scoring Timeline

0.74
HIGH xG
WSH1P 00:32Even Strength
Erik Gustafsson
56
Erik Gustafsson(6)
D · WSH · #56
Evgeny Kuznetsov (25), Conor Sheary (14)
MTL 0 - 1 WSH
0.10
HIGH xG
WSH1P 04:32Even Strength
Garnet Hathaway
19
Garnet Hathaway(4)
R · WSH · #19
Aliaksei Protas (5), Nic Dowd (7)
MTL 0 - 2 WSH
0.79
HIGH xG
MTL2P 04:02Power Play
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield(20)
R · MTL · #13
Nick Suzuki (17), Kirby Dach (18)
MTL 1 - 2 WSH
0.27
HIGH xG
WSH2P 08:31Even Strength
Nic Dowd
26
Nic Dowd(9)
C · WSH · #26
Aliaksei Protas (6), Erik Gustafsson (16)
MTL 1 - 3 WSH
0.08
MED xG
WSH2P 09:064 on 4
Alex Ovechkin
8
Alex Ovechkin(24)
L · WSH · #8
Trevor van Riemsdyk (5), Lars Eller (8)
MTL 1 - 4 WSH
0.18
HIGH xG
MTL2P 12:39Even Strength
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield(21)
R · MTL · #13
MTL 2 - 4 WSH
0.15
HIGH xG
WSH2P 19:21Power Play
Dylan Strome
17
Dylan Strome(8)
C · WSH · #17
Evgeny Kuznetsov (26), Marcus Johansson (9)
MTL 2 - 5 WSH
0.74
HIGH xG
WSH3P 01:22Power Play
Alex Ovechkin
8
Alex Ovechkin(25)
L · WSH · #8
Erik Gustafsson (17), Marcus Johansson (10)
MTL 2 - 6 WSH
0.70
HIGH xG
WSH3P 05:31Even Strength
Marcus Johansson
90
Marcus Johansson(10)
L · WSH · #90
Evgeny Kuznetsov (27), Martin Fehérváry (3)
MTL 2 - 7 WSH
0.17
HIGH xG
WSH3P 15:43Even Strength
Anthony Mantha
39
Anthony Mantha(9)
R · WSH · #39
MTL 2 - 8 WSH
0.08
MED xG
WSH3P 16:35Even Strength
Alex Ovechkin
8
Alex Ovechkin(26)
L · WSH · #8
Conor Sheary (15)
MTL 2 - 9 WSH

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Charlie Lindgren
79
Charlie Lindgren
G · WSH · #79
31/33 saves, .939 SV%, +0.8 GSAx
★2
Alex Ovechkin
8
Alex Ovechkin
L · WSH · #8
3G, 5 SOG
★3
Erik Gustafsson
56
Erik Gustafsson
D · WSH · #56
1G, 2A, 2 SOG, 1 HIT

Team Stats

MTLWSH
0Shots0
2.78xGF5.01
47.2CF%52.8
—FO%—
0/0PP0/0
0Hits0
0Blocks0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
0PIM0

Period Breakdown

PeriodMTL SOGWSH SOGMTL xGWSH xG
1st1370.591.24
2nd10101.921.21
3rd8140.272.56
Total31312.785.01

Penalties

10 TOTAL
1P 11:20
MTL
Josh Andersonslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Joe Snively
2P 02:54
WSH
Martin Fehérváryhooking (2 min)
Drawn by Christian Dvorak
2P 02:54
MTL
Christian Dvorakholding (2 min)
Drawn by Martin Fehérváry
2P 03:18
WSH
Lars Ellerhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Joel Edmundson
2P 08:31
MTL
Johnathan Kovacevicroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Garnet Hathaway
2P 08:31
WSH
Garnet Hathawayroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Johnathan Kovacevic
2P 17:41
MTL
Chris Widemanholding (2 min)
Drawn by Nic Dowd
3P 00:54
MTL
Nick Suzukitripping (2 min)
Drawn by Nick Jensen
3P 05:31
MTL
Brendan Gallagherunsportsmanlike-conduct (2 min)
3P 07:18
WSH
Alex Ovechkinhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Jordan Harris