Washington Capitals at Montréal Canadiens

Mon, Jan 9, 2017 · Centre Bell · 2016–17 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 1

Final

Montréal Canadiens

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–1 on Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at Centre Bell. Alex Ovechkin led the way with 3 points. Braden Holtby made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 39–23.

Linescore

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

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	11:03	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (10) · backhand	Alex Ovechkin (13), Karl Alzner (4)	1–0
3rd	07:18	MTL	PP	Tomas Plekanec (4) · wrist	Paul Byron (12), Artturi Lehkonen (3)	1–1
3rd	08:12	WSH	EV	Evgeny Kuznetsov (5) · wrist	Alex Ovechkin (14), Justin Williams (10)	2–1
3rd	11:00	WSH	EV	Brett Connolly (5) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (22)	3–1
3rd	16:36	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (19) · snap	Nicklas Backstrom (24), Marcus Johansson (15)	4–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	08:03	MTL	Bobby Farnham	interference	2
2nd	10:48	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	tripping	2
3rd	00:24	WSH	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
3rd	05:19	WSH	Lars Eller	interference	2
3rd	11:56	WSH	Brett Connolly	high sticking	2
3rd	16:04	MTL	Alexander Radulov	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.56 · MTL 2.72 · xG% WSH 48.4

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	2	3	+2	0	5	1	0		15:20	22
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	1	2	+2	2	4	0	0	31.3	18:23	18
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	1	2	+1	0	2	1	1	50.0	15:25	22
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	1	1	+3	0	1	2	6		20:26	26
14	Justin Williams	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	2	100.0	19:32	18
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	3		18:21	17
10	Brett Connolly	R	1	0	1	+2	2	1	3	0		13:28	21
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3		23:06	26
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+3	0	4	2	4		20:58	24
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		20:12	23
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2		19:34	23
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	62.5	17:03	20
26	Daniel Winnik	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		16:31	19
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		13:59	17
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	55.6	12:26	18
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		10:48	12
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0		10:22	15
87	Liam O'Brien	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		6:08	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	23	22	1	.957	60:00

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	52.6	18:15	25
41	Paul Byron	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	100.0	17:08	25
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0		16:03	23
28	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	6		27:50	25
6	Shea Weber	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1		25:11	25
26	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	2		23:52	26
47	Alexander Radulov	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	100.0	22:14	20
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		21:37	21
74	Alexei Emelin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1		19:42	23
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	1	47.1	17:00	18
45	Mark Barberio	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		13:56	16
32	Brian Flynn	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		13:16	20
17	Torrey Mitchell	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	66.7	11:41	20
34	Michael McCarron	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	50.0	11:09	13
38	Nikita Scherbak	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		11:02	15
42	Sven Andrighetto	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		10:56	19
89	Ryan Johnston	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		9:29	12
44	Bobby Farnham	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0		7:31	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Carey Price	L	39	35	4	.897	59:36