Postgame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Montreal Canadiens

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Montreal Canadiens
When: April 17, 2010
In their 2nd meeting of the postseason the Washington Capitals beat the Montreal Canadiens 6-5 (OT). The following is a statistical breakdown for the April 17, 2010 game and totals for the 2009-2010 postseason.

Montreal Canadiens @ Washington Capitals - 4/17/2010

• Power Play
• The Washington Capitals were on the Power Play for 06:00. All PP minutes were with a 1 man advantage.
• The Montreal Canadiens were on the Power Play for 05:36. All PP minutes were with a 1 man advantage.
• Events
• Goals
• Washington Capitals (6):
• Alex Ovechkin: Tip-In(1)
• John Carlson: Snap(1)
• Eric Fehr: Snap(1)
• Nicklas Backstrom: Wrist(1) Snap(1) Slap(1)
• Montreal Canadiens (5):
• Tomas Plekanec: Wrist(1)
• Andrei Kostitsyn: Wrist(1) Snap(1) Deflected(1)
• Brian Gionta: Slap(1)
• Shots
• Washington Capitals: Wrist(17) Snap(2) Tip-In(1) Slap(8) Deflected(1) Backhand(2)
• Alex Ovechkin,Alexander Semin (5)
• Montreal Canadiens: Wrist(11) Snap(3) Slap(4) Backhand(1)
• Benoit Pouliot (3)
• Saves
• Washington Capitals
• Semyon Varlamov: 19 Saves on 22 shots (0.863)
• Jose Theodore: 0 Saves on 2 shots (0.000)
• Montreal Canadiens
• Jaroslav Halak: 31 Saves on 37 shots (0.837)
• Face-Offs
• 32 won by the Washington Capitals (11 won by Eric Belanger)
• 24 won by the Montreal Canadiens (9 won by Tomas Plekanec)
• Penalty
• Washington Capitals: TRIPPING(3) FIGHTING (1)
• Brooks Laich,Tom Poti,Alexander Semin,Eric Belanger (1)
• Montreal Canadiens: SLASHING(1) INTERFERENCE(1) TRIPPING(1) FIGHTING (1)
• Hal Gill,Benoit Pouliot,Michael Cammalleri,Scott Gomez (1)
• Giveaways
• 10 by the Washington Capitals (3 by Jeff Schultz)
• 7 by the Montreal Canadiens (2 by Jaroslav Halak)
• Takeaways
• 12 by the Washington Capitals (2 by Brendan Morrison)
• 4 by the Montreal Canadiens (1 by Tomas Plekanec,Andrei Markov,Andrei Kostitsyn,Michael Cammalleri)
• Hits
• 28 by the Washington Capitals (8 by Alex Ovechkin)
• Brooks Laich took 3 hit(s).
• 16 by the Montreal Canadiens (5 by Jaroslav Spacek)
• Marc-Andre Bergeron took 6 hit(s).
• Blocks
• 11 by the Washington Capitals (2 by Joe Corvo,Mike Green,Jeff Schultz)
• 30 by the Montreal Canadiens (7 by Roman Hamrlik)
• Top Matchups
• Washington Capitals Forwards vs. Montreal Canadiens Defense
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Josh Gorges (09:30)
• Alexander Semin vs. Josh Gorges (08:37)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Roman Hamrlik (08:33)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Roman Hamrlik (08:11)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Hal Gill (07:53)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Josh Gorges (07:53)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Jaroslav Spacek (07:50)
• Mike Knuble vs. Josh Gorges (07:35)
• Washington Capitals Defense vs. Montreal Canadiens Forwards
• Mike Green vs. Tomas Plekanec (11:26)
• Mike Green vs. Andrei Kostitsyn (09:14)
• Mike Green vs. Michael Cammalleri (09:07)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Andrei Kostitsyn (08:22)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Tomas Plekanec (07:54)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Benoit Pouliot (07:51)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Michael Cammalleri (07:50)
• Mike Green vs. Brian Gionta (07:31)
• Washington Capitals Forwards vs. Montreal Canadiens Forwards
• Mike Knuble vs. Brian Gionta (08:46)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Brian Gionta (08:31)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Brian Gionta (08:21)
• Alexander Semin vs. Brian Gionta (07:59)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Scott Gomez (07:21)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Scott Gomez (07:20)
• Mike Knuble vs. Scott Gomez (07:03)
• Brooks Laich vs. Dominic Moore (07:01)

Washington Capitals vs. Montreal Canadiens 2009-2010 Postseason
2 Meetings

• Power Play
• The Washington Capitals were on the Power Play for 14:00. All PP minutes were with a 1 man advantage.
• The Montreal Canadiens were on the Power Play for 12:01. All PP minutes were with a 1 man advantage.
• Events
• Goals
• Washington Capitals (8):
• Alex Ovechkin: Tip-In(1)
• John Carlson: Snap(1)
• Eric Fehr: Snap(1)
• Joe Corvo: Wrist(1)
• Nicklas Backstrom: Wrist(2) Snap(1) Slap(1)
• Montreal Canadiens (8):
• Tomas Plekanec: Wrist(1) Slap(1)
• Andrei Kostitsyn: Wrist(1) Snap(1) Deflected(1)
• Scott Gomez: Wrist(1)
• Michael Cammalleri: Snap(1)
• Brian Gionta: Slap(1)
• Shots
• Washington Capitals: Wrap-around(1) Wrist(41) Snap(7) Tip-In(5) Slap(15) Deflected(1) Backhand(6)
• Alexander Semin (11)
• Montreal Canadiens: Wrist(30) Snap(8) Tip-In(2) Slap(7) Backhand(7)
• Benoit Pouliot (7)
• Saves
• Washington Capitals
• Semyon Varlamov: 19 Saves on 22 shots (0.863)
• Jose Theodore: 35 Saves on 40 shots (0.875)
• Montreal Canadiens
• Jaroslav Halak: 76 Saves on 84 shots (0.904)
• Face-Offs
• 77 won by the Washington Capitals (29 won by Eric Belanger)
• 50 won by the Montreal Canadiens (17 won by Tomas Plekanec)
• Penalty
• Washington Capitals: HOOKING(1) TRIPPING(3) CROSS CHECKING(1) HOLDING(1) DELAYING GAME-PUCK OVER GLASS(1) FIGHTING (1)
• Alexander Semin (2)
• Montreal Canadiens: BOARDING(1) INTERFERENCE(1) HOOKING(1) SLASHING(1) TRIPPING(1) CHARGING(1) FIGHTING (1)
• Benoit Pouliot (2)
• Giveaways
• 25 by the Washington Capitals (7 by John Carlson)
• 13 by the Montreal Canadiens (4 by Jaroslav Halak)
• Takeaways
• 19 by the Washington Capitals (3 by Tom Poti)
• 10 by the Montreal Canadiens (3 by Andrei Kostitsyn)
• Hits
• 65 by the Washington Capitals (11 by Alex Ovechkin)
• Brooks Laich,Mike Knuble took 5 hit(s).
• 40 by the Montreal Canadiens (5 by Jaroslav Spacek)
• Marc-Andre Bergeron took 12 hit(s).
• Blocks
• 41 by the Washington Capitals (10 by Mike Green)
• 56 by the Montreal Canadiens (12 by Hal Gill)
• Top Matchups
• Washington Capitals Forwards vs. Montreal Canadiens Defense
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Josh Gorges (19:51)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Hal Gill (19:09)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Roman Hamrlik (18:14)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Roman Hamrlik (17:50)
• Alexander Semin vs. Hal Gill (16:57)
• Alexander Semin vs. Josh Gorges (16:47)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Josh Gorges (16:08)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Hal Gill (15:46)
• Washington Capitals Defense vs. Montreal Canadiens Forwards
• Mike Green vs. Tomas Plekanec (23:53)
• Mike Green vs. Andrei Kostitsyn (20:17)
• Mike Green vs. Michael Cammalleri (19:22)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Andrei Kostitsyn (18:31)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Michael Cammalleri (16:57)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Tomas Plekanec (16:56)
• Tom Poti vs. Brian Gionta (16:36)
• Tom Poti vs. Benoit Pouliot (15:27)
• Washington Capitals Forwards vs. Montreal Canadiens Forwards
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Brian Gionta (18:48)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Scott Gomez (18:18)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Scott Gomez (17:02)
• Mike Knuble vs. Brian Gionta (16:52)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Brian Gionta (16:38)
• Mike Knuble vs. Scott Gomez (15:50)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Dominic Moore (14:31)
• Mike Knuble vs. Benoit Pouliot (14:23)