Pregame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Montreal Canadiens

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Montreal Canadiens
When: April 15, 2010
The Washington Capitals will meet the Montreal Canadiens for the 1st time in the post-season on April 15, 2010. In their last meeting on February 10, 2010 The Montreal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 6-5. The following is a statistical breakdown for the February 10, 2010 game and totals for the 2009-2010 season.

Washington Capitals @ Montreal Canadiens - 2/10/2010

• Power Play
• The Washington Capitals were on the Power Play for 09:47. All PP minutes were with a 1 man advantage.
• The Montreal Canadiens were on the Power Play for 06:59. All PP minutes were with a 1 man advantage.
• Events
• Goals
• Washington Capitals (5):
• Mike Green: Wrist(1)
• Brooks Laich: Wrist(1) Tip-In(1) Backhand(1)
• Nicklas Backstrom: Wrist(1)
• Montreal Canadiens (6):
• Tomas Plekanec: Wrist(2)
• Tom Pyatt: Wrist(1)
• Glen Metropolit: Tip-In(1)
• Maxim Lapierre: Wrist(1)
• Scott Gomez: Wrist(1)
• Shots
• Washington Capitals: Wrist(20) Snap(2) Tip-In(1) Slap(7) Backhand(3)
• Alex Ovechkin (8)
• Montreal Canadiens: Wrap-around(2) Wrist(19) Tip-In(4) Slap(7) Backhand(1)
• Tom Pyatt,Tomas Plekanec (6)
• Saves
• Washington Capitals
• Michal Neuvirth: 12 Saves on 14 shots (0.857)
• Jose Theodore: 21 Saves on 25 shots (0.840)
• Montreal Canadiens
• Carey Price: 33 Saves on 38 shots (0.868)
• Face-Offs
• 35 won by the Washington Capitals (17 won by Nicklas Backstrom)
• 39 won by the Montreal Canadiens (16 won by Tomas Plekanec,Scott Gomez)
• Penalty
• Washington Capitals: HOOKING(2) TRIPPING(1) HOLDING(1)
• Brendan Morrison (2)
• Montreal Canadiens: SLASHING(2) HOOKING(2) INTERFERENCE(1) TRIPPING(1)
• Tomas Plekanec,Hal Gill,Sergei Kostitsyn,Glen Metropolit,Ben Maxwell,Brian Gionta (1)
• Giveaways
• 8 by the Washington Capitals (1 by Alex Ovechkin,Alexander Semin,Tomas Fleischmann,Brian Pothier,Quintin Laing,Mike Green,John Erskine,Jeff Schultz)
• 5 by the Montreal Canadiens (1 by Ryan O'Byrne,Carey Price,Glen Metropolit,Scott Gomez,Jaroslav Spacek)
• Takeaways
• 7 by the Washington Capitals (1 by Brooks Laich,Alex Ovechkin,Mike Green,Tom Poti,Alexander Semin,Boyd Gordon,Eric Fehr)
• 8 by the Montreal Canadiens (2 by Sergei Kostitsyn,Scott Gomez)
• Hits
• 17 by the Washington Capitals (4 by Shaone Morrisonn)
• Brooks Laich,Brian Pothier,Matt Bradley,Mike Green took 2 hit(s).
• 15 by the Montreal Canadiens (3 by Mathieu Darche)
• Tom Pyatt took 5 hit(s).
• Blocks
• 14 by the Washington Capitals (3 by Brooks Laich,John Erskine)
• 26 by the Montreal Canadiens (11 by Hal Gill)
• Top Matchups
• Washington Capitals Forwards vs. Montreal Canadiens Defense
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Roman Hamrlik (17:37)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Roman Hamrlik (15:29)
• Mike Knuble vs. Roman Hamrlik (12:55)
• Tomas Fleischmann vs. Andrei Markov (12:11)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Jaroslav Spacek (12:09)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Jaroslav Spacek (11:53)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Andrei Markov (11:51)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Hal Gill (11:26)
• Washington Capitals Defense vs. Montreal Canadiens Forwards
• Mike Green vs. Brian Gionta (13:31)
• Mike Green vs. Scott Gomez (12:46)
• Mike Green vs. Tomas Plekanec (12:37)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Scott Gomez (10:30)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Brian Gionta (10:27)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Tomas Plekanec (08:14)
• Mike Green vs. Tom Pyatt (08:08)
• Brian Pothier vs. Brian Gionta (08:04)
• Washington Capitals Forwards vs. Montreal Canadiens Forwards
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Tomas Plekanec (14:11)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Tomas Plekanec (13:19)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Sergei Kostitsyn (11:43)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Sergei Kostitsyn (10:58)
• Mike Knuble vs. Tomas Plekanec (10:23)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Scott Gomez (09:35)
• Mike Knuble vs. Sergei Kostitsyn (09:29)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Brian Gionta (09:20)

Washington Capitals vs. Montreal Canadiens 2009-2010 Season
4 Meetings

• Power Play
• The Washington Capitals were on the Power Play for 27:41. All PP minutes were with a 1 man advantage.
• The Montreal Canadiens were on the Power Play for 20:00 of which 01:16 were with a 2 man advantage.
• Events
• Goals
• Washington Capitals (14):
• Alex Ovechkin: Slap(1)
• Brooks Laich: Wrist(1) Tip-In(1) Backhand(1)
• Alexander Semin: Snap(1) Slap(1)
• Brendan Morrison: Backhand(1)
• Tomas Fleischmann: Wrist(1)
• Nicklas Backstrom: Wrist(1)
• Mike Green: Wrist(1)
• Eric Fehr: Wrist(1) Snap(1) Tip-In(1) Backhand(1)
• Montreal Canadiens (14):
• Tom Pyatt: Wrist(1)
• Josh Gorges: Slap(1)
• Maxim Lapierre: Wrist(1)
• Scott Gomez: Wrist(1)
• Benoit Pouliot: Tip-In(1)
• Michael Cammalleri: Slap(1)
• Tomas Plekanec: Wrist(3) Backhand(1)
• Glen Metropolit: Tip-In(1)
• Travis Moen: Tip-In(2)
• Jaroslav Spacek: Slap(1)
• Shootout Goals
• Washington Capitals (1):
• Nicklas Backstrom: Wrist(1)
• Montreal Canadiens ():
• Shots
• Washington Capitals: Wrist(67) Snap(11) Tip-In(7) Slap(28) Backhand(11)
• Alex Ovechkin (23)
• Montreal Canadiens: Wrap-around(2) Wrist(50) Snap(8) Tip-In(5) Slap(26) Backhand(6)
• Tomas Plekanec (14)
• Saves
• Washington Capitals
• Semyon Varlamov: 21 Saves on 24 shots (0.875)
• Michal Neuvirth: 55 Saves on 62 shots (0.887)
• Jose Theodore: 21 Saves on 25 shots (0.840)
• Montreal Canadiens
• Carey Price: 124 Saves on 138 shots (0.898)
• Face-Offs
• 129 won by the Washington Capitals (42 won by Nicklas Backstrom)
• 116 won by the Montreal Canadiens (49 won by Tomas Plekanec)
• Penalty
• Washington Capitals: INTERFERENCE(1) SLASHING(1) HOOKING(4) DIVING(1) TRIPPING(4) ROUGHING(1) HOLDING(3) FIGHTING (1)
• Brendan Morrison (3)
• Montreal Canadiens: SLASHING(2) TRIPPING(3) HOLDING(1) FIGHTING (1) INTERFERENCE(2) HOOKING(5) HI-STICKING(1) ROUGHING(3) UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT(1)
• Maxim Lapierre,Max Pacioretty,Jaroslav Spacek (2)
• Giveaways
• 50 by the Washington Capitals (7 by Mike Green)
• 49 by the Montreal Canadiens (5 by Carey Price)
• Takeaways
• 35 by the Washington Capitals (7 by Alex Ovechkin)
• 30 by the Montreal Canadiens (5 by Jaroslav Spacek)
• Hits
• 86 by the Washington Capitals (12 by Alex Ovechkin)
• Brooks Laich took 9 hit(s).
• 61 by the Montreal Canadiens (8 by Maxim Lapierre)
• Tom Pyatt took 11 hit(s).
• Blocks
• 53 by the Washington Capitals (7 by John Erskine)
• 92 by the Montreal Canadiens (15 by Hal Gill)
• Top Matchups
• Washington Capitals Forwards vs. Montreal Canadiens Defense
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Roman Hamrlik (60:03)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Roman Hamrlik (55:39)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Jaroslav Spacek (48:25)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Jaroslav Spacek (46:36)
• Brendan Morrison vs. Josh Gorges (32:11)
• Brooks Laich vs. Josh Gorges (29:22)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Josh Gorges (25:45)
• Brooks Laich vs. Paul Mara (25:22)
• Washington Capitals Defense vs. Montreal Canadiens Forwards
• Mike Green vs. Tomas Plekanec (50:08)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Tomas Plekanec (30:19)
• Mike Green vs. Travis Moen (30:10)
• Mike Green vs. Michael Cammalleri (29:16)
• Mike Green vs. Scott Gomez (28:56)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Michael Cammalleri (25:51)
• Mike Green vs. Brian Gionta (24:25)
• John Erskine vs. Travis Moen (22:20)
• Washington Capitals Forwards vs. Montreal Canadiens Forwards
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Tomas Plekanec (49:51)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Tomas Plekanec (48:57)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Travis Moen (35:20)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Travis Moen (30:40)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Michael Cammalleri (28:48)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Michael Cammalleri (28:08)
• Tomas Fleischmann vs. Tomas Plekanec (24:09)
• Tomas Fleischmann vs. Tom Pyatt (22:50)