Pregame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Montreal Canadiens

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Montreal Canadiens
When: April 19, 2010
The Washington Capitals will meet the Montreal Canadiens for the 3rd time this postseason on April 19, 2010. In their last meeting on April 17, 2010 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 season.

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)