Pregame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Montreal Canadiens

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Montreal Canadiens
When: April 21, 2010
The Washington Capitals will meet the Montreal Canadiens for the 4th time this postseason on April 21, 2010. In their last meeting on April 19, 2010 The Montreal Canadiens lost to the Washington Capitals 5-1. The following is a statistical breakdown for the April 19, 2010 game and totals for the 2009-2010 season.

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.

Pregame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Montreal Canadiens

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Montreal Canadiens
When: April 17, 2010
The Washington Capitals will meet the Montreal Canadiens for the 2nd time this postseason on April 17, 2010. In their last meeting on April 15, 2010 The Washington Capitals lost to the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 (OT). The following is a statistical breakdown for the April 15, 2010 game.

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.

Pregame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Boston Bruins

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Boston Bruins
When: April 11, 2010
The Washington Capitals will meet the Boston Bruins for the 4th time this season on April 11, 2010. In their last meeting on April 05, 2010 The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 3-2. The following is a statistical breakdown for the April 05, 2010 game and totals for the 2009-2010 season.

Pregame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Atlanta Thrashers

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Atlanta Thrashers
When: April 09, 2010
The Washington Capitals will meet the Atlanta Thrashers for the 6th time this season on April 09, 2010. In their last meeting on April 01, 2010 The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 2-1. The following is a statistical breakdown for the April 01, 2010 game and totals for the 2009-2010 season.

Pregame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

When: April 06, 2010

The Washington Capitals will meet the Pittsburgh Penguins for the 4th time this season on April 06, 2010. In their last meeting on March 24, 2010 The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-4. The following is a statistical breakdown for the March 24, 2010 game and totals for the 2009-2010 season.

Pregame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Boston Bruins

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Boston Bruins

When: April 05, 2010

The Washington Capitals will meet the Boston Bruins for the 3rd time this season on April 05, 2010. In their last meeting on February 02, 2010 The Boston Bruins lost to the Washington Capitals 4-1. The following is a statistical breakdown for the February 02, 2010 game and totals for the 2009-2010 season.

Pregame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
When: April 03, 2010
The Washington Capitals will meet the Columbus Blue Jackets for the 2nd time this season on April 03, 2010. In their last meeting on November 01, 2009 The Washington Capitals lost to the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-4. The following is a statistical breakdown for the November 01, 2009 game.

Pregame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Atlanta Thrashers

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Atlanta Thrashers

When: April 01, 2010

The Washington Capitals will meet the Atlanta Thrashers for the 5th time this season on April 01, 2010. In their last meeting on February 05, 2010 The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-2. The following is a statistical breakdown for the February 05, 2010 game and totals for the 2009-2010 season.

Pregame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Ottawa Senators

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Ottawa Senators

When: March 30, 2010

The Washington Capitals will meet the Ottawa Senators for the 4th time this season on March 30, 2010. In their last meeting on February 11, 2010 The Ottawa Senators beat the Washington Capitals 6-5. The following is a statistical breakdown for the February 11, 2010 game and totals for the 2009-2010 season.

Pregame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

When: March 24, 2010

The Washington Capitals will meet the Pittsburgh Penguins for the 3rd time this season on March 24, 2010. In their last meeting on February 07, 2010 The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4. The following is a statistical breakdown for the February 07, 2010 game and totals for the 2009-2010 season.

Pregame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

When: March 20, 2010

The Washington Capitals will meet the Tampa Bay Lightning for the 6th time this season on March 20, 2010. In their last meeting on March 12, 2010 The Washington Capitals lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2. The following is a statistical breakdown for the March 12, 2010 game and totals for the 2009-2010 season.

Pregame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Carolina Hurricanes

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Carolina Hurricanes
When: March 18, 2010
The Washington Capitals will meet the Carolina Hurricanes for the 5th time this season on March 18, 2010. In their last meeting on March 10, 2010 The Washington Capitals beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3. The following is a statistical breakdown for the March 10, 2010 game and totals for the 2009-2010 season.

Pregame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Florida Panthers

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Florida Panthers

When: March 16, 2010

The Washington Capitals will meet the Florida Panthers for the 6th time this season on March 16, 2010. In their last meeting on January 29, 2010 The Washington Capitals beat the Florida Panthers 4-1. The following is a statistical breakdown for the January 29, 2010 game and totals for the 2009-2010 season.

Pregame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

When: March 12, 2010

The Washington Capitals will meet the Tampa Bay Lightning for the 5th time this season on March 12, 2010. In their last meeting on March 04, 2010 The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4. The following is a statistical breakdown for the March 04, 2010 game and totals for the 2009-2010 season.

Pregame Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Carolina Hurricanes

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Carolina Hurricanes
When: March 10, 2010

The Washington Capitals will meet the Carolina Hurricanes for the 4th time this season on March 10, 2010.  In their last meeting on December 28, 2009 The Washington Capitals lost by a score of 6-3.  The following is a statistical breakdown for the December 28, 2009 game and totals for the 2009-2010 season.

Pre-Game Stats: Washington Capitals vs. New York Rangers

Game: Washington Capitals vs. New York Rangers
When: March 6, 2010

The Washington Capitals and New York Rangers have met 3 times this season.  The last time they met was on February 4, 2010 resulting in a 6-5 victory for the Washington Capitals.  The following is a statistical breakdown for the February 4, 2010 game and totals for the 2009-2010 season.

Pre-Game Stats: Washington Capitals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

Game: Washington Capitals vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
When: March 4, 2010

The Washington Capitals and Tampa Bay Lightning have met 3 times this season.  The last time they met was on January 31, 2010 resulting in a 3-2 victory for the Washington Capitals.  Stats for the January 31st game and totals for the 2009-2010 season are below:

Pre-Game Stats: Capitals vs. Sabres

Game: Capitals vs. Sabres 
When: Wednesday March 3, 2010 

The Capitals and Sabres have met 3 times this season. The last meeting was on December 23, 2009 ending in a 5-2 victory for the Capitals.

In their last meeting on Dec. 23

• Power Play


• The Capitals were on the Power Play for 02:50, 00:26 of which was on a 2 man advantage.
• The Sabres were on the Power Play for 04:00 all of which were with a 1 man advantage.


• Events


• Blocks (39 Total)


• 24 by the Capitals (4 by Jeff Schultz)
• 15 by the Sabres (4 by Steve Montador)


• Face-offs (60 Total)


• 27 won by the Capitals (8 won by David Steckel, 8 won by Brooks Laich)
• 33 won by the Sabres (12 won by Paul Gaustad)


• Giveaways (20 Total)


• 14 by the Capitals (4 players with 2)
• 6 by the Sabres (2 by Steve Montador)


• Goals (7 Total)


• 5 by the Capitals


• Nicklas Backstrom (2)
• Alex Ovechkin (1)
• Brendan Morrison (1)
• Mike Green(1)


• 2 by the Sabres


• Paul Gaustad (1)
• Tim Connolly (1)


• Hits (37 Total)


•  21 by the Capitals (7 by John Erskine)


• Matt Bradley was hit 4 times.


• 16 by the Sabres (4 Tyler Myers)


• Mike Grier was it 3 times.


• Missed Shots (26 Total)


• Capitals: Wrist (5), Tip-In (4), Slap (3), Backhand (1)


• 4 tied at 2


• Sabres: Wrist (8), Tip-In (2), Slap (2), Backhand (1)


• 5 tied at 1


• Penalties (6 Total)


• Capitals: Interference (2), Tripping (1)
• Sabres: Tripping (1), Hooking (1), Roughing (1)


• Shots on Goal (65 Total)


• Capitals: Wrist (19), Slap (6), Snap (5), Backhand (2), Tip-In (1)
• Alexander Semin led with 5
• Sabres: Wrist (19), Slap (8), Backhand (2), Snap (2), Tip-In (1)
• Tim Connolly led with 5


• Takeaways (21 Total)


• 15 for the Capitals (3 by Brooks Laich)



• 6 for the Sabres (2 by Mike Grier)




• Top Match-ups


• Capitals Forwards vs. Sabres Defense


• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Tyler Myers (16:24)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Tyler Myers (14:58)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Henrik Tallinder (14:07)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Henrik Tallinder (14:04)
• Alexander Semin vs. Tyler Myaers (11:50)
• Alexander Semin vs. Henrik Tallinder (10:52)


• Sabres Forwards vs. Capitals Defense


• John Erskine vs. Paul Gaustad (09:16)
• John Erskine vs. Tim Connolly (08:59)
• Mike Green vs. Jochen Hecht (08:35)
• Mike Green vs. Derek Roy (08:33)
• Mike Green vs. Mike Grier (08:30)
• John Erskine vs. Mike Grier (07:54)
• Karl Alzner vs. Paul Gaustad (07:48)
• Tom Poti vs. Jason Pominville (07:42)


• Capitals Forwards vs. Sabres Forwards


• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Tim Connolly (09:31)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Paul Gaustad (09:26)
• Alexander Semin vs. Tim Connolly (09:10)
• Alexander Semin vs. Paul Gaustad (08:47)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Tim Connolly (08:29)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Mike Grier (08:28)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Paul Gaustad (08:32)

Caps vs. Sabres Totals for the 2009-2010 Season

• Power Play
  


• The Capitals have been on the Power Play for 04:50, 00:26 of which was a 2 man advantage.
• The Sabres were on the Power Play for 09:11 all of which were with a 1 man advantage.


• Events


• Blocks (108 Total)


• 49 by the Capitals (8 by Jeff Schultz)
• 59 by the Sabres (13 by Tyler Myers)
  


• Face-offs (159 Total)


• 89 won by the Capitals (29 by David Steckel)
• 70 won by the Sabres (18 by Derek Roy)
  


• Giveaways (74 Total)


• 39 by the Capitals (5 by Mike Green)
• 35 by the Sabres (8 by Tyler Myers)


• Goals (11 Total)


• 7 by the Capitals: Wrist (4), Slap (2), Snap (1)


• Alex Ovechkin (2)
• Nicklas Backstrom (2)
• Brendan Morrison (1)
• Mike Green (1)
• Eric Fehr (1)


• 5 by the Sabres: Wrist (4), Tip-In (1)


• Paul Gaustad (1)
• Tim Connolly (1)
• Nathan Gerbe (1)
• Steve Montador (1)
• Henrik Tallinder (1)


• Hits (103 Total)


• 59 by the Capitals (8 by Alex Ovechkin)


• Nicklas Backstrom has been hit 9 times.


• 44 by the Sabres (7 by Tyler Myers)


• Drew Stafford has been hit 7 times.
  


• Missed Shots (80 Total)


• Capitals: Wrist (13), Slap (9), Snap(8), Tip-In (7), Backhand (3), Deflected (1)


• Nicklas Bacstrom leads with 7
  


• Sabres: Wrist (18), Slap (8), Tip-In (5), Snap (4), Backhand (3), Wrap-around (1) 


• Jason Pominville leads with 4
  


• Penalties (28 Total)


• Capitals: Cross Checking (2), Interference (2), Tripping (1), Game Misconduct (1), Boarding (1), Diving (1)
• Sabres: Tripping (3), Hooking (2), Roughing (1)
  


• Shots on Goal (172 Total)


• Capitals: Wrist (48), Slap (17), Snap (16), Backhand (4), Tip-In (3), Deflected (2)


• Alex Ovechkin leads with 12


• Sabres: Wrist (42), Slap (16), Backhand (11), Snap (9), Tip-In (3), Deflected (1)


• Jason Pominville leads with 9
  


• Takeaways (45 Total)


• 24 for the Capitals (4 by Eric Fehr)
• 21 for the Sabres (3 by Jochen Hecht)


• Top Match-ups


• Capitals Forwards vs. Sabres Defense


• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Tyler Myers (42:41)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Henrik Tallinder (40:05)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Henrik Tallinder (38:25)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Tyler Myers (38:14)
• Alexander Semin vs. Tyler Myers (25:04)
• Alexander Semin vs. Henrik Tallinder (22:05)
• Brendan Morrison vs. Craig Rivet (21:17)
• Brooks Laich vs. Craig Rivet (21:04)
• "Brooks Laich vs. Toni Lydman (20:28)
• Brendan Morrison vs. Toni Lydman (19:11)
• Tomas Fleischmann vs.Steve Montador (19:05)


• Sabres Forwards vs. Capitals Defense


• Mike Green vs. Jason Pominville (24:42)
• Mike Green vs. Derek Roy (24:23)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Jason Pominville (23:40)
• Mike Green vs. Jochen Hecht (21:55)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Derek Roy (20:29)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Jochen Hecht (20:04)
• Mike Green vs. Drew Stafford (19:45)
• Mike Green vs. Tim Connolly (18:35)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Tim Connolly (18:13)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Drew Stafford (17:45)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Clarke MacArthur (17:19)
• Mike Green vs. Tim Kennedy (17:16)
• Jeff Schultz vs. Tim Kennedy (17:05)


• Capitals Forwards vs. Sabres Forwards


• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Jochen Hecht (27:26)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Jochen Hecht (26:07)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Tim Kennedy (24:17)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Jason Pominville (24:11)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Tim Kennedy (22:40)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Tim Connolly (20:31)
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Jason Pominville (19:07)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Mike Grier (17:04)
• Nicklas Backstrom vs. Derek Roy (16:37)
• Brooks Laich vs. Derek Roy (16:34)