WSH 2 @ MTL 6 · Feb 28, 2026

Sat, Feb 28, 2026·Centre Bell, Montreal

Away

Washington Capitals

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Montréal Canadiens

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 53% of the time.

45%

39%

MTL winsWSH wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

MTL forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against WSH's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

	Wilson–Dubois–Protas	Ovechkin–Strome–Beauvillier	Dowd–Duhaime–Frank	McMichael–Sourdif–Leonard	Dowd–Duhaime–Sourdif	Dubois–McMichael–Leonard	McMichael–Frank–Leonard	Duhaime–Sourdif–Frank	van Riemsdyk–Chisholm	Fehérváry–Sandin	Roy–Chychrun	Roy–Fehérváry	Chychrun–Sandin	Chychrun–Fehérváry
Gallagher–Danault–Anderson	4:030.00–0.17	1:020.00–0.70						0:470.00–0.02	4:200.03–0.05	2:250.00–0.86	1:580.00–0.06	1:010.00–0.00
Suzuki–Dach–Caufield	2:350.03–0.30	0:340.00–0.00	3:470.14–0.00			0:360.00–0.00			1:390.28–0.00	3:060.00–0.16	2:220.32–0.13		1:300.04–0.00
Evans–Newhook–Bolduc	1:360.00–0.02	2:250.05–0.26	0:320.00–0.00	0:450.04–0.00			0:390.00–0.00		2:280.00–0.26	1:110.00–0.00	2:090.09–0.00	1:230.00–0.02	1:110.28–0.00
Kapanen–Slafkovský–Demidov		0:460.00–0.11		2:430.12–0.13		0:370.04–0.10	0:320.00–0.00		0:500.05–0.11	1:540.11–0.10	1:380.02–0.27	0:590.29–0.00		0:300.03–0.13
Matheson–Guhle	5:410.07–0.03	2:500.05–0.75	0:300.00–0.00						3:340.00–0.05	2:380.00–0.73	3:100.12–0.06	2:350.00–0.00	1:500.04–0.00
Dobson–Hutson		1:480.00–0.32	3:460.14–0.00	1:240.11–0.13	0:360.00–0.03				3:310.32–0.35	2:570.04–0.00	2:220.18–0.27			0:300.03–0.13
Carrier–Struble	2:440.03–0.32			2:110.05–0.03		0:330.04–0.10	0:430.00–0.00		1:230.03–0.00	2:200.07–0.27	3:090.20–0.17	0:540.10–0.03	0:520.06–0.00
Carrier–Guhle										0:590.00–0.13
Matheson–Dobson													0:430.28–0.00
Guhle–Hutson									0:300.00–0.00

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

MTLWSHFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Kaiden GuhleMTL	25	24:48	1:00	2:05	3	4
Mike MathesonMTL	26	24:04	0:56	2:58	2	6
Jakob ChychrunWSH	26	23:20	0:54	2:21	6	1
Martin FehérváryWSH	25	21:28	0:52	1:59	3	3
Matt RoyWSH	22	20:58	0:57	2:00	0	1
Lane HutsonMTL	22	20:14	0:55	3:10	5	1
Tom WilsonWSH	23	19:16	0:50	1:26	7	3
Rasmus SandinWSH	24	19:06	0:48	1:39	2	4
Nick SuzukiMTL	20	18:25	0:55	2:16	3	2
Pierre-Luc DuboisWSH	24	18:22	0:46	1:31	6	2
Aliaksei ProtasWSH	21	18:05	0:52	1:31	3	2
Alexandre CarrierMTL	23	18:01	0:47	1:20	3	4
Phillip DanaultMTL	18	17:53	1:00	2:39	1	3
Noah DobsonMTL	26	16:35	0:38	1:01	5	1
Cole CaufieldMTL	18	16:19	0:54	2:13	3	1
Dylan StromeWSH	20	16:07	0:48	1:27	5	5
Josh AndersonMTL	20	15:40	0:47	1:18	1	2
Alex OvechkinWSH	18	15:30	0:52	2:18	6	0
Trevor van RiemsdykWSH	20	15:12	0:46	1:07	1	3
Ryan LeonardWSH	19	15:09	0:48	1:27	5	3
Connor McMichaelWSH	24	15:09	0:38	1:32	3	4
Nic DowdWSH	22	14:48	0:40	1:40	1	3
Jake EvansMTL	20	14:25	0:43	1:09	3	5
Juraj SlafkovskýMTL	17	14:23	0:51	2:06	7	1
Brendan GallagherMTL	17	13:47	0:49	1:25	1	0
Alex NewhookMTL	19	13:45	0:43	1:31	5	3
Kirby DachMTL	17	13:44	0:48	1:21	2	0
Declan ChisholmWSH	17	13:00	0:46	1:08	1	2
Ivan DemidovMTL	15	12:44	0:51	2:00	6	1
Justin SourdifWSH	17	12:43	0:45	1:17	2	4
Anthony BeauvillierWSH	20	12:42	0:38	1:08	2	2
Zachary BolducMTL	14	12:24	0:53	1:33	3	2
Oliver KapanenMTL	16	11:41	0:44	1:16	4	3
Ethen FrankWSH	17	11:30	0:41	1:25	0	3
Jayden StrubleMTL	16	11:08	0:42	1:17	2	2
Brandon DuhaimeWSH	19	10:43	0:34	1:07	0	5

Washington Capitals 2, Montréal Canadiens 6

Who was on the ice

Shift totals