Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens — February 28, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Washington Capitals 6-2 on February 28, 2026. Despite the result, the Washington Capitals held the edge in expected goals (6.95 to 5.34) at 5-on-5, indicating the Montreal Canadiens received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Washington Capitals created 8 high-danger scoring chances compared to 7 from the Montreal Canadiens at 5-on-5. Alex Ovechkin scored 2 goals. Cole Caufield scored 2 goals. The Washington Capitals outshot the Montreal Canadiens 29-25 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens progressed on Feb 28, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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WSH2 - 6MTL

Feb 28, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
MTL	P1	15	15	50.0	11	11	50.0	7	10	41.2	11	11	50.0	2	4	33.3	2.80	1.94	59.1	2	1	66.7
	P2	24	22	52.2	17	17	50.0	9	9	50.0	17	16	51.5	6	6	50.0	4.34	5.22	45.4	2	0	100.0
	P3	15	17	46.9	10	12	45.5	9	10	47.4	8	11	42.1	1	5	16.7	1.22	2.71	31.0	2	1	66.7
	Total	54	54	50.0	38	40	48.7	25	29	46.3	36	38	48.6	9	15	37.5	8.36	9.87	45.8	6	2	75.0
WSH	P1	15	15	50.0	11	11	50.0	10	7	58.8	11	11	50.0	4	2	66.7	1.94	2.80	40.9	1	2	33.3
	P2	22	24	47.8	17	17	50.0	9	9	50.0	16	17	48.5	6	6	50.0	5.22	4.34	54.6	0	2	0.0
	P3	17	15	53.1	12	10	54.5	10	9	52.6	11	8	57.9	5	1	83.3	2.71	1.22	69.0	1	2	33.3
	Total	54	54	50.0	40	38	51.3	29	25	53.7	38	36	51.4	15	9	62.5	9.87	8.36	54.2	2	6	25.0

Win Probability

MTL Favored

WSH Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

MTL

WSH

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

WSH Attempts

MTL Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

WSH ShootMTL Shoot

Attempt Blocked

Hit Taken

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (MTL) performed against every skater on the away team (WSH) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = MTL players, Columns = WSH players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the MTL player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

MTL ↓ / WSH →	Dowd	Dubois	Sourdif	Strome	McMichael	Protas	Ovechkin	Duhaime	Leonard	Beauvillier	Wilson	Frank	Chychrun	Roy	Fehérváry	Sandin	Chisholm	van Riemsdyk
Suzuki	73	58	100	100	89	69	100	60	50	88	67	67	73	79	67	50	83	100
Dach	60	50	100	100	67	38	100	60	50	80	44	67	57	50	17	29	83	83
Evans	100	57	25	22	25	0	38	—	22	56	0	50	46	33	50	80	0	0
Danault	67	50	33	36	75	50	38	50	20	17	36	50	33	60	33	36	60	57
Kapanen	—	33	75	38	67	25	33	100	69	50	0	100	38	43	67	75	50	50
Newhook	40	80	33	25	50	25	57	—	33	45	33	100	71	50	40	57	0	0
Slafkovský	50	33	67	44	74	58	50	100	64	43	40	100	40	69	74	64	50	50
Caufield	70	58	100	100	89	69	100	60	50	83	67	67	70	79	67	43	83	100
Demidov	50	33	75	44	78	58	50	100	69	43	40	100	44	73	74	64	50	50
Bolduc	50	80	50	25	33	50	67	—	25	64	33	100	70	50	67	83	0	0
Gallagher	50	63	33	38	100	50	44	50	—	17	50	100	60	67	33	30	60	43
Anderson	67	50	50	38	100	33	44	50	—	29	43	100	50	50	25	33	60	50
Guhle	57	67	60	23	0	50	29	50	0	36	40	50	50	75	25	25	0	20
Dobson	44	86	57	40	70	17	60	67	71	55	33	67	54	38	63	67	60	55
Hutson	78	80	57	50	81	75	50	67	75	57	63	67	40	72	93	86	64	64
Carrier	33	27	60	33	60	20	33	0	40	33	17	67	36	30	25	36	67	100
Matheson	100	80	50	27	0	67	50	100	33	50	67	100	77	78	38	50	0	0
Struble	50	31	71	100	60	30	100	—	55	67	33	100	55	46	36	50	75	100