Vs Washington 4-2 loss Mar. 15, 2011

 Plekanec's grade shows he played hurt


The Montreal Canadiens posted their lowest team grade in 10 games,as they lost 4-2 to the Washington Capitals Tuesday night.


 Team-wise

Montreal posted below-average puck-battle marks in all three zones. They were 3 percentage-points below average in offensive-zone puck-battles, four percentage-points below average in the defensive-zone and 8 points below in the neutral-zone.

METRIC	AFTER 1ST	AFTER 2ND	TM WIN%	METRIC
%OZPBW	63	59	55	%OZPBW
%SKI +	60	73	81	%SKI +
%DI+	83	85	84	%DI+
%DZPBW	47	57	57	%DZPBW
%NZPBW	38	41	48	%NZPBW
%DZFOW	60	58	56	%DZFOW
%DZPKFOW	60	50	50	%DZPKFOW
%OZPPFOW	100	100	67	%OZPPFOW
%OZFOW	50	33	43	%OZFOW
%PS THRU	33	20	44	%PS THRU

Period-by-period

For the first time since this statistic was kept,  Hal Gill was not able to increase his grade as the game wore on. Gill's grade remained in and around 60 throughout the game. Mike Cammalleri and PK Subban shared the biggest increase as the game wore on; both players' grades increased 13 percentage-points through the final 2 periods. The biggest drop went to Scott Gomez. Number 11 was on pace for his best grade of the season, before his grade dropped 14 points over the final 2 frames.

PLAYER	6	11	13	14	15	20	21	22	32	44	45	46	47	52	53	55	57	58	63	67	68	75	76	81	94	31
AFTER 1ST		75	44	39	38	65	79	40	62	76		60			67		71	71			57	59	42	38	73
AFTER 2ND		60	57	44	38	60	74	50	59	75		72			75		65	69			64	61	57	53	71
GAME'S END	0	61	57	44	38	53	69	50	59	69	0	70	0	0	65	0	63	66	0	0	57	59	55	54	68	0
PLAYER	6	11	13	14	15	20	21	22	32	44	45	46	47	52	55	53	57	58	63	67	68	75	76	81	94	31

Percentage-by-metric

The unavoidable law of averages caught up to Lars Eller. Number 81 was coming off a game where he had a 100% efficiency rating for defensive-zone puck-battles, but saw that rating drop substantially to 58%.  Understandably, Tomas Plekanec had the worst rating for offensive-zone puck-battles; eleven percentage-points below Travis Moen.

Gomez 63 % success-rate when skating the puck into the offensive-zone was 17 percentage-points below his season average. by comparison, David Desharnais was successful in each of his 4 attempts to carry the puck into the offensive-zone. Desharnais' winning % for offensive-zone puck-battles was also 14 points above Gomez's mark.

	6	11	13	14	15	20	21	22	32	44	45	46	47	52	53	55	57	58	63	67	68	75	76	81	94	31		TEAM TOT
%OZPBW		59	59	22	100	57	52	50	33	73		56			60		59	73			56	100	46	41	64		%OZPBW	55
%SKI +		63	100	50	100	0	80	100	100			100			100		33	100					100	100			%SKI +	81
%DI+		100	83	80			100	75	71	100		100			100		100	100			0	67	67	100	100		%DI+
%DZPBW		33	50	50	0	43	100	50	67	76		100			60		67	62			58	53	64	58	75		%DZPBW	57
%NZPBW		50	33	50	0	50	67	100	56	50		33			50		100	45				50	0	44			%NZPBW	48
DZTA		0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0		0			2		0	1			3	6	3	0	0	0	DZTA	19
DZGA		2	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	2		1			0		0	1			0	4	4	1	0	1	DZGA	23
NZTA		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0			0		0	1			1	1	0	0	0	0	NZTA	6
NZGA		1	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	3		2			1		0	1			1	1	2	1	1	1	NZGA	21
%DZFOW		75		67	0		0											75						33			%DZFOW	56
%DZPKFOW				50														50									%DZPKFOW	50
%OZPPFOW		67																									%OZPPFOW	67
%OZFOW		100		0														0						0	0		%OZFOW	43
%PS THRU		0		0				0	0	100												50					%PS THRU	44
WINS	0	43	26	18	5	26	31	11	26	36	0	26	0	0	13	0	17	40	0	0	17	26	29	32	15	0		437
BATTLES	0	70	46	41	13	49	45	22	44	52	1	37	0	0	20	0	27	61	0	0	30	44	53	59	22	2		738
GRADE	0	61	57	44	38	53	69	50	59	69	0	70	0	0	65	0	63	66	0	0	57	59	55	54	68	0	GRADE	59
PLAYER	6	11	13	14	15	20	21	22	32	44	45	46	47	52	53	55	57	58	63	67	68	75	76	81	94	31		TM GR

Individual stats

Defense partners for most of the game, Roman Hamrlik and James Wisniewski's results in the d-zone were quite different. Hamrlik won 16 of 21 defensive-zone puck-battles, while Wisniewski won only 10 of 23. The team's lowest grade went to Jeff Halpern; who was injured during the game. The second-lowest mark went to Plekanec; who was also injured in the game.

The top mark went to Andrei Kostitsyn. Number 46 won 9 of 16 OZPBs, dumped the puck in successfully on 6 occasions and won both of his DZPBs. Paul Mara's 50 was the lowest mark among defensemen.

	6	11	13	14	15	20	21	22	32	44	45	46	47	52	53	55	57	58	63	67	68	75	76	81	94	31		TM TOT
OZPBW		10	10	2	3	8	12	2	5	8		9			3		10	11			5	2	6	9	7		OZPBW	122
OZPBL		7	7	7		6	11	2	10	3		7			2		7	4			4		7	13	4		OZPBL	101
SKI +		5	4	1	1		4	1	3			2			1		1	4					3	4			SKI +	34
SKI-		3		1		1	1										2										SKI-	8
DI+		5	5	4			6	3	5	3		6			1		2	3				2	2	3	2		DI+	52
DI-			1	1				1	2												3	1	1				DI-	10
DZPBW		3	4	3		10	2	4	2	16		2			3		2	8			7	10	14	7	3		DZPBW	100
DZPBL		6	4	3	4	13		4	1	5					2		1	5			5	9	8	5	1		DZPBL	76
NZPBW		6	2	3		1	2	1	5	3		1			2		1	5				2		4			NZPBW	38
NZPBL		6	4	3	1	1	1		4	3	1	2			2			6				2	1	5			NZPBL	42
DZTA				1		2	1								2			1			3	6	3				DZTA	19
DZGA		2	1	2		3	1			2		1						1				4	4	1		1	DZGA	23
NZTA			1		1				1									1			1	1					NZTA	6
NZGA		1	1		1			3	1	3		2			1			1			1	1	2	1	1	1	NZGA	21
DZFOW		3		2														3						1			DZFOW	9
DZFOL		1		1	1		1											1						2			DZFOL	7
DZPKFOW				2														1									DZPKFOW	3
DZPKFOL				2														1									DZPKFOL	3
OZPPFOW		2																									OZPPFOW	2
OZPPFOL		1																									OZPPFOL	1
OZFOW		3																									OZFOW	3
OZFOL				1														1						1	1		OZFOL	4
PS THRU										3												1					PS THRU	4
OZ PS BL		1		1				1	1													1					OZ PS BL	5
DZBS		2	1			3				1		1									1	2					DZBS	11
POINTS X2									2			2											2	2			POINTS X2	8
+/-		1	-2	-1	-1	1	1		1			1						-1					-1	1			+/-	0
SHOTS		3	1	1	1	1	3		2	2		2			1		1	4						1	3		SHOTS	26
WINS	0	43	26	18	5	26	31	11	26	36	0	26	0	0	13	0	17	40	0	0	17	26	29	32	15	0	WINS	437
BATTLES	0	70	46	41	13	49	45	22	44	52	1	37	0	0	20	0	27	61	0	0	30	44	53	59	22	2	BATTLES	738
GRADE	0	61	57	44	38	53	69	50	59	69	0	70	0	0	65	0	63	66	0	0	57	59	55	54	68	0	GRADE	59
PLAYER	6	11	13	14	15	20	21	22	32	44	45	46	47	52	53	55	57	58	63	67	68	75	76	81	94	31		TM GR

Why the lost

Too many lost puck-battles
Plekanec's injury