This section of Measuring Up: Habs & Caps takes a closer look at the ice time matchups for both the Capitals and Canadiens top three forwards and defensemen over four regular season games, face off percentages for four centermen a side plus / minus leaders in games played against each other over the season.
Individual Ice Time of Top 6 Players by Game
Game 1 November 20, 2009 Montreal 3 Washington 2
Hamrlik 22:35 / 26:21 Green
Mara 22:52 / 19:07 Schultz
Gorges 21:35 / 17:24 Carlson
Plekanec 20:36 / 23:26 Ovechkin
Cammalleri 20:43 / 21:48 Backstrom
Moen 19:36 / 22:05 Fleischmann
Game 2 November 28, 2009 Washington 4 Montreal 3 (SO)
Hamrlik 25:07 / 27:47 Green
Mara 23:08 / 20:38 Pothier
Spacek 21:39 / 20:05 Alzner
Plekanec 25:56 / 25:32 Ovechkin
Cammalleri 26:17 / 24:22 Backstrom
Metropolit 20:43 / 20:39 Laich
Game 3 January 5, 2010 Washington 4 Montreal 2
Markov 23:57 / 30:28 Green
Hamrlik 22:10 / 21:30 Poti
Gorges 19:28 / 19:03 Schultz
Plekanec 21:33 / 23:05 Ovechkin
Cammalleri 19:48 / 20:35 Backstrom
Gionta 19:52 / 18:36 Laich
Game 4 February 10, 2010 Montreal 6 Washington 5 (OT)
Markov 30:58 / 30:52 Green
Hamrlik 28:14 / 23:03 Schultz
Spacek 25:44 / 21:39 Pothier
Plekanec 22:21 / 29:30 Ovechkin
Gionta 25:38 / 26:14 Backstrom
Gomez 25:08 / 20:04 Fleischmann
Plus / Minus Leaders per Team
Top 3 + / – per team
Montreal: Markov +2, S. Kostitsyn +2, Moen +1
Washington: Green +5, Fehr +3, Schultz +3
Bottom 3 + / – per team
Montreal: Mara -4, White -2, Gomez -1
Washington: Erskine -3, Poti -2, Jurcina -1
Face Off % in games against
58.5% Steckle 24/15
57.7% Morrison 26/15
54.5% Lapierre 12/10
50.9% Gomez 28/27
46.6 Backstrom 42/48
45.8% Plekanec 49/58
44.0% Metropolit 22/28
41.7% Fleischmann 10/14
57.4% All others Washington
38.5% All others Montreal
52.6% Total Washington
47.3% Total Montreal
