Washington Capitals at Minnesota Wild

Oct 28, 2010 · Xcel Energy Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	1	22
Minnesota Wild	2	17

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
07:48	MIN	Chuck Kobasew (1)	Andrew Brunette (1), Clayton Stoner (1)	0 - 1
2nd Period
19:44	MIN	Mikko Koivu (1) PP	Matt Cullen (1), Marek Zidlicky (1)	0 - 2
3rd Period
18:24	WSH	Alex Ovechkin (1)	Mike Green (1)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
12:07	WSH	Tyler Sloan	Interference	2
2nd Period
03:04	MIN	Brad Staubitz	Interference	2
10:19	MIN	Mikko Koivu	Slashing	2
18:33	WSH	Matt Bradley	Holding	2
19:44	WSH	Karl Alzner	Hooking	2
3rd Period
08:04	WSH	Mike Green	High sticking	2
12:31	WSH	Jason Chimera	Interference goalkeeper	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	53	40	22	1	2.0	54.4
Minnesota Wild	42	27	17	2	1.8	45.6

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Minnesota Wild had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.0 expected, 1 scored · Minnesota Wild: 1.8 expected, 2 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Washington Capitals

Minnesota Wild

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Knuble · Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom	11:00	84.6	100.0	0-0
Matt Bradley · Matt Hendricks · David Steckel	5:27	25.0	7.8	0-1
Brooks Laich · Tomas Fleischmann · Alexander Semin	5:03	55.6	26.6	0-0
Brooks Laich · Alexander Semin · Mathieu Perreault	4:27	100.0	0.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jeff Schultz · Mike Green	12:05	52.6	48.6	0-0
Karl Alzner · John Carlson	9:34	66.7	67.9	0-0
John Erskine · Tyler Sloan	7:22	14.3	4.1	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	1	0	4	4	20:43	0.13	15-7	0.46-0.37
27	Mike Green	D	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	30:41	0.18	22-13	1.00-0.31
4	John Erskine	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16:22	0.02	6-8	0.15-0.28
9	Mike Knuble	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	19:15	0.57	16-8	0.84-0.17
12	Tomas Fleischmann	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:34	0.07	9-9	0.14-0.43
13	Alexander Semin	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	20:32	0.17	13-9	0.29-0.38
15	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	11:56	0.14	6-8	0.21-0.17
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	19:49	0.35	16-4	0.91-0.07
20	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	11:00	0.31	9-11	0.67-0.39
20	David Steckel	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	10:23		2-8	0.03-0.16
21	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11:36		6-12	0.18-0.60
22	Matt Bradley	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	5	08:46		3-4	0.02-0.14
25	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	20:21		12-5	0.27-0.15
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	17:52	0.01	13-7	0.34-0.06
55	Jeff Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	18:49	0.02	12-14	0.25-0.48
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	21:32	0.03	17-12	0.76-0.57
85	Mathieu Perreault	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10:22	0.03	7-10	0.12-0.42
89	Tyler Sloan	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	07:40		1-6	0.01-0.26

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Michal Neuvirth	17	15	2	58:36	1.83	-0.17

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
John Madden · Eric Nystrom · Cal Clutterbuck	10:01	54.5	46.1	0-0
Matt Cullen · Martin Havlat · Casey Wellman	9:40	35.7	42.7	0-0
Andrew Brunette · Mikko Koivu · Chuck Kobasew	9:36	42.1	38.9	1-0
Kyle Brodziak · Brad Staubitz · Colton Gillies	4:45	57.1	37.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Greg Zanon · Marek Zidlicky	15:55	63.6	56.9	0-0
Nick Schultz · Brent Burns	15:43	37.5	56.7	0-0
Clayton Stoner · Justin Falk	11:02	38.9	27.4	1-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
9	Mikko Koivu	C	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	18:49	0.27	13-12	0.76-0.65
12	Chuck Kobasew	R	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	19:07	0.26	10-11	0.42-0.64
3	Clayton Stoner	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	11:57	0.02	7-11	0.25-0.65
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	22:36	0.20	7-13	0.16-0.41
15	Andrew Brunette	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	18:35	0.26	11-12	0.64-0.64
28	Marek Zidlicky	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	3	25:44	0.06	14-9	0.38-0.32
4	Greg Zanon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	20:20	0.01	14-8	0.38-0.29
9	Colton Gillies	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	06:55		4-5	0.02-0.11
10	John Madden	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:59		6-7	0.15-0.19
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	18:44	0.13	11-6	0.50-0.17
24	Eric Nystrom	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	16:44	0.16	9-7	0.29-0.19
25	Brad Staubitz	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	05:54	0.02	4-5	0.02-0.05
28	Kyle Brodziak	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	12:08		6-8	0.02-0.24
29	Martin Havlat	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	17:27	0.29	6-14	0.14-0.46
42	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11:48		8-13	0.25-0.66
48	Casey Wellman	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:12	0.09	6-11	0.14-0.25
55	Nick Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	20:17	0.04	9-18	0.45-0.39
84	Brent Burns	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	22:44	0.02	10-15	0.45-0.35

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
32	Niklas Backstrom	22	21	1	60:00	2.03	+1.03