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Washington Capitals at St. Louis Blues

Dec 1, 2010 · Scottrade Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 4 26
St. Louis Blues 1 38

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:12 WSH Brooks Laich (1) PP Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alexander Semin (1) 1 - 0
2nd Period
10:02 WSH Boyd Gordon (1) Tom Poti (1), DJ King (1) 2 - 0
19:28 STL Alexander Steen (1) B.J. Crombeen (1), Erik Johnson (1) 2 - 1
3rd Period
07:06 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (1) Mike Knuble (1), John Carlson (1) 3 - 1
19:25 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (2) Alex Ovechkin (1), John Erskine (1) 4 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:30 STL Jay McClement Boarding 2
07:13 STL Team Too many men on the ice 2
11:24 WSH Alexander Semin Tripping 2
17:51 WSH Tom Poti Hooking 2
2nd Period
14:27 WSH Mike Green Slashing 2
3rd Period
14:28 WSH Jeff Schultz High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 43 35 26 4 3.5 39.6
St. Louis Blues 65 50 38 1 2.8 60.4

How the game went

05101520Start2nd3rdSt. Louis Blues aheadWashington Capitals ahead

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 St. Louis Blues had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 3.5 expected, 4 scored · St. Louis Blues: 2.8 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 8:12 of 1st, a 26% chanceWSH goal, 10:02 of 2nd, a 52% chanceWSH goal, 7:06 of 3rd, a 12% chanceWSH goal, 19:25 of 3rd, a 45% chanceSTL goal, 19:28 of 2nd, a 1% chanceWSH 3.5STL 2.8

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
St. Louis Blues

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Knuble · Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom12:1039.139.71-0
Brooks Laich · Alexander Semin · Marcus Johansson9:0220.023.10-0
Jason Chimera · Matt Hendricks · Eric Fehr7:5343.548.40-0
Matt Bradley · Boyd Gordon · DJ King6:3372.793.81-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Schultz · Mike Green15:2040.733.40-0
Karl Alzner · John Carlson13:3750.055.30-1
Tom Poti · John Erskine6:4440.083.71-0

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
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 2 1 3 2 0 6 3 19:14 0.33 12-15 0.50-0.78
25 Brooks Laich C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:25 0.42 4-17 0.16-0.57
27 Boyd Gordon C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 13:56 0.52 10-9 1.20-0.28
3 Tom Poti D 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 11:00 6-10 0.86-0.20
4 John Erskine D 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 15:16 0.01 7-16 0.94-0.51
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 1 1 2 0 3 4 18:52 0.24 13-18 0.57-0.77
9 Mike Knuble R 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 18:03 0.16 11-17 0.55-0.82
13 Alexander Semin R 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 17:40 0.12 7-17 0.30-0.61
17 DJ King L 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 07:44 8-3 1.10-0.07
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 21:04 0.04 19-20 1.02-0.77
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:26 0.09 11-18 0.43-0.59
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 14:36 0.06 12-19 0.57-0.65
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:48 0.22 11-14 0.44-0.48
22 Matt Bradley R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 09:53 0.57 9-10 1.11-0.23
27 Mike Green D 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 25:24 12-27 0.45-1.16
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 21:14 0.04 17-23 0.89-0.78
55 Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 23:46 15-20 0.65-0.85
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:39 0.19 6-17 0.30-0.57
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Semyon Varlamov W 38 37 1 60:00 2.79 +1.79

St. Louis Blues

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andy McDonald · Brad Boyes · David Backes9:3944.422.30-1
Jay McClement · Alexander Steen · B.J. Crombeen9:0069.266.60-0
Vladimir Sobotka · Matt D'Agostini · Patrik Berglund6:0552.933.60-0
Dave Scatchard · Brad Winchester · Stefan Della Rovere4:540.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Eric Brewer · Erik Johnson15:5857.124.10-1
Barret Jackman · Alex Pietrangelo10:2768.068.71-0
Carlo Colaiacovo · Tyson Strachan8:5350.028.30-0

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
20 Alexander Steen L 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 19:55 0.52 24-9 0.93-0.71
6 Erik Johnson D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 26:20 0.12 21-16 0.71-1.40
44 B.J. Crombeen R 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:37 0.08 17-6 0.60-0.30
2 Eric Brewer D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 21:21 0.15 17-11 0.72-0.94
5 Barret Jackman D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:49 0.06 24-14 1.04-0.63
7 Alex Pietrangelo D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:38 0.03 25-10 1.09-0.39
10 Andy McDonald C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 21:36 0.23 21-14 0.75-1.27
10 Brad Winchester L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:48 7-3 0.35-0.04
10 Patrik Berglund C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:51 0.27 20-11 0.54-0.36
17 Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 12:56 0.04 14-14 0.37-0.64
18 Jay McClement C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 14:18 0.22 18-9 0.83-0.74
19 Stefan Della Rovere L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:47 0-6 0.00-0.26
21 David Backes R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 20:46 0.27 15-15 0.63-1.07
25 Carlo Colaiacovo D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:42 0.13 18-14 0.47-0.85
27 Matt D'Agostini R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 13:55 0.28 15-10 0.57-0.52
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 19:35 0.39 23-14 0.84-1.27
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:42 0.02 11-11 0.24-0.61
38 Dave Scatchard C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:28 0-3 0.00-0.04
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Jaroslav Halak L 25 22 3 58:57 3.00 +0.00