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Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes

Dec 26, 2010 · RBC Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 30
Carolina Hurricanes 2 35

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
13:33 WSH Mathieu Perreault (1) Alexander Semin (1), Brooks Laich (1) 1 - 0
2nd Period
07:32 CAR Jussi Jokinen (1) Tuomo Ruutu (1), Jeff Skinner (1) 1 - 1
10:26 WSH David Steckel (1) Alex Ovechkin (1) 2 - 1
18:02 WSH Alex Ovechkin (1) Mike Green (1) 3 - 1
3rd Period
00:30 CAR Tuomo Ruutu (1) Jay Harrison (1), Jussi Jokinen (1) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:25 WSH Brooks Laich Tripping 2
14:58 WSH Alex Ovechkin Interference 2
18:54 CAR Tim Gleason Charging 5
18:54 WSH Matt Hendricks Roughing 2
18:54 CAR Tim Gleason Game misconduct 10
3rd Period
02:20 WSH Team Too many men on the ice 2
04:50 WSH Karl Alzner High sticking 2
16:05 CAR Jamie McBain Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 57 41 30 3 4.9 41.4
Carolina Hurricanes 63 49 35 2 2.2 58.6

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdCarolina Hurricanes 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 Carolina Hurricanes had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 4.9 expected, 3 scored · Carolina Hurricanes: 2.2 expected, 2 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 13:33 of 1st, a 22% chanceWSH goal, 10:26 of 2nd, a 10% chanceWSH goal, 18:02 of 2nd, a 24% chanceCAR goal, 7:32 of 2nd, a 15% chanceCAR goal, 0:30 of 3rd, a 3% chanceWSH 4.9CAR 2.2

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
Carolina Hurricanes

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 Backstrom13:0445.265.71-0
Matt Hendricks · David Steckel · Jay Beagle3:2950.055.50-1
Brooks Laich · Alexander Semin · Marcus Johansson3:2528.652.30-0
Brooks Laich · Alexander Semin · Mathieu Perreault2:5833.364.01-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Scott Hannan · Mike Green17:2450.057.92-1
Karl Alzner · John Carlson13:2834.656.91-0
John Erskine · Tyler Sloan8:5737.536.10-1

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 1 2 2 2 8 1 22:01 0.93 19-21 1.24-0.68
20 David Steckel C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 15:33 0.10 9-10 0.49-0.22
85 Mathieu Perreault C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 03:19 0.22 2-4 0.22-0.12
13 Alexander Semin R 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 16:47 0.50 7-14 0.43-0.33
25 Brooks Laich C 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 16:23 0.65 7-15 0.31-0.26
27 Mike Green D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 29:43 0.28 21-23 1.35-0.97
4 John Erskine D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 11:56 0.02 8-15 0.44-0.53
9 Mike Knuble R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 21:02 0.32 16-25 1.13-0.78
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 10:21 0.09 6-4 0.40-0.11
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 22:19 0.31 18-22 1.00-0.71
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:52 0.23 7-12 0.23-0.74
27 Scott Hannan D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 23:37 16-16 0.97-0.70
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 21:03 0.02 12-20 0.65-0.54
44 Andrew Gordon R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:48 0.17 4-4 0.24-0.28
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 22:11 0.11 10-18 0.56-0.34
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 10:43 0.09 6-6 0.14-0.39
89 Tyler Sloan D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:02 6-10 0.26-0.47
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:31 7-16 0.35-0.72
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Semyon Varlamov 35 33 2 59:58 2.18 +0.18

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chad LaRose · Patrick Dwyer · Brandon Sutter11:3356.521.90-1
Sergei Samsonov · Erik Cole · Eric Staal10:3366.766.30-1
Tuomo Ruutu · Jussi Jokinen · Jeff Skinner7:5366.771.02-1
Troy Bodie · Ryan Carter · Zach Boychuk4:0262.540.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joe Corvo · Joni Pitkanen14:5046.919.20-1
Jay Harrison · Ian White11:3164.754.61-0
Joni Pitkanen · Jamie McBain4:3470.067.21-1

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
15 Tuomo Ruutu L 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 16:11 0.17 18-12 0.57-0.22
36 Jussi Jokinen L 1 1 2 1 0 4 1 16:14 0.47 16-7 0.53-0.20
23 Jay Harrison D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 16:33 0.00 12-7 0.38-0.31
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 13:16 0.14 15-10 0.49-0.22
6 Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 -1 15 0 0 05:42 5-7 0.29-0.33
12 Eric Staal C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 22:21 0.22 16-9 0.80-0.60
14 Sergei Samsonov L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:34 0.35 13-10 0.76-0.65
18 Ian White D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 21:21 0.04 21-8 0.96-0.43
18 Ryan Carter L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 06:51 0.07 7-3 0.25-0.25
20 Brandon Sutter C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:23 0.05 13-14 0.23-0.99
21 Jamie McBain D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 17:22 0.10 20-12 0.95-0.44
22 Zach Boychuk L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 05:23 0.06 6-4 0.17-0.40
25 Joni Pitkanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 33:20 0.05 26-22 0.65-1.41
39 Patrick Dwyer R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:42 0.16 16-15 0.32-1.03
40 Troy Bodie R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 04:38 0.03 7-4 0.24-0.40
59 Chad LaRose R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 16:29 0.02 15-10 0.35-0.81
72 Erik Cole L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 18:58 0.14 11-9 0.61-0.41
77 Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 26:00 0.10 18-17 0.31-1.19
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Cam Ward 30 27 3 58:39 4.06 +1.06