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Washington Capitals at San Jose Sharks

Feb 17, 2011 · HP Pavilion at San Jose

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 2 25
San Jose Sharks 3 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
18:49 SJS Joe Pavelski (1) SH Patrick Marleau (1) 0 - 1
19:11 WSH Alex Ovechkin (1) PP John Carlson (1), Alexander Semin (1) 1 - 1
3rd Period
04:27 SJS Ryane Clowe (1) Kyle Wellwood (1), Logan Couture (1) 1 - 2
10:49 SJS Dany Heatley (1) PP Joe Thornton (1), Joe Pavelski (1) 1 - 3
18:05 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (1) John Carlson (2), Alex Ovechkin (1) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
13:56 WSH Alex Ovechkin Interference 2
18:40 SJS Ben Eager Tripping 2
3rd Period
10:27 WSH John Erskine Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 44 33 25 2 2.7 43.3
San Jose Sharks 60 42 28 3 1.7 56.7

How the game went

5051015Start2nd3rdSan Jose Sharks 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 San Jose Sharks had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.7 expected, 2 scored · San Jose Sharks: 1.7 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 19:11 of 1st, a 7% chanceWSH goal, 18:05 of 3rd, a 7% chanceSJS goal, 18:49 of 1st, a 9% chanceSJS goal, 4:27 of 3rd, a 11% chanceSJS goal, 10:49 of 3rd, a 6% chanceWSH 2.7SJS 1.7

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
San Jose Sharks

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
Brooks Laich · Alexander Semin · Marcus Johansson15:2319.034.80-0
Mike Knuble · Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom15:1073.392.20-0
Matt Bradley · Jason Chimera · Mathieu Perreault9:5738.956.00-1
Matt Hendricks · David Steckel · Boyd Gordon8:2325.017.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Karl Alzner · John Carlson18:4951.664.50-0
Scott Hannan · Jeff Schultz17:4944.874.50-1
John Erskine · Tyler Sloan13:5637.049.40-0

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 1 2 0 2 7 4 20:13 0.87 24-16 1.87-0.43
74 John Carlson D 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 23:58 0.03 19-19 0.92-0.57
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 19:14 0.39 25-13 1.89-0.28
13 Alexander Semin R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 19:53 0.07 8-20 0.32-0.41
4 John Erskine D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 15:21 0.04 10-18 0.40-0.41
9 Mike Knuble R 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 18:26 0.68 24-11 1.87-0.28
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:04 0.01 4-11 0.07-0.22
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:49 0.19 8-11 0.37-0.29
20 David Steckel C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:37 4-9 0.07-0.18
22 Matt Bradley R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 11:10 0.17 9-12 0.40-0.44
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:11 0.16 5-19 0.22-0.42
27 Scott Hannan D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:19 13-18 1.21-0.44
27 Boyd Gordon C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:37 0.02 3-11 0.04-0.27
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:50 0.01 16-17 0.79-0.47
55 Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:08 13-19 1.21-0.53
85 Mathieu Perreault C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:29 9-12 0.37-0.44
89 Tyler Sloan D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:12 0.01 11-18 0.44-0.41
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:18 5-21 0.20-0.64
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Michal Neuvirth L 28 25 3 59:49 1.66 -1.34

San Jose Sharks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joe Thornton · Patrick Marleau · Devin Setoguchi14:4653.833.90-1
Kyle Wellwood · Ryane Clowe · Logan Couture13:0668.066.21-0
Dany Heatley · Joe Pavelski · Torrey Mitchell12:4847.130.70-0
Jamal Mayers · Scott Nichol · Ben Eager8:2257.157.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dan Boyle · Douglas Murray14:5348.324.40-1
Niclas Wallin · Jason Demers11:2641.220.80-0
Kent Huskins · Jason Demers9:0292.966.40-0

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
16 Joe Pavelski C 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 17:06 0.16 10-10 0.32-0.54
29 Ryane Clowe L 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:07 0.17 20-10 0.53-0.39
51 Dany Heatley L 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 17:47 0.20 11-15 0.32-1.40
12 Patrick Marleau C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 18:37 0.02 16-16 0.41-1.45
13 Kyle Wellwood C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14:48 0.04 17-8 0.47-0.24
19 Joe Thornton C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 19:15 0.24 16-16 0.41-1.45
39 Logan Couture C 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 16:14 0.18 20-10 0.49-0.39
6 Douglas Murray D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 23:50 0.09 18-25 0.35-1.03
7 Niclas Wallin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:16 0.07 13-13 0.54-1.32
10 Devin Setoguchi R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:18 0.04 14-13 0.38-0.74
12 Scott Nichol C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 09:32 11-6 0.22-0.15
22 Jamal Mayers R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 09:44 0.07 10-6 0.22-0.15
22 Dan Boyle D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 29:54 0.16 31-20 0.83-1.17
23 Kent Huskins D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:35 24-8 0.47-0.26
44 Marc-Edouard Vlasic D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:03 0-1 0.00-0.01
44 Jason Demers D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 28:12 0.14 24-17 0.66-1.28
55 Ben Eager L 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 10:09 0.05 12-6 0.25-0.15
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:11 0.01 8-10 0.24-0.54
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
37 Antti Niemi W 25 23 2 59:51 2.65 +0.65