Washington Capitals at Ottawa Senators

Mar 25, 2011 · Scotiabank Place

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	0	31
Ottawa Senators	2	23

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
13:25	OTT	Colin Greening (1)	Jason Spezza (1), Bobby Butler (1)	0 - 1
3rd Period
02:12	OTT	Erik Condra (1)	Milan Michalek (1)	0 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
02:52	OTT	Francis Lessard	Fighting	5
02:52	WSH	DJ King	Fighting	5
03:11	WSH	Scott Hannan	Cross checking	2
17:34	OTT	Erik Condra	High sticking	2
2nd Period
03:39	WSH	Alexander Semin	Hooking	2
07:04	OTT	Chris Neil	Interference	2
3rd Period
07:43	OTT	Nick Foligno	Kneeing	2
12:55	OTT	Zack Smith	Fighting	5
12:55	WSH	Matt Bradley	Boarding	2
12:55	WSH	Matt Bradley	Fighting	5
12:55	OTT	Zack Smith	Instigator	2
12:55	OTT	Zack Smith	Misconduct	10
15:28	WSH	Dennis Wideman	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	61	44	31	0	2.7	54.1
Ottawa Senators	46	33	23	2	1.8	45.9

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 Ottawa Senators had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.7 expected, 0 scored · Ottawa Senators: 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

Ottawa Senators

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
Brooks Laich · Alexander Semin · Nicklas Backstrom	9:14	61.1	66.2	0-0
Marco Sturm · Matt Bradley · Boyd Gordon	7:37	80.0	66.2	0-0
Mike Knuble · Jason Chimera · Marcus Johansson	6:42	55.6	17.5	0-1
Matt Hendricks · DJ King · Jay Beagle	3:29	60.0	91.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Karl Alzner · John Carlson	13:33	40.9	38.0	0-1
Scott Hannan · John Erskine	13:10	69.6	43.8	0-1
Dennis Wideman · Jeff Schultz	12:18	56.0	79.8	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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
4	John Erskine	D	-1	0	1	0	14:40	0.04	17-11	0.23-0.42
6	Dennis Wideman	D	0	2	1	0	24:25	0.07	16-17	0.83-0.36
9	Mike Knuble	R	-1	0	0	0	18:14	0.15	12-8	0.45-0.10
13	Alexander Semin	R	0	2	4	0	21:45	0.59	18-14	0.66-0.43
15	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	3	12:38	0.21	7-11	0.32-0.07
16	Marco Sturm	L	0	0	4	0	11:44	0.04	10-5	0.31-0.27
17	DJ King	L	-1	5	1	1	05:13	0.11	4-5	0.12-0.16
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	2	0	20:39	0.18	17-13	0.79-0.37
20	Jason Chimera	L	-1	0	3	2	16:12	0.11	11-13	0.18-0.32
22	Matt Bradley	R	0	7	1	4	11:19	0.06	11-9	0.25-0.26
25	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	7	3	23:30	0.76	20-11	0.79-0.40
27	Scott Hannan	D	-1	2	2	1	19:26	0.12	21-11	0.47-0.34
27	Boyd Gordon	C	-1	0	0	0	14:45	0.09	11-8	0.25-0.24
27	Karl Alzner	D	-1	0	0	2	19:05		10-14	0.22-0.36
55	Jeff Schultz	D	0	0	2	1	16:18	0.03	14-14	0.79-0.22
74	John Carlson	D	-1	0	1	0	20:49	0.16	14-13	0.44-0.33
83	Jay Beagle	C	-1	0	0	0	06:10		3-7	0.11-0.13
90	Marcus Johansson	L	-1	0	2	1	18:36	0.03	14-11	0.23-0.25

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Semyon Varlamov	23	21	2	58:32	1.34	-0.66

Ottawa Senators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Milan Michalek · Ryan Shannon · Erik Condra	10:49	36.8	23.6	1-0
Chris Neil · Nick Foligno · Jesse Winchester	9:14	21.1	30.5	0-0
Jason Spezza · Colin Greening · Bobby Butler	7:05	50.0	49.6	1-0
Chris Neil · Nick Foligno · Zack Smith	2:55	60.0	100.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Filip Kuba · Erik Karlsson	11:37	27.8	13.3	0-0
Chris Phillips · Brian Lee	11:07	45.5	37.3	0-0
David Hale · Patrick Wiercioch	4:52	28.6	62.9	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
27	Erik Condra	R	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	15:19	0.09	10-17	0.20-0.64
38	Colin Greening	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	13:41	0.18	8-8	0.33-0.25
18	Milan Michalek	L	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	19:42	0.16	11-17	0.27-0.70
19	Jason Spezza	C	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	21:20	0.19	11-7	0.45-0.25
26	Bobby Butler	R	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	11:40		9-6	0.32-0.22
4	Chris Phillips	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19:40	0.01	10-19	0.25-0.77
10	Marek Svatos	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:39	0.02	10-5	0.08-0.22
15	Brian Lee	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	17:51	0.02	18-14	0.38-0.47
15	Zack Smith	C	0	0	0	0	17	1	5	12:59	0.02	15-9	0.20-0.25
17	Filip Kuba	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	25:56	0.15	15-17	0.33-0.48
17	Jesse Winchester	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	14:57	0.07	9-18	0.26-0.46
22	Ryan Shannon	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	19:21		7-13	0.16-0.54
25	Chris Neil	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	15:40	0.08	13-20	0.41-0.50
28	Patrick Wiercioch	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	13:07		6-14	0.18-0.43
36	David Hale	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	13:41	0.02	13-10	0.50-0.31
49	Francis Lessard	R	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	02:49	0.02	5-0	0.04-0.00
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	29:45	0.07	16-18	0.38-0.51
71	Nick Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	16:53	0.13	9-18	0.30-0.45

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
41	Craig Anderson	31	31	0	60:00	2.73	+2.73