Washington Capitals at Nashville Predators

Nov 15, 2011 · Bridgestone Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	1	40
Nashville Predators	3	31

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
3rd Period
15:14	WSH	Troy Brouwer (1)	Marcus Johansson (1), Cody Eakin (1)	1 - 0
15:42	NSH	Martin Erat (1)	Shea Weber (1), Mike Fisher (1)	1 - 1
19:35	NSH	Colin Wilson (1)	Martin Erat (1)	1 - 2
19:40	NSH	Shea Weber (1)	Mike Fisher (2)	1 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
17:29	WSH	John Erskine	Holding	2
18:01	NSH	Shea Weber	Interference	2
19:05	NSH	Ryan Suter	Tripping	2
2nd Period
04:56	WSH	Alexander Semin	Interference	2
15:43	NSH	Sergei Kostitsyn	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	59	46	40	1	2.8	49.1
Nashville Predators	58	44	31	3	2.7	50.9

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 Nashville Predators had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.8 expected, 1 scored · Nashville Predators: 2.7 expected, 3 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

Nashville Predators

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
Alex Ovechkin · Troy Brouwer · Nicklas Backstrom	12:30	44.4	39.8	0-1
Mike Knuble · Jeff Halpern · Matt Hendricks	11:53	44.0	48.0	0-0
Jason Chimera · Brooks Laich · Alexander Semin	10:59	68.2	83.3	0-0
Joel Ward · Marcus Johansson · Cody Eakin	10:12	33.3	40.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jeff Schultz · John Carlson	16:50	50.0	47.1	0-1
John Erskine · Dennis Wideman	16:36	37.8	45.6	0-1
Roman Hamrlik · Karl Alzner	15:51	63.6	71.9	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

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
36	Troy Brouwer	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	16:32	0.32	18-16	0.77-0.80
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	11:26	0.04	7-14	0.34-0.45
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	17:35	0.19	9-15	0.38-0.49
4	John Erskine	D	0	0	0	-1	2	4	2	17:50	0.07	14-23	0.82-0.98
6	Dennis Wideman	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	23:25	0.10	16-25	0.82-1.00
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-2	0	4	3	16:56	0.26	13-16	0.57-0.78
9	Mike Knuble	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	14:46	0.24	13-15	0.45-0.40
13	Alexander Semin	R	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	15:49	0.32	17-9	0.88-0.22
14	Jeff Halpern	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:35		13-15	0.50-0.40
15	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	14:18	0.17	11-16	0.35-0.42
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	17:14		13-16	0.61-0.78
20	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	12:56	0.31	17-8	0.98-0.34
25	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	-2	0	7	0	15:08	0.59	15-8	0.83-0.34
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18:53		21-13	1.05-0.43
40	Roman Hamrlik	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	19:06	0.05	22-14	1.05-0.43
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	13:10	0.09	10-14	0.46-0.60
55	Jeff Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	17:53	0.02	15-16	0.50-0.58
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	19:40	0.03	16-17	0.50-0.60

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
92	Tomas Vokoun	30	28	2	59:48	2.32	+0.32

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Patric Hornqvist · Colin Wilson · Craig Smith	11:57	69.6	65.8	0-0
Mike Fisher · Martin Erat · Sergei Kostitsyn	10:35	73.7	66.2	1-0
Jerred Smithson · Jordin Tootoo · Niclas Bergfors	4:39	83.3	100.0	0-0
Blake Geoffrion · Matt Halischuk · Nick Spaling	4:23	44.4	33.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Suter · Shea Weber	17:34	44.1	53.8	2-0
Francis Bouillon · Kevin Klein	16:53	46.3	26.8	0-1
Jonathon Blum · Jack Hillen	11:27	72.2	89.3	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
6	Shea Weber	D	1	1	2	3	2	4	1	22:06	0.11	17-21	0.88-0.85
10	Martin Erat	R	1	1	2	3	0	2	1	18:02	0.21	17-13	0.95-0.70
12	Mike Fisher	C	0	2	2	1	0	5	4	18:56	0.67	17-18	0.78-1.04
22	Colin Wilson	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	17:05	0.24	17-12	0.63-0.68
7	Jonathon Blum	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:09	0.02	15-8	0.38-0.20
8	Kevin Klein	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	23:27	0.03	23-23	0.75-1.34
15	Matt Halischuk	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10:02	0.11	11-15	0.44-0.81
15	Craig Smith	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:01	0.14	16-13	0.46-0.50
16	Nick Spaling	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:19		8-14	0.18-0.51
18	Niclas Bergfors	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:21		9-10	0.11-0.48
22	Jerred Smithson	C	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	15:21	0.02	11-9	0.32-0.20
22	Jordin Tootoo	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	12:20	0.32	11-8	0.40-0.35
22	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	3	2	5	0	24:05	0.13	17-21	0.88-0.81
38	Jack Hillen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:38	0.04	16-7	0.62-0.13
55	Francis Bouillon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	21:35	0.02	20-24	0.51-1.40
57	Blake Geoffrion	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:22		12-21	0.46-0.86
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	16:08	0.22	16-13	0.46-0.42
74	Sergei Kostitsyn	L	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	14:03	0.07	17-10	0.82-0.56

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Pekka Rinne	40	39	1	60:00	2.78	+1.78