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Washington Capitals at Colorado Avalanche

Dec 17, 2011 · Pepsi Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 1 26
Colorado Avalanche 2 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:49 COL Cody McLeod (1) Shane O'Brien (1), Erik Johnson (1) 0 - 1
2nd Period
13:09 WSH Alexander Semin (1) Dmitry Orlov (1), Karl Alzner (1) 1 - 1
14:03 COL Erik Johnson (1) Milan Hejduk (1), Gabriel Landeskog (1) 1 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
13:03 WSH Mathieu Perreault Holding 2
13:03 WSH Matt Hendricks Fighting 5
13:03 COL Cody McLeod Fighting 5
17:32 COL Jay McClement Holding 2
2nd Period
10:25 COL Shane O'Brien High sticking 2
15:48 WSH Jeff Halpern Boarding 2
18:26 COL TJ Galiardi Tripping 2
3rd Period
19:46 COL Jan Hejda Delaying game puck over glass 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 47 39 26 1 2.0 46.8
Colorado Avalanche 51 38 28 2 2.1 53.2

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdColorado Avalanche 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 Colorado Avalanche had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.0 expected, 1 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 2.1 expected, 2 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 13:09 of 2nd, a 5% chanceCOL goal, 2:49 of 1st, a 1% chanceCOL goal, 14:03 of 2nd, a 1% chanceCOL 2.1WSH 2.0

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
Colorado Avalanche

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
Jason Chimera · Joel Ward · Brooks Laich10:3750.046.60-1
Alexander Semin · Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom9:2558.881.20-0
Jeff Halpern · Troy Brouwer · Marcus Johansson5:4828.66.40-0
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson2:3450.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Karl Alzner · John Carlson15:5343.535.20-1
John Erskine · Dennis Wideman9:2630.845.50-0
Roman Hamrlik · Dmitry Orlov9:1640.043.00-0

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
13 Alexander Semin R 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 16:38 0.05 12-8 0.53-0.13
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 18:23 0.08 16-19 0.50-0.64
27 Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 20:43 0.01 13-14 0.38-0.53
4 John Erskine D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:05 0.02 4-10 0.08-0.10
6 Dennis Wideman D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 26:52 0.08 15-12 0.44-0.37
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 22:34 0.34 17-13 0.61-0.41
9 Mike Knuble R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:06 3-12 0.04-0.56
14 Jeff Halpern C 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13:53 6-9 0.08-0.19
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 03:49 1-3 0.02-0.01
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 22:11 0.19 17-11 0.60-0.39
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 20:17 0.27 13-20 0.38-0.69
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 -2 0 5 3 21:33 0.52 11-20 0.30-0.64
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:54 0.01 8-11 0.11-0.25
40 Roman Hamrlik D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:18 0.11 14-15 0.39-0.37
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:50 0.34 14-10 0.45-0.34
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 24:19 12-14 0.40-0.54
85 Mathieu Perreault C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 03:14 0.02 2-1 0.04-0.05
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:19 7-8 0.10-0.18
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Michal Neuvirth L 28 26 2 59:02 2.13 +0.13

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Daniel Winnik · Paul Stastny · Matt Duchene12:3141.742.90-0
Milan Hejduk · Ryan O'Reilly · Gabriel Landeskog12:2861.551.51-0
Jay McClement · TJ Galiardi · Brad Malone9:4587.593.10-0
David Van Der Gulik · Cody McLeod · Evan Brophey3:1140.058.31-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shane O'Brien · Erik Johnson15:5559.364.51-0
Matt Hunwick · Stefan Elliott14:4859.378.00-0
Ryan O'Byrne · Jan Hejda14:2739.123.30-0

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
6 Erik Johnson D 1 1 2 2 0 1 4 21:34 0.03 17-11 0.56-0.30
55 Cody McLeod L 1 0 1 1 5 1 1 03:57 0.01 2-5 0.01-0.02
23 Milan Hejduk R 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 17:44 0.12 18-14 0.50-0.45
74 Shane O'Brien D 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 19:48 0.02 16-12 0.54-0.35
92 Gabriel Landeskog L 0 1 1 1 0 7 3 19:14 0.69 19-12 0.46-0.49
8 Jan Hejda D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 19:53 9-14 0.18-0.59
18 Jay McClement C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:31 0.10 10-2 0.47-0.04
21 TJ Galiardi L 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 15:22 0.42 9-4 0.37-0.15
23 Ryan O'Byrne D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:35 9-14 0.18-0.59
24 Brad Malone C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:20 9-2 0.40-0.04
26 Daniel Winnik L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23:12 0.29 13-17 0.39-0.50
26 Paul Stastny C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:14 0.09 10-19 0.34-0.55
29 Stefan Elliott D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:34 0.04 17-12 0.56-0.20
36 David Van Der Gulik L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 06:31 3-3 0.03-0.01
47 Evan Brophey C 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 03:40 2-3 0.01-0.01
48 Matt Hunwick D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:46 0.07 16-11 0.54-0.15
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 21:08 0.19 20-14 0.46-0.50
95 Matt Duchene C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:47 0.09 11-16 0.39-0.51
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Jean-Sebastien Giguere W 26 25 1 59:56 2.03 +1.03