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Nashville Predators at Washington Capitals

Dec 20, 2011 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Nashville Predators 1 21
Washington Capitals 4 23

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:42 WSH Alex Ovechkin (1) Karl Alzner (1), John Carlson (1) 0 - 1
15:51 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (1) Roman Hamrlik (1) 0 - 2
3rd Period
04:40 NSH Sergei Kostitsyn (1) Shea Weber (1) 1 - 2
10:21 WSH Alexander Semin (1) Marcus Johansson (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1) 1 - 3
13:46 WSH Troy Brouwer (1) PP Dennis Wideman (1), Marcus Johansson (2) 1 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:12 NSH Blake Geoffrion Roughing 2
16:52 WSH Alexander Semin Boarding 2
2nd Period
04:17 WSH Team Too many men on the ice 2
12:25 WSH Karl Alzner Delaying game puck over glass 2
17:27 WSH Jason Chimera Cross checking 2
3rd Period
13:19 NSH Craig Smith Holding 2
14:16 WSH Joel Ward Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators 50 32 21 1 1.4 50.6
Washington Capitals 47 39 23 4 2.4 49.4

How the game went

5051015Start2nd3rdWashington Capitals aheadNashville Predators 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 Washington Capitals had taken more, and below it and blue while Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 1.4 expected, 1 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.4 expected, 4 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndNSH goal, 4:40 of 3rd, a 3% chanceWSH goal, 7:42 of 1st, a 10% chanceWSH goal, 15:51 of 1st, a 5% chanceWSH goal, 10:21 of 3rd, a 7% chanceWSH goal, 13:46 of 3rd, a 12% chanceWSH 2.4NSH 1.4

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

Nashville Predators
Washington Capitals

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.

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordin Tootoo · Nick Spaling · Colin Wilson7:5158.350.90-0
Mike Fisher · Sergei Kostitsyn · Patric Hornqvist6:2938.538.80-0
Mike Fisher · Martin Erat · Patric Hornqvist5:5942.939.90-1
Jerred Smithson · Blake Geoffrion · Matt Halischuk5:3233.337.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Francis Bouillon · Shea Weber13:5957.153.51-1
Ryan Suter · Jonathon Blum10:0555.651.60-1
Jack Hillen · Roman Josi8:2557.130.50-1

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
74 Sergei Kostitsyn L 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 16:28 0.03 14-13 0.43-0.34
6 Shea Weber D 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 29:34 0.06 19-19 0.51-0.58
7 Jonathon Blum D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 18:59 0.02 15-14 0.52-0.54
10 Martin Erat R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:10 6-6 0.13-0.25
12 Mike Fisher C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 19:52 0.09 11-14 0.27-0.37
15 Matt Halischuk R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:17 0.09 10-7 0.38-0.22
15 Craig Smith C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:08 0.03 7-9 0.17-0.35
16 Nick Spaling C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:40 0.09 14-11 0.46-0.42
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:42 0.19 9-7 0.25-0.36
22 Jerred Smithson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:58 7-9 0.17-0.27
22 Jordin Tootoo R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 14:49 0.18 15-11 0.40-0.47
22 Ryan Suter D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 26:24 0.10 15-15 0.40-0.46
22 Colin Wilson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:05 0.16 8-9 0.28-0.42
38 Jack Hillen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:43 5-3 0.08-0.18
55 Francis Bouillon D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19:21 0.01 20-17 0.67-0.60
57 Blake Geoffrion C 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 09:31 0.09 11-9 0.31-0.29
59 Roman Josi D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:28 0.01 6-10 0.12-0.35
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 18:24 0.24 8-12 0.20-0.31
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
39 Anders Lindback L 23 19 4 60:00 2.35 -1.65

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexander Semin · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson12:5350.054.62-1
Jason Chimera · Jeff Halpern · Joel Ward10:5437.549.00-0
Brooks Laich · Alex Ovechkin · Troy Brouwer10:1852.660.61-0
Mike Knuble · Matt Hendricks · Mathieu Perreault5:1640.021.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Karl Alzner · John Carlson16:4058.374.81-0
Dennis Wideman · Dmitry Orlov14:3752.059.11-0
Roman Hamrlik · Jeff Schultz5:4850.042.30-0

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
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 20:31 0.15 15-14 0.54-0.41
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 16:58 0.14 14-16 0.49-0.46
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 1 1 0 7 3 15:05 0.48 14-13 0.61-0.41
13 Alexander Semin R 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 15:58 0.23 18-16 0.57-0.43
36 Troy Brouwer R 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 16:42 0.49 10-10 0.50-0.34
6 Dennis Wideman D 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 28:44 0.11 17-18 0.43-0.51
27 Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 21:59 15-12 0.66-0.21
40 Roman Hamrlik D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 18:06 0.01 11-14 0.30-0.55
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 25:24 0.25 15-15 0.62-0.36
9 Mike Knuble R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:07 5-6 0.15-0.25
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:54 0.06 13-15 0.40-0.38
14 Jeff Halpern C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:05 5-9 0.12-0.13
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 06:10 0.04 3-4 0.08-0.17
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 15:31 0.22 8-7 0.18-0.10
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:24 0.13 11-14 0.50-0.44
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:47 0.06 6-7 0.13-0.13
55 Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:01 7-6 0.30-0.29
85 Mathieu Perreault C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:43 8-4 0.20-0.17
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Michal Neuvirth W 21 20 1 60:00 1.38 +0.38