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Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils

Dec 23, 2011 · Prudential Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 25
New Jersey Devils 4 28

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
02:20 NJD Ilya Kovalchuk (1) PP Kurtis Foster (1), Patrik Elias (1) 0 - 1
04:57 NJD Alexander Urbom (1) Travis Zajac (1), Ilya Kovalchuk (1) 0 - 2
10:08 NJD Adam Henrique (1) Matt Taormina (1), Zach Parise (1) 0 - 3
3rd Period
03:48 WSH Brooks Laich (1) Dennis Wideman (1), Alex Ovechkin (1) 1 - 3
12:44 WSH Jason Chimera (1) Alexander Semin (1) 2 - 3
18:18 WSH Jason Chimera (2) Brooks Laich (1), Alexander Semin (2) 3 - 3
Shootout
NJD Ilya Kovalchuk Shootout winner 3 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:59 WSH Alexander Semin Interference 2
11:23 NJD Anton Volchenkov Slashing 2
17:25 NJD Alexander Urbom Tripping 2
2nd Period
02:03 WSH John Erskine Holding 2
03:16 NJD Tim Sestito Hooking 2
03:56 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Roughing 2
3rd Period
08:04 WSH John Erskine Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 50 38 25 3 2.7 55.4
New Jersey Devils 45 35 28 3 2.9 44.6

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdOTNew Jersey Devils 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 New Jersey Devils had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.7 expected, 3 scored · New Jersey Devils: 2.9 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTWSH goal, 3:48 of 3rd, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 12:44 of 3rd, a 19% chanceWSH goal, 18:18 of 3rd, a 33% chanceNJD goal, 2:20 of 2nd, a 4% chanceNJD goal, 4:57 of 2nd, a 15% chanceNJD goal, 10:08 of 2nd, a 10% chanceNJD 2.9WSH 2.7

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
New Jersey Devils

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 · Alex Ovechkin · Troy Brouwer9:3642.946.11-0
Alexander Semin · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson9:2657.158.40-1
Jason Chimera · Jeff Halpern · Joel Ward5:2750.019.80-0
Mike Knuble · Matt Hendricks · Mathieu Perreault4:2033.326.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Karl Alzner · John Carlson18:0351.952.71-1
Roman Hamrlik · Dennis Wideman14:3064.064.91-0
John Erskine · Dmitry Orlov9:0958.343.71-0

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
20 Jason Chimera L 2 0 2 2 0 5 0 16:14 0.71 10-4 0.83-0.32
25 Brooks Laich C 1 1 2 3 0 3 2 22:52 0.32 15-14 1.03-0.82
13 Alexander Semin R 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 18:51 0.23 22-15 1.50-1.03
6 Dennis Wideman D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 25:08 0.02 17-9 1.10-0.56
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 23:35 0.33 15-14 0.58-0.82
4 John Erskine D 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 10:02 0.02 7-5 0.30-0.39
9 Mike Knuble R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:45 0.09 2-4 0.09-0.23
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:27 10-10 0.43-0.85
14 Jeff Halpern C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:16 7-5 0.21-0.49
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:54 0.03 3-5 0.08-0.34
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 22:31 0.67 17-10 0.96-0.61
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25:59 0.02 15-16 0.76-0.92
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:51 8-9 0.38-0.44
40 Roman Hamrlik D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 22:03 0.03 18-11 1.13-0.70
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:08 0.09 6-5 0.17-0.43
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 27:51 0.08 15-15 0.79-0.78
85 Mathieu Perreault C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:52 2-4 0.05-0.16
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 18:29 0.05 16-10 0.87-0.62
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Michal Neuvirth OTL 28 25 3 64:55 2.85 -0.15

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ilya Kovalchuk · Zach Parise · Adam Henrique12:5857.150.71-1
Petr Sykora · Patrik Elias · Dainius Zubrus11:1752.963.70-0
David Clarkson · Travis Zajac · Mattias Tedenby9:4653.862.70-1
Cam Janssen · Tim Sestito · Ryan Carter4:4933.360.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bryce Salvador · Mark Fayne18:1637.937.60-2
Anton Volchenkov · Kurtis Foster14:1534.637.90-1
Matt Taormina · Alexander Urbom11:3075.093.31-0

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
17 Ilya Kovalchuk L 1 1 2 1 0 6 0 23:01 0.35 14-9 0.98-0.80
19 Adam Henrique C 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 20:52 0.45 12-12 0.82-0.85
34 Alexander Urbom D 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 12:29 0.15 10-3 0.70-0.05
3 Kurtis Foster D 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 23:21 0.24 9-18 0.73-1.23
9 Zach Parise L 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 24:25 0.47 13-13 0.89-0.89
14 Travis Zajac C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 17:04 0.32 8-17 0.50-1.01
20 Matt Taormina D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20:51 12-6 0.78-0.08
26 Patrik Elias C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18:07 11-8 0.60-0.27
5 Mark Fayne D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 24:19 0.09 11-18 0.58-0.97
9 Dainius Zubrus C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:25 0.09 9-12 0.47-0.45
9 Mattias Tedenby R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:19 7-8 0.43-0.34
12 Tim Sestito L 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 05:45 3-4 0.23-0.12
15 Petr Sykora R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:10 0.35 10-10 0.56-0.36
18 Ryan Carter L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:02 0.09 2-10 0.18-0.67
20 Anton Volchenkov D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 18:17 9-17 0.73-1.20
23 David Clarkson R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 17:37 0.11 7-16 0.43-0.89
24 Bryce Salvador D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 26:50 0.01 15-20 0.67-0.98
25 Cam Janssen R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:22 0.14 3-4 0.23-0.12
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Martin Brodeur W 25 22 3 64:44 2.68 -0.32