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Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets

Dec 31, 2011 · Nationwide Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 4 26
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 37

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
14:47 CBJ John Moore (1) Rick Nash (1), Jeff Carter (1) 0 - 1
19:25 CBJ Samuel Pahlsson (1) R.J. Umberger (1), Marc Methot (1) 0 - 2
3rd Period
04:23 WSH Alex Ovechkin (1) Dennis Wideman (1) 1 - 2
06:48 WSH Alexander Semin (1) Dennis Wideman (2), Nicklas Backstrom (1) 2 - 2
07:16 WSH Dennis Wideman (1) Marcus Johansson (1), Roman Hamrlik (1) 3 - 2
11:03 WSH Alex Ovechkin (2) PP Dmitry Orlov (1), Karl Alzner (1) 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
02:38 WSH Alex Ovechkin Roughing 2
02:38 CBJ Derek Dorsett Cross checking 2
3rd Period
05:54 WSH Dmitry Orlov Roughing 2
05:54 CBJ Grant Clitsome Roughing 2
09:34 CBJ Marc Methot Holding 2
14:13 WSH Jason Chimera Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 38 33 26 4 2.0 35.4
Columbus Blue Jackets 69 47 37 2 1.9 64.6

How the game went

051015202530Start2nd3rdColumbus Blue Jackets 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 Columbus Blue Jackets had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.0 expected, 4 scored · Columbus Blue Jackets: 1.9 expected, 2 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 4:23 of 3rd, a 7% chanceWSH goal, 6:48 of 3rd, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 7:16 of 3rd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 11:03 of 3rd, a 9% chanceCBJ goal, 14:47 of 2nd, a 8% chanceCBJ goal, 19:25 of 2nd, a 10% chanceWSH 2.0CBJ 1.9

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
Columbus Blue Jackets

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
Alexander Semin · Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom9:5850.049.10-1
Jason Chimera · Brooks Laich · Troy Brouwer7:4142.966.90-1
Jeff Halpern · Joel Ward · Matt Hendricks7:310.00.00-0
Mike Knuble · Marcus Johansson · Cody Eakin6:2215.410.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Hamrlik · Dennis Wideman18:2357.168.11-0
Karl Alzner · John Carlson15:2325.037.00-2
Jeff Schultz · Dmitry Orlov7:4921.419.20-0

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
6 Dennis Wideman D 1 2 3 3 0 3 2 27:37 0.11 18-18 0.72-0.71
8 Alex Ovechkin L 2 0 2 1 2 6 1 17:53 0.43 16-13 0.76-0.34
13 Alexander Semin R 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 17:35 0.15 7-12 0.32-0.37
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 13:39 6-15 0.33-0.23
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20:39 0.14 6-15 0.22-0.39
27 Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 21:28 0.05 8-22 0.38-0.50
40 Roman Hamrlik D 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 23:46 0.13 16-14 0.54-0.30
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 13:45 3-15 0.08-0.73
9 Mike Knuble R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:11 0.13 5-14 0.15-0.73
14 Jeff Halpern C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12:29 0.01 2-12 0.03-0.22
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:04 2-14 0.02-0.14
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 15:22 8-11 0.29-0.24
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:43 7-17 0.22-0.67
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:38 0.22 14-11 0.68-0.19
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 16:01 0.17 15-13 0.68-0.20
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:34 2-11 0.01-0.11
55 Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:46 3-14 0.05-0.64
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 23:50 0.13 7-24 0.28-0.54
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
92 Tomas Vokoun 37 35 2 60:00 1.90 -0.10

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Samuel Pahlsson · R.J. Umberger · Derek Dorsett11:2643.841.71-0
Rick Nash · Jeff Carter · Ryan Johansen11:1955.238.71-1
Vinny Prospal · Antoine Vermette · Mark Letestu9:5690.997.60-0
Derek MacKenzie · Jared Boll · Derick Brassard7:2650.047.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Grant Clitsome · John Moore16:3954.537.61-1
Fedor Tyutin · Marc Methot14:3962.552.41-0
Aaron Johnson · David Savard14:2375.072.80-0

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
26 Samuel Pahlsson C 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:18 0.10 13-9 0.29-0.28
27 John Moore D 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 19:36 0.12 18-15 0.36-0.59
20 R.J. Umberger C 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 18:28 0.16 8-11 0.25-0.46
33 Marc Methot D 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 18:13 0.06 18-9 0.35-0.32
61 Rick Nash L 0 1 1 -1 0 4 3 17:59 0.31 16-13 0.40-0.63
77 Jeff Carter C 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 17:53 0.13 19-13 0.43-0.63
12 Ryan Johansen C 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 16:25 0.18 23-13 0.52-0.63
15 Derek Dorsett R 0 0 0 1 2 1 6 15:28 0.01 10-11 0.23-0.46
17 Derek MacKenzie C 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 09:55 0.01 7-4 0.06-0.04
22 Vinny Prospal L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:34 0.09 19-1 0.72-0.01
22 Mark Letestu C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:21 0.17 11-1 0.60-0.01
24 Grant Clitsome D 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 22:26 0.04 21-15 0.38-0.59
40 Jared Boll R 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 08:04 0.01 7-4 0.07-0.04
45 Aaron Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:32 0.02 16-5 0.67-0.24
50 Antoine Vermette C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:34 0.38 15-3 0.68-0.19
51 Fedor Tyutin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 21:47 0.06 16-9 0.42-0.32
58 David Savard D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:51 0.03 18-5 0.74-0.24
61 Derick Brassard C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:20 0.03 10-4 0.08-0.04
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Steve Mason 26 22 4 57:47 1.66 -2.34