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Washington Capitals at Chicago Blackhawks

Mar 18, 2012 · United Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 2 18
Chicago Blackhawks 5 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:35 CHI Andrew Shaw (1) Duncan Keith (1), Bryan Bickell (1) 0 - 1
07:44 CHI Viktor Stalberg (1) Patrick Sharp (1), Nick Leddy (1) 0 - 2
2nd Period
02:22 WSH Mike Knuble (1) Keith Aucoin (1) 1 - 2
07:57 CHI Patrick Kane (1) Andrew Brunette (1), Marian Hossa (1) 1 - 3
11:33 CHI Andrew Shaw (2) Brent Seabrook (1), Bryan Bickell (2) 1 - 4
14:28 WSH Alex Ovechkin (1) Michal Neuvirth (1), Dmitry Orlov (1) 2 - 4
3rd Period
18:13 CHI Bryan Bickell (1) Andrew Shaw (1) 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
13:59 WSH Jason Chimera Slashing 2
3rd Period
02:03 CHI Patrick Sharp Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 44 29 18 2 1.4 47.7
Chicago Blackhawks 50 36 29 5 2.9 52.3

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdChicago Blackhawks 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 Chicago Blackhawks had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 1.4 expected, 2 scored · Chicago Blackhawks: 2.9 expected, 5 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 2:22 of 2nd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 14:28 of 2nd, a 13% chanceCHI goal, 3:35 of 1st, a 20% chanceCHI goal, 7:44 of 1st, a 14% chanceCHI goal, 7:57 of 2nd, a 7% chanceCHI goal, 11:33 of 2nd, a 8% chanceCHI goal, 18:13 of 3rd, a 58% chanceCHI 2.9WSH 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

Washington Capitals
Chicago Blackhawks

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 · Marcus Johansson5:4541.721.10-1
Jason Chimera · Alexander Semin · Mathieu Perreault4:3530.010.00-1
Mike Knuble · Joel Ward · Keith Aucoin4:2660.066.00-0
Matt Hendricks · Troy Brouwer · Jay Beagle4:1557.165.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dennis Wideman · Jeff Schultz6:5745.516.40-1
Karl Alzner · John Carlson6:5544.412.10-0
Mike Green · Dmitry Orlov4:2641.722.70-1

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
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 1 -2 0 2 4 20:35 0.20 14-20 0.69-0.93
9 Mike Knuble R 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 14:52 0.23 11-14 0.45-0.67
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 17:07 0.08 15-15 0.77-0.68
15 Keith Aucoin C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:41 0.04 9-10 0.34-0.42
6 Dennis Wideman D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 24:12 0.01 15-15 0.40-0.95
13 Alexander Semin R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:26 0.03 10-14 0.21-0.79
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 11:14 0.07 9-5 0.18-0.17
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 4 12:22 0.12 11-12 0.26-0.85
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 18:24 13-13 0.49-0.75
27 Mike Green D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:46 0.25 17-19 0.78-0.96
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:05 0.02 17-12 0.38-0.80
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:16 0.02 7-6 0.10-0.25
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 11:57 0.01 8-5 0.24-0.22
55 Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:00 0.01 7-16 0.13-0.82
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:37 13-11 0.17-0.39
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:17 0.07 9-6 0.16-0.33
85 Mathieu Perreault C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 14:29 7-13 0.19-0.69
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 18:02 0.23 18-16 0.64-0.89
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Michal Neuvirth 28 24 4 59:38 2.33 -1.67

Chicago Blackhawks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrew Brunette · Marian Hossa · Patrick Kane9:1746.783.10-0
Patrick Sharp · Viktor Stalberg · Marcus Kruger8:1147.446.21-0
Dave Bolland · Bryan Bickell · Andrew Shaw7:1260.069.71-0
Jamal Mayers · Michael Frolik · Brandon Bollig3:4433.320.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Duncan Keith · Brent Seabrook13:0147.867.41-0
Johnny Oduya · Nick Leddy7:3161.583.91-0
Niklas Hjalmarsson · Dylan Olsen6:1128.644.90-0

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
65 Andrew Shaw R 2 1 3 2 0 3 1 16:20 0.47 15-11 0.58-0.45
29 Bryan Bickell L 1 2 3 2 0 2 2 16:14 0.03 15-9 0.72-0.22
24 Viktor Stalberg L 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 15:54 0.41 15-13 0.59-0.39
88 Patrick Kane R 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 19:07 0.55 12-15 0.90-0.41
2 Duncan Keith D 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 25:54 0.07 25-21 1.25-0.76
4 Nick Leddy D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 18:45 19-11 1.00-0.29
7 Brent Seabrook D 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 26:14 0.02 20-19 0.89-0.63
10 Patrick Sharp L 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 17:41 0.21 17-13 0.72-0.40
15 Andrew Brunette L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:55 0.19 11-15 0.73-0.57
81 Marian Hossa R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:40 0.14 13-14 1.00-0.37
4 Niklas Hjalmarsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 17:13 0.09 8-14 0.32-0.45
4 Dylan Olsen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:51 6-9 0.44-0.21
16 Marcus Kruger C 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:36 16-12 0.76-0.37
22 Jamal Mayers R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:02 4-6 0.22-0.14
29 Johnny Oduya D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20:04 0.04 14-10 0.79-0.30
52 Brandon Bollig L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:15 0.10 3-5 0.17-0.14
63 Dave Bolland C 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 16:13 0.04 14-9 0.47-0.36
67 Michael Frolik R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:02 3-4 0.17-0.13
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
50 Corey Crawford 18 16 2 60:00 1.38 -0.62