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Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals

Conference Quarterfinals, Game 3 · Apr 16, 2012 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 4 29
Washington Capitals 3 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
16:00 WSH Alexander Semin (1) PP Brooks Laich (1), Alex Ovechkin (1) 0 - 1
2nd Period
00:35 BOS Rich Peverley (1) Zdeno Chara (1), Andrew Ference (1) 1 - 1
00:48 WSH Alex Ovechkin (1) Brooks Laich (2), Roman Hamrlik (1) 1 - 2
09:38 BOS Daniel Paille (1) Greg Zanon (1), Gregory Campbell (1) 2 - 2
3rd Period
01:02 BOS Brian Rolston (1) Chris Kelly (1), Zdeno Chara (2) 3 - 2
14:00 WSH Brooks Laich (1) Nicklas Backstrom (1), Mike Green (1) 3 - 3
18:07 BOS Zdeno Chara (1) Patrice Bergeron (1), Dennis Seidenberg (1) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:14 WSH Alexander Semin Tripping 2
15:31 BOS Zdeno Chara Roughing 2
17:22 WSH Keith Aucoin Tripping 2
20:00 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Cross checking 2
20:00 BOS Milan Lucic Roughing 2
2nd Period
05:18 BOS Rich Peverley Hooking 2
06:03 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Tripping 2
13:19 BOS Milan Lucic Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
13:19 WSH Brooks Laich Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
3rd Period
03:01 WSH Jason Chimera Slashing 2
10:17 BOS Dennis Seidenberg Roughing 2
16:46 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Cross checking 2
17:34 BOS Milan Lucic Roughing 2
17:34 BOS Milan Lucic Roughing 2
17:34 WSH Matt Hendricks Roughing 2
20:00 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Match penatly 10 minutes 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 60 45 29 4 2.7 45.7
Washington Capitals 61 40 32 3 2.1 54.3

How the game went

8642024Start2nd3rdWashington Capitals aheadBoston Bruins 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 Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 2.7 expected, 4 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.1 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBOS goal, 0:35 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBOS goal, 9:38 of 2nd, a 21% chanceBOS goal, 1:02 of 3rd, a 27% chanceBOS goal, 18:07 of 3rd, a 29% chanceWSH goal, 16:00 of 1st, a 13% chanceWSH goal, 0:48 of 2nd, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 14:00 of 3rd, a 10% chanceBOS 2.7WSH 2.1

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

Boston Bruins
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.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Rolston · Chris Kelly · Benoit Pouliot8:4550.055.91-1
Patrice Bergeron · Rich Peverley · Milan Lucic8:4037.527.30-0
David Krejci · Brad Marchand · Tyler Seguin8:0440.023.30-0
Shawn Thornton · Gregory Campbell · Daniel Paille7:0670.077.01-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Dennis Seidenberg12:4750.054.31-1
Andrew Ference · Johnny Boychuk11:5045.529.70-0
Joe Corvo · Greg Zanon8:0947.155.81-0

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
33 Zdeno Chara D 1 2 3 0 2 3 7 26:29 0.41 15-16 0.75-0.79
12 Brian Rolston R 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 13:05 0.37 9-9 0.50-0.38
12 Daniel Paille L 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 10:13 0.32 7-4 0.34-0.10
17 Rich Peverley C 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 19:02 0.28 11-12 0.31-0.47
4 Greg Zanon D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 11:51 0.02 10-13 0.37-0.36
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 0 1 1 1 2 2 4 23:39 0.08 13-15 0.58-0.52
9 Gregory Campbell C 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 11:29 7-7 0.34-0.24
21 Andrew Ference D 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 19:21 0.08 12-14 0.15-0.38
22 Chris Kelly C 0 1 1 2 0 1 4 16:10 0.09 10-9 0.54-0.38
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 19:44 0.10 6-13 0.13-0.46
17 Milan Lucic L 0 0 0 0 8 3 8 16:57 0.18 12-17 0.28-0.57
22 Shawn Thornton L 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 07:31 0.01 7-4 0.34-0.10
46 David Krejci C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 18:46 0.03 14-16 0.27-0.41
55 Johnny Boychuk D 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 22:14 0.03 15-17 0.31-0.38
63 Brad Marchand L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:20 0.05 8-15 0.11-0.44
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 11:30 0.25 10-8 0.54-0.38
77 Joe Corvo D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12:28 0.06 9-13 0.37-0.54
91 Tyler Seguin C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:42 0.30 10-18 0.12-0.52
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Tim Thomas W 32 29 3 60:00 1.88 -1.12

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexander Semin · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson11:3765.480.40-0
Jason Chimera · Brooks Laich · Alex Ovechkin7:1660.051.70-1
Matt Hendricks · Troy Brouwer · Jay Beagle7:1250.059.20-0
Joel Ward · Keith Aucoin · Mathieu Perreault3:3025.065.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Hamrlik · Mike Green16:3350.072.81-0
Karl Alzner · John Carlson11:3963.669.20-0
Dennis Wideman · Jeff Schultz9:1646.727.70-2

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
25 Brooks Laich C 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 20:56 0.22 14-8 0.79-0.55
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 1 2 0 0 6 5 20:29 0.55 15-12 0.73-0.88
13 Alexander Semin R 1 0 1 -1 2 2 0 19:21 0.32 20-10 0.34-0.08
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 1 16 0 2 21:29 0.05 22-14 0.51-0.15
27 Mike Green D 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 26:35 0.12 16-18 0.63-0.33
40 Roman Hamrlik D 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 22:35 0.11 21-15 0.77-0.21
6 Dennis Wideman D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 15:32 13-13 0.45-0.88
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 10:50 6-6 0.14-0.10
15 Keith Aucoin C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 07:11 1-10 0.03-0.50
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 11:06 0.12 11-10 0.67-0.66
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 22:40 0.06 15-11 0.39-0.24
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 16:16 0.08 10-9 0.32-0.14
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 05:20 0.03 1-7 0.03-0.16
55 Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 09:52 0.04 7-9 0.27-0.71
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 18:53 0.04 16-8 0.46-0.18
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:42 0.23 11-10 0.39-0.18
85 Mathieu Perreault C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 04:23 1-6 0.03-0.34
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 5 18:51 0.09 20-9 0.46-0.08
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby L 29 25 4 58:59 2.43 -1.57