← Conference Semifinals, 2011-12 playoffs

Washington Capitals at New York Rangers

Conference Semifinals, Game 7 · May 12, 2012 · Madison Square Garden

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	1	23
New York Rangers	2	31

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
01:32	NYR	Brad Richards (1)	Carl Hagelin (1), Michael Del Zotto (1)	0 - 1
3rd Period
10:05	NYR	Michael Del Zotto (1)	Marian Gaborik (1), Carl Hagelin (2)	0 - 2
10:43	WSH	Roman Hamrlik (1)	Brooks Laich (1), Jason Chimera (1)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
11:59	WSH	Matt Hendricks	Hooking	2
3rd Period
11:19	NYR	Ruslan Fedotenko	Delaying game puck over glass	2
12:57	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	55	36	23	1	1.7	49.0
New York Rangers	57	42	31	2	2.5	51.0

How the game went

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 York Rangers had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 1.7 expected, 1 scored · New York Rangers: 2.5 expected, 2 scored

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 York Rangers

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jason Chimera · Alexander Semin · Nicklas Backstrom	9:28	52.6	60.2	0-1
Brooks Laich · Alex Ovechkin · Troy Brouwer	9:15	71.4	70.3	0-0
Joel Ward · Matt Hendricks · Marcus Johansson	8:34	50.0	11.4	0-0
Mike Knuble · Jeff Halpern · Keith Aucoin	5:07	41.7	53.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Karl Alzner · John Carlson	19:26	57.1	58.1	0-1
Roman Hamrlik · Mike Green	17:51	47.5	38.0	1-1
Dennis Wideman · Jeff Schultz	11:21	38.9	29.2	0-0

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
40	Roman Hamrlik	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	21:17	0.16	21-23	0.67-1.05
20	Jason Chimera	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	15:38	0.19	14-14	0.54-0.47
25	Brooks Laich	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	19:25	0.04	21-19	0.67-1.07
6	Dennis Wideman	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:16	0.09	10-12	0.12-0.24
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	20:54	0.25	25-20	0.70-0.95
9	Mike Knuble	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	05:57	0.11	5-7	0.15-0.13
13	Alexander Semin	R	0	0	0	-2	0	4	1	17:28	0.15	16-19	0.51-0.76
14	Jeff Halpern	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	05:44		5-8	0.15-0.22
15	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	13:22	0.06	6-11	0.09-0.22
15	Keith Aucoin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	08:22		6-11	0.15-0.36
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	22:03	0.15	18-15	0.59-0.59
27	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	23:19	0.08	20-23	0.66-1.18
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	23:24	0.03	22-18	0.73-0.64
36	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	20:17	0.18	21-14	0.66-0.65
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11:32	0.09	7-10	0.18-0.18
55	Jeff Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12:30		7-12	0.10-0.24
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	24:14	0.07	20-16	0.71-0.51
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:16	0.01	6-8	0.10-0.19

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
70	Braden Holtby	L	31	29	2	59:02	2.28	+0.28

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brad Richards · Marian Gaborik · Carl Hagelin	13:32	58.6	70.9	2-0
Ruslan Fedotenko · Brian Boyle · Artem Anisimov	7:12	45.5	43.3	0-0
Ryan Callahan · Derek Stepan · Chris Kreider	6:47	37.5	37.8	0-1
Ryan Callahan · Artem Anisimov · Derek Stepan	4:50	66.7	50.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marc Staal · Michael Del Zotto	16:09	40.6	60.2	2-1
Dan Girardi · Ryan McDonagh	13:16	51.9	65.0	0-0
Anton Stralman · Ryan McDonagh	9:11	60.0	39.2	0-0

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
15	Michael Del Zotto	D	1	1	2	1	0	2	8	23:16	0.56	19-22	1.02-0.76
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	18:21		23-17	1.32-0.67
17	Brad Richards	C	1	0	1	2	0	4	0	22:03	0.48	20-16	1.15-0.64
12	Marian Gaborik	R	0	1	1	2	0	6	1	19:32	0.43	21-17	1.27-0.55
4	Stu Bickel	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	02:53		2-2	0.12-0.03
5	Dan Girardi	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	25:29	0.04	22-20	0.69-0.51
7	John Mitchell	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	06:32	0.01	7-2	0.10-0.13
9	Brandon Prust	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	08:13		6-3	0.06-0.13
11	Brian Boyle	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	14:35	0.25	9-12	0.21-0.30
18	Marc Staal	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	26:55	0.10	23-28	1.19-0.87
21	Derek Stepan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	19:50	0.05	15-21	0.33-0.52
22	Chris Kreider	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	13:07	0.13	7-11	0.20-0.26
24	Ryan Callahan	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	20:29	0.14	16-14	0.36-0.42
26	Ruslan Fedotenko	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	15:05	0.09	10-18	0.24-0.31
27	Mike Rupp	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	05:32	0.08	8-2	0.14-0.13
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29:37	0.07	28-22	0.69-0.63
51	Artem Anisimov	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16:09	0.07	14-17	0.41-0.44
86	Anton Stralman	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:23		10-6	0.16-0.19

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Henrik Lundqvist	W	23	22	1	59:59	1.52	+0.52