Washington Capitals at Colorado Avalanche

Nov 20, 2014 · Pepsi Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	3	23
Colorado Avalanche	2	29

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
01:04	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom (5)	Alex Ovechkin (9)	1 - 0
02:53	COL	Daniel Brière (3)	Nathan MacKinnon (7), Dennis Everberg (3)	1 - 1
12:10	WSH	Jason Chimera (2)	Jay Beagle (2), Joel Ward (3)	2 - 1
3rd Period
06:44	COL	Tyson Barrie (2)	Gabriel Landeskog (4), Nathan MacKinnon (8)	2 - 2
14:04	WSH	Alex Ovechkin (9)	Brooks Orpik (6), Nicklas Backstrom (13)	3 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
16:42	COL	Nick Holden	Hooking	2
3rd Period
13:42	COL	Erik Johnson	Slashing	2
13:42	WSH	Tom Wilson	Roughing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	51	34	23	3	2.1	50.0
Colorado Avalanche	50	38	29	2	1.6	50.0

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 Colorado Avalanche had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.1 expected, 3 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 1.6 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

Colorado Avalanche

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
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson	15:26	62.5	57.9	1-0
Jason Chimera · Joel Ward · Jay Beagle	12:09	41.7	27.4	1-1
Troy Brouwer · Marcus Johansson · Andre Burakovsky	11:40	57.9	85.5	0-0
Eric Fehr · Michael Latta · Evgeny Kuznetsov	5:54	41.7	31.5	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson	19:11	56.3	66.8	1-0
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner	15:59	50.0	69.0	1-0
Mike Green · Nate Schmidt	12:31	27.3	2.9	0-2

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

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	1	2	2	0	4	3	18:55	0.52	17-13	0.42-0.46
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	21:39	0.17	17-11	0.48-0.34
20	Jason Chimera	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	17:17	0.03	11-15	0.15-0.38
42	Joel Ward	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	17:34	0.18	11-16	0.14-0.49
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	6	24:08		19-14	0.56-0.28
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	15:25		12-18	0.14-0.51
15	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	21:11	0.01	18-14	0.88-0.33
21	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	09:33	0.12	5-8	0.19-0.43
27	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	15:22	0.02	10-16	0.26-0.74
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	19:11	0.01	15-14	0.79-0.32
28	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:54	0.17	12-9	0.80-0.15
36	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	15:48	0.61	12-12	0.81-0.18
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	18:10		17-11	0.43-0.34
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	08:20	0.06	6-8	0.24-0.44
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	24:39	0.11	22-16	0.71-0.36
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	14:35		8-18	0.03-0.83
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	14:45	0.05	13-10	0.86-0.15
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	07:34		5-7	0.19-0.42

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
70	Braden Holtby	29	27	2	60:00	1.58	-0.42

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jarome Iginla · John Mitchell · Gabriel Landeskog	15:03	63.6	72.6	0-0
Max Talbot · Cody McLeod · Marc-Andre Cliche	9:05	33.3	29.7	0-0
Alex Tanguay · Ryan O'Reilly · Matt Duchene	5:50	83.3	100.0	0-0
Daniel Brière · Nathan MacKinnon · Dennis Everberg	4:48	50.0	66.2	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jan Hejda · Erik Johnson	18:12	47.6	29.6	0-0
Nick Holden · Zach Redmond	15:03	45.5	23.0	0-0
Nate Guenin · Tyson Barrie	14:02	52.2	56.7	1-1

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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	2	2	1	0	4	0	14:20	0.19	13-18	0.60-1.04
8	Tyson Barrie	D	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	21:33	0.20	19-14	0.94-0.34
48	Daniel Brière	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	13:39	0.33	18-15	0.61-0.85
45	Dennis Everberg	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	10:21		8-9	0.40-0.24
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	1	1	1	0	6	2	21:11	0.29	17-18	0.40-0.74
5	Nate Guenin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	17:45		13-14	0.44-0.40
5	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	18:05	0.02	16-20	0.29-0.98
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	23:48	0.08	13-13	0.39-0.35
7	John Mitchell	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	17:42	0.01	14-10	0.29-0.16
8	Jan Hejda	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	21:31	0.04	11-12	0.16-0.30
24	Marc-Andre Cliche	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11:24	0.01	6-10	0.12-0.28
25	Max Talbot	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	11:16	0.03	5-11	0.12-0.29
38	Zach Redmond	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	17:45	0.11	20-19	0.63-0.86
40	Alex Tanguay	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	07:15	0.14	5-2	0.28-0.05
55	Cody McLeod	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:28	0.02	7-11	0.19-0.33
88	Jarome Iginla	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	17:45	0.04	15-11	0.39-0.24
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	19:22		14-11	0.44-0.24
95	Matt Duchene	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	20:15	0.08	16-12	0.46-0.37

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Reto Berra	23	20	3	58:35	2.05	-0.95