Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes

Dec 4, 2014 · PNC Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	2	28
Carolina Hurricanes	1	30

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
02:19	WSH	Jay Beagle (3)	Jason Chimera (4)	1 - 0
3rd Period
03:19	CAR	Alexander Semin (1)	Jay Harrison (3), John-Michael Liles (5)	1 - 1
15:58	WSH	Eric Fehr (4)	Unassisted	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
12:34	CAR	Alexander Semin	Tripping	2
12:34	WSH	Jason Chimera	Interference	2
2nd Period
02:30	CAR	Riley Nash	Tripping	2
19:23	CAR	John-Michael Liles	Boarding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	61	37	28	2	2.5	51.8
Carolina Hurricanes	65	37	30	1	1.5	48.2

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 Carolina Hurricanes had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.5 expected, 2 scored · Carolina Hurricanes: 1.5 expected, 1 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

Carolina Hurricanes

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 · Jay Beagle · Michael Latta	12:14	43.8	73.1	1-0
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson	11:46	61.9	73.8	0-0
Joel Ward · Brooks Laich · Eric Fehr	11:31	57.7	77.1	1-0
Troy Brouwer · Marcus Johansson · Andre Burakovsky	7:21	56.3	15.2	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson	17:48	57.5	63.4	1-0
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner	17:04	57.5	75.1	1-0
Jack Hillen · Nate Schmidt	10:49	50.0	42.6	0-1

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
21	Eric Fehr	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	3	15:55	0.35	16-15	0.59-0.23
83	Jay Beagle	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	15:18	0.24	16-24	0.86-0.48
20	Jason Chimera	L	0	1	1	1	2	5	2	13:09	0.46	16-19	0.81-0.34
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	18:08	0.25	13-12	0.57-0.43
15	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	24:53	0.12	25-22	1.07-0.40
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	19:32	0.30	14-11	0.57-0.30
25	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	17:58	0.21	19-15	0.64-0.21
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	20:07	0.04	23-23	1.04-0.38
28	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	10:02	0.28	11-9	0.36-0.48
36	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	13:40	0.04	9-9	0.08-0.53
38	Jack Hillen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	11:38	0.02	10-9	0.31-0.40
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	16:21	0.04	18-11	0.87-0.18
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:50	0.08	15-10	0.57-0.23
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	25:12		24-27	1.01-0.67
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	13:42	0.04	17-19	0.86-0.41
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	22:46	0.01	23-18	1.00-0.58
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	11:43	0.01	11-9	0.34-0.40
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	14:06	0.04	10-8	0.36-0.45

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
70	Braden Holtby	W	30	29	1	60:00	1.53	+0.53

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Andrej Nestrasil · Jeff Skinner · Victor Rask	10:20	25.0	26.4	0-0
Eric Staal · Jiri Tlusty · Elias Lindholm	8:36	50.0	41.4	0-0
Jay McClement · Patrick Dwyer · Zach Boychuk	8:03	27.3	20.2	0-1
Alexander Semin · Nathan Gerbe · Riley Nash	7:46	70.0	63.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Tim Gleason · Justin Faulk	15:54	58.8	45.1	0-0
Ron Hainsey · Michal Jordan	15:27	42.5	30.0	0-2
John-Michael Liles · Jay Harrison	14:50	48.4	44.3	1-0

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
13	Alexander Semin	R	1	0	1	0	2	5	1	16:00	0.31	20-14	0.63-0.72
23	Jay Harrison	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	16:43	0.03	16-18	0.38-0.53
26	John-Michael Liles	D	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	19:51	0.12	16-18	0.38-0.56
6	Tim Gleason	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	20:39	0.03	21-17	0.57-0.74
9	Jiri Tlusty	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	17:11	0.01	11-13	0.31-0.58
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	21:50	0.19	21-16	0.39-0.65
15	Andrej Nestrasil	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12:31		8-15	0.14-0.33
18	Jay McClement	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	11:56	0.13	7-19	0.24-1.04
18	Riley Nash	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	14:31	0.14	21-10	0.67-0.49
22	Zach Boychuk	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	08:42	0.01	8-16	0.36-0.84
24	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	15:33	0.10	23-8	0.59-0.36
28	Elias Lindholm	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	16:57	0.13	18-11	0.38-0.44
39	Patrick Dwyer	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	12:06	0.05	7-18	0.25-0.90
47	Michal Jordan	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	16:20	0.13	17-24	0.46-1.14
49	Victor Rask	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:24	0.03	7-16	0.16-0.38
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16:07	0.09	11-17	0.15-0.37
72	Justin Faulk	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	24:36	0.02	20-14	0.57-0.70
81	Ron Hainsey	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	22:00	0.02	18-26	0.46-1.16

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Anton Khudobin	L	28	26	2	57:03	2.50	+0.50