Washington Capitals at Florida Panthers

Dec 16, 2014 · BB&T Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	1	24
Florida Panthers	2	29

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
09:36	FLA	Derek MacKenzie (3)	Scottie Upshall (5)	0 - 1
2nd Period
14:35	WSH	Troy Brouwer (9) PP	Alex Ovechkin (12), Nicklas Backstrom (23)	1 - 1
Shootout
	FLA	Nick Bjugstad	Shootout winner	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
02:15	WSH	Jason Chimera	Interference	2
05:10	FLA	Tomas Fleischmann	Hooking	2
13:46	FLA	Dylan Olsen	Holding	2
17:54	WSH	Brooks Orpik	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	49	34	24	1	1.8	48.8
Florida Panthers	51	42	29	1	1.7	51.2

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 Florida Panthers had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 1.8 expected, 1 scored · Florida Panthers: 1.7 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

Florida Panthers

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	14:12	58.3	55.3	0-1
Joel Ward · Brooks Laich · Eric Fehr	12:47	64.0	66.9	0-0
Troy Brouwer · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov	10:37	25.0	19.5	0-0
Jason Chimera · Jay Beagle · Michael Latta	8:58	27.3	44.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson	19:06	51.5	55.9	0-0
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner	16:14	43.5	47.5	0-0
Mike Green · Nate Schmidt	14:40	54.5	53.4	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
36	Troy Brouwer	R	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	15:50	0.31	4-12	0.11-0.43
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	-1	0	6	7	20:48	0.28	16-10	0.34-0.27
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	19:21	0.19	17-12	0.40-0.30
15	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	21:49	0.02	10-16	0.27-0.47
20	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	11:53		5-8	0.25-0.24
21	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	16:18	0.35	17-10	0.56-0.28
25	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	17:39	0.06	16-11	0.56-0.31
27	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	21:13	0.07	14-10	0.38-0.31
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	20:18	0.06	11-14	0.30-0.30
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	18:43	0.10	16-11	0.56-0.29
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	8	15:40	0.03	15-11	0.33-0.29
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	23:30	0.02	18-19	0.60-0.62
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10:08	0.08	4-8	0.24-0.24
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	24:14	0.07	17-17	0.60-0.47
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12:38	0.12	5-9	0.22-0.24
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	16:16		12-11	0.36-0.33
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:21		4-13	0.11-0.43
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	14:21	0.03	4-13	0.11-0.43

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
70	Braden Holtby	OTL	29	28	1	65:00	1.64	+0.64

Florida Panthers

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brad Boyes · Sean Bergenheim · Aleksander Barkov	13:45	66.7	68.6	0-0
Jussi Jokinen · Dave Bolland · Jimmy Hayes	10:10	41.2	42.0	0-0
Derek MacKenzie · Tomas Kopecky · Scottie Upshall	9:27	66.7	64.5	1-0
Tomas Fleischmann · Nick Bjugstad · Jonathan Huberdeau	9:05	40.9	28.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brian Campbell · Aaron Ekblad	16:32	66.7	88.1	0-0
Willie Mitchell · Dmitry Kulikov	15:12	44.0	26.8	1-0
Dylan Olsen · Erik Gudbranson	12:49	56.5	51.0	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
17	Derek MacKenzie	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	5	12:24	0.06	10-4	0.34-0.16
9	Scottie Upshall	R	0	1	1	1	0	2	6	11:15	0.21	8-4	0.29-0.16
4	Dylan Olsen	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	18:02	0.02	15-14	0.38-0.38
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	24:33	0.05	16-11	0.62-0.10
7	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	24:11	0.02	13-18	0.27-0.70
10	Jimmy Hayes	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	17:12	0.20	12-14	0.42-0.25
10	Jonathan Huberdeau	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	14:40	0.14	10-13	0.25-0.50
12	Tomas Fleischmann	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	13:24	0.16	11-14	0.24-0.54
16	Aleksander Barkov	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18:27	0.05	15-7	0.50-0.20
23	Sean Bergenheim	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	16:15	0.13	15-10	0.50-0.31
28	Brad Boyes	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	17:24	0.14	12-9	0.31-0.31
33	Willie Mitchell	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	22:30	0.03	12-18	0.26-0.76
36	Jussi Jokinen	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18:26		8-11	0.20-0.22
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	16:27	0.15	14-12	0.37-0.48
51	Brian Campbell	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	24:17	0.07	16-9	0.62-0.09
63	Dave Bolland	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	17:45	0.02	9-14	0.18-0.39
72	Nick Bjugstad	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	16:03	0.13	10-16	0.24-0.51
82	Tomas Kopecky	R	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	13:56	0.08	9-7	0.30-0.23

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Roberto Luongo	W	24	23	1	65:00	1.77	+0.77