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Washington Capitals at New York Rangers

Dec 23, 2014 · Madison Square Garden

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 2 32
New York Rangers 4 27

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:32 NYR Rick Nash (21) Mats Zuccarello (11), Derick Brassard (17) 0 - 1
2nd Period
01:03 NYR Martin St. Louis (11) PP Dan Boyle (1), Derick Brassard (18) 0 - 2
3rd Period
05:12 NYR Rick Nash (22) Mats Zuccarello (12) 0 - 3
05:53 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (4) Troy Brouwer (7), John Carlson (21) 1 - 3
10:58 WSH Alex Ovechkin (16) PP John Carlson (22), Marcus Johansson (11) 2 - 3
16:12 NYR Rick Nash (23) PP Derek Stepan (16), Derick Brassard (19) 2 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
17:47 WSH Brooks Orpik Cross checking 2
2nd Period
00:27 WSH Alex Ovechkin Boarding 2
03:59 WSH Karl Alzner Slashing 2
12:02 NYR Chris Kreider Tripping 2
14:03 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Hooking 2
14:54 NYR Team Too many men on the ice 2
18:28 NYR Mats Zuccarello Tripping 2
3rd Period
09:29 NYR Matt Hunwick Hooking 2
14:35 WSH Nicklas Backstrom High sticking double minor 4
14:35 WSH Team Delaying game bench face off violation 2
19:30 NYR Carl Hagelin Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 60 44 32 2 3.9 64.6
New York Rangers 48 36 27 4 4.3 35.4

How the game went

20151050510Start2nd3rdNew York Rangers aheadWashington Capitals 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 New York Rangers had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 3.9 expected, 2 scored · New York Rangers: 4.3 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 5:53 of 3rd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 10:58 of 3rd, a 7% chanceNYR goal, 3:32 of 1st, a 10% chanceNYR goal, 1:03 of 2nd, a 6% chanceNYR goal, 5:12 of 3rd, a 9% chanceNYR goal, 16:12 of 3rd, a 18% chanceNYR 4.3WSH 3.9

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Eric Fehr · Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom11:1750.051.20-1
Troy Brouwer · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov8:1183.394.51-0
Joel Ward · Brooks Laich · Jay Beagle5:2450.047.00-0
Jason Chimera · Michael Latta · Andre Burakovsky4:3133.38.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson11:3750.048.10-2
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner11:1887.590.90-0
Mike Green · Nate Schmidt8:2155.633.10-0

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
74 John Carlson D 0 2 2 -1 0 4 1 24:21 0.19 22-14 1.61-0.62
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 1 -1 2 6 8 19:58 0.21 15-11 0.89-0.29
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 11:41 0.19 6-1 0.39-0.02
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 17:38 0.59 8-1 0.95-0.02
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 14:58 0.62 13-2 1.84-0.11
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:20 0.01 12-5 0.31-0.08
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 4 3 1 19:39 0.34 14-11 0.89-0.29
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:36 5-4 0.13-0.29
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 15:06 0.17 10-11 0.31-0.29
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 15:41 0.38 17-6 1.20-0.29
27 Mike Green D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:44 0.03 10-8 0.77-0.30
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 17:04 0.09 13-3 0.42-0.08
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:10 0.30 13-2 0.97-0.23
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 14:44 0.76 18-5 1.23-0.29
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 4 19:14 0.01 14-12 0.53-0.56
46 Michael Latta C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:40 5-5 0.13-0.38
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:57 0.01 10-9 0.36-0.44
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:45 5-5 0.14-0.33
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby L 27 23 4 58:31 3.00 -1.00

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Martin St. Louis · Derek Stepan · Chris Kreider11:0021.421.40-0
Carl Hagelin · Kevin Hayes · J.T. Miller9:2745.576.00-0
Rick Nash · Derick Brassard · Mats Zuccarello8:3138.119.52-0
Dominic Moore · Tanner Glass · Jesper Fast7:1125.034.90-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kevin Klein · Marc Staal10:0933.330.60-0
Dan Girardi · Ryan McDonagh9:3645.829.42-0
Kevin Klein · Matt Hunwick6:2550.039.70-0

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
61 Rick Nash L 3 0 3 2 0 5 1 18:18 0.87 8-13 0.28-1.16
61 Derick Brassard C 0 3 3 2 0 1 3 16:06 0.06 11-14 0.38-1.19
36 Mats Zuccarello R 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 14:46 0.02 11-16 0.33-1.72
26 Martin St. Louis R 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 18:43 0.77 4-14 0.15-0.38
21 Derek Stepan C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 21:36 0.09 3-13 0.09-0.35
22 Dan Boyle D 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 19:50 0.29 2-10 0.02-0.25
5 Dan Girardi D 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 18:55 0.02 12-17 0.42-1.17
8 Kevin Klein D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:52 0.02 9-15 0.54-1.19
10 J.T. Miller C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:11 0.24 7-6 0.28-0.08
13 Kevin Hayes R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:11 5-6 0.26-0.08
15 Tanner Glass L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 09:59 0.21 2-7 0.23-0.44
18 Marc Staal D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 21:45 0.02 8-16 0.56-1.13
20 Dominic Moore C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:25 0.05 3-9 0.25-0.99
22 Chris Kreider L 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 15:40 0.06 6-12 0.19-0.37
27 Ryan McDonagh D 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 19:13 0.09 11-15 0.36-1.04
48 Matt Hunwick D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 14:46 0.02 4-11 0.06-0.43
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:38 7-10 0.28-0.64
71 Jesper Fast R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:07 2-6 0.23-0.43
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Henrik Lundqvist W 32 30 2 60:00 3.85 +1.85