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Washington Capitals at Nashville Predators

Jan 16, 2015 · Bridgestone Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 34
Nashville Predators 4 30

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
16:16 NSH Seth Jones (3) Calle Jarnkrok (7) 0 - 1
2nd Period
01:50 NSH James Neal (14) Mike Fisher (9), Victor Bartley (7) 0 - 2
03:46 WSH Alex Ovechkin (23) Karl Alzner (7), Nicklas Backstrom (30) 1 - 2
06:18 WSH Alex Ovechkin (24) PP Mike Green (20), Troy Brouwer (11) 2 - 2
3rd Period
02:38 WSH Marcus Johansson (13) PP Nicklas Backstrom (31), Mike Green (21) 3 - 2
15:31 NSH Mattias Ekholm (4) PP Seth Jones (10), Craig Smith (12) 3 - 3
18:20 NSH James Neal (15) Unassisted 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:07 WSH Jack Hillen Slashing 2
2nd Period
05:39 NSH Mattias Ekholm Tripping 2
13:55 NSH Anton Volchenkov Interference 2
15:18 WSH Mike Green Hooking 2
3rd Period
02:10 NSH Shea Weber Slashing 2
03:42 WSH Brooks Orpik Elbowing 2
14:46 WSH John Carlson Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 62 49 34 3 2.6 55.9
Nashville Predators 59 35 30 4 2.7 44.1

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdNashville Predators 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 Nashville Predators had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.6 expected, 3 scored · Nashville Predators: 2.7 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 3:46 of 2nd, a 2% chanceWSH goal, 6:18 of 2nd, a 4% chanceWSH goal, 2:38 of 3rd, a 42% chanceNSH goal, 16:16 of 1st, a 1% chanceNSH goal, 1:50 of 2nd, a 13% chanceNSH goal, 15:31 of 3rd, a 4% chanceNSH goal, 18:20 of 3rd, a 13% chanceNSH 2.7WSH 2.6

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
Nashville Predators

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
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Andre Burakovsky9:4860.982.41-0
Troy Brouwer · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov9:0245.018.40-2
Joel Ward · Brooks Laich · Jay Beagle5:5883.373.10-0
Joel Ward · Brooks Laich · Michael Latta5:5833.332.70-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner17:0566.754.91-0
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson15:0248.649.80-2
Mike Green · Jack Hillen11:3653.344.40-0

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
8 Alex Ovechkin L 2 0 2 1 0 9 1 20:38 0.68 25-16 0.79-0.23
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 2 2 1 0 2 3 21:21 0.12 22-15 0.77-0.19
27 Mike Green D 0 2 2 0 2 1 3 18:13 0.17 11-10 0.30-0.40
90 Marcus Johansson L 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 16:59 0.66 13-15 0.26-0.93
27 Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:18 0.06 21-13 0.48-0.48
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 17:27 0.13 10-12 0.26-0.88
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22:32 0.03 24-11 0.59-0.52
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:40 0.05 10-8 0.32-0.31
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:38 0.06 9-6 0.45-0.30
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:29 0.01 16-9 0.28-0.05
38 Jack Hillen D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 12:43 0.03 9-8 0.26-0.31
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:33 0.04 10-7 0.41-0.36
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:13 0.01 11-9 0.60-0.44
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -3 2 1 2 20:16 0.03 21-20 0.92-0.95
46 Michael Latta C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:15 2-6 0.08-0.28
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 22:46 0.17 18-20 0.82-0.82
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 13:36 0.27 14-6 0.55-0.35
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 13:10 0.09 14-14 0.28-0.93
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 30 26 4 58:28 2.64 -1.36

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Fisher · James Neal · Colin Wilson12:3753.643.31-0
Mike Ribeiro · Craig Smith · Filip Forsberg11:2336.850.50-0
Matt Cullen · Olli Jokinen · Calle Jarnkrok9:0458.361.21-0
Paul Gaustad · Taylor Beck · Gabriel Bourque7:4125.013.20-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shea Weber · Roman Josi18:2542.128.70-0
Anton Volchenkov · Mattias Ekholm9:3242.969.40-0
Mattias Ekholm · Seth Jones7:3755.668.92-0

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
81 James Neal L 2 0 2 2 0 5 1 19:02 0.39 19-19 0.66-0.61
3 Seth Jones D 1 1 2 3 0 3 2 23:01 0.21 18-15 1.15-0.84
14 Mattias Ekholm D 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 23:11 0.08 16-18 0.88-0.43
12 Mike Fisher C 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 18:23 0.07 20-16 0.78-0.58
15 Craig Smith C 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 17:19 0.70 10-14 0.73-0.55
19 Calle Jarnkrok C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 11:58 0.01 9-7 0.40-0.25
20 Victor Bartley D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 08:40 6-9 0.53-0.35
6 Shea Weber D 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 26:22 0.17 17-24 0.22-0.58
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 10:37 0.18 7-8 0.32-0.26
9 Filip Forsberg L 0 0 0 1 0 5 4 18:11 0.51 11-15 0.71-0.51
13 Olli Jokinen C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:47 0.09 8-5 0.32-0.20
20 Anton Volchenkov D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:01 7-10 0.39-0.15
22 Colin Wilson C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:03 0.25 16-17 0.56-0.64
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:31 4-12 0.04-0.26
28 Taylor Beck L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:59 4-14 0.04-0.31
57 Gabriel Bourque L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:56 7-12 0.16-0.26
59 Roman Josi D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 26:51 18-28 0.34-1.01
63 Mike Ribeiro C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:01 8-17 0.53-0.58
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton 34 31 3 60:00 2.60 -0.40