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Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets

Jan 27, 2015 · Nationwide Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 28
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 30

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
03:45 CBJ Mark Letestu (5) Corey Tropp (2), Jack Johnson (18) 0 - 1
15:39 CBJ Ryan Johansen (18) Kevin Connauton (8), Nick Foligno (25) 0 - 2
16:12 WSH Andre Burakovsky (7) Matt Niskanen (14), Nicklas Backstrom (33) 1 - 2
19:04 CBJ Fedor Tyutin (2) Cam Atkinson (8), Dalton Prout (6) 1 - 3
19:40 WSH Troy Brouwer (13) Matt Niskanen (15), Evgeny Kuznetsov (12) 2 - 3
3rd Period
05:20 CBJ Cam Atkinson (9) Fedor Tyutin (4), Nick Foligno (26) 2 - 4
12:09 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (5) Marcus Johansson (15), John Carlson (30) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:38 WSH Tom Wilson Boarding 2
12:03 WSH Matt Niskanen Holding 2
17:56 CBJ Fedor Tyutin High sticking 2
2nd Period
05:39 WSH Jack Hillen Hooking 2
3rd Period
01:13 CBJ Brandon Dubinsky Tripping 2
05:25 CBJ Jared Boll Hooking 2
08:19 WSH Tom Wilson Interference 2
17:15 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 52 41 28 3 2.6 54.3
Columbus Blue Jackets 49 41 30 4 3.8 45.7

How the game went

1050Start2nd3rdColumbus Blue Jackets 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 Columbus Blue Jackets had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.6 expected, 3 scored · Columbus Blue Jackets: 3.8 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 16:12 of 2nd, a 5% chanceWSH goal, 19:40 of 2nd, a 10% chanceWSH goal, 12:09 of 3rd, a 32% chanceCBJ goal, 3:45 of 2nd, a 12% chanceCBJ goal, 15:39 of 2nd, a 7% chanceCBJ goal, 19:04 of 2nd, a 2% chanceCBJ goal, 5:20 of 3rd, a 3% chanceCBJ 3.8WSH 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
Columbus Blue Jackets

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 Burakovsky11:2950.033.41-2
Troy Brouwer · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov9:4380.087.22-0
Joel Ward · Brooks Laich · Eric Fehr6:0566.751.70-1
Jason Chimera · Jay Beagle · Tom Wilson3:4340.013.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner16:3169.075.62-0
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson11:3540.942.21-3
Mike Green · Jack Hillen11:1046.739.80-1

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
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 14:09 0.60 8-3 0.90-0.21
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 22:43 0.02 21-9 1.05-0.34
28 Andre Burakovsky L 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 15:23 0.17 16-14 0.50-0.87
36 Troy Brouwer R 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 18:22 0.17 9-3 0.90-0.18
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 -1 2 2 1 18:14 0.25 15-16 0.55-0.90
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 19:50 10-14 0.62-0.98
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 15:36 0.19 9-5 0.90-0.31
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 21:52 0.38 18-19 0.67-0.99
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:06 0.01 5-4 0.17-0.25
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:14 0.21 13-9 0.48-0.46
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:37 0.08 7-3 0.24-0.22
27 Mike Green D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:45 0.04 8-10 0.32-0.60
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 22:51 0.19 21-10 1.06-0.35
38 Jack Hillen D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 12:24 7-8 0.30-0.45
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:04 0.08 9-8 0.38-0.46
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 -1 4 1 2 06:51 0.01 2-5 0.03-0.20
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 17:30 9-13 0.62-0.85
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:06 0.17 3-7 0.20-0.30
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby L 30 26 4 59:23 2.75 -1.25

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Foligno · Cam Atkinson · Ryan Johansen9:2566.771.72-0
Scott Hartnell · Brandon Dubinsky · Josh Anderson8:2433.313.50-0
Matt Calvert · Jeremy Morin · Alexander Wennberg5:270.00.00-1
Jared Boll · Mark Letestu · Corey Tropp4:2250.087.21-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jack Johnson · David Savard14:1040.928.31-2
Fedor Tyutin · Dalton Prout13:1763.677.82-0
James Wisniewski · Kevin Connauton13:1333.337.31-1

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
13 Cam Atkinson R 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 17:24 0.53 16-10 1.00-0.43
51 Fedor Tyutin D 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 16:46 0.05 15-9 0.99-0.27
71 Nick Foligno L 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 20:36 0.23 20-13 1.29-0.45
12 Ryan Johansen C 1 0 1 3 0 6 0 20:40 0.48 21-14 1.31-0.47
22 Mark Letestu C 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 13:32 0.25 6-6 0.40-0.24
3 Jack Johnson D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 22:55 10-14 0.39-0.95
5 Dalton Prout D 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 16:50 14-8 0.96-0.27
8 Kevin Connauton D 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 19:36 0.15 7-14 0.41-0.68
41 Corey Tropp R 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 08:39 0.05 3-3 0.20-0.09
9 Jeremy Morin L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 07:11 0.02 1-6 0.02-0.26
11 Matt Calvert L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 13:57 3-8 0.20-0.46
17 Scott Hartnell L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 19:34 0.09 7-15 0.11-1.04
17 Brandon Dubinsky C 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 18:03 0.22 5-12 0.08-0.60
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:00 0.19 10-13 0.39-0.57
21 James Wisniewski D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:34 0.05 9-16 0.45-0.75
21 Alexander Wennberg C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 15:27 0.22 0-9 0.00-0.87
40 Jared Boll R 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 05:53 4-4 0.36-0.45
58 David Savard D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:23 0.07 9-16 0.38-1.02
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Curtis McElhinney W 28 25 3 60:00 2.55 -0.45