Minnesota Wild at Washington Capitals

Mar 5, 2015 · Verizon Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Minnesota Wild	2	30
Washington Capitals	1	25

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
02:51	WSH	Curtis Glencross (10) PP	Evgeny Kuznetsov (19), Matt Niskanen (18)	0 - 1
3rd Period
09:19	MIN	Jason Pominville (14)	Zach Parise (22), Ryan Suter (29)	1 - 1
14:28	MIN	Jason Pominville (15)	Zach Parise (23)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
02:35	MIN	Thomas Vanek	High sticking	2
2nd Period
19:07	WSH	Jason Chimera	Hooking	2
3rd Period
18:47	WSH	Troy Brouwer	Interference goalkeeper	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild	55	40	30	2	2.5	55.8
Washington Capitals	46	36	25	1	1.8	44.2

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 Washington Capitals had taken more, and below it and blue while Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 2.5 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 1.8 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

Minnesota Wild

Washington Capitals

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.

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jason Pominville · Zach Parise · Mikael Granlund	13:31	52.4	65.4	2-0
Kyle Brodziak · Erik Haula · Justin Fontaine	10:55	82.4	88.7	0-0
Mikko Koivu · Sean Bergenheim · Chris Stewart	10:10	55.6	20.9	0-0
Thomas Vanek · Jordan Schroeder · Charlie Coyle	8:22	50.0	56.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Suter · Jonas Brodin	19:08	61.1	77.7	0-0
Jordan Leopold · Christian Folin	12:24	75.0	68.7	0-0
Nate Prosser · Mathew Dumba	10:11	42.9	20.7	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

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
29	Jason Pominville	R	2	0	2	2	0	5	2	17:04	0.53	11-10	0.70-0.37
9	Zach Parise	L	0	2	2	2	0	2	1	18:11	0.23	11-12	0.70-0.47
22	Ryan Suter	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	30:38	0.04	29-25	1.61-0.63
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14:24	0.09	19-15	0.74-0.32
9	Mikko Koivu	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:38	0.21	8-11	0.23-0.45
14	Jordan Schroeder	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	13:57	0.35	19-14	0.74-0.32
14	Justin Fontaine	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:41	0.37	15-7	0.69-0.34
23	Sean Bergenheim	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	15:57	0.10	14-9	0.51-0.28
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	17:10		11-17	0.57-0.58
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24:52		25-17	1.19-0.54
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	13:22	0.12	13-14	0.46-0.40
28	Kyle Brodziak	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	13:30	0.11	14-4	0.69-0.10
32	Christian Folin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15:18	0.03	15-7	0.60-0.29
33	Jordan Leopold	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	14:02	0.08	15-6	0.60-0.36
39	Nate Prosser	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16:18		11-12	0.14-0.58
44	Chris Stewart	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15:14		9-13	0.23-0.69
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:54	0.18	14-3	0.69-0.09
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	16:34	0.05	12-14	0.70-0.62

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Devan Dubnyk	25	24	1	60:00	1.80	+0.80

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson · Andre Burakovsky	15:16	38.2	41.6	0-0
Curtis Glencross · Troy Brouwer · Jay Beagle	12:58	46.7	27.9	0-0
Brooks Laich · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson	10:56	38.1	22.6	0-0
Jason Chimera · Joel Ward · Eric Fehr	10:40	47.1	39.9	0-2

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner	18:55	61.9	67.0	0-0
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson	17:46	25.0	19.8	0-1
Tim Gleason · Mike Green	15:21	45.9	50.8	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
22	Curtis Glencross	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	14:02	0.14	8-8	0.19-0.42
15	Matt Niskanen	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	23:05	0.05	14-8	0.38-0.18
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	12:45	0.13	9-13	0.18-0.61
6	Tim Gleason	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	16:06	0.01	17-21	0.72-0.71
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	18:23	0.22	15-21	0.58-0.75
20	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	-2	2	2	3	13:02	0.12	11-9	0.49-0.55
21	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	14:08	0.25	10-9	0.49-0.55
25	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	14:03	0.02	9-15	0.25-0.63
27	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	18:34	0.04	21-20	0.76-0.70
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19:32	0.04	13-8	0.36-0.18
28	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:49		14-21	0.57-0.75
36	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	15:53	0.11	8-8	0.18-0.42
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	13:13	0.16	9-9	0.43-0.55
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11:27	0.02	8-15	0.18-0.63
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	7	20:50		8-24	0.36-1.46
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	21:53	0.04	11-25	0.39-1.48
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	16:45	0.08	9-10	0.23-0.44
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	17:51	0.38	16-21	0.68-0.75

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
70	Braden Holtby	30	28	2	58:26	2.47	+0.47