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Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals

Mar 15, 2015 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 0 32
Washington Capitals 2 38

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
12:43 WSH John Carlson (11) PP Nicklas Backstrom (52), Troy Brouwer (18) 0 - 1
2nd Period
13:37 WSH Nate Schmidt (1) Tom Wilson (12), Nicklas Backstrom (53) 0 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
12:27 BOS Brad Marchand Roughing 2
17:19 WSH Chris Conner Tripping 2
2nd Period
03:15 WSH Chris Conner High sticking 2
3rd Period
04:38 WSH Mike Green Interference 2
13:47 WSH Karl Alzner Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 70 44 32 0 2.3 45.2
Washington Capitals 63 53 38 2 3.4 54.8

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdWashington Capitals aheadBoston Bruins 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 Washington Capitals had taken more, and below it and blue while Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 2.3 expected, 0 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.4 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 12:43 of 1st, a 3% chanceWSH goal, 13:37 of 2nd, a 5% chanceWSH 3.4BOS 2.3

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

Boston Bruins
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.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kelly · Loui Eriksson · Carl Soderberg12:3452.427.00-0
Gregory Campbell · Max Talbot · Daniel Paille9:2035.010.60-0
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Reilly Smith9:0955.054.20-0
Milan Lucic · Ryan Spooner · David Pastrnak8:2665.243.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Dougie Hamilton16:0645.230.50-1
Dennis Seidenberg · Matt Bartkowski15:2441.235.70-0
Adam McQuaid · Torey Krug11:4946.79.50-0

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
4 Dennis Seidenberg D 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 20:06 0.40 17-23 0.87-1.45
7 Dougie Hamilton D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 22:30 0.15 14-17 0.35-0.81
9 Gregory Campbell C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 12:46 0.03 8-18 0.13-1.07
12 Daniel Paille L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:46 7-14 0.11-0.92
15 Ryan Spooner C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:43 0.30 15-12 0.32-0.58
17 Milan Lucic L 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 16:32 0.12 16-15 0.34-0.76
19 Reilly Smith R 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 11:26 0.06 11-15 0.60-0.79
21 Loui Eriksson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:48 11-13 0.22-0.67
22 Chris Kelly C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:51 0.08 11-14 0.22-0.78
25 Max Talbot C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:32 9-16 0.16-1.03
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 22:07 0.10 15-19 0.42-0.92
34 Carl Soderberg C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:37 0.10 12-17 0.25-0.87
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:08 0.30 12-12 0.63-0.71
44 Matt Bartkowski D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:17 0.09 16-21 0.79-1.46
47 Torey Krug D 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 22:30 0.18 16-18 0.12-0.80
54 Adam McQuaid D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:58 0.03 16-16 0.09-0.80
63 Brad Marchand L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 15:25 0.25 14-14 0.68-0.67
88 David Pastrnak R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:46 0.14 15-11 0.32-0.52
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Tuukka Rask L 38 36 2 57:56 3.36 +1.36

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson13:0065.093.30-0
Curtis Glencross · Troy Brouwer · Evgeny Kuznetsov10:2944.071.50-0
Jason Chimera · Joel Ward · Eric Fehr9:4354.546.70-0
Brooks Laich · Chris Conner · Marcus Johansson6:2668.888.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner16:1256.355.30-0
Tim Gleason · Mike Green13:0757.782.20-0
John Carlson · Nate Schmidt11:2058.369.41-0

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
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 20:31 0.06 18-8 1.30-0.06
74 John Carlson D 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 21:26 0.22 18-19 0.98-0.39
88 Nate Schmidt D 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 12:58 0.09 19-11 0.83-0.20
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 17:36 0.09 13-17 0.60-0.34
43 Tom Wilson R 0 1 1 1 0 2 6 15:40 0.32 15-11 0.80-0.17
6 Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:45 15-16 0.78-0.31
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 17:35 0.30 18-10 0.95-0.16
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 25:00 0.07 19-17 0.94-0.75
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 14:51 0.43 15-11 0.99-0.65
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:50 0.18 13-13 0.59-0.76
22 Curtis Glencross L 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 11:13 0.33 12-17 0.59-0.31
23 Chris Conner R 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 07:32 0.09 12-7 0.62-0.15
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12:13 0.31 13-6 0.63-0.10
27 Mike Green D 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 20:28 0.20 25-15 1.84-0.21
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 23:29 0.01 18-17 0.88-0.80
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:22 0.34 15-12 0.99-0.67
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:31 0.25 15-8 0.74-0.18
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:00 0.08 12-20 0.57-0.39
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W, SO 32 32 0 60:00 2.30 +2.30