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Washington Capitals at Minnesota Wild

Mar 19, 2015 · Xcel Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 27
Minnesota Wild 2 30

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
15:25 WSH Alex Ovechkin (46) Karl Alzner (15), Matt Niskanen (21) 1 - 0
16:04 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (9) Unassisted 2 - 0
19:51 MIN Christian Folin (2) Zach Parise (28), Mikael Granlund (24) 2 - 1
3rd Period
03:05 WSH Alex Ovechkin (47) Nicklas Backstrom (54) 3 - 1
14:04 MIN Jared Spurgeon (9) PP Thomas Vanek (29), Mikael Granlund (25) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
11:33 MIN Sean Bergenheim Interference 2
11:33 WSH Tom Wilson Roughing 2
18:36 MIN Mikko Koivu Hooking 2
2nd Period
04:49 MIN Jordan Leopold Holding 2
09:40 WSH Mike Green Tripping 2
14:45 WSH Tom Wilson Embellishment 2
14:45 MIN Zach Parise Roughing 2
17:33 MIN Chris Stewart Roughing 2
3rd Period
03:36 MIN Chris Stewart High sticking 2
12:21 WSH Jason Chimera Hooking 2
19:58 WSH John Carlson Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 58 42 27 3 2.9 50.7
Minnesota Wild 54 40 30 2 2.5 49.3

How the game went

201510505Start2nd3rdMinnesota Wild 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 Minnesota Wild had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.9 expected, 3 scored · Minnesota Wild: 2.5 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 15:25 of 2nd, a 25% chanceWSH goal, 16:04 of 2nd, a 26% chanceWSH goal, 3:05 of 3rd, a 4% chanceMIN goal, 19:51 of 2nd, a 8% chanceMIN goal, 14:04 of 3rd, a 33% chanceWSH 2.9MIN 2.5

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
Minnesota Wild

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
Jason Chimera · Joel Ward · Eric Fehr9:5857.137.70-0
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson9:2861.171.91-0
Curtis Glencross · Troy Brouwer · Evgeny Kuznetsov8:3612.59.90-0
Brooks Laich · Michael Latta · Tom Wilson8:0061.182.60-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner13:5359.164.10-1
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson11:0360.086.31-0
Mike Green · Nate Schmidt10:1554.560.40-0

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 2 0 6 2 20:43 0.58 12-10 0.51-0.20
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 14:19 0.39 1-8 0.02-0.20
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 21:17 0.05 13-15 0.52-0.84
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 21:17 13-10 0.53-0.26
27 Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17:34 13-12 0.52-0.46
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:55 0.15 12-12 0.39-0.75
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13:38 0.07 12-10 0.39-0.64
22 Curtis Glencross L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:52 1-7 0.02-0.18
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 11:50 0.43 12-8 0.91-0.20
27 Mike Green D 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 15:20 0.09 7-10 0.23-0.31
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:50 0.06 2-10 0.17-0.22
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:36 0.03 12-9 0.39-0.64
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 -1 4 1 3 10:48 0.32 12-8 0.91-0.20
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 22:30 17-19 1.11-0.74
46 Michael Latta C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:41 0.07 11-8 0.88-0.20
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 2 2 6 1 25:18 0.20 16-11 0.91-0.15
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:19 0.05 7-5 0.19-0.11
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 17:29 0.34 12-8 0.51-0.22
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 30 28 2 59:59 2.53 +0.53

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Pominville · Zach Parise · Mikael Granlund11:3763.068.31-0
Mikko Koivu · Chris Stewart · Nino Niederreiter9:4360.073.60-0
Thomas Vanek · Charlie Coyle · Justin Fontaine9:2558.350.10-0
Sean Bergenheim · Kyle Brodziak · Erik Haula4:5233.347.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jonas Brodin · Mathew Dumba11:3950.056.40-0
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon10:2947.634.50-1
Jordan Leopold · Christian Folin7:3945.539.70-0

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
64 Mikael Granlund C 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 17:34 0.08 18-15 0.78-1.11
32 Christian Folin D 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 13:21 0.08 6-10 0.23-0.28
46 Jared Spurgeon D 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 21:52 0.70 12-15 0.20-1.01
9 Zach Parise L 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 19:06 0.51 17-17 0.76-1.23
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 13:20 0.21 8-6 0.17-0.16
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 12:44 0.17 8-8 0.17-0.18
9 Mikko Koivu C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18:00 0.04 6-7 0.18-0.20
14 Justin Fontaine R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:51 0.11 7-6 0.16-0.18
22 Ryan Suter D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 30:38 0.05 16-15 0.42-0.39
23 Sean Bergenheim L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 05:36 0.01 3-7 0.16-0.18
24 Mathew Dumba D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 21:36 0.14 15-16 0.81-1.22
25 Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 23:21 0.05 17-12 0.78-0.53
28 Kyle Brodziak C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:35 0.09 4-17 0.17-1.23
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:31 0.03 18-10 0.77-0.35
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 09:16 6-6 0.17-0.22
44 Chris Stewart R 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 13:15 0.10 7-5 0.20-0.22
56 Erik Haula L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:14 0.11 3-7 0.16-0.33
62 Nino Niederreiter R 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:31 0.06 7-6 0.20-0.10
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Devan Dubnyk L 27 24 3 58:39 2.83 -0.17