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Nashville Predators at Washington Capitals

Mar 28, 2015 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Nashville Predators 4 27
Washington Capitals 3 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
09:02 NSH Mattias Ekholm (7) Gabriel Bourque (8), Anton Volchenkov (6) 1 - 0
11:29 NSH Mike Fisher (18) Filip Forsberg (35), Gabriel Bourque (9) 2 - 0
14:47 NSH Filip Forsberg (23) Mike Ribeiro (44) 3 - 0
2nd Period
00:19 WSH Troy Brouwer (19) Evgeny Kuznetsov (22), Marcus Johansson (24) 3 - 1
07:32 WSH Troy Brouwer (20) SH Brooks Laich (11) 3 - 2
11:56 NSH Mike Ribeiro (15) Filip Forsberg (36), Craig Smith (19) 4 - 2
3rd Period
00:20 WSH Mike Green (7) Matt Niskanen (24), Marcus Johansson (25) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:48 NSH Cody Franson Roughing 2
06:53 NSH Mattias Ekholm Hooking 2
09:19 WSH Brooks Laich Tripping 2
2nd Period
05:43 WSH Matt Niskanen Holding 2
17:48 WSH Tom Wilson Holding 2
17:48 NSH Mattias Ekholm Roughing 2
17:48 WSH Tom Wilson Roughing 2
18:08 NSH Taylor Beck High sticking 2
19:08 WSH Alex Ovechkin Embellishment 2
19:08 NSH Roman Josi Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators 58 43 27 4 2.3 50.0
Washington Capitals 61 44 28 3 2.3 50.0

How the game went

12108642024Start2nd3rdWashington Capitals aheadNashville Predators 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 Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 2.3 expected, 4 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.3 expected, 3 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndNSH goal, 9:02 of 1st, a 4% chanceNSH goal, 11:29 of 1st, a 26% chanceNSH goal, 14:47 of 1st, a 2% chanceNSH goal, 11:56 of 2nd, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 0:19 of 2nd, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 7:32 of 2nd, a 3% chanceWSH goal, 0:20 of 3rd, a 9% chanceNSH 2.3WSH 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

Nashville Predators
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.

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Fisher · Viktor Stalberg · Colin Wilson10:5936.040.40-1
Paul Gaustad · Taylor Beck · Gabriel Bourque10:5933.345.70-1
Mike Santorelli · Calle Jarnkrok · Viktor Arvidsson9:0064.357.20-0
Mike Ribeiro · Craig Smith · Filip Forsberg8:2364.748.22-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Josi · Seth Jones17:3040.040.21-1
Cody Franson · Mattias Ekholm12:4271.476.90-0
Anton Volchenkov · Ryan Ellis11:3245.540.21-0

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
9 Filip Forsberg L 1 2 3 2 0 3 2 14:06 0.41 19-8 0.99-0.49
63 Mike Ribeiro C 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 13:05 0.38 15-8 0.39-0.37
57 Gabriel Bourque L 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 17:03 0.25 9-11 0.84-0.33
12 Mike Fisher C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 19:35 0.32 14-20 1.02-0.64
14 Mattias Ekholm D 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 17:26 0.10 18-12 0.37-0.18
15 Craig Smith C 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 11:46 0.07 14-8 0.43-0.44
20 Anton Volchenkov D 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 14:12 0.11 11-14 0.46-0.67
3 Seth Jones D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 27:01 0.03 14-24 0.47-0.79
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 17:57 0.04 19-8 0.91-0.14
19 Calle Jarnkrok C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:30 0.01 12-7 0.23-0.19
22 Colin Wilson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:51 0.11 12-20 0.44-0.60
24 Viktor Stalberg L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:59 0.13 9-17 0.38-0.61
25 Mike Santorelli C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:19 0.08 14-6 0.23-0.12
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 17:30 6-16 0.23-0.45
28 Taylor Beck L 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 16:05 0.03 7-12 0.27-0.28
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:38 0.06 9-8 0.16-0.12
59 Roman Josi D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 26:34 0.10 21-23 1.14-0.70
94 Ryan Ellis D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 17:23 0.11 12-13 0.48-0.62
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Pekka Rinne 28 25 3 60:00 2.24 -0.76

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joel Ward · Brooks Laich · Eric Fehr10:0142.332.10-2
Troy Brouwer · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov9:0746.755.71-0
Curtis Glencross · Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom9:0250.067.20-0
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson4:4375.069.80-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson15:1951.545.50-2
Tim Gleason · Mike Green13:5548.160.10-0
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner13:3042.327.71-1

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
36 Troy Brouwer R 2 0 2 3 0 4 7 18:08 0.37 11-11 0.47-0.37
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 16:52 0.04 11-11 0.41-0.39
27 Mike Green D 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 19:52 0.19 17-16 0.70-0.53
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 20:10 0.01 13-16 0.44-0.94
25 Brooks Laich C 0 1 1 -1 2 0 1 12:50 13-18 0.55-1.12
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 12:58 0.18 10-9 0.44-0.26
6 Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14:55 0.03 13-14 0.58-0.38
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 -1 2 6 6 22:24 0.43 18-13 0.43-0.27
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 23:15 0.01 18-11 0.40-0.26
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:44 0.03 7-6 0.19-0.13
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 15:22 0.36 12-20 0.52-1.22
22 Curtis Glencross L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:15 11-12 0.24-0.26
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:20 0.01 14-16 0.48-1.01
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 13:46 0.11 12-17 0.59-1.22
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 -1 4 0 4 10:53 0.11 11-7 0.22-0.03
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 10 20:41 0.02 17-16 0.38-0.45
46 Michael Latta C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:16 7-6 0.19-0.13
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 23:02 0.34 20-16 0.52-0.45
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Justin Peters 14 13 1 43:30 1.07 +0.07
70 Braden Holtby 13 10 3 14:47 1.25 -1.75