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Washington Capitals at New York Rangers

Mar 29, 2015 · Madison Square Garden

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 5 31
New York Rangers 2 25

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:32 WSH Alex Ovechkin (48) Joel Ward (15), John Carlson (37) 1 - 0
18:10 NYR Kevin Hayes (15) Unassisted 1 - 1
19:11 NYR Derick Brassard (16) Mats Zuccarello (33), Ryan McDonagh (19) 1 - 2
2nd Period
11:17 WSH Alex Ovechkin (49) PP Nicklas Backstrom (55), Matt Niskanen (25) 2 - 2
3rd Period
04:41 WSH Jason Chimera (6) Eric Fehr (12), Brooks Laich (12) 3 - 2
07:40 WSH Jason Chimera (7) Brooks Laich (13), Eric Fehr (13) 4 - 2
17:37 WSH Marcus Johansson (18) Troy Brouwer (19), Brooks Orpik (17) 5 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:28 WSH Alex Ovechkin High sticking 2
07:27 WSH Brooks Orpik Interference 2
13:31 NYR Mats Zuccarello Holding the stick 2
2nd Period
05:55 NYR Team Too many men on the ice 2
06:44 WSH Troy Brouwer Tripping 2
08:48 WSH Joel Ward Slashing 2
09:20 NYR Derick Brassard Slashing 2
12:05 WSH Tom Wilson Roughing 2
3rd Period
12:46 NYR Dan Boyle Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 50 38 31 5 2.6 54.3
New York Rangers 50 39 25 2 2.9 45.7

How the game went

20246810Start2nd3rdNew York Rangers 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 New York Rangers had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.6 expected, 5 scored · New York Rangers: 2.9 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 4:32 of 1st, a 4% chanceWSH goal, 11:17 of 2nd, a 5% chanceWSH goal, 4:41 of 3rd, a 36% chanceWSH goal, 7:40 of 3rd, a 14% chanceWSH goal, 17:37 of 3rd, a 57% chanceNYR goal, 18:10 of 1st, a 16% chanceNYR goal, 19:11 of 1st, a 3% chanceNYR 2.9WSH 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
New York Rangers

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
Troy Brouwer · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson9:2053.351.10-1
Curtis Glencross · Michael Latta · Tom Wilson8:2066.722.80-0
Jason Chimera · Brooks Laich · Eric Fehr7:5869.277.32-0
Joel Ward · Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov7:5725.03.41-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner12:3245.052.81-1
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson12:0660.931.32-0
Tim Gleason · Mike Green11:5540.019.40-0

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 0 2 4 0 16:29 0.23 6-14 0.14-1.17
20 Jason Chimera L 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 13:43 0.53 10-7 0.81-0.38
21 Eric Fehr C 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 12:53 12-4 0.85-0.22
25 Brooks Laich C 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 12:20 0.21 11-5 0.82-0.23
90 Marcus Johansson L 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 19:36 0.01 12-9 0.37-0.45
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 22:17 13-13 0.88-0.64
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 20:12 0.16 10-10 0.33-0.47
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 1 1 0 2 3 3 17:17 0.23 11-8 0.39-0.30
42 Joel Ward R 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 14:57 3-11 0.04-1.07
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 1 1 3 2 3 5 19:47 0.12 21-9 0.68-0.93
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 20:32 0.04 15-10 0.43-1.09
6 Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:35 0.01 7-11 0.10-0.56
22 Curtis Glencross L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:20 0.03 12-6 0.20-0.36
27 Mike Green D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:59 0.12 10-10 0.18-0.44
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:02 0.01 10-11 0.70-0.60
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 09:25 0.06 11-4 0.20-0.30
46 Michael Latta C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:01 0.06 9-6 0.15-0.34
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:35 0.20 7-12 0.16-1.11
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 25 23 2 60:00 2.86 +0.86

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rick Nash · Derick Brassard · Mats Zuccarello11:0666.782.51-0
Dominic Moore · Tanner Glass · James Sheppard8:5643.861.60-1
Derek Stepan · Chris Kreider · Jesper Fast7:2640.026.10-1
Carl Hagelin · Kevin Hayes · J.T. Miller5:0240.043.31-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dan Boyle · Marc Staal11:5440.958.10-0
Keith Yandle · Chris Summers10:5443.550.71-1
Dan Girardi · Ryan McDonagh9:5266.795.41-1

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 Kevin Hayes R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 15:11 0.40 7-14 0.50-0.77
61 Derick Brassard C 1 0 1 1 2 5 0 16:24 0.87 10-5 1.05-0.22
27 Ryan McDonagh D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 20:08 0.10 9-6 0.89-0.09
36 Mats Zuccarello R 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 20:05 0.09 15-10 1.19-0.34
3 Keith Yandle D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:05 0.14 13-18 0.86-0.98
5 Dan Girardi D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 18:23 7-4 0.78-0.04
10 J.T. Miller C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:35 5-8 0.45-0.68
15 Tanner Glass L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 11:37 0.35 9-10 0.42-0.29
18 Marc Staal D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:46 0.08 10-15 0.39-0.42
20 Dominic Moore C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:44 9-12 0.44-0.34
21 Derek Stepan C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 16:07 0.10 6-7 0.13-0.15
22 Dan Boyle D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 22:01 0.34 14-17 0.53-0.44
22 Chris Kreider L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:59 6-8 0.13-0.15
45 James Sheppard C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:16 0.02 7-12 0.38-0.30
55 Chris Summers D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 15:00 0.03 11-16 0.82-0.99
61 Rick Nash L 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:41 0.26 10-11 1.05-0.32
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:34 0.11 6-9 0.51-0.72
71 Jesper Fast R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:34 6-8 0.12-0.17
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
33 Cam Talbot L 30 26 4 59:53 1.99 -2.01