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Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals

Mar 31, 2015 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Carolina Hurricanes 2 25
Washington Capitals 4 20

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:46 WSH Mike Green (8) Tom Wilson (13), Curtis Glencross (22) 0 - 1
11:12 WSH Alex Ovechkin (50) Evgeny Kuznetsov (23), Matt Niskanen (26) 0 - 2
2nd Period
05:00 CAR Nathan Gerbe (9) Alexander Semin (13) 1 - 2
10:33 CAR Eric Staal (22) Chris Terry (8), John-Michael Liles (17) 2 - 2
17:06 WSH Brooks Laich (7) Jason Chimera (12), Mike Green (34) 2 - 3
18:28 WSH Joel Ward (17) Alex Ovechkin (27), Evgeny Kuznetsov (24) 2 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
3rd Period
01:57 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Slashing 2
14:50 WSH Brooks Orpik Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Carolina Hurricanes 45 33 25 2 2.3 50.6
Washington Capitals 42 31 20 4 2.1 49.4

How the game went

420246Start2nd3rdWashington Capitals aheadCarolina Hurricanes 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 Carolina Hurricanes had.

Expected goals

Carolina Hurricanes: 2.3 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.1 expected, 4 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndCAR goal, 5:00 of 2nd, a 21% chanceCAR goal, 10:33 of 2nd, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 2:46 of 1st, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 11:12 of 1st, a 7% chanceWSH goal, 17:06 of 2nd, a 7% chanceWSH goal, 18:28 of 2nd, a 9% chanceCAR 2.3WSH 2.1

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

Carolina Hurricanes
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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexander Semin · Nathan Gerbe · Jordan Staal13:5955.038.61-0
Eric Staal · Chris Terry · Andrej Nestrasil13:5868.074.61-0
Jeff Skinner · Victor Rask · Elias Lindholm10:2220.023.30-1
Jay McClement · Patrick Dwyer · Brad Malone10:0240.036.20-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ron Hainsey · Justin Faulk17:5247.137.50-1
Danny Biega · Ryan Murphy13:0150.065.51-0
John-Michael Liles · Brett Bellemore12:4747.136.00-2

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
12 Eric Staal C 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 17:37 0.63 21-10 1.18-0.35
24 Nathan Gerbe C 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 17:05 0.31 12-12 0.44-0.80
13 Alexander Semin R 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:24 0.11 13-11 0.52-0.75
15 Chris Terry L 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 19:16 0.34 20-11 1.16-0.43
26 John-Michael Liles D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 19:55 0.12 10-11 0.31-0.39
11 Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 17:02 12-9 0.49-0.67
15 Andrej Nestrasil C 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:08 0.09 17-10 0.82-0.38
18 Jay McClement C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:12 0.15 6-12 0.26-0.60
24 Brad Malone C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 11:22 6-9 0.26-0.45
28 Elias Lindholm C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:29 0.07 6-10 0.51-0.37
32 Ryan Murphy D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:26 0.08 14-9 0.73-0.34
39 Patrick Dwyer R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 12:07 0.10 6-10 0.26-0.50
41 Danny Biega D 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 16:51 12-10 1.10-0.34
49 Victor Rask C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:33 0.06 3-10 0.18-0.37
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:09 0.18 4-9 0.25-0.32
72 Justin Faulk D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 24:46 0.03 19-22 1.06-1.26
73 Brett Bellemore D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 14:18 10-11 0.24-0.50
81 Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 23:20 0.01 19-19 0.76-1.15
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Cam Ward 20 16 4 60:00 2.05 -1.95

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Troy Brouwer · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson15:2360.773.90-0
Joel Ward · Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov13:2457.967.72-0
Jason Chimera · Brooks Laich · Eric Fehr11:5735.315.91-1
Curtis Glencross · Michael Latta · Tom Wilson9:1330.824.50-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson20:1345.242.10-1
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner17:4250.044.51-1
Tim Gleason · Mike Green15:2956.068.83-0

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
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 1 2 2 0 4 2 15:13 0.26 12-10 0.51-0.24
27 Mike Green D 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 16:02 0.21 14-12 0.73-0.42
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 15:35 0.06 11-9 0.46-0.22
25 Brooks Laich C 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 15:02 0.07 7-11 0.17-0.83
42 Joel Ward R 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 16:00 0.09 12-9 0.51-0.29
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 21:27 0.02 13-13 0.72-0.94
20 Jason Chimera L 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 14:02 0.08 6-13 0.16-0.85
22 Curtis Glencross L 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 10:12 5-9 0.31-0.61
43 Tom Wilson R 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 10:49 0.21 6-9 0.32-0.61
6 Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 16:51 0.03 15-11 0.75-0.33
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:00 0.39 18-12 1.11-0.42
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:14 0.08 7-12 0.21-0.85
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 20:17 0.02 12-12 0.70-0.87
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 19:09 0.19 17-11 1.00-0.35
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 7 23:00 0.01 14-19 0.54-0.90
46 Michael Latta C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:31 5-9 0.21-0.61
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:31 0.09 14-17 0.54-0.75
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:05 0.26 17-12 1.00-0.42
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 25 23 2 60:00 2.25 +0.25