Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals

Apr 8, 2015 · Verizon Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Boston Bruins	0	27
Washington Capitals	3	33

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
04:49	WSH	John Carlson (12)	Nicklas Backstrom (58), Marcus Johansson (27)	0 - 1
07:06	WSH	Matt Niskanen (4)	Nicklas Backstrom (59), Troy Brouwer (21)	0 - 2
2nd Period
17:47	WSH	Marcus Johansson (20)	Evgeny Kuznetsov (26), Troy Brouwer (22)	0 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
03:14	BOS	Brett Connolly	Hooking	2
3rd Period
12:42	BOS	Torey Krug	Interference	2
19:42	BOS	Brett Connolly	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins	64	46	27	0	1.8	56.1
Washington Capitals	56	45	33	3	1.7	43.9

How the game went

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: 1.8 expected, 0 scored · Washington Capitals: 1.7 expected, 3 scored

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Loui Eriksson · Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand	10:45	63.3	48.8	0-1
Chris Kelly · Reilly Smith · Ryan Spooner	7:37	72.2	71.1	0-0
Gregory Campbell · Carl Soderberg · David Pastrnak	7:14	38.5	42.7	0-0
David Krejci · Milan Lucic · Brett Connolly	7:06	58.3	52.1	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dennis Seidenberg · Torey Krug	14:54	56.7	37.2	0-1
Zdeno Chara · Zach Trotman	13:25	56.5	70.0	0-0
Adam McQuaid · Matt Bartkowski	11:07	61.9	81.7	0-0

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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
4	Dennis Seidenberg	D	-1	0	0	3	24:39		22-18	0.40-0.64
5	Zach Trotman	D	-1	0	0	1	16:06		14-13	0.39-0.49
9	Gregory Campbell	C	0	0	0	1	15:30	0.02	7-14	0.16-0.30
15	Ryan Spooner	C	0	0	1	0	13:14	0.12	25-8	0.89-0.31
17	Milan Lucic	L	-2	0	2	1	11:55	0.31	16-12	0.56-0.35
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	4	0	14:15	0.14	19-8	0.63-0.29
20	Brett Connolly	R	-1	4	1	1	12:54	0.02	9-8	0.18-0.21
21	Loui Eriksson	L	-1	0	2	0	17:53	0.20	24-13	0.62-0.52
22	Chris Kelly	C	0	0	1	1	15:15	0.09	15-9	0.51-0.28
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	2	4	23:25	0.04	25-18	0.70-0.26
34	Carl Soderberg	C	0	0	0	0	14:30		11-15	0.29-0.34
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	-1	0	2	1	17:59	0.11	21-18	0.46-0.58
44	Matt Bartkowski	D	-1	0	1	2	17:45	0.24	15-13	0.79-0.56
46	David Krejci	C	-2	0	1	2	14:44	0.13	11-14	0.31-0.31
47	Torey Krug	D	-2	2	6	2	19:06	0.13	26-19	0.39-0.60
54	Adam McQuaid	D	-1	0	1	3	19:27	0.02	26-20	1.03-0.40
63	Brad Marchand	L	-1	0	2	0	15:47	0.09	20-15	0.44-0.52
88	David Pastrnak	R	-1	0	1	0	11:18	0.19	14-15	0.49-0.35

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Tuukka Rask	33	30	3	60:00	1.72	-1.28

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Troy Brouwer · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson	13:10	57.1	74.2	2-0
Jason Chimera · Brooks Laich · Curtis Glencross	10:50	15.4	11.6	0-0
Joel Ward · Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov	10:05	39.1	36.5	0-0
Michael Latta · Stanislav Galiev · Andre Burakovsky	8:59	66.7	82.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson	19:43	57.1	61.8	2-0
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner	16:47	45.2	52.0	1-0
Tim Gleason · Mike Green	15:03	32.1	28.6	0-0

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	+/-	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	1	2	3	1	2	19:14	0.24	20-14	0.75-0.25
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	2	2	2	2	0	19:49	0.02	19-15	0.61-0.30
36	Troy Brouwer	R	0	2	2	3	4	2	19:10	0.39	19-13	0.75-0.23
15	Matt Niskanen	D	1	0	1	1	5	2	18:55	0.08	15-18	0.58-0.53
74	John Carlson	D	1	0	1	2	4	3	22:40	0.18	24-18	0.59-0.36
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	1	1	1	16:13	0.05	14-18	0.41-0.54
6	Tim Gleason	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	15:10		9-19	0.24-0.59
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	4	4	17:06	0.28	12-19	0.24-0.48
20	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:47	0.03	7-27	0.17-0.96
22	Curtis Glencross	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:55	0.07	5-23	0.15-1.01
25	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	13:33	0.05	7-26	0.20-0.95
27	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	0	3	2	18:57	0.06	11-27	0.30-0.92
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	1	1	3	18:13	0.02	15-24	0.57-0.81
28	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	11:23	0.10	12-7	0.29-0.06
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:57		13-19	0.27-0.60
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	2	1	4	22:31	0.08	26-22	0.65-0.49
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	12:31		11-6	0.26-0.09
49	Stanislav Galiev	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	09:56	0.09	11-5	0.27-0.05

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
70	Braden Holtby	27	27	0	60:00	1.83	+1.83