Washington Capitals at New York Islanders

1st Round, Game 4 · Apr 21, 2015 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	2	30
New York Islanders	1	37

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
13:06	WSH	Alex Ovechkin (2)	John Carlson (2), Nicklas Backstrom (3)	1 - 0
19:47	NYI	Casey Cizikas (1)	Cal Clutterbuck (1), Nick Leddy (2)	1 - 1
Overtime
11:09	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom (3)	Joel Ward (2), Alex Ovechkin (1)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
10:21	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	Tripping	2
2nd Period
03:32	WSH	Tom Wilson	Kneeing	2
05:54	WSH	Tom Wilson	Charging	2
08:44	WSH	Mike Green	Delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd Period
06:40	NYI	Anders Lee	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	66	42	30	2	2.2	48.3
New York Islanders	78	57	37	1	3.0	51.7

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 New York Islanders had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.2 expected, 2 scored · New York Islanders: 3.0 expected, 1 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

Washington Capitals

New York Islanders

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Joel Ward · Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom	15:55	68.6	87.2	2-0
Jason Chimera · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov	11:26	45.5	35.4	0-0
Troy Brouwer · Jay Beagle · Andre Burakovsky	7:40	33.3	18.7	0-0
Brooks Laich · Troy Brouwer · Jay Beagle	5:02	50.0	24.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson	17:20	55.0	40.7	2-0
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner	16:53	57.1	57.9	0-1
Tim Gleason · Mike Green	13:17	31.0	14.5	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	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	1	2	8	1	22:15	0.71	29-18	1.05-0.58
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	1	2	2	0	5	2	25:19	0.29	26-16	0.86-0.27
42	Joel Ward	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	21:58	0.22	29-18	1.19-0.75
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	2	0	2	1	27:52	0.04	23-20	0.47-0.50
6	Tim Gleason	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:32	0.01	10-20	0.27-0.80
15	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	28:08	0.04	24-21	1.20-0.88
20	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	18:42	0.14	14-17	0.41-0.77
25	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15:41		8-14	0.05-0.24
27	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	23:03	0.04	14-24	0.34-0.93
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	22:18	0.01	20-16	1.02-0.76
28	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11:06	0.15	6-12	0.26-0.40
36	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20:52		10-16	0.13-0.39
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	07:44	0.05	3-10	0.05-0.18
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	25:55	0.03	23-21	0.36-0.49
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	08:17		3-12	0.06-0.45
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	21:21	0.04	12-14	0.16-0.37
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	18:53	0.17	15-18	0.51-1.03
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	14:59	0.30	16-18	0.75-1.08

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
70	Braden Holtby	37	36	1	70:59	2.95	+1.95

New York Islanders

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nikolay Kulemin · John Tavares · Ryan Strome	13:28	44.8	53.2	0-1
Frans Nielsen · Kyle Okposo · Josh Bailey	12:01	21.7	25.0	0-0
Cal Clutterbuck · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas	11:48	78.9	83.2	0-0
Tyler Kennedy · Anders Lee · Brock Nelson	9:28	71.4	86.7	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Johnny Boychuk · Nick Leddy	13:32	44.1	51.5	1-2
Brian Strait · Calvin de Haan	13:28	61.1	90.8	0-0
Lubomir Visnovsky · Thomas Hickey	6:05	50.0	45.0	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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
53	Casey Cizikas	C	1	0	1	1	0	4	4	15:28	0.49	21-7	0.97-0.43
4	Nick Leddy	D	0	1	1	-2	0	2	1	27:52	0.08	22-31	0.77-1.07
15	Cal Clutterbuck	R	0	1	1	1	0	2	9	16:38	0.17	18-9	0.85-0.32
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	21:59	0.34	15-22	0.55-0.91
11	Lubomir Visnovsky	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	07:50		8-7	0.15-0.18
11	Brock Nelson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	15:03		13-9	0.39-0.26
12	Josh Bailey	R	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	21:26	0.33	16-26	0.81-1.11
17	Matt Martin	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	15:16	0.01	17-7	0.55-0.15
22	Ryan Strome	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	21:11	0.08	18-21	0.41-0.53
42	Thomas Hickey	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	25:42	0.22	23-18	0.73-0.67
44	Calvin de Haan	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	24:10	0.03	22-18	0.73-0.48
47	Brian Strait	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	22:59	0.01	17-15	0.76-0.33
48	Tyler Kennedy	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	10:31	0.19	11-5	0.39-0.06
55	Johnny Boychuk	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	6	30:00	0.05	30-25	1.22-0.92
72	Anders Lee	L	0	0	0	-1	2	5	2	17:51	0.52	14-6	0.43-0.24
81	Frans Nielsen	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18:14		5-18	0.23-0.70
86	Nikolay Kulemin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	17:05	0.05	13-18	0.37-0.32
91	John Tavares	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	24:53	0.44	22-23	0.59-0.44

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
41	Jaroslav Halak	30	28	2	70:46	2.19	+0.19