Washington Capitals at New York Rangers

2nd Round, Game 1 · Apr 30, 2015 · Madison Square Garden

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	2	29
New York Rangers	1	32

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
18:13	WSH	Alex Ovechkin (3) PP	John Carlson (4), Braden Holtby (1)	1 - 0
3rd Period
15:21	NYR	Jesper Fast (1)	Kevin Hayes (1), Carl Hagelin (2)	1 - 1
19:58	WSH	Joel Ward (2)	Alex Ovechkin (4), Nicklas Backstrom (4)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
13:30	WSH	Brooks Orpik	Holding	2
17:26	NYR	Dominic Moore	Holding	2
19:39	NYR	Chris Kreider	High sticking	2
2nd Period
00:54	WSH	John Carlson	Interference	2
3rd Period
20:00	WSH	Tom Wilson	Roughing	2
20:00	NYR	Tanner Glass	Roughing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	60	45	29	2	3.2	50.0
New York Rangers	65	46	32	1	2.6	50.0

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 Rangers had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 3.2 expected, 2 scored · New York Rangers: 2.6 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 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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Joel Ward · Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom	12:53	66.7	63.8	1-0
Jason Chimera · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov	8:36	34.8	53.3	0-0
Brooks Laich · Curtis Glencross · Tom Wilson	8:15	75.0	98.3	0-0
Troy Brouwer · Jay Beagle · Andre Burakovsky	7:49	33.3	46.3	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson	18:17	60.5	77.2	1-0
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner	15:02	44.4	57.8	0-0
Tim Gleason · Mike Green	12:40	40.9	33.2	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	0	6	0	18:26	0.64	29-15	1.35-0.82
42	Joel Ward	R	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	16:34	0.46	24-12	1.35-0.78
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	5	20:03	0.24	24-17	1.28-0.85
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	23:10	0.14	30-18	1.98-0.56
6	Tim Gleason	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15:00		11-13	0.34-0.57
15	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	21:32		19-25	0.94-0.83
20	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:08	0.05	13-24	0.87-0.73
22	Curtis Glencross	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:58	0.30	12-8	0.69-0.16
25	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:35	0.24	9-9	0.49-0.16
27	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	17:28	0.21	12-19	0.34-0.99
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	18:33	0.03	17-21	0.87-0.63
28	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	10:45	0.16	8-14	0.55-0.43
36	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	17:32	0.18	8-15	0.42-0.62
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	10:07		12-9	0.50-0.15
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	22:54	0.04	29-22	1.93-0.87
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	14:10	0.12	10-14	0.56-0.58
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:12	0.10	12-16	0.67-0.55
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	15:53	0.35	16-24	0.87-0.85

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
70	Braden Holtby	32	31	1	60:00	2.58	+1.58

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Martin St. Louis · Rick Nash · Derick Brassard	13:41	41.4	35.7	0-0
Derek Stepan · Chris Kreider · J.T. Miller	12:09	57.6	42.0	0-1
Carl Hagelin · Kevin Hayes · Jesper Fast	11:56	54.5	54.7	1-0
Dominic Moore · Tanner Glass · James Sheppard	8:39	50.0	30.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dan Girardi · Ryan McDonagh	15:31	51.4	50.2	0-0
Kevin Klein · Keith Yandle	8:53	61.1	26.0	0-0
Dan Boyle · Marc Staal	8:28	35.7	36.0	1-0

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
71	Jesper Fast	R	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	14:49	0.10	13-14	0.55-0.56
13	Kevin Hayes	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	14:52		12-15	0.55-0.73
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	16:05	0.08	13-14	0.55-0.66
3	Keith Yandle	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17:46	0.25	22-12	0.66-1.02
5	Dan Girardi	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	21:30	0.38	23-25	1.06-1.20
8	Kevin Klein	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	18:47	0.18	20-13	0.53-0.84
10	J.T. Miller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	5	16:23	0.31	25-15	0.80-0.87
15	Tanner Glass	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	09:18		8-8	0.07-0.19
18	Marc Staal	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	20:03	0.03	15-22	0.49-0.72
20	Dominic Moore	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	12:09	0.01	8-12	0.07-0.26
21	Derek Stepan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	17:38	0.02	24-15	0.83-0.86
22	Dan Boyle	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	18:06	0.32	16-19	0.67-1.15
22	Chris Kreider	L	0	0	0	-1	2	4	3	14:04	0.16	20-14	0.66-0.84
26	Martin St. Louis	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	17:16	0.28	14-22	0.81-1.59
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	22:05	0.05	22-27	1.05-1.48
45	James Sheppard	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11:02		9-12	0.07-0.27
61	Rick Nash	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	18:40	0.32	17-19	0.94-1.43
61	Derick Brassard	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	16:40	0.14	14-17	0.78-1.35

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Henrik Lundqvist	29	27	2	60:00	3.18	+1.18