Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes

Dec 21, 2015 · PNC Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	2	21
Carolina Hurricanes	1	32

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
15:52	WSH	Michael Latta (3)	Andre Burakovsky (6), Dmitry Orlov (10)	1 - 0
2nd Period
12:49	WSH	Jason Chimera (9)	John Carlson (21), Jay Beagle (6)	2 - 0
3rd Period
02:18	CAR	Kris Versteeg (5)	John-Michael Liles (5), Eric Staal (14)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
03:39	WSH	Karl Alzner	Interference	2
2nd Period
05:50	CAR	Eric Staal	Holding	2
17:17	WSH	Jay Beagle	Tripping	2
19:08	CAR	Jeff Skinner	Interference	2
3rd Period
18:29	WSH	Team	Too many men on the ice	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	48	35	21	2	3.1	38.5
Carolina Hurricanes	80	53	32	1	3.8	61.5

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

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 3.1 expected, 2 scored · Carolina Hurricanes: 3.8 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

Carolina Hurricanes

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
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom	11:39	45.5	69.7	0-0
Justin Williams · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov	11:13	15.0	4.8	0-0
Jason Chimera · Jay Beagle · Tom Wilson	10:59	52.2	57.9	1-0
Brooks Laich · Michael Latta · Andre Burakovsky	4:22	44.4	44.3	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner	16:26	29.4	16.0	0-0
John Carlson · Nate Schmidt	15:17	31.3	33.9	1-1
Taylor Chorney · Dmitry Orlov	12:08	47.8	47.3	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

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
20	Jason Chimera	L	1	0	1	1	0	3	3	14:15	0.20	14-11	0.42-0.23
46	Michael Latta	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	06:18	0.48	8-10	0.68-0.91
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	14:07	0.02	17-14	0.85-0.66
28	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	07:03	0.01	6-8	0.46-0.70
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	24:57	0.20	17-25	0.95-1.31
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	15:27	0.01	13-14	0.38-0.26
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	21:04	0.12	16-20	0.69-0.36
14	Justin Williams	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16:20	0.18	7-20	0.44-1.38
15	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	22:10	0.07	12-26	0.30-0.98
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	19:33	0.42	13-19	0.49-0.36
25	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	08:40	0.07	5-8	0.44-0.51
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	20:45		12-25	0.22-1.00
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	17:26	0.11	13-20	0.33-0.61
44	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	14:44	0.02	11-14	0.56-0.65
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	18:06	0.21	10-16	0.46-0.30
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18:57		10-24	0.66-1.29
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	18:16	0.34	10-25	0.48-1.79
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	16:22	0.04	6-21	0.27-1.42

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Philipp Grubauer	W	32	31	1	60:00	3.76	+2.76

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Eric Staal · Kris Versteeg · Elias Lindholm	15:04	69.0	71.7	1-0
Jordan Staal · Andrej Nestrasil · Joakim Nordstrom	11:17	64.0	51.7	0-1
Jeff Skinner · Victor Rask · Phillip Di Giuseppe	10:34	55.6	69.6	0-0
Jay McClement · Riley Nash · Brad Malone	4:24	66.7	91.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ron Hainsey · Justin Faulk	11:30	80.0	62.0	0-1
Jaccob Slavin · Noah Hanifin	10:22	50.0	76.8	0-0
John-Michael Liles · Brett Pesce	9:21	81.0	87.2	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
10	Kris Versteeg	R	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	17:37	0.77	22-13	1.24-0.61
12	Eric Staal	C	0	1	1	1	2	3	1	21:07	0.29	22-9	1.30-0.49
26	John-Michael Liles	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	18:47	0.03	27-13	1.07-0.42
11	Jordan Staal	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	17:20	0.18	23-10	0.66-0.63
15	Andrej Nestrasil	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	15:54	0.28	24-10	0.65-0.61
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	19:03	0.07	15-17	0.89-0.69
18	Jay McClement	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	08:27	0.12	5-8	0.46-0.50
18	Riley Nash	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	04:48	0.32	5-2	0.55-0.04
20	Joakim Nordstrom	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	16:05	0.10	17-18	0.64-0.82
22	Brett Pesce	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:00		20-8	0.55-0.21
24	Brad Malone	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	07:46		7-3	0.63-0.04
28	Elias Lindholm	C	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	20:13	0.36	21-9	1.30-0.49
34	Phillip Di Giuseppe	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	14:27		14-15	0.50-0.55
49	Victor Rask	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	17:23	0.71	14-13	0.53-0.20
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	17:02	0.29	18-10	0.37-0.48
72	Justin Faulk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	25:33	0.08	25-10	1.20-0.52
74	Jaccob Slavin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	18:29		18-18	1.10-0.71
81	Ron Hainsey	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	23:00	0.20	23-14	1.08-1.09

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Cam Ward	L	21	19	2	57:59	2.46	+0.46