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Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes

Dec 31, 2015 · PNC Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 2 32
Carolina Hurricanes 4 37

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
07:48 CAR Phillip Di Giuseppe (3) Joakim Nordstrom (6), Jordan Staal (8) 0 - 1
09:49 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (11) Karl Alzner (8), Matt Niskanen (13) 1 - 1
3rd Period
00:51 CAR Eric Staal (8) Elias Lindholm (11), Kris Versteeg (17) 1 - 2
05:16 CAR Jeff Skinner (15) Riley Nash (4), Victor Rask (15) 1 - 3
14:16 WSH Alex Ovechkin (21) Brooks Laich (4) 2 - 3
19:42 CAR Andrej Nestrasil (4) Eric Staal (16), John-Michael Liles (7) 2 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
15:31 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Hooking 2
2nd Period
04:16 WSH Dmitry Orlov Illegal check to head 2
05:49 CAR Andrej Nestrasil Roughing 2
05:49 WSH Tom Wilson Roughing 2
11:06 WSH Tom Wilson Interference goalkeeper 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 53 44 32 2 2.5 47.7
Carolina Hurricanes 69 51 37 4 4.8 52.3

How the game went

051015202530Start2nd3rdCarolina Hurricanes aheadWashington Capitals 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 Carolina Hurricanes had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.5 expected, 2 scored · Carolina Hurricanes: 4.8 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 9:49 of 2nd, a 7% chanceWSH goal, 14:16 of 3rd, a 11% chanceCAR goal, 7:48 of 2nd, a 10% chanceCAR goal, 0:51 of 3rd, a 15% chanceCAR goal, 5:16 of 3rd, a 19% chanceCAR goal, 19:42 of 3rd, a 42% chanceCAR 4.8WSH 2.5

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom12:2637.531.30-1
Justin Williams · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov9:5733.348.60-0
Brooks Laich · Michael Latta · Andre Burakovsky6:1845.030.80-0
Jason Chimera · Zach Sill · Tom Wilson5:2445.534.50-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner15:4840.028.01-0
Dmitry Orlov · Nate Schmidt13:2237.555.20-1
Taylor Chorney · Connor Carrick7:0552.950.60-1

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 0 1 -1 0 6 4 20:05 0.57 19-18 0.96-0.75
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 20:37 0.11 15-14 0.61-0.44
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 28:25 0.02 20-23 0.74-1.55
25 Brooks Laich C 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 12:22 0.54 11-13 0.66-1.60
27 Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 22:56 0.11 17-29 0.78-2.10
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -3 2 2 1 21:30 0.12 22-17 1.09-0.63
14 Justin Williams R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:53 0.19 11-17 0.59-0.56
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:49 0.08 10-8 0.37-0.35
23 Zach Sill C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 10:33 0.15 8-8 0.40-0.53
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 12:18 0.23 20-13 1.10-1.39
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 -2 4 1 6 11:45 0.07 8-8 0.24-0.34
44 Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:41 0.02 16-9 1.05-0.74
46 Michael Latta C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:37 0.01 13-14 0.72-1.45
58 Connor Carrick D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 09:58 13-12 0.72-0.69
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 19:54 0.01 11-14 0.47-0.77
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 23:36 0.03 16-24 0.60-0.63
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:26 0.13 14-23 0.61-0.57
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 14:26 0.10 16-21 0.76-0.75
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Philipp Grubauer 36 33 3 59:09 4.34 +1.34

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Eric Staal · Kris Versteeg · Elias Lindholm14:5561.867.21-0
Jeff Skinner · Victor Rask · Phillip Di Giuseppe10:3648.331.60-1
Jordan Staal · Andrej Nestrasil · Joakim Nordstrom10:2540.015.20-0
Jay McClement · Chris Terry · Riley Nash8:0056.378.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ron Hainsey · Jaccob Slavin17:5458.369.31-0
John-Michael Liles · Justin Faulk17:1640.037.51-1
Brett Pesce · Noah Hanifin13:2753.844.61-1

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
12 Eric Staal C 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 23:04 0.44 24-16 1.29-0.85
15 Andrej Nestrasil C 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 15:55 0.15 6-6 0.16-0.25
34 Phillip Di Giuseppe L 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 13:05 0.23 16-22 0.44-1.19
53 Jeff Skinner L 1 0 1 -1 0 6 0 15:43 0.61 16-16 0.54-0.74
10 Kris Versteeg R 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 18:01 0.22 24-16 1.26-0.77
11 Jordan Staal C 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 15:20 0.66 7-7 0.20-0.25
18 Riley Nash C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 09:05 0.03 10-7 1.27-0.30
20 Joakim Nordstrom C 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 14:23 0.03 10-9 0.23-0.30
26 John-Michael Liles D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 21:29 0.09 12-17 0.53-0.89
28 Elias Lindholm C 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 20:14 0.59 22-15 1.24-0.70
49 Victor Rask C 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 15:02 0.01 15-15 0.48-0.64
15 Chris Terry L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:51 0.06 10-13 1.20-0.73
15 Noah Hanifin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:55 0.03 15-12 0.48-0.53
18 Jay McClement C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:17 0.58 11-14 1.20-0.75
22 Brett Pesce D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:10 0.06 16-13 0.46-0.58
72 Justin Faulk D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 22:51 0.18 11-17 0.44-0.79
74 Jaccob Slavin D 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 19:40 0.43 31-22 2.25-1.12
81 Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 20:55 0.01 29-23 2.18-1.08
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Eddie Lack 32 30 2 60:00 2.45 +0.45