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Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils

Dec 31, 2016 · Prudential Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 6 26
New Jersey Devils 2 23

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:36 WSH Brett Connolly (4) Andre Burakovsky (10), Brooks Orpik (7) 1 - 0
19:01 WSH Jay Beagle (6) Brooks Orpik (8), Daniel Winnik (4) 2 - 0
2nd Period
06:53 NJD Kyle Palmieri (7) Unassisted 2 - 1
11:05 WSH T.J. Oshie (11) Nicklas Backstrom (21), Alex Ovechkin (11) 3 - 1
11:38 WSH Alex Ovechkin (17) Matt Niskanen (14), T.J. Oshie (6) 4 - 1
16:34 WSH Justin Williams (9) Matt Niskanen (15), Dmitry Orlov (15) 5 - 1
3rd Period
14:52 NJD Beau Bennett (2) Ben Lovejoy (3), Jon Merrill (1) 5 - 2
15:27 WSH Marcus Johansson (14) Justin Williams (6), Evgeny Kuznetsov (16) 6 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:13 NJD Devante Smith-Pelly Roughing 2
05:13 WSH Brett Connolly Slashing 2
05:13 WSH Brett Connolly Roughing 2
08:34 WSH Alex Ovechkin Illegal check to head 2
11:06 WSH Dmitry Orlov Interference 2
12:07 NJD Damon Severson Interference 2
19:47 WSH Lars Eller Interference goalkeeper 2
2nd Period
05:01 WSH Justin Williams Tripping 2
05:07 NJD Travis Zajac Interference 2
05:54 WSH Dmitry Orlov Interference 2
05:58 NJD PA Parenteau Slashing 2
08:21 WSH Team Too many men on the ice 2
12:15 WSH Justin Williams Holding the stick 2
19:23 WSH Tom Wilson Fighting 5
19:23 NJD Luke Gazdic Fighting 5
3rd Period
17:29 WSH Tom Wilson Roughing 2
18:35 NJD PA Parenteau Slashing 2
18:35 NJD PA Parenteau Fighting 5
18:35 WSH Daniel Winnik Fighting 5

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 41 31 26 6 2.2 52.3
New Jersey Devils 49 36 23 2 2.9 47.7

How the game went

420246810Start2nd3rdNew Jersey Devils 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 New Jersey Devils had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.2 expected, 6 scored · New Jersey Devils: 2.9 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 2:36 of 1st, a 10% chanceWSH goal, 19:01 of 1st, a 10% chanceWSH goal, 11:05 of 2nd, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 11:38 of 2nd, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 16:34 of 2nd, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 15:27 of 3rd, a 15% chanceNJD goal, 6:53 of 2nd, a 17% chanceNJD goal, 14:52 of 3rd, a 9% chanceNJD 2.9WSH 2.2

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 Jersey Devils

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 Backstrom9:4947.168.82-1
Justin Williams · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov8:5364.751.52-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Andre Burakovsky6:5158.371.41-0
Daniel Winnik · Jay Beagle · Tom Wilson4:29100.0100.01-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · Nate Schmidt13:1847.456.42-1
Karl Alzner · John Carlson12:1442.163.11-0
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov11:3170.650.13-0

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 0 2 2 2 16:17 0.15 11-14 0.46-0.34
14 Justin Williams R 1 1 2 2 4 3 0 13:18 0.31 12-9 0.66-0.81
77 T.J. Oshie R 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 14:16 0.21 9-10 0.53-0.27
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 21:58 0.02 13-6 0.57-0.54
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 21:13 0.05 10-11 0.60-0.45
20 Brett Connolly R 1 0 1 1 4 3 0 10:07 0.19 10-8 0.39-0.30
83 Jay Beagle C 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 14:17 0.18 1-4 0.10-0.10
90 Marcus Johansson L 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 15:03 0.32 15-8 0.76-0.77
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 3 4 2 2 15:50 0.08 14-8 0.52-0.60
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:08 0.08 10-9 0.42-0.18
26 Daniel Winnik L 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 13:28 1-2 0.10-0.10
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 11:18 9-7 0.45-0.22
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14:44 0.04 13-8 0.81-0.71
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 15:56 0.09 10-10 0.39-0.45
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 21:23 0.14 9-14 0.60-0.55
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 10:35 1-4 0.10-0.06
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 21:08 0.27 10-12 0.49-0.27
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:01 0.03 12-11 0.66-0.45
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Philipp Grubauer 23 21 2 60:00 2.86 +0.86

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Michael Cammalleri · Travis Zajac · Kyle Palmieri8:1058.349.80-0
Jacob Josefson · Devante Smith-Pelly · Miles Wood7:4235.736.70-2
PA Parenteau · Adam Henrique · Beau Bennett7:2554.558.20-1
Luke Gazdic · Sergey Kalinin · Nick Lappin3:590.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andy Greene · Damon Severson7:1857.144.40-2
Ben Lovejoy · Jon Merrill7:1861.167.01-2
Kyle Quincey · Jon Merrill7:1711.121.50-0

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
21 Kyle Palmieri C 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 19:59 0.40 11-7 0.28-0.32
78 Beau Bennett R 1 0 1 0 0 3 4 13:55 0.36 10-6 0.56-0.15
4 Jon Merrill D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 2 21:22 0.06 14-21 0.83-1.04
21 Ben Lovejoy D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 19:01 0.02 15-9 0.84-0.59
4 Andy Greene D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 24:18 0.27 14-14 0.44-0.59
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 15:39 0.15 7-12 0.51-0.89
11 PA Parenteau R 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 16:15 0.12 11-7 0.66-0.28
11 Miles Wood L 0 0 0 -4 0 0 2 14:01 0.20 9-14 0.58-1.06
13 Michael Cammalleri L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:02 0.25 12-7 0.37-0.10
14 Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 17:55 0.30 12-7 0.19-0.32
15 Nick Lappin R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 10:42 3-7 0.16-0.45
19 Adam Henrique C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:59 0.11 9-6 0.36-0.15
20 Luke Gazdic L 0 0 0 -1 5 0 1 05:49 0-6 0.00-0.28
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 -3 2 1 3 15:34 0.23 7-18 0.43-1.00
27 Kyle Quincey D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20:33 6-15 0.37-0.67
27 John Moore D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:09
51 Sergey Kalinin C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:11 0.30 3-5 0.20-0.18
78 Damon Severson D 0 0 0 -3 2 1 1 21:11 0.10 12-9 0.39-0.55
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Keith Kinkaid 26 20 6 60:00 2.13 -3.87