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Minnesota Wild at Washington Capitals

Mar 14, 2017 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Minnesota Wild 2 32
Washington Capitals 4 40

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
19:48 WSH Nate Schmidt (2) Alex Ovechkin (30), Nicklas Backstrom (48) 0 - 1
2nd Period
14:52 WSH Alex Ovechkin (28) John Carlson (27), Nicklas Backstrom (49) 0 - 2
17:08 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (16) PP Nicklas Backstrom (50), John Carlson (28) 0 - 3
3rd Period
00:37 MIN Mathew Dumba (8) Mikael Granlund (41) 1 - 3
04:37 MIN Eric Staal (23) PP Mikko Koivu (33), Ryan Suter (28) 2 - 3
14:19 WSH Jay Beagle (12) Dmitry Orlov (25) 2 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:20 MIN Mathew Dumba Tripping 2
05:48 WSH Nate Schmidt Holding 2
2nd Period
01:17 MIN Mathew Dumba Hooking 2
05:31 WSH Brooks Orpik Holding 2
08:45 MIN Eric Staal Hooking 2
11:39 WSH Karl Alzner Tripping 2
12:51 MIN Mikael Granlund High sticking 2
16:46 MIN Ryan Suter Slashing 2
17:37 MIN Ryan White Fighting 5
17:37 WSH Tom Wilson Instigator 2
17:37 WSH Tom Wilson Fighting 5
17:37 WSH Tom Wilson Misconduct 10
3rd Period
02:32 WSH Brett Connolly Interference 2
03:43 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Holding 2
04:51 WSH Justin Williams Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild 54 39 32 2 2.8 42.9
Washington Capitals 67 52 40 4 3.9 57.1

How the game went

5051015Start2nd3rdWashington Capitals aheadMinnesota Wild 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 Washington Capitals had taken more, and below it and blue while Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 2.8 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.9 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndMIN goal, 0:37 of 3rd, a 9% chanceMIN goal, 4:37 of 3rd, a 12% chanceWSH goal, 19:48 of 1st, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 14:52 of 2nd, a 4% chanceWSH goal, 17:08 of 2nd, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 14:19 of 3rd, a 5% chanceWSH 3.9MIN 2.8

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

Minnesota Wild
Washington Capitals

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.

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mikko Koivu · Jason Zucker · Mikael Granlund8:3255.036.11-0
Eric Staal · Charlie Coyle · Nino Niederreiter8:1152.974.30-2
Ryan White · Chris Stewart · Tyler Graovac6:2664.353.50-0
Jason Pominville · Zach Parise · Erik Haula5:387.110.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Mathew Dumba12:0356.070.81-0
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon11:5047.847.10-1
Nate Prosser · Jonas Brodin7:4129.449.00-0

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
12 Eric Staal C 1 0 1 -2 2 4 0 19:49 0.61 12-12 0.87-0.35
24 Mathew Dumba D 1 0 1 1 4 1 2 20:42 0.21 14-15 0.86-0.53
9 Mikko Koivu C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 21:01 0.22 11-13 0.30-0.73
22 Ryan Suter D 0 1 1 -2 2 3 0 28:57 0.25 16-15 0.70-0.78
64 Mikael Granlund C 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 18:14 0.36 11-14 0.30-0.76
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:29 0.18 11-9 0.84-0.26
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:07 0.02 14-14 0.86-0.74
9 Zach Parise L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:17 0.18 3-16 0.16-0.45
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:19 0.01 13-13 0.33-0.70
21 Ryan White C 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 09:37 0.20 12-7 0.68-0.41
25 Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:24 0.07 10-18 0.40-0.44
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:03 0.03 2-17 0.03-0.41
39 Nate Prosser D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:02 6-14 0.21-0.37
44 Chris Stewart R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:30 0.03 10-9 0.48-0.51
44 Tyler Graovac C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 07:51 0.29 9-8 0.44-0.49
46 Jared Spurgeon D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 25:56 0.04 12-22 0.51-1.19
56 Erik Haula L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:28 0.08 4-15 0.16-0.37
62 Nino Niederreiter R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:42 0.02 10-9 0.73-0.25
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Devan Dubnyk L 40 36 4 58:10 3.07 -0.93

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom11:4250.061.11-1
Justin Williams · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov9:0484.280.30-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Jakub Vrana5:1025.06.80-0
Daniel Winnik · Jay Beagle · Tom Wilson4:5350.049.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Karl Alzner · John Carlson11:2050.059.40-1
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov11:1368.836.91-0
Brooks Orpik · Nate Schmidt10:4750.043.21-0

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
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 3 3 1 2 2 2 19:04 0.14 17-14 0.89-0.45
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 1 2 1 0 3 4 18:11 0.47 19-17 0.98-0.89
74 John Carlson D 0 2 2 0 0 5 2 24:05 0.21 20-15 0.94-0.45
83 Jay Beagle C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15:11 0.12 7-5 0.14-0.09
88 Nate Schmidt D 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 12:18 0.08 14-14 0.56-0.72
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 13:38 0.16 18-3 0.78-0.17
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:49 0.02 14-6 0.39-0.49
14 Justin Williams R 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 14:52 0.63 19-4 0.78-0.21
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 24:38 0.16 14-8 0.46-0.61
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:56 0.13 5-14 0.13-1.10
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:22 9-14 0.23-1.06
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 06:17 3-9 0.04-0.58
26 Daniel Winnik L 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:06 8-4 0.15-0.06
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 18:34 0.08 16-16 0.73-0.53
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 17 2 0 08:44 0.12 5-5 0.15-0.06
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 2 4 2 18:22 0.05 16-14 0.73-0.75
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 20:59 0.18 18-14 0.90-0.45
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 13:15 0.56 18-4 0.79-0.20
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 32 30 2 59:45 2.77 +0.77