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Washington Capitals at Minnesota Wild

Mar 28, 2017 · Xcel Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 5 20
Minnesota Wild 4 30

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
11:36 WSH T.J. Oshie (31) Nicklas Backstrom (58), Alex Ovechkin (33) 1 - 0
2nd Period
02:17 MIN Jason Pominville (12) Martin Hanzal (17), Nino Niederreiter (30) 1 - 1
07:31 WSH Alex Ovechkin (31) PP Marcus Johansson (27), Nicklas Backstrom (59) 2 - 1
12:28 WSH Alex Ovechkin (32) PP Kevin Shattenkirk (40), Marcus Johansson (28) 3 - 1
15:43 MIN Martin Hanzal (18) Jason Pominville (32), Jared Spurgeon (25) 3 - 2
3rd Period
12:29 WSH Alex Ovechkin (33) PP Nicklas Backstrom (60), Marcus Johansson (29) 4 - 2
15:03 MIN Jared Spurgeon (9) Unassisted 4 - 3
19:33 MIN Eric Staal (27) Jared Spurgeon (26), Mikko Koivu (36) 4 - 4
Overtime
01:52 WSH T.J. Oshie (32) Marcus Johansson (30), Matt Niskanen (33) 5 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:49 WSH Dmitry Orlov Tripping 2
12:10 WSH Tom Wilson High sticking double minor 4
18:31 WSH Tom Wilson Fighting 5
18:31 MIN Chris Stewart Fighting 5
2nd Period
04:32 MIN Martin Hanzal Holding the stick 2
06:49 MIN Nate Prosser Hooking 2
09:58 WSH Lars Eller Delaying game puck over glass 2
11:51 MIN Nino Niederreiter Hooking 2
3rd Period
05:03 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Hooking 2
12:21 MIN Erik Haula Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 35 30 20 5 1.7 36.7
Minnesota Wild 61 44 30 4 2.4 63.3

How the game went

0510152025Start2nd3rdOTMinnesota Wild 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 Minnesota Wild had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 1.7 expected, 5 scored · Minnesota Wild: 2.4 expected, 4 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdOTWSH goal, 11:36 of 1st, a 27% chanceWSH goal, 7:31 of 2nd, a 4% chanceWSH goal, 12:28 of 2nd, a 5% chanceWSH goal, 12:29 of 3rd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 1:52 of overtime, a 6% chanceMIN goal, 2:17 of 2nd, a 12% chanceMIN goal, 15:43 of 2nd, a 21% chanceMIN goal, 15:03 of 3rd, a 2% chanceMIN goal, 19:33 of 3rd, a 14% chanceMIN 2.4WSH 1.7

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
Minnesota Wild

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
Justin Williams · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov10:5353.852.70-0
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom10:3441.274.91-0
Daniel Winnik · Jay Beagle · Tom Wilson6:0425.016.80-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Andre Burakovsky5:5750.023.50-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov15:0636.830.50-2
Karl Alzner · John Carlson14:0546.784.51-0
Brooks Orpik · Kevin Shattenkirk9:2042.921.00-1

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 3 1 4 1 0 6 1 16:15 0.40 8-12 0.46-0.17
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 18:15 8-9 0.31-0.27
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 3 3 1 0 2 0 19:52 0.10 8-12 0.46-0.19
77 T.J. Oshie R 2 0 2 2 0 3 3 19:31 0.52 8-13 0.46-0.19
12 Kevin Shattenkirk D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15:17 0.06 7-13 0.14-0.48
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 4 24:57 0.04 8-16 0.22-0.79
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 17:19 7-15 0.21-0.53
14 Justin Williams R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:37 0.12 7-9 0.28-0.33
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -4 2 2 0 12:55 0.10 5-9 0.11-0.74
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 07:37 4-4 0.11-0.36
26 Daniel Winnik L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:45 0.01 3-7 0.03-0.22
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:46 7-9 0.53-0.10
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 07:21 4-5 0.11-0.38
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 -1 9 0 3 13:27 3-10 0.03-0.52
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 16:42 7-13 0.12-0.79
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:05 0.08 7-10 0.53-0.15
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:26 2-10 0.03-0.26
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:29 0.25 7-14 0.28-0.63
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 30 26 4 61:52 2.42 -1.58

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mikko Koivu · Jason Zucker · Mikael Granlund9:2777.866.30-0
Eric Staal · Charlie Coyle · Nino Niederreiter5:1950.049.60-0
Jason Pominville · Martin Hanzal · Nino Niederreiter5:0050.090.01-0
Ryan White · Chris Stewart · Erik Haula4:1625.011.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon14:4271.458.52-1
Marco Scandella · Mathew Dumba12:0454.551.00-0
Nate Prosser · Jonas Brodin5:3033.380.81-0

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
46 Jared Spurgeon D 1 2 3 1 0 2 1 24:43 0.23 16-8 0.60-0.51
11 Martin Hanzal C 1 1 2 1 2 3 0 15:37 0.35 13-6 0.74-0.12
29 Jason Pominville R 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 13:00 0.17 10-6 0.45-0.12
12 Eric Staal C 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 22:10 0.45 14-5 0.74-0.12
9 Mikko Koivu C 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 21:57 0.34 11-5 0.19-0.11
62 Nino Niederreiter R 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 16:38 0.05 5-6 0.26-0.23
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:23 0.14 14-5 0.74-0.12
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:37 0.03 11-7 0.27-0.19
9 Zach Parise L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 04:01 4-3 0.25-0.29
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 18:21 0.05 16-4 0.51-0.08
21 Ryan White C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 05:58 0.02 3-5 0.06-0.41
22 Ryan Suter D 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 27:34 0.36 24-7 0.99-0.47
24 Mathew Dumba D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21:17 0.14 11-7 0.48-0.27
25 Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:11 0.06 9-10 0.27-0.29
39 Nate Prosser D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 07:39 5-5 0.22-0.03
44 Chris Stewart R 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 08:31 5-5 0.08-0.24
56 Erik Haula L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 13:27 9-11 0.07-0.67
64 Mikael Granlund C 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 22:07 0.05 10-5 0.17-0.11
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Devan Dubnyk OTL 20 15 5 60:50 1.65 -3.35