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Washington Capitals at Toronto Maple Leafs

Apr 4, 2017 · Air Canada Centre

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 4 38
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
14:34 WSH Lars Eller (12) Andre Burakovsky (23), Brett Connolly (7) 1 - 0
2nd Period
10:00 WSH Kevin Shattenkirk (12) PP Nicklas Backstrom (62), Alex Ovechkin (34) 2 - 0
3rd Period
08:11 WSH Nate Schmidt (3) Brett Connolly (8), Justin Williams (22) 3 - 0
16:44 WSH Tom Wilson (7) Daniel Winnik (13), Jay Beagle (17) 4 - 0
18:52 TOR Mitch Marner (19) PP James van Riemsdyk (33), Tyler Bozak (35) 4 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:28 TOR Matt Martin Holding 2
05:33 WSH Nicklas Backstrom High sticking 2
17:17 TOR James van Riemsdyk Slashing 2
17:17 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Slashing 2
2nd Period
06:55 WSH Matt Niskanen Closing hand on puck 2
08:34 TOR Mitch Marner Holding the stick 2
12:35 WSH Karl Alzner Holding 2
3rd Period
13:47 TOR Leo Komarov Holding the stick 2
17:45 WSH Andre Burakovsky Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 58 50 38 4 3.4 51.1
Toronto Maple Leafs 55 42 28 1 2.8 48.9

How the game went

10864202Start2nd3rdToronto Maple Leafs 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 Toronto Maple Leafs had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 3.4 expected, 4 scored · Toronto Maple Leafs: 2.8 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 14:34 of 1st, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 10:00 of 2nd, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 8:11 of 3rd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 16:44 of 3rd, a 24% chanceTOR goal, 18:52 of 3rd, a 14% chanceWSH 3.4TOR 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

Washington Capitals
Toronto Maple Leafs

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 Backstrom11:5143.566.40-0
Justin Williams · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov10:2550.040.20-0
Daniel Winnik · Jay Beagle · Tom Wilson9:0750.049.61-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Andre Burakovsky8:4057.162.71-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov15:4446.734.90-0
Brooks Orpik · Kevin Shattenkirk13:3841.454.30-0
Karl Alzner · Nate Schmidt9:0972.285.83-0

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 Brett Connolly R 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 11:00 0.10 9-7 0.46-0.23
12 Kevin Shattenkirk D 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 20:25 0.18 15-19 0.75-0.61
20 Lars Eller C 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 13:52 0.32 11-7 0.49-0.23
43 Tom Wilson R 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 12:27 0.33 8-8 0.57-0.57
88 Nate Schmidt D 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 14:11 0.10 16-9 1.19-0.33
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 18:57 0.32 16-16 1.12-0.58
14 Justin Williams R 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:40 0.24 15-16 0.55-0.74
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 0 2 4 3 16:12 0.26 11-13 0.61-0.29
26 Daniel Winnik L 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:08 8-8 0.57-0.59
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 11:54 0.09 10-6 0.42-0.23
83 Jay Beagle C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 13:11 0.20 7-7 0.56-0.57
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 22:10 0.14 16-17 0.55-1.01
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 23:34 0.02 16-16 0.58-1.00
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 16:00 0.11 15-6 1.15-0.18
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:22 0.03 14-21 0.73-0.72
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:30 0.25 13-14 0.92-0.39
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:46 0.33 14-13 0.34-0.52
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 15:34 0.42 16-17 0.80-0.84
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Philipp Grubauer 28 27 1 60:00 2.77 +1.77

Toronto Maple Leafs

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Leo Komarov · Nazem Kadri · Connor Brown10:4843.523.60-0
James van Riemsdyk · Tyler Bozak · Mitch Marner10:3656.562.80-0
Zach Hyman · William Nylander · Auston Matthews8:2058.857.40-1
Brian Boyle · Matt Martin · Kasperi Kapanen3:3940.042.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Morgan Rielly · Connor Carrick12:1360.052.70-0
Jake Gardiner · Nikita Zaitsev11:4745.836.10-1
Roman Polak · Matt Hunwick11:3555.054.30-2

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
93 Mitch Marner R 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 18:09 0.16 15-14 0.94-0.75
21 James van Riemsdyk L 0 1 1 -1 2 4 0 17:06 0.75 15-15 0.96-0.80
21 Tyler Bozak C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 18:01 0.18 14-13 0.83-0.64
11 Brian Boyle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:18 0.06 2-3 0.06-0.09
16 Connor Brown R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:50 0.29 11-15 0.32-0.97
17 Matt Martin L 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 11:41 6-8 0.24-0.22
18 Zach Hyman L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:17 0.15 11-9 0.41-0.30
22 Nikita Zaitsev D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:52 0.11 11-19 0.27-0.91
34 Auston Matthews C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:14 0.05 15-9 0.63-0.53
42 Kasperi Kapanen R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:49 0.02 6-10 0.15-0.52
44 Morgan Rielly D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:28 0.22 18-14 0.73-0.70
45 Roman Polak D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 18:47 0.06 12-17 0.88-1.01
47 Leo Komarov R 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 17:39 0.34 11-16 0.29-0.97
48 Matt Hunwick D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 19:09 0.06 13-12 0.92-0.82
51 Jake Gardiner D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 20:52 0.06 16-16 0.48-0.57
58 Connor Carrick D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:07 0.06 18-14 0.58-0.92
88 William Nylander R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 15:19 0.23 14-8 0.58-0.50
91 Nazem Kadri C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:56 12-18 0.39-1.10
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Curtis McElhinney 38 34 4 60:00 3.41 -0.59