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Chicago Blackhawks at Washington Capitals

Dec 6, 2017 · Capital One Arena

Team Goals Shots
Chicago Blackhawks 2 39
Washington Capitals 6 25

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
11:54 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (4) Alex Ovechkin (9), Tom Wilson (8) 0 - 1
14:53 WSH Tom Wilson (3) Christian Djoos (2), Nicklas Backstrom (18) 0 - 2
15:22 WSH Alex Ovechkin (21) Tom Wilson (9), Dmitry Orlov (7) 0 - 3
17:54 CHI Lance Bouma (3) Connor Murphy (4), Alex DeBrincat (9) 1 - 3
2nd Period
18:32 WSH Brett Connolly (5) PP Alex Ovechkin (10), Nicklas Backstrom (19) 1 - 4
3rd Period
10:23 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (10) Alex Ovechkin (11), John Carlson (20) 1 - 5
16:18 CHI Jonathan Toews (8) Unassisted 2 - 5
17:40 WSH Tom Wilson (4) SH Matt Niskanen (6) 2 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
05:10 WSH Matt Niskanen Hooking 2
10:48 WSH Tom Wilson Boarding 2
17:19 CHI Lance Bouma Interference 2
18:40 CHI Ryan Hartman High sticking 2
18:40 CHI Ryan Hartman High sticking 2
19:00 WSH Alex Ovechkin Interference 2
3rd Period
12:56 WSH Brooks Orpik Hooking 2
15:18 CHI Ryan Hartman Tripping 2
15:18 WSH Tom Wilson Roughing 2
17:16 WSH Madison Bowey Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Chicago Blackhawks 68 48 39 2 2.2 61.0
Washington Capitals 46 36 25 6 3.2 39.0

How the game went

20151050Start2nd3rdWashington Capitals aheadChicago Blackhawks 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 Chicago Blackhawks had.

Expected goals

Chicago Blackhawks: 2.2 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.2 expected, 6 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndCHI goal, 17:54 of 1st, a 28% chanceCHI goal, 16:18 of 3rd, a 13% chanceWSH goal, 11:54 of 1st, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 14:53 of 1st, a 1% chanceWSH goal, 15:22 of 1st, a 29% chanceWSH goal, 18:32 of 2nd, a 12% chanceWSH goal, 10:23 of 3rd, a 12% chanceWSH goal, 17:40 of 3rd, a 54% chanceWSH 3.2CHI 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

Chicago Blackhawks
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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Artem Anisimov · Patrick Kane · Brandon Saad9:4655.625.00-3
Lance Bouma · Nick Schmaltz · Alex DeBrincat9:0466.795.41-1
Jonathan Toews · John Hayden · Ryan Hartman7:5980.060.40-0
Patrick Sharp · Tommy Wingels · Richard Panik4:5538.523.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Gustav Forsling · Jan Rutta12:3133.346.20-1
Brent Seabrook · Connor Murphy12:3071.475.41-0
Duncan Keith · Cody Franson12:2682.150.00-2

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

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
17 Lance Bouma L 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 13:06 0.49 12-6 0.63-0.08
19 Jonathan Toews C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 19:05 0.22 17-4 0.36-0.18
5 Connor Murphy D 0 1 1 2 0 4 3 18:04 0.05 16-7 0.61-0.21
93 Alex DeBrincat R 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 16:56 0.21 9-5 0.59-0.04
2 Duncan Keith D 0 0 0 -4 0 7 0 23:01 0.18 25-8 0.60-0.82
7 Brent Seabrook D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16:56 17-8 0.64-0.31
8 Nick Schmaltz C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:40 0.16 17-5 0.77-0.03
10 Patrick Sharp L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10:53 0.09 11-13 0.14-0.31
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 19:12 0.04 25-7 0.58-0.56
15 John Hayden C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:45 16-4 0.37-0.18
16 Richard Panik R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 12:11 0.12 9-9 0.22-0.31
20 Brandon Saad L 0 0 0 -3 0 6 0 15:30 0.37 11-8 0.33-0.93
38 Ryan Hartman R 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 10:22 0.15 12-6 0.22-0.15
42 Gustav Forsling D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:01 0.03 9-17 0.31-0.45
51 Artem Anisimov C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 16:33 0.05 14-11 0.41-0.96
57 Tommy Wingels C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:29 6-13 0.08-0.31
84 Jan Rutta D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 18:05 0.02 8-17 0.30-0.60
88 Patrick Kane R 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 20:22 0.07 16-12 0.43-0.96
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 J-F Berube 14 12 2 44:14 1.58 -0.42
31 Anton Forsberg 10 7 3 15:22 1.11 -1.89

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson11:3163.683.63-0
Alex Chiasson · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Jakub Vrana11:0829.440.40-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Travis Boyd8:3733.326.70-0
Jay Beagle · Devante Smith-Pelly · Chandler Stephenson7:5423.837.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov13:2238.562.02-0
Brooks Orpik · Madison Bowey9:0135.723.10-0
John Carlson · Christian Djoos8:0553.337.71-1

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
43 Tom Wilson R 2 2 4 3 4 3 2 16:53 0.13 15-12 0.88-0.51
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 3 4 3 2 6 0 16:55 0.68 17-9 1.00-0.19
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 17:56 0.10 15-10 0.89-0.31
20 Brett Connolly R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 12:11 0.19 4-10 0.12-0.63
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 17:18 0.40 7-12 0.28-0.24
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 21:34 14-16 0.99-0.59
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 4 2 2 1 21:18 0.12 12-21 1.08-0.69
44 Christian Djoos D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 12:11 0.01 9-8 0.33-0.35
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 25:47 0.10 13-24 0.26-0.58
4 Madison Bowey D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:21 0.02 8-10 0.14-0.37
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:20 5-18 0.18-0.44
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:11 0.06 6-12 0.17-0.24
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:38 0.11 5-12 0.13-0.67
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:03 0.12 6-16 0.19-0.31
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 22:19 8-22 0.15-0.47
48 Alex Chiasson R 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:11 0.11 7-12 0.29-0.24
72 Travis Boyd C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:16 4-8 0.12-0.33
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:38 0.49 5-18 0.18-0.44
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 39 37 2 60:00 2.28 +0.28