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New York Rangers at Washington Capitals

Dec 8, 2017 · Capital One Arena

Team Goals Shots
New York Rangers 2 29
Washington Capitals 4 40

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:14 WSH Jay Beagle (4) Devante Smith-Pelly (6), Chandler Stephenson (5) 0 - 1
2nd Period
11:42 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (5) Unassisted 0 - 2
19:03 NYR Michael Grabner (14) J.T. Miller (17), Ryan McDonagh (14) 1 - 2
3rd Period
09:37 NYR Jesper Fast (6) Paul Carey (2), Marc Staal (5) 2 - 2
16:28 WSH Matt Niskanen (1) Tom Wilson (10), Alex Ovechkin (12) 2 - 3
18:28 WSH Tom Wilson (5) Nicklas Backstrom (20), Dmitry Orlov (8) 2 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
16:57 NYR Mats Zuccarello Slashing 2
2nd Period
01:34 NYR J.T. Miller Tripping 2
01:57 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Tripping 2
13:32 NYR Paul Carey High sticking 2
16:28 WSH Alex Chiasson Holding 2
3rd Period
06:08 WSH Madison Bowey Tripping 2
11:51 NYR Brendan Smith Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New York Rangers 55 40 29 2 2.1 45.8
Washington Capitals 67 51 40 4 4.2 54.2

How the game went

0510Start2nd3rdWashington Capitals aheadNew York Rangers 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 New York Rangers had.

Expected goals

New York Rangers: 2.1 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 4.2 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndNYR goal, 19:03 of 2nd, a 6% chanceNYR goal, 9:37 of 3rd, a 5% chanceWSH goal, 0:14 of 1st, a 5% chanceWSH goal, 11:42 of 2nd, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 16:28 of 3rd, a 32% chanceWSH goal, 18:28 of 3rd, a 14% chanceWSH 4.2NYR 2.1

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

New York Rangers
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.

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Michael Grabner · Mats Zuccarello · J.T. Miller11:3848.451.81-1
Paul Carey · Jesper Fast · Boo Nieves8:5950.026.31-1
David Desharnais · Chris Kreider · Pavel Buchnevich8:5452.944.20-1
Rick Nash · Kevin Hayes · Jimmy Vesey8:4637.57.60-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan McDonagh · Nick Holden15:0641.443.11-1
Kevin Shattenkirk · Brady Skjei14:3252.237.60-2
Marc Staal · Brendan Smith11:1931.024.51-0

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
40 Michael Grabner L 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 15:43 0.19 15-16 0.98-0.91
71 Jesper Fast R 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11:58 0.05 8-7 0.20-0.50
10 J.T. Miller C 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 17:51 0.22 17-20 1.10-1.13
18 Marc Staal D 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 16:27 0.27 13-22 0.58-1.63
27 Ryan McDonagh D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 24:47 0.04 15-19 0.65-0.88
34 Paul Carey C 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 11:47 0.08 10-10 0.28-0.57
5 Nick Holden D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:17 0.02 16-17 0.78-0.73
7 Brendan Smith D 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 15:55 0.10 12-22 0.57-1.62
12 Kevin Shattenkirk D 0 0 0 -3 0 3 1 19:43 0.18 14-12 0.46-0.64
13 Kevin Hayes R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:53 0.12 9-12 0.20-0.80
15 Boo Nieves C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:22 0.09 8-8 0.26-0.53
22 Chris Kreider L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 14:01 0.03 11-14 0.28-0.68
26 Jimmy Vesey L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 13:04 0.10 6-11 0.06-0.80
36 Mats Zuccarello R 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 18:26 0.38 15-19 0.98-1.13
51 David Desharnais C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:06 0.08 11-12 0.28-0.54
61 Rick Nash L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:39 0.10 10-14 0.29-0.89
76 Brady Skjei D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 20:34 0.07 19-13 0.50-0.53
89 Pavel Buchnevich L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:19 0.01 11-12 0.28-0.48
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Henrik Lundqvist 40 36 4 59:08 3.94 -0.06

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson12:0675.069.93-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Andre Burakovsky10:2055.073.40-0
Jay Beagle · Devante Smith-Pelly · Chandler Stephenson9:3344.477.81-0
Alex Chiasson · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Jakub Vrana8:3147.459.50-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov15:0853.357.71-1
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson11:0041.443.02-0
Brooks Orpik · Madison Bowey6:5850.067.00-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 18:56 0.30 25-8 1.59-0.67
43 Tom Wilson R 1 1 2 3 0 3 6 15:58 0.30 24-13 1.56-0.85
15 Matt Niskanen D 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 24:04 0.40 21-16 1.13-0.63
83 Jay Beagle C 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 13:57 0.29 5-11 0.34-0.36
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 1 1 3 0 5 1 20:31 0.69 25-11 1.59-0.76
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 22:40 0.05 17-14 0.78-0.57
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:10 0.04 5-7 0.34-0.23
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11:10 4-6 0.31-0.14
4 Madison Bowey D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 10:34 0.03 10-9 0.74-0.34
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:12 0.13 10-12 0.51-0.34
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 17:57 0.43 13-16 0.58-0.52
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:38 0.07 12-9 0.60-0.20
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:08 0.07 13-10 0.61-0.20
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 22:26 0.01 20-26 1.26-1.09
44 Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:21 14-4 0.94-0.09
48 Alex Chiasson R 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 12:48 10-13 0.49-0.42
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 25:52 0.52 21-19 1.12-0.78
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -2 2 6 0 15:59 0.53 11-16 0.53-0.56
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 29 27 2 59:39 2.16 +0.16