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Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins

Dec 14, 2017 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 5 22
Boston Bruins 3 37

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
17:34 WSH Jakub Vrana (10) Matt Niskanen (7) 1 - 0
2nd Period
04:22 BOS Patrice Bergeron (6) PP Brad Marchand (14), Danton Heinen (10) 1 - 1
12:05 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (6) PP Evgeny Kuznetsov (25), Alex Ovechkin (13) 2 - 1
3rd Period
07:52 WSH Alex Chiasson (5) Christian Djoos (3), John Carlson (21) 3 - 1
11:31 WSH Alex Chiasson (6) SH Unassisted 4 - 1
16:20 BOS David Krejci (5) Charlie McAvoy (12), Jake DeBrusk (8) 4 - 2
18:31 WSH Alex Ovechkin (22) Matt Niskanen (8) 5 - 2
19:33 BOS Patrice Bergeron (7) PP David Pastrnak (14), Danton Heinen (11) 5 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:57 BOS Patrice Bergeron Delaying game puck over glass 2
06:31 BOS Anders Bjork Holding 2
14:04 BOS Charlie McAvoy Holding the stick 2
15:02 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Tripping 2
2nd Period
03:31 WSH Jakub Vrana Holding the stick 2
10:53 BOS Charlie McAvoy Hooking 2
16:49 WSH Chandler Stephenson Hooking 2
19:27 WSH Dmitry Orlov Cross checking 2
19:27 BOS Brad Marchand Cross checking 2
3rd Period
11:19 WSH Brooks Orpik Interference 2
18:31 WSH Tom Wilson Misconduct 10
18:31 BOS Brad Marchand Misconduct 10
18:48 WSH Lars Eller Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 45 34 22 5 2.7 37.5
Boston Bruins 74 59 37 3 4.0 62.5

How the game went

50510152025Start2nd3rdBoston Bruins 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 Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.7 expected, 5 scored · Boston Bruins: 4.0 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 17:34 of 1st, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 12:05 of 2nd, a 15% chanceWSH goal, 7:52 of 3rd, a 10% chanceWSH goal, 11:31 of 3rd, a 12% chanceWSH goal, 18:31 of 3rd, a 51% chanceBOS goal, 4:22 of 2nd, a 13% chanceBOS goal, 16:20 of 3rd, a 41% chanceBOS goal, 19:33 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBOS 4.0WSH 2.7

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
Boston Bruins

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 · Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson10:0435.313.50-0
Jay Beagle · Devante Smith-Pelly · Chandler Stephenson9:1611.111.80-1
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Andre Burakovsky8:0433.339.70-0
Alex Chiasson · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Jakub Vrana5:5770.667.41-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov13:1456.052.51-0
Brooks Orpik · Madison Bowey7:117.10.00-0
John Carlson · Christian Djoos7:0133.346.41-0

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
48 Alex Chiasson R 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 12:46 0.28 12-5 0.42-0.20
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 20:45 0.29 8-17 0.28-0.91
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 2 2 3 0 1 2 22:58 0.04 17-17 0.63-0.88
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 19:37 0.34 7-14 0.17-0.79
19 Jakub Vrana L 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 09:09 0.23 16-5 0.60-0.20
44 Christian Djoos D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13:00 7-17 0.35-1.24
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 25:20 0.01 14-15 0.55-0.60
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 17:39 0.19 16-10 0.60-0.47
4 Madison Bowey D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:50 1-24 0.00-1.28
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 2 2 2 5 21:33 0.11 15-17 0.65-0.63
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 13:01 3-18 0.24-1.21
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 15:50 0.20 9-17 0.41-0.39
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14:38 8-15 0.32-0.40
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:25 2-17 0.14-1.16
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:36 0.32 9-15 0.41-0.41
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 1 10 0 2 15:37 0.05 8-16 0.11-0.85
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 18:33 0.02 11-20 0.24-0.77
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:25 0.11 2-16 0.14-1.08
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 37 34 3 59:42 4.13 +1.13

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak9:3453.364.20-0
Sean Kuraly · Tim Schaller · Noel Acciari7:2245.561.00-0
David Backes · Riley Nash · Danton Heinen6:1290.0100.00-0
David Krejci · Anders Bjork · Jake DeBrusk5:4252.957.01-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Kevan Miller13:4760.783.60-0
Matt Grzelcyk · Charlie McAvoy12:0474.270.81-1
Torey Krug · Brandon Carlo8:3950.039.40-0

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
37 Patrice Bergeron C 2 0 2 -2 2 4 2 20:04 0.71 12-10 0.63-0.39
58 Danton Heinen L 0 2 2 -1 0 2 0 15:33 0.25 22-3 0.90-0.06
46 David Krejci C 1 0 1 -2 0 7 1 15:36 0.90 22-12 1.26-0.68
63 Brad Marchand L 0 1 1 -2 12 2 0 17:44 0.52 10-11 0.54-0.47
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 20:54 0.06 28-12 1.46-0.63
74 Jake DeBrusk L 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 12:11 0.09 14-8 0.87-0.48
88 David Pastrnak R 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 19:39 0.30 11-10 0.62-0.40
18 Riley Nash C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 14:27 0.02 11-5 0.62-0.10
21 David Backes R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 6 15:07 0.33 19-7 0.85-0.16
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:21 0.27 24-8 1.22-0.49
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 06:47 10-9 0.76-0.54
25 Brandon Carlo D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:15 10-10 0.27-0.44
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 22:17 0.11 20-15 1.05-0.38
47 Torey Krug D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 18:14 0.12 11-9 0.43-0.31
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11:34 9-6 0.14-0.08
52 Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:26 0.18 16-9 0.50-0.20
59 Tim Schaller L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:30 0.16 9-9 0.38-0.19
86 Kevan Miller D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:16 0.04 17-12 0.97-0.25
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Anton Khudobin L 21 17 4 58:53 2.23 -1.77