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Boston Bruins at Washington Capitals

Dec 28, 2017 · Capital One Arena

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 3 34
Washington Capitals 4 34

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:23 BOS David Backes (6) Riley Nash (12), Danton Heinen (16) 1 - 0
02:12 BOS Noel Acciari (3) Sean Kuraly (4) 2 - 0
2nd Period
12:31 WSH Lars Eller (5) Tom Wilson (12) 2 - 1
14:07 WSH Alex Ovechkin (24) PP John Carlson (25), Evgeny Kuznetsov (27) 2 - 2
3rd Period
07:19 BOS David Backes (7) Danton Heinen (17), Jake DeBrusk (11) 3 - 2
11:22 WSH Brett Connolly (8) Lars Eller (12), Madison Bowey (8) 3 - 3
Shootout
WSH Alex Ovechkin Shootout winner 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:11 BOS Sean Kuraly Roughing 2
05:11 BOS Sean Kuraly Fighting 5
05:11 WSH Brooks Orpik Fighting 5
08:54 WSH Christian Djoos Hooking 2
14:41 WSH T.J. Oshie Slashing 2
2nd Period
06:43 WSH Brett Connolly Tripping 2
12:54 BOS Torey Krug Slashing 2
17:03 BOS Sean Kuraly Holding 2
3rd Period
05:04 WSH T.J. Oshie High sticking 2
08:22 WSH Devante Smith-Pelly Holding 2
11:22 BOS Team Delaying game bench 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 69 50 34 3 3.6 51.3
Washington Capitals 65 52 34 3 3.0 48.7

How the game went

2520151050Start2nd3rdOTWashington Capitals aheadBoston Bruins 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 Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 3.6 expected, 3 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.0 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBOS goal, 1:23 of 1st, a 14% chanceBOS goal, 2:12 of 1st, a 25% chanceBOS goal, 7:19 of 3rd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 12:31 of 2nd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 14:07 of 2nd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 11:22 of 3rd, a 13% chanceBOS 3.6WSH 3.0

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

Boston Bruins
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.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Backes · Riley Nash · Danton Heinen11:4355.661.81-1
Sean Kuraly · Tim Schaller · Noel Acciari10:3942.153.41-0
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · David Pastrnak10:3155.060.70-0
Ryan Spooner · Anders Bjork · Jake DeBrusk5:2860.068.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Charlie McAvoy10:4057.974.00-0
Kevan Miller · Matt Grzelcyk10:0136.854.52-1
Torey Krug · Brandon Carlo9:1063.249.10-0

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
21 David Backes R 2 0 2 1 0 5 2 15:47 0.22 14-8 0.45-0.21
58 Danton Heinen L 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 18:30 0.27 13-12 0.44-0.31
52 Noel Acciari C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 14:09 0.31 8-13 0.42-0.40
18 Riley Nash C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16:01 0.26 11-10 0.39-0.27
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 1 1 0 9 0 3 12:36 8-14 0.42-0.54
74 Jake DeBrusk L 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 09:05 0.56 9-4 0.24-0.06
15 Ryan Spooner C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:45 0.17 6-4 0.14-0.06
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 17:22 0.01 13-15 0.61-0.45
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:53 6-5 0.14-0.06
25 Brandon Carlo D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:38 13-13 0.31-0.53
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 23:48 0.10 15-14 0.62-0.29
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 24:00 0.36 12-9 0.49-0.31
47 Torey Krug D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18:14 0.01 13-9 0.32-0.35
59 Tim Schaller L 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:18 0.13 8-11 0.42-0.36
63 Brad Marchand L 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 24:35 0.43 13-11 0.54-0.45
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 20:48 0.08 17-9 0.69-0.20
86 Kevan Miller D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:11 9-16 0.51-0.57
88 David Pastrnak R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 21:07 0.73 12-13 0.52-0.51
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Anton Khudobin 34 31 3 65:00 3.03 +0.03

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
T.J. Oshie · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Jakub Vrana8:4953.345.70-1
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Devante Smith-Pelly7:2346.742.30-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Tom Wilson5:5872.766.72-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Andre Burakovsky3:4728.616.70-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov15:0052.055.90-1
John Carlson · Christian Djoos10:3346.237.41-0
Brooks Orpik · Madison Bowey9:0254.537.10-1

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
20 Lars Eller C 1 1 2 1 0 5 3 18:36 0.41 12-8 0.48-0.53
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 1 0 0 4 5 23:00 0.37 13-13 0.24-0.51
20 Brett Connolly R 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 11:51 0.13 11-10 0.46-0.55
4 Madison Bowey D 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 09:34 0.06 14-11 0.44-0.51
43 Tom Wilson R 0 1 1 2 0 0 7 15:41 0.06 11-7 0.38-0.37
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 28:51 0.18 9-17 0.19-0.60
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 21:53 0.17 12-11 0.31-0.37
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 22:37 0.08 13-16 0.54-0.54
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 25:02 0.12 16-13 0.56-0.43
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:28 0.22 11-16 0.23-0.52
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:32 0.18 11-10 0.31-0.31
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 11:47 0.02 11-14 0.25-0.28
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:42 0.06 4-6 0.20-0.43
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -2 5 2 5 19:39 0.03 15-16 0.31-0.69
44 Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 11:59 9-7 0.34-0.29
48 Alex Chiasson R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:24 0.13 3-6 0.17-0.10
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 -2 4 6 1 21:39 0.75 12-13 0.36-0.49
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:45 3-6 0.17-0.11
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 34 31 3 65:00 3.71 +0.71