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St. Louis Blues at Washington Capitals

Jan 7, 2018 · Capital One Arena

Team Goals Shots
St. Louis Blues 3 34
Washington Capitals 4 33

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
13:15 WSH Brett Connolly (9) PP Alex Ovechkin (18), John Carlson (28) 0 - 1
2nd Period
01:18 STL Vladimir Tarasenko (18) Ivan Barbashev (2), Joel Edmundson (8) 1 - 1
05:02 STL Alexander Steen (6) PP Brayden Schenn (26), Alex Pietrangelo (22) 2 - 1
3rd Period
08:00 WSH Alex Ovechkin (27) PP John Carlson (29), Nicklas Backstrom (26) 2 - 2
10:49 WSH Lars Eller (6) T.J. Oshie (14), Madison Bowey (9) 2 - 3
15:51 STL Carl Gunnarsson (4) Patrik Berglund (2), Tage Thompson (2) 3 - 3
Overtime
04:17 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (9) T.J. Oshie (15) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:35 STL Kyle Brodziak Holding 2
11:58 STL Carl Gunnarsson Holding 2
2nd Period
04:18 WSH Dmitry Orlov Hooking 2
12:23 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Hooking 2
3rd Period
01:57 STL Patrik Berglund Holding 2
07:57 STL Jay Bouwmeester Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
St. Louis Blues 66 57 34 3 3.5 52.7
Washington Capitals 64 45 33 4 2.3 47.3

How the game went

12108642024Start2nd3rdOTWashington Capitals aheadSt. Louis Blues 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 St. Louis Blues had.

Expected goals

St. Louis Blues: 3.5 expected, 3 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.3 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTSTL goal, 1:18 of 2nd, a 8% chanceSTL goal, 5:02 of 2nd, a 12% chanceSTL goal, 15:51 of 3rd, a 14% chanceWSH goal, 13:15 of 1st, a 12% chanceWSH goal, 8:00 of 3rd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 10:49 of 3rd, a 5% chanceWSH goal, 4:17 of overtime, a 10% chanceSTL 3.5WSH 2.3

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

St. Louis Blues
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.

St. Louis Blues

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Paul Stastny · Vladimir Tarasenko · Ivan Barbashev14:0769.078.81-0
Alexander Steen · Vladimir Sobotka · Brayden Schenn11:1247.653.00-1
Patrik Berglund · Magnus Paajarvi · Tage Thompson7:0563.695.00-0
Chris Thorburn · Scottie Upshall · Kyle Brodziak4:140.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joel Edmundson · Colton Parayko18:4365.974.51-1
Jay Bouwmeester · Alex Pietrangelo18:1953.365.00-0
Carl Gunnarsson · Robert Bortuzzo9:4037.556.30-0

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
4 Carl Gunnarsson D 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 11:17 0.14 8-11 0.43-0.21
20 Alexander Steen L 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 20:24 0.52 18-20 0.94-0.80
91 Vladimir Tarasenko R 1 0 1 1 0 6 1 22:11 0.55 27-15 1.55-0.40
6 Joel Edmundson D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 3 23:13 0.06 27-14 1.03-0.35
7 Alex Pietrangelo D 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 28:14 0.17 25-24 1.61-1.05
10 Patrik Berglund C 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 14:33 0.16 14-13 0.55-0.19
10 Brayden Schenn C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 19:04 0.36 12-22 0.39-0.97
49 Ivan Barbashev L 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 17:33 0.16 24-13 1.20-0.68
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 12:17 0.18 15-8 0.44-0.10
9 Scottie Upshall R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:01 5-15 0.61-0.37
17 Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 18:46 0.23 17-15 0.60-0.45
19 Jay Bouwmeester D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 22:46 0.03 24-24 1.47-0.85
22 Chris Thorburn R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:58 0-9 0.00-0.41
26 Paul Stastny C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:52 0.68 28-10 1.48-0.33
28 Kyle Brodziak C 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 12:12 6-15 0.66-0.41
41 Robert Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:26 0.09 6-15 0.27-0.52
55 Colton Parayko D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25:26 0.04 28-18 1.04-0.43
56 Magnus Paajarvi L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:18 0.17 11-4 0.38-0.01
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton OTL 33 29 4 64:17 2.35 -1.65

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson · Jakub Vrana12:0335.746.50-1
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Devante Smith-Pelly8:5655.046.90-1
Jay Beagle · Alex Chiasson · Andre Burakovsky7:0236.416.60-0
T.J. Oshie · Lars Eller · Brett Connolly6:5177.886.11-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov21:3041.925.80-0
John Carlson · Christian Djoos12:5629.611.40-1
Brooks Orpik · Madison Bowey10:1474.283.71-0

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
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 22:50 0.14 18-24 0.48-1.60
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 22:40 0.22 17-24 0.43-1.53
74 John Carlson D 0 2 2 -1 0 1 1 26:30 0.04 10-26 0.18-1.15
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 19:28 0.23 20-16 0.51-0.86
20 Lars Eller C 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 17:01 0.12 21-7 0.62-0.32
20 Brett Connolly R 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 14:43 0.34 20-5 0.59-0.07
4 Madison Bowey D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 11:15 0.05 25-10 0.97-0.41
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 26:34 0.07 20-26 0.70-1.62
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 24:19 0.03 18-25 0.56-1.61
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 13:50 0.13 10-19 0.57-0.68
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 14:52 0.31 18-11 0.55-0.39
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:52 0.11 5-10 0.07-0.48
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:41 0.40 10-20 0.57-0.84
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:02 25-12 0.92-0.34
44 Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 13:38 8-19 0.09-0.72
48 Alex Chiasson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:27 5-13 0.07-0.95
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:22 4-9 0.04-0.33
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 18:31 0.10 11-19 0.62-0.75
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 34 31 3 63:49 3.61 +0.61