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Vegas Golden Knights at Washington Capitals

Feb 4, 2018 · Capital One Arena

Team Goals Shots
Vegas Golden Knights 4 31
Washington Capitals 3 23

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:22 WSH Chandler Stephenson (5) Jay Beagle (11), Matt Niskanen (12) 0 - 1
16:06 VGK Ryan Carpenter (1) Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (4), Nate Schmidt (19) 1 - 1
2nd Period
08:38 WSH Matt Niskanen (4) Evgeny Kuznetsov (35), Dmitry Orlov (12) 1 - 2
18:53 VGK Reilly Smith (15) PP Alex Tuch (14), Jonathan Marchessault (31) 2 - 2
3rd Period
00:52 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (11) Christian Djoos (9), Andre Burakovsky (7) 2 - 3
09:21 VGK Reilly Smith (16) Jonathan Marchessault (32), William Karlsson (18) 3 - 3
14:48 VGK Alex Tuch (10) Ryan Carpenter (2), Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (5) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
19:33 VGK Brayden McNabb Tripping 2
2nd Period
11:47 VGK Alex Tuch Interference 2
18:16 WSH Brooks Orpik Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights 66 49 31 4 2.7 65.2
Washington Capitals 43 31 23 3 1.7 34.8

How the game went

2520151050Start2nd3rdWashington Capitals aheadVegas Golden Knights 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 Vegas Golden Knights had.

Expected goals

Vegas Golden Knights: 2.7 expected, 4 scored · Washington Capitals: 1.7 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndVGK goal, 16:06 of 1st, a 9% chanceVGK goal, 18:53 of 2nd, a 23% chanceVGK goal, 9:21 of 3rd, a 4% chanceVGK goal, 14:48 of 3rd, a 7% chanceWSH goal, 7:22 of 1st, a 4% chanceWSH goal, 8:38 of 2nd, a 7% chanceWSH goal, 0:52 of 3rd, a 12% chanceVGK 2.7WSH 1.7

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

Vegas Golden Knights
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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
James Neal · David Perron · Erik Haula15:1844.434.20-2
Reilly Smith · William Karlsson · Jonathan Marchessault14:1391.387.51-0
Cody Eakin · Oscar Lindberg · Alex Tuch8:2971.468.40-0
Ryan Carpenter · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Alex Tuch3:5090.9100.02-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brayden McNabb · Nate Schmidt19:0570.067.91-1
Colin Miller · Brad Hunt15:3166.776.30-0
Deryk Engelland · Shea Theodore14:2656.546.71-1

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

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
19 Reilly Smith R 2 0 2 1 0 8 0 18:08 0.99 23-3 0.60-0.07
22 Ryan Carpenter C 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 12:27 0.34 14-8 0.46-0.10
89 Alex Tuch R 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 16:24 0.17 18-3 0.59-0.05
41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 11:27 0.02 14-8 0.52-0.14
81 Jonathan Marchessault R 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 18:14 0.06 26-5 0.65-0.12
71 William Karlsson C 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 19:52 0.13 24-5 0.60-0.09
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 24:54 0.06 30-14 1.05-0.56
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 23:23 0.08 31-12 0.99-0.43
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:54 0.03 15-13 0.28-0.46
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:25 0.03 12-7 0.24-0.11
17 Brad Hunt D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:06 0.02 10-6 0.22-0.07
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:35 6-2 0.12-0.05
24 Oscar Lindberg L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:22 7-2 0.12-0.05
27 Shea Theodore D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 16:50 0.07 18-10 0.47-0.29
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01:03 0-2 0.00-0.05
56 Erik Haula L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:58 0.17 14-15 0.39-0.69
57 David Perron L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 19:27 0.05 14-21 0.42-0.75
81 James Neal L 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 18:31 0.12 14-19 0.41-0.75
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury W 23 20 3 60:00 1.76 -1.24

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson14:4840.042.11-0
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Andre Burakovsky11:4436.844.11-1
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Jakub Vrana9:2646.219.80-1
Jay Beagle · Devante Smith-Pelly · Chandler Stephenson9:2635.763.01-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov19:4631.331.42-2
John Carlson · Christian Djoos15:4630.043.91-0
Brooks Orpik · Madison Bowey15:1550.038.40-1

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
15 Matt Niskanen D 1 1 2 0 0 2 4 22:01 0.09 10-23 0.29-0.66
9 Chandler Stephenson C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11:26 0.04 5-11 0.14-0.15
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 17:22 0.12 7-13 0.25-0.32
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 21:57 0.01 10-24 0.29-0.66
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 15:26 0.37 7-14 0.25-0.32
44 Christian Djoos D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:46 9-21 0.49-0.62
83 Jay Beagle C 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 13:40 0.05 6-15 0.19-0.17
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 22:19 0.11 12-23 0.43-0.73
4 Madison Bowey D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:49 0.07 12-13 0.19-0.31
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 21:14 0.32 12-20 0.43-0.73
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:25 0.09 7-11 0.14-0.41
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:40 6-9 0.09-0.41
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 14:04 0.13 7-9 0.14-0.50
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 11:29 0.03 5-10 0.14-0.09
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 16:54 0.08 12-25 0.43-0.71
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 16:05 12-12 0.19-0.31
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 22:59 0.14 9-23 0.49-0.68
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 18:14 0.08 7-14 0.25-0.32
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Philipp Grubauer L 31 27 4 58:33 2.38 -1.62