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Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets

Feb 6, 2018 · Nationwide Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 25
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 39

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:58 CBJ David Savard (4) Alexander Wennberg (15) 0 - 1
04:54 WSH John Carlson (8) PP Nicklas Backstrom (29), Evgeny Kuznetsov (36) 1 - 1
2nd Period
05:00 WSH Tom Wilson (7) Alex Ovechkin (25), Christian Djoos (10) 2 - 1
3rd Period
13:55 CBJ Brandon Dubinsky (4) Markus Nutivaara (14), Matt Calvert (10) 2 - 2
19:17 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (12) T.J. Oshie (19), Alex Ovechkin (26) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:38 CBJ Markus Nutivaara Holding 2
12:23 CBJ Josh Anderson Fighting 5
12:23 WSH Tom Wilson Fighting 5
19:57 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Holding the stick 2
3rd Period
11:23 WSH Tom Wilson Slashing 2
16:49 WSH Jakub Vrana High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 48 35 25 3 2.2 44.0
Columbus Blue Jackets 67 53 39 2 3.7 56.0

How the game went

105051015Start2nd3rdColumbus Blue Jackets 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 Columbus Blue Jackets had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.2 expected, 3 scored · Columbus Blue Jackets: 3.7 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 4:54 of 1st, a 2% chanceWSH goal, 5:00 of 2nd, a 8% chanceWSH goal, 19:17 of 3rd, a 15% chanceCBJ goal, 1:58 of 1st, a 3% chanceCBJ goal, 13:55 of 3rd, a 26% chanceCBJ 3.7WSH 2.2

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
Columbus Blue Jackets

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 Wilson13:3859.370.91-0
T.J. Oshie · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Jakub Vrana9:4227.310.50-1
Jay Beagle · Devante Smith-Pelly · Chandler Stephenson8:0023.513.80-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Andre Burakovsky5:2944.441.70-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov17:2328.025.80-0
Brooks Orpik · Madison Bowey15:0938.545.60-0
John Carlson · Christian Djoos12:1751.736.41-1

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 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 21:12 0.17 26-13 1.09-0.21
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 2 2 2 0 8 2 18:49 0.61 27-12 0.97-0.21
43 Tom Wilson R 1 0 1 1 7 3 5 18:43 0.23 18-13 0.54-0.31
74 John Carlson D 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 20:55 0.10 27-19 1.18-1.82
44 Christian Djoos D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 13:03 15-17 0.73-1.35
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:53 0.16 10-13 0.49-0.89
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 15:25 0.13 6-11 0.22-0.79
4 Madison Bowey D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:13 0.01 10-16 0.33-0.40
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22:20 12-21 0.55-1.29
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:03 0.02 6-21 0.31-1.69
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 23:17 0.09 9-21 0.35-0.86
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 13:02 0.20 7-11 0.36-0.74
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:20 0.09 7-14 0.26-0.62
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:27 6-15 0.22-0.54
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:01 0.04 9-18 0.52-1.47
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 06:34 0.13 5-9 0.16-0.31
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22:56 15-18 0.44-0.46
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:09 0.20 5-18 0.21-1.46
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 39 37 2 59:38 3.79 +1.79

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brandon Dubinsky · Boone Jenner · Josh Anderson12:2138.522.90-2
Cam Atkinson · Artemi Panarin · Pierre-Luc Dubois11:4355.073.10-0
Nick Foligno · Oliver Bjorkstrand · Alexander Wennberg8:2172.271.81-0
Jussi Jokinen · Matt Calvert · Lukas Sedlak5:2650.081.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Seth Jones · Zach Werenski18:5838.534.10-0
Jack Johnson · Markus Nutivaara11:1685.789.01-0
David Savard · Dean Kukan10:5275.068.41-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
17 Brandon Dubinsky C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 5 17:49 0.35 17-20 0.74-0.76
58 David Savard D 1 0 1 -1 0 3 3 16:19 0.10 19-13 0.61-0.62
11 Matt Calvert L 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 09:33 0.14 11-7 0.64-0.21
21 Alexander Wennberg C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:59 0.18 17-7 0.93-0.50
65 Markus Nutivaara D 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 15:46 0.25 22-5 1.97-0.11
3 Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:16 0.04 19-9 0.86-0.34
3 Seth Jones D 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 27:31 0.17 17-29 0.58-1.07
8 Zach Werenski D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 24:22 0.26 18-29 0.67-1.25
10 Artemi Panarin L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:44 0.53 20-12 1.40-0.40
13 Cam Atkinson R 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 21:06 0.37 14-11 1.09-0.44
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 -2 5 2 3 17:27 0.10 12-17 0.25-0.78
22 Boone Jenner C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 16:20 16-21 0.62-0.86
23 Lukas Sedlak C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:44 5-6 0.26-0.18
28 Oliver Bjorkstrand R 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 13:20 0.67 19-8 1.12-0.44
36 Jussi Jokinen L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:44 0.09 7-4 0.27-0.05
46 Dean Kukan D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:58 17-3 1.49-0.19
71 Nick Foligno L 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 16:08 0.06 13-8 0.79-0.39
80 Pierre-Luc Dubois C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:11 0.40 17-11 1.16-0.35
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
72 Sergei Bobrovsky L 25 22 3 59:27 2.22 -0.78