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Washington Capitals at Minnesota Wild

Feb 15, 2018 · Xcel Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 5 27
Minnesota Wild 2 34

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
00:59 WSH Tom Wilson (8) Alex Ovechkin (29), Dmitry Orlov (13) 1 - 0
05:51 WSH Alex Ovechkin (34) Andre Burakovsky (8) 2 - 0
3rd Period
02:29 WSH Andre Burakovsky (6) Brett Connolly (5), Philipp Grubauer (1) 3 - 0
04:25 MIN Nino Niederreiter (15) Mikko Koivu (22), Gustav Olofsson (6) 3 - 1
15:06 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (15) Alex Ovechkin (30), Tom Wilson (17) 4 - 1
16:48 MIN Eric Staal (26) PP Mikael Granlund (29), Ryan Suter (30) 4 - 2
17:46 WSH Tom Wilson (9) Nicklas Backstrom (30), Alex Ovechkin (31) 5 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:23 MIN Nino Niederreiter Hooking 2
2nd Period
10:14 WSH Devante Smith-Pelly Holding 2
11:29 MIN Eric Staal Tripping 2
3rd Period
07:15 WSH Tom Wilson Tripping 2
11:26 WSH Lars Eller Delaying game puck over glass 2
16:34 WSH Brooks Orpik Roughing 2
19:19 WSH Taylor Chorney High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 49 38 27 5 2.9 45.9
Minnesota Wild 55 43 34 2 3.2 54.1

How the game went

4202468Start2nd3rdMinnesota Wild 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 Minnesota Wild had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.9 expected, 5 scored · Minnesota Wild: 3.2 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 0:59 of 2nd, a 1% chanceWSH goal, 5:51 of 2nd, a 3% chanceWSH goal, 2:29 of 3rd, a 2% chanceWSH goal, 15:06 of 3rd, a 21% chanceWSH goal, 17:46 of 3rd, a 42% chanceMIN goal, 4:25 of 3rd, a 24% chanceMIN goal, 16:48 of 3rd, a 6% chanceMIN 3.2WSH 2.9

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
Minnesota Wild

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 Wilson11:4657.159.31-0
T.J. Oshie · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Jakub Vrana10:5030.429.70-1
Jay Beagle · Devante Smith-Pelly · Chandler Stephenson9:1044.421.30-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Andre Burakovsky8:5150.045.41-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov16:3538.924.42-1
John Carlson · Christian Djoos15:3542.335.21-0
Brooks Orpik · Taylor Chorney12:1964.370.31-0

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
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 3 4 4 0 7 0 17:48 0.46 17-12 1.14-0.69
43 Tom Wilson R 2 1 3 3 2 3 2 16:34 0.06 13-14 0.60-0.78
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 18:00 0.28 15-11 1.06-0.46
28 Andre Burakovsky L 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 11:31 0.02 8-8 0.18-0.25
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 21:12 0.04 16-24 0.95-1.61
20 Brett Connolly R 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 10:25 0.08 8-8 0.18-0.18
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:26 0.06 5-6 0.04-0.14
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 21:43 0.05 16-24 0.59-1.65
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:03 0.09 9-19 0.60-1.53
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 14:39 0.19 11-9 0.20-0.26
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:28 0.46 7-7 0.51-0.16
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 19:26 12-9 0.64-0.48
44 Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 13:51 9-5 0.54-0.23
44 Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 17:19 0.02 11-15 0.34-0.63
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 23:09 12-15 0.34-0.63
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 18:22 0.42 10-18 0.61-1.49
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:32 4-8 0.03-0.42
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:37 0.22 12-18 1.11-1.48
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Philipp Grubauer W 34 32 2 60:00 3.24 +1.24

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Daniel Winnik · Marcus Foligno · Joel Eriksson Ek9:5736.417.30-0
Matt Cullen · Zach Parise · Charlie Coyle9:0456.339.70-0
Mikko Koivu · Jason Zucker · Mikael Granlund6:1260.089.20-0
Eric Staal · Tyler Ennis · Nino Niederreiter6:0162.555.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon18:4957.656.10-2
Mathew Dumba · Gustav Olofsson16:1748.325.70-0
Nate Prosser · Nick Seeler12:2446.769.70-1

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
12 Eric Staal C 1 0 1 -1 2 2 0 15:37 0.08 14-9 0.67-0.71
62 Nino Niederreiter R 1 0 1 -1 2 3 1 14:35 0.96 17-9 1.38-0.89
9 Mikko Koivu C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 18:12 0.23 18-7 1.57-0.36
22 Ryan Suter D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 25:57 0.05 24-15 1.90-0.63
23 Gustav Olofsson D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 19:02 0.09 19-16 1.52-1.20
64 Mikael Granlund C 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 18:51 0.27 18-9 1.57-0.38
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:59 0.04 10-13 0.33-0.72
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 14:13 0.05 9-14 0.26-0.73
9 Zach Parise L 0 0 0 -1 0 7 0 18:56 0.70 16-11 0.76-0.59
14 Joel Eriksson Ek C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:38 0.01 5-11 0.10-0.60
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:59 4-9 0.02-0.09
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:57 0.27 14-9 0.85-0.23
24 Nick Seeler D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:26 7-8 0.23-0.10
24 Mathew Dumba D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 21:53 0.12 15-16 0.48-1.21
26 Daniel Winnik L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:30 0.00 4-9 0.02-0.32
39 Nate Prosser D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:29 7-8 0.23-0.10
46 Jared Spurgeon D 0 0 0 -4 0 0 2 24:59 0.07 19-15 0.80-0.64
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 11:49 0.23 10-7 0.36-0.18
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Devan Dubnyk L 26 22 4 58:58 2.50 -1.50