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Nashville Predators at Washington Capitals

Apr 5, 2018 · Capital One Arena

Team Goals Shots
Nashville Predators 4 29
Washington Capitals 3 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:17 NSH Craig Smith (24) PP Ryan Johansen (38), P.K. Subban (43) 1 - 0
2nd Period
04:29 WSH Alex Ovechkin (47) PP Evgeny Kuznetsov (55), John Carlson (52) 1 - 1
06:47 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (26) PP Nicklas Backstrom (49), T.J. Oshie (29) 1 - 2
14:03 NSH Craig Smith (25) Roman Josi (39), Kyle Turris (33) 2 - 2
3rd Period
01:07 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (27) Unassisted 2 - 3
08:19 NSH Roman Josi (14) PP Ryan Ellis (22), Kyle Turris (34) 3 - 3
14:33 NSH Ryan Johansen (15) Viktor Arvidsson (32), Ryan Ellis (23) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:51 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Slashing 2
07:03 NSH Roman Josi Interference 2
2nd Period
03:43 NSH Ryan Johansen Tripping 2
06:31 NSH P.K. Subban Slashing 2
3rd Period
02:25 NSH Kyle Turris Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
06:22 WSH Matt Niskanen Tripping 2
19:59 NSH Nick Bonino Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators 63 44 29 4 2.4 52.5
Washington Capitals 67 51 32 3 2.2 47.5

How the game went

105051015Start2nd3rdWashington Capitals aheadNashville Predators 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 Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 2.4 expected, 4 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.2 expected, 3 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndNSH goal, 4:17 of 1st, a 20% chanceNSH goal, 14:03 of 2nd, a 14% chanceNSH goal, 8:19 of 3rd, a 7% chanceNSH goal, 14:33 of 3rd, a 24% chanceWSH goal, 4:29 of 2nd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 6:47 of 2nd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 1:07 of 3rd, a 2% chanceNSH 2.4WSH 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

Nashville Predators
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.

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Johansen · Filip Forsberg · Viktor Arvidsson12:4550.062.91-0
Nick Bonino · Colton Sissons · Ryan Hartman11:4753.873.90-1
Kyle Turris · Craig Smith · Kevin Fiala11:1057.755.41-0
Mike Fisher · Austin Watson · Miikka Salomaki10:1346.738.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Josi · Ryan Ellis12:0457.190.92-0
P.K. Subban · Mattias Ekholm8:4533.334.40-1
Alexei Emelin · P.K. Subban8:1323.133.30-0

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
15 Craig Smith C 2 0 2 1 0 5 2 13:54 0.45 17-12 0.33-0.26
12 Ryan Johansen C 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 16:47 0.37 14-14 0.75-0.44
59 Roman Josi D 1 1 2 2 2 2 5 25:18 0.13 27-21 1.17-0.39
8 Kyle Turris C 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 13:46 0.15 18-13 0.46-0.26
94 Ryan Ellis D 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 25:25 0.05 25-18 0.98-0.21
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 15:43 0.21 14-15 0.75-0.44
76 P.K. Subban D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 2 24:12 0.11 12-22 0.34-0.60
9 Filip Forsberg L 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 17:01 0.29 14-15 0.75-0.44
12 Mike Fisher C 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 12:11 0.06 7-9 0.08-0.13
12 Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 17:23 0.09 15-12 0.61-0.17
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:33 0.02 14-16 0.28-0.47
15 Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 16:02 0.16 14-13 0.48-0.17
20 Miikka Salomaki R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:39 9-9 0.08-0.13
22 Kevin Fiala L 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:02 0.02 15-11 0.32-0.26
24 Austin Watson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 13:24 0.06 7-8 0.08-0.13
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:47 0.06 12-13 0.32-0.16
38 Ryan Hartman R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:57 0.16 15-13 0.61-0.17
52 Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:53 16-6 0.45-0.17
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
74 Juuse Saros 32 29 3 60:00 2.27 -0.73

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Andre Burakovsky12:0752.059.60-0
Lars Eller · Devante Smith-Pelly · Brett Connolly11:5154.564.00-0
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson10:3926.713.81-1
Travis Boyd · Tom Wilson · Chandler Stephenson3:3350.022.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov19:1157.765.90-0
John Carlson · Michal Kempny17:0343.643.31-1
Brooks Orpik · Christian Djoos10:2754.531.50-0

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
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 2 1 3 -1 0 4 1 20:16 0.30 7-15 0.21-0.93
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 21:54 0.54 8-16 0.22-0.93
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 21:37 15-14 0.24-0.11
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 -1 0 8 0 26:45 0.38 20-27 0.30-0.91
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 22:49 15-18 0.21-0.51
6 Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 18:48 0.04 18-23 0.30-0.38
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:09 0.04 15-14 0.54-0.68
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:58 0.13 13-13 0.29-0.51
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 21:05 0.12 15-15 0.54-0.54
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:32 0.42 14-11 0.28-0.28
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:29 0.07 13-11 0.28-0.28
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:46 16-11 0.42-0.23
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:54 0.06 15-12 0.22-0.11
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 16:15 0.01 12-18 0.23-0.75
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:08 0.05 12-15 0.14-0.57
44 Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:51 0.04 16-11 0.19-0.32
48 Alex Chiasson R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 04:10 0.02 4-6 0.13-0.23
72 Travis Boyd C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:28 12-15 0.28-0.59
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Philipp Grubauer 29 25 4 57:43 2.46 -1.54