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Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets

1st Round, Game 3 · Apr 17, 2018 · Nationwide Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 45
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 35

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
05:52 WSH Tom Wilson (1) Matt Niskanen (1), Alex Ovechkin (1) 1 - 0
11:18 CBJ Pierre-Luc Dubois (1) Artemi Panarin (5), Seth Jones (3) 1 - 1
14:43 WSH John Carlson (1) PP Nicklas Backstrom (5), Alex Ovechkin (2) 2 - 1
3rd Period
04:12 CBJ Artemi Panarin (2) Cam Atkinson (2) 2 - 2
Overtime 2
09:00 WSH Lars Eller (1) Brett Connolly (1), Devante Smith-Pelly (1) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:26 WSH Tom Wilson High sticking 2
11:55 CBJ Josh Anderson Interference 2
18:27 WSH Jakub Vrana High sticking 2
2nd Period
02:15 CBJ Team Too many men on the ice 2
13:08 CBJ Brandon Dubinsky Slashing 2
14:15 CBJ Ryan Murray Slashing 2
3rd Period
09:05 WSH Brooks Orpik Interference 2
Overtime
15:42 WSH John Carlson Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 90 62 45 3 4.1 55.1
Columbus Blue Jackets 75 59 35 2 2.9 44.9

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdOTColumbus 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: 4.1 expected, 3 scored · Columbus Blue Jackets: 2.9 expected, 2 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTWSH goal, 5:52 of 2nd, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 14:43 of 2nd, a 4% chanceWSH goal, 9:00 of overtime, a 28% chanceCBJ goal, 11:18 of 2nd, a 1% chanceCBJ goal, 4:12 of 3rd, a 5% chanceWSH 4.1CBJ 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
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 · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson18:4159.561.81-2
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Jakub Vrana14:1647.452.60-0
Lars Eller · Devante Smith-Pelly · Brett Connolly12:1374.191.11-0
Jay Beagle · Alex Chiasson · Chandler Stephenson7:1931.359.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov27:0562.274.21-1
John Carlson · Michal Kempny20:0555.065.40-0
Brooks Orpik · Christian Djoos15:0651.565.21-0

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 0 2 2 -1 0 5 1 29:23 0.39 27-19 1.16-0.90
20 Lars Eller C 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 22:37 0.52 26-13 1.03-0.21
43 Tom Wilson R 1 0 1 -1 2 6 1 26:09 0.65 25-17 1.11-0.61
74 John Carlson D 1 0 1 -1 2 2 1 33:34 0.14 26-20 1.28-0.74
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 37:17 0.06 29-22 1.33-0.77
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 27:03 0.19 14-15 0.65-0.45
20 Brett Connolly R 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 17:58 0.32 23-13 1.11-0.20
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:31 0.03 23-11 1.07-0.20
6 Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 24:05 0.50 23-22 1.21-0.75
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 36:00 0.14 34-19 1.36-0.53
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:33 0.06 11-15 0.52-0.40
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 22:00 0.10 17-16 0.63-0.47
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 24:39 0.02 20-24 0.83-0.60
44 Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 17:17 0.10 20-18 0.74-0.63
48 Alex Chiasson R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:19 0.09 8-13 0.50-0.36
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 29:25 0.33 17-17 0.61-0.77
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:11 8-16 0.45-0.41
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 31:01 0.42 29-20 1.28-0.93
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 35 33 2 89:00 3.01 +1.01

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Cam Atkinson · Artemi Panarin · Pierre-Luc Dubois20:0942.225.61-0
Brandon Dubinsky · Matt Calvert · Josh Anderson17:5157.159.60-0
Thomas Vanek · Nick Foligno · Boone Jenner14:2046.432.80-0
Mark Letestu · Oliver Bjorkstrand · Sonny Milano2:420.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Seth Jones · Zach Werenski24:1839.616.41-2
Ian Cole · David Savard22:2050.055.00-0
Ryan Murray · Markus Nutivaara21:1751.763.91-0

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
10 Artemi Panarin L 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 31:39 0.34 29-32 0.94-1.82
80 Pierre-Luc Dubois C 1 0 1 1 0 2 6 31:09 0.32 26-33 0.83-1.83
3 Seth Jones D 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 35:04 0.10 23-35 0.49-2.23
13 Cam Atkinson R 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 31:51 0.48 21-31 0.62-1.68
8 Zach Werenski D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 30:28 0.11 22-33 0.48-2.17
11 Matt Calvert L 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 24:50 0.45 19-12 0.98-0.46
15 Sonny Milano L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:55 0-1 0.00-0.06
17 Brandon Dubinsky C 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 24:19 0.02 18-19 0.69-0.50
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 -1 2 3 4 26:04 0.19 18-28 0.69-1.00
22 Mark Letestu C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:10 3-4 0.09-0.12
22 Boone Jenner C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 3 26:44 0.60 16-27 0.30-0.96
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 20:57 0.08 17-15 0.35-0.57
28 Ian Cole D 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 28:50 0.08 25-27 1.04-0.82
28 Ryan Murray D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 27:04 0.02 16-19 0.53-0.38
28 Oliver Bjorkstrand R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:09 0.04 4-4 0.09-0.16
58 David Savard D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 26:48 23-24 0.94-0.81
65 Markus Nutivaara D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 23:26 0.01 15-15 0.49-0.38
71 Nick Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 26:04 0.03 15-21 0.37-0.93
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
72 Sergei Bobrovsky L 45 42 3 89:00 4.24 +1.24