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Washington Capitals at Columbus Blue Jackets

1st Round, Game 6 · Apr 23, 2018 · Nationwide Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 6 28
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 38

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
12:12 WSH Dmitry Orlov (1) Matt Niskanen (2), Chandler Stephenson (3) 1 - 0
2nd Period
08:40 CBJ Nick Foligno (1) Ryan Murray (1), Ian Cole (3) 1 - 1
12:50 WSH Alex Ovechkin (4) Brooks Orpik (2), Christian Djoos (1) 2 - 1
18:23 WSH Alex Ovechkin (5) PP John Carlson (8), Evgeny Kuznetsov (4) 3 - 1
3rd Period
02:25 CBJ Pierre-Luc Dubois (2) Matt Calvert (1) 3 - 2
03:56 WSH Devante Smith-Pelly (2) Unassisted 4 - 2
05:30 WSH Chandler Stephenson (1) SH Jay Beagle (1), Brooks Orpik (3) 5 - 2
08:22 CBJ Nick Foligno (2) Boone Jenner (2), Oliver Bjorkstrand (2) 5 - 3
19:46 WSH Lars Eller (2) Jay Beagle (2) 6 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
01:16 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Hooking 2
03:18 CBJ Boone Jenner Interference 2
04:47 CBJ Josh Anderson High sticking 2
17:10 CBJ Seth Jones Holding 2
19:53 WSH Chandler Stephenson Roughing 2
3rd Period
04:39 WSH Christian Djoos Interference 2
12:56 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Interference 2
19:46 CBJ Pierre-Luc Dubois Roughing 2
19:46 WSH Tom Wilson Unsportsmanlike conduct 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 42 33 28 6 2.9 35.3
Columbus Blue Jackets 75 52 38 3 3.0 64.7

How the game went

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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: 2.9 expected, 6 scored · Columbus Blue Jackets: 3.0 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 12:12 of 1st, a 3% chanceWSH goal, 12:50 of 2nd, a 20% chanceWSH goal, 18:23 of 2nd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 3:56 of 3rd, a 2% chanceWSH goal, 5:30 of 3rd, a 13% chanceWSH goal, 19:46 of 3rd, a 53% chanceCBJ goal, 8:40 of 2nd, a 3% chanceCBJ goal, 2:25 of 3rd, a 10% chanceCBJ goal, 8:22 of 3rd, a 16% chanceCBJ 3.0WSH 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 Wilson10:0547.883.01-1
Lars Eller · Devante Smith-Pelly · Brett Connolly9:1535.723.41-1
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Chandler Stephenson8:4225.06.31-1
Jay Beagle · Alex Chiasson · Jakub Vrana3:2733.340.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov18:3133.327.92-1
John Carlson · Michal Kempny10:4945.859.30-0
Brooks Orpik · Christian Djoos6:0528.656.11-0

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 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 16:08 0.49 11-14 0.80-0.49
9 Chandler Stephenson C 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 14:59 0.18 7-20 0.12-0.83
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 2 2 2 0 1 3 16:06 0.02 5-9 0.31-0.55
83 Jay Beagle C 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 14:23 0.03 3-7 0.17-0.10
9 Dmitry Orlov D 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 25:33 0.12 13-31 0.41-1.10
20 Lars Eller C 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 16:35 7-16 0.24-0.71
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 13:31 0.02 6-12 0.25-0.67
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 26:53 0.02 14-28 0.49-1.15
44 Christian Djoos D 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 07:52 2-6 0.22-0.27
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 24:50 0.13 12-21 0.63-0.72
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 18:25 0.22 12-19 0.87-0.27
6 Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:28 0.10 14-15 0.69-0.49
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 19:48 0.54 8-21 0.10-1.16
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:35 0.05 3-2 0.08-0.04
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:52 0.11 11-11 0.42-0.67
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 1 2 2 7 17:09 0.25 12-17 0.81-0.25
48 Alex Chiasson R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:04 0.09 3-7 0.17-0.10
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:35 7-19 0.09-1.12
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 38 35 3 60:00 3.11 +0.11

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Josh Anderson · Alexander Wennberg · Artemi Panarin7:2370.038.50-0
Nick Foligno · Boone Jenner · Oliver Bjorkstrand6:0555.640.22-1
Cam Atkinson · Artemi Panarin · Pierre-Luc Dubois4:4566.741.30-0
Matt Calvert · Cam Atkinson · Pierre-Luc Dubois4:0257.179.30-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Seth Jones · Zach Werenski16:2673.377.70-0
Ryan Murray · Markus Nutivaara12:2450.047.72-1
Ian Cole · David Savard11:3362.550.31-2

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
71 Nick Foligno L 2 0 2 -1 0 2 0 18:41 0.18 10-7 0.32-0.35
80 Pierre-Luc Dubois C 1 0 1 -1 2 3 4 17:57 0.25 23-11 1.13-0.39
11 Matt Calvert L 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 15:49 0.42 20-9 1.10-0.51
22 Boone Jenner C 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 17:08 0.24 15-7 0.49-0.34
28 Ian Cole D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 14:30 0.02 15-9 0.42-0.42
28 Ryan Murray D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:14 13-11 0.70-0.65
28 Oliver Bjorkstrand R 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 10:42 8-6 0.22-0.34
3 Seth Jones D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 27:18 0.04 24-10 0.97-0.31
8 Zach Werenski D 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 22:09 0.34 27-8 1.11-0.27
10 Artemi Panarin L 0 0 0 -3 0 2 2 25:39 0.25 21-8 0.55-0.35
13 Cam Atkinson R 0 0 0 -4 0 7 1 23:55 0.73 16-14 0.88-0.55
17 Brandon Dubinsky C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 04:09 0.01 2-3 0.05-0.11
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 15:50 0.06 20-10 0.48-0.51
21 Alexander Wennberg C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 23:18 0.33 19-9 0.63-0.52
22 Mark Letestu C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:31 2-4 0.06-0.12
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 08:35 0.02 12-2 0.56-0.03
58 David Savard D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 15:36 0.06 17-9 0.44-0.42
65 Markus Nutivaara D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:06 0.02 11-13 0.59-0.68
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
72 Sergei Bobrovsky 27 22 5 57:26 2.47 -2.53