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Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning

Eastern Conference Finals, Game 7 · May 23, 2018 · Amalie Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 4 23
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:02 WSH Alex Ovechkin (12) Evgeny Kuznetsov (13), Tom Wilson (8) 1 - 0
2nd Period
08:59 WSH Andre Burakovsky (1) Lars Eller (9), Tom Wilson (9) 2 - 0
16:31 WSH Andre Burakovsky (2) John Carlson (13) 3 - 0
3rd Period
16:17 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (4) Unassisted 4 - 0

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:59 TBL Brayden Point Holding 2
12:59 WSH Tom Wilson Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
12:59 TBL Braydon Coburn Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
15:07 TBL Braydon Coburn Fighting 5
15:07 WSH Tom Wilson Fighting 5
3rd Period
03:23 WSH Matt Niskanen High sticking 2
19:52 TBL Nikita Kucherov Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 38 32 23 4 1.8 36.7
Tampa Bay Lightning 60 45 29 0 2.2 63.3

How the game went

505101520Start2nd3rdTampa Bay Lightning 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 Tampa Bay Lightning had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 1.8 expected, 4 scored · Tampa Bay Lightning: 2.2 expected, 0 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 1:02 of 1st, a 2% chanceWSH goal, 8:59 of 2nd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 16:31 of 2nd, a 7% chanceWSH goal, 16:17 of 3rd, a 14% chanceTBL 2.2WSH 1.8

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
Tampa Bay Lightning

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 Wilson10:2875.082.71-0
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Jakub Vrana9:4921.124.20-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Andre Burakovsky6:1950.034.80-0
Lars Eller · Jay Beagle · Chandler Stephenson5:0325.044.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov19:2441.931.71-0
John Carlson · Michal Kempny15:4925.042.90-0
Brooks Orpik · Christian Djoos8:0721.415.90-0

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
28 Andre Burakovsky L 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 11:19 0.13 9-14 0.31-0.53
43 Tom Wilson R 0 2 2 2 7 0 3 14:31 18-9 0.83-0.24
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 1 1 0 4 5 17:38 0.32 16-10 0.75-0.25
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 17:27 0.14 4-19 0.23-0.87
20 Lars Eller C 0 1 1 2 0 5 2 17:59 0.19 13-18 0.43-0.57
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 3 0 2 2 25:06 0.05 11-24 0.59-0.57
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 18:56 0.54 16-12 0.72-0.30
6 Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:18 7-23 0.38-0.53
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 25:40 0.06 17-21 0.52-0.83
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 15:08 0.10 4-16 0.16-0.36
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 23:36 0.02 18-19 0.69-0.81
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:56 0.15 4-16 0.23-0.73
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:28 6-6 0.16-0.31
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:24 0-12 0.00-0.30
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 13:47 4-13 0.13-0.52
44 Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10:51 0.05 9-14 0.47-0.57
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:30 0.09 6-22 0.26-0.89
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15:26 0.02 3-17 0.08-0.39
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W, SO 29 29 0 60:00 2.27 +2.27

Tampa Bay Lightning

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Killorn · Steven Stamkos · Nikita Kucherov14:4172.076.00-0
Tyler Johnson · Ondrej Palat · Brayden Point13:4966.769.10-1
J.T. Miller · Yanni Gourde · Anthony Cirelli9:5362.551.20-0
Chris Kunitz · Ryan Callahan · Cedric Paquette7:3055.662.10-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dan Girardi · Victor Hedman14:3758.339.70-1
Anton Stralman · Ryan McDonagh11:4983.390.00-1
Braydon Coburn · Mikhail Sergachev5:4577.888.90-0

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
5 Dan Girardi D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 20:11 0.03 25-17 0.61-0.78
10 J.T. Miller C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 13:40 0.03 11-8 0.37-0.40
13 Cedric Paquette C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 10:00 0.11 11-13 0.36-0.57
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 09:13 0.14 11-10 0.34-0.30
17 Alex Killorn L 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 18:11 0.36 19-8 0.66-0.29
21 Brayden Point C 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 18:30 0.49 13-6 0.46-0.21
24 Ryan Callahan R 0 0 0 -3 0 1 4 10:43 0.01 11-11 0.34-0.49
27 Ryan McDonagh D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 21:08 0.02 16-7 0.62-0.29
37 Yanni Gourde C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:11 0.09 16-7 0.46-0.37
45 Braydon Coburn D 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 11:54 0.12 14-5 0.52-0.34
71 Anthony Cirelli C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:03 0.12 13-6 0.43-0.34
77 Victor Hedman D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 5 28:05 0.08 30-24 0.93-1.06
81 Ondrej Palat L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 15:56 0.09 12-8 0.46-0.42
86 Anton Stralman D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 21:03 0.13 18-5 0.72-0.15
86 Nikita Kucherov R 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 19:29 0.12 22-8 0.74-0.29
90 Tyler Johnson C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 16:59 0.08 12-6 0.46-0.21
91 Steven Stamkos C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 19:38 0.12 20-8 0.67-0.28
98 Mikhail Sergachev D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:26 0.01 11-8 0.42-0.16
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
88 Andrei Vasilevskiy L 22 19 3 59:32 1.78 -1.22