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Vegas Golden Knights at Washington Capitals

Stanley Cup Final, Game 4 · Jun 4, 2018 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Vegas Golden Knights 2 30
Washington Capitals 6 23

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
09:54 WSH T.J. Oshie (1) PP Evgeny Kuznetsov (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1) 0 - 1
16:26 WSH Tom Wilson (5) Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) 0 - 2
19:39 WSH Devante Smith-Pelly (1) Matt Niskanen (8), Alex Ovechkin (1) 0 - 3
2nd Period
15:23 WSH John Carlson (1) PP Evgeny Kuznetsov (3), T.J. Oshie (1) 0 - 4
3rd Period
05:43 VGK James Neal (1) Erik Haula (6), Colin Miller (1) 1 - 4
12:26 VGK Reilly Smith (1) Jonathan Marchessault (12), Luca Sbisa (1) 2 - 4
13:39 WSH Michal Kempny (1) Nicklas Backstrom (2), T.J. Oshie (2) 2 - 5
18:51 WSH Brett Connolly (6) PP Nicklas Backstrom (3), Evgeny Kuznetsov (4) 2 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:58 WSH John Carlson Tripping 2
09:22 VGK Colin Miller Tripping 2
2nd Period
05:21 WSH John Carlson Tripping 2
09:18 WSH Tom Wilson Cross checking 2
14:45 VGK James Neal Slashing 2
3rd Period
01:33 VGK Erik Haula Slashing 2
03:42 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Tripping 2
13:03 VGK Ryan Reaves Roughing 2
13:03 WSH Tom Wilson Roughing 2
16:57 VGK Nate Schmidt Tripping 2
17:44 VGK Brayden McNabb Cross checking 2
17:44 VGK Deryk Engelland Misconduct 10
17:44 WSH T.J. Oshie Misconduct 10
19:17 VGK Ryan Reaves Misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights 71 47 30 2 2.7 65.4
Washington Capitals 41 33 23 6 3.7 34.6

How the game went

3025201510505Start2nd3rdWashington Capitals aheadVegas Golden Knights 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 Vegas Golden Knights had.

Expected goals

Vegas Golden Knights: 2.7 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.7 expected, 6 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndVGK goal, 5:43 of 3rd, a 8% chanceVGK goal, 12:26 of 3rd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 9:54 of 1st, a 41% chanceWSH goal, 16:26 of 1st, a 10% chanceWSH goal, 19:39 of 1st, a 16% chanceWSH goal, 15:23 of 2nd, a 8% chanceWSH goal, 13:39 of 3rd, a 10% chanceWSH goal, 18:51 of 3rd, a 51% chanceWSH 3.7VGK 2.7

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

Vegas Golden Knights
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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Reilly Smith · William Karlsson · Jonathan Marchessault12:3260.053.11-2
James Neal · Erik Haula · Alex Tuch9:0076.986.90-0
Tomas Tatar · Cody Eakin · Ryan Carpenter8:1972.260.10-0
Ryan Reaves · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Tomas Nosek7:5145.552.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brayden McNabb · Nate Schmidt11:4159.141.50-0
Luca Sbisa · Colin Miller10:2155.077.81-0
Deryk Engelland · Shea Theodore9:2783.380.30-1

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

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
19 Reilly Smith R 1 0 1 -1 0 3 4 19:31 0.39 18-11 0.71-0.61
81 James Neal L 1 0 1 1 2 3 4 15:45 0.37 16-4 0.46-0.07
6 Colin Miller D 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 18:56 0.06 19-10 0.68-0.16
55 Luca Sbisa D 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 15:45 0.05 14-10 0.57-0.18
56 Erik Haula L 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 16:13 0.12 16-4 0.46-0.08
81 Jonathan Marchessault R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 19:09 0.32 17-11 0.72-0.61
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 17:31 0.01 15-11 0.36-0.57
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 -1 10 2 1 16:58 0.02 19-5 0.75-0.23
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:54 0.33 14-6 0.50-0.33
22 Ryan Carpenter C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:40 0.14 15-6 0.51-0.36
27 Shea Theodore D 0 0 0 -3 0 3 1 23:36 0.13 22-6 0.76-0.43
41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:15 0.05 6-9 0.13-0.20
71 William Karlsson C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 19:00 0.21 17-10 0.72-0.61
75 Ryan Reaves R 0 0 0 0 12 0 5 10:05 6-7 0.16-0.13
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 22:50 0.01 17-14 0.47-0.80
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 15:04 0.27 12-3 0.32-0.04
90 Tomas Tatar L 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 12:37 0.09 15-5 0.60-0.33
92 Tomas Nosek L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:07 0.10 7-8 0.13-0.17
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury L 23 17 6 60:00 2.57 -3.43

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson12:2829.249.01-0
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Jakub Vrana8:5931.335.50-0
Jay Beagle · Devante Smith-Pelly · Chandler Stephenson7:1558.348.60-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Andre Burakovsky7:0426.723.10-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Carlson · Michal Kempny15:0132.046.20-0
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov13:4943.340.41-1
Brooks Orpik · Christian Djoos9:5328.641.41-0

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 0 4 4 1 2 2 1 20:37 0.11 10-21 0.54-0.52
77 T.J. Oshie R 1 2 3 1 10 2 3 17:37 0.50 7-14 0.40-0.71
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 19:01 0.34 7-15 0.39-0.78
6 Michal Kempny D 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 19:08 0.10 8-18 0.21-0.27
20 Brett Connolly R 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 08:11 4-11 0.13-0.42
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 12:44 0.26 9-8 0.30-0.25
43 Tom Wilson R 1 0 1 1 4 2 4 17:01 0.12 8-22 0.36-0.48
74 John Carlson D 1 0 1 1 4 1 1 25:07 0.08 8-19 0.21-0.34
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 1 1 2 0 4 2 20:15 0.29 9-18 0.51-0.38
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 21:43 0.03 13-18 0.55-0.90
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:28 0.16 14-20 0.58-0.92
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:33 8-5 0.16-0.14
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:25 0.05 6-11 0.35-0.61
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:55 0.05 4-13 0.13-0.43
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:00 0.02 4-12 0.13-0.42
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 17:04 7-17 0.42-0.63
44 Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 11:48 0.08 6-15 0.39-0.55
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:23 0.01 8-8 0.16-0.23
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 30 28 2 60:00 2.78 +0.78