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Washington Capitals at Vegas Golden Knights

Stanley Cup Final, Game 5 · Jun 7, 2018 · T-Mobile Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 4 33
Vegas Golden Knights 3 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
06:24 WSH Jakub Vrana (3) Tom Wilson (10), Evgeny Kuznetsov (20) 1 - 0
09:40 VGK Nate Schmidt (3) Reilly Smith (17), Jonathan Marchessault (13) 1 - 1
10:14 WSH Alex Ovechkin (15) PP Nicklas Backstrom (18), John Carlson (15) 2 - 1
12:56 VGK David Perron (1) Tomas Tatar (1), Colin Miller (4) 2 - 2
19:31 VGK Reilly Smith (5) PP Alex Tuch (4), Shea Theodore (7) 2 - 3
3rd Period
09:52 WSH Devante Smith-Pelly (7) Brooks Orpik (4) 3 - 3
12:23 WSH Lars Eller (7) Brett Connolly (3), Andre Burakovsky (4) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
11:44 VGK Colin Miller Interference 2
2nd Period
00:21 VGK Shea Theodore Tripping 2
03:19 WSH Christian Djoos High sticking 2
09:51 VGK Brayden McNabb Tripping 2
17:46 WSH Alex Ovechkin Tripping 2
19:31 WSH Brooks Orpik Roughing 2
19:31 VGK Reilly Smith Roughing 2
19:31 VGK Alex Tuch Roughing 2
19:31 WSH Jay Beagle Roughing 2
3rd Period
05:37 VGK Tomas Tatar Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 55 44 33 4 3.1 48.9
Vegas Golden Knights 54 41 31 3 2.7 51.1

How the game went

10864202Start2nd3rdVegas Golden Knights 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 Vegas Golden Knights had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 3.1 expected, 4 scored · Vegas Golden Knights: 2.7 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 6:24 of 2nd, a 7% chanceWSH goal, 10:14 of 2nd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 9:52 of 3rd, a 12% chanceWSH goal, 12:23 of 3rd, a 46% chanceVGK goal, 9:40 of 2nd, a 11% chanceVGK goal, 12:56 of 2nd, a 10% chanceVGK goal, 19:31 of 2nd, a 20% chanceWSH 3.1VGK 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

Washington Capitals
Vegas Golden Knights

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
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Jakub Vrana11:5719.06.40-1
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson11:0862.581.10-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Andre Burakovsky8:0785.7100.01-0
Jay Beagle · Devante Smith-Pelly · Chandler Stephenson7:1260.066.41-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov19:3844.860.21-1
John Carlson · Michal Kempny15:3352.875.01-0
Brooks Orpik · Christian Djoos9:0055.632.51-0

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 1 0 1 0 2 5 2 19:51 0.45 14-13 0.44-0.29
19 Jakub Vrana L 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 15:33 0.17 7-19 0.25-1.19
20 Lars Eller C 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 14:55 0.85 15-5 1.02-0.05
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 10:10 0.28 12-12 0.76-0.53
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 19:28 0.15 4-19 0.08-1.14
20 Brett Connolly R 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 11:10 0.04 12-3 0.95-0.04
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 09:38 0.02 13-2 0.96-0.00
43 Tom Wilson R 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 16:30 14-9 0.45-0.09
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 1 1 1 2 1 5 18:00 0.01 11-10 0.42-0.84
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 25:04 0.05 20-18 1.31-0.44
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 21:02 0.09 14-14 0.54-0.33
6 Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:59 0.07 19-19 1.28-0.62
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:47 13-17 0.63-0.43
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:52 0.15 9-8 0.68-0.38
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24:06 13-16 0.63-0.42
44 Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 09:34 0.16 10-10 0.39-1.02
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:16 5-21 0.18-1.22
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:23 0.21 10-10 0.70-0.38
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 31 28 3 59:57 2.79 -0.21

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Reilly Smith · William Karlsson · Jonathan Marchessault12:2442.140.61-0
David Perron · Tomas Tatar · Cody Eakin9:5357.142.71-1
James Neal · Erik Haula · Alex Tuch9:4877.386.80-1
William Carrier · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Tomas Nosek5:3744.42.80-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nate Schmidt · Shea Theodore18:1863.952.21-0
Deryk Engelland · Brayden McNabb10:4434.825.10-1
Luca Sbisa · Colin Miller9:4650.054.51-2

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
19 Reilly Smith R 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 19:31 0.33 8-13 0.28-0.44
57 David Perron L 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 16:59 0.35 15-12 0.47-0.68
88 Nate Schmidt D 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 27:17 0.14 26-16 0.65-0.75
6 Colin Miller D 0 1 1 -1 2 3 1 15:30 0.09 12-10 0.98-0.84
27 Shea Theodore D 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 26:09 0.10 25-16 0.64-0.75
81 Jonathan Marchessault R 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 18:36 0.07 9-15 0.28-0.50
89 Alex Tuch R 0 1 1 -1 2 3 2 13:55 1.01 17-6 1.05-0.16
90 Tomas Tatar L 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 12:08 0.05 12-14 0.46-0.92
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 16:58 8-16 0.25-0.74
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:46 0.07 10-17 0.26-0.76
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 14:35 0.08 12-17 0.46-1.14
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 07:22 4-7 0.02-0.61
41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:20 4-6 0.02-0.61
55 Luca Sbisa D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:32 9-13 0.98-1.00
56 Erik Haula L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 16:50 0.14 19-9 1.06-0.58
71 William Karlsson C 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 21:07 0.14 10-14 0.35-0.43
81 James Neal L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 15:54 0.01 20-5 1.13-0.16
92 Tomas Nosek L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:12 0.10 5-9 0.08-0.64
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury L 33 29 4 57:56 2.83 -1.17