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Vegas Golden Knights at Washington Capitals

Oct 10, 2018 · Capital One Arena

Team Goals Shots
Vegas Golden Knights 2 31
Washington Capitals 5 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
19:25 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (3) PP Nicklas Backstrom (5), John Carlson (3) 0 - 1
2nd Period
10:18 WSH Alex Ovechkin (3) Evgeny Kuznetsov (2), Brett Connolly (2) 0 - 2
10:49 VGK Cody Eakin (1) Unassisted 1 - 2
3rd Period
05:08 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (1) PP Evgeny Kuznetsov (3), John Carlson (4) 1 - 3
07:08 VGK Reilly Smith (1) Nick Holden (1), William Karlsson (3) 2 - 3
10:33 WSH Alex Ovechkin (4) Evgeny Kuznetsov (4), Brett Connolly (3) 2 - 4
18:05 WSH T.J. Oshie (4) Matt Niskanen (2), Dmitry Orlov (1) 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:40 WSH Brett Connolly Tripping 2
11:13 VGK Ryan Carpenter Hooking 2
18:04 VGK Tomas Nosek Holding 2
2nd Period
11:20 WSH Michal Kempny Interference 2
3rd Period
00:20 VGK Colin Miller Slashing 2
04:07 VGK Erik Haula Tripping 2
08:11 WSH Michal Kempny Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights 68 48 31 2 2.9 60.0
Washington Capitals 51 43 29 5 3.6 40.0

How the game went

1510505Start2nd3rdWashington 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: 2.9 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.6 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndVGK goal, 10:49 of 2nd, a 4% chanceVGK goal, 7:08 of 3rd, a 10% chanceWSH goal, 19:25 of 1st, a 13% chanceWSH goal, 10:18 of 2nd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 5:08 of 3rd, a 15% chanceWSH goal, 10:33 of 3rd, a 8% chanceWSH goal, 18:05 of 3rd, a 55% chanceWSH 3.6VGK 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

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 Marchessault14:3951.749.21-0
Max Pacioretty · Erik Haula · Tomas Nosek9:4984.090.50-1
Ryan Reaves · William Carrier · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare9:4259.138.40-0
Cody Eakin · Oscar Lindberg · Ryan Carpenter8:2443.825.81-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Holden · Jon Merrill14:5666.763.52-0
Deryk Engelland · Shea Theodore13:2257.734.10-1
Brayden McNabb · Colin Miller8:5878.379.60-1

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 0 0 3 0 19:48 0.19 15-16 0.64-0.70
20 Cody Eakin C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 11:07 0.04 9-11 0.15-0.67
5 Nick Holden D 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 18:33 0.35 22-15 0.95-0.77
71 William Karlsson C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 19:47 0.38 16-15 0.65-0.66
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 17:29 21-12 0.81-0.89
4 Jon Merrill D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 17:20 0.02 22-13 0.95-0.56
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 21:47 18-17 0.41-1.13
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 -2 2 3 2 17:55 0.08 20-10 0.85-0.36
22 Ryan Carpenter C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:15 0.26 8-11 0.15-0.67
24 Oscar Lindberg L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:51 8-9 0.15-0.44
27 Shea Theodore D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 21:42 17-14 0.45-0.81
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:11 0.12 15-11 0.51-1.02
41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:01 0.14 13-9 0.50-0.80
56 Erik Haula L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 14:01 0.40 22-5 0.92-0.14
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:52 0.20 22-5 0.92-0.14
75 Ryan Reaves R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 11:24 0.04 14-9 0.51-0.80
81 Jonathan Marchessault R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:52 0.43 16-14 0.65-0.66
92 Tomas Nosek L 0 0 0 -1 2 4 1 15:56 0.27 22-4 0.91-0.10
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury 28 24 4 59:47 3.01 -0.99

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Jakub Vrana12:0834.534.00-0
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Brett Connolly11:0837.955.42-0
Lars Eller · Chandler Stephenson · Andre Burakovsky6:2538.523.60-1
Nic Dowd · Devante Smith-Pelly · Dmitrij Jaskin4:5925.018.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov19:1448.454.61-1
John Carlson · Michal Kempny13:5339.051.91-0
Brooks Orpik · Christian Djoos7:4642.945.40-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 3 4 2 0 3 0 18:40 0.40 14-20 0.99-0.61
8 Alex Ovechkin L 2 0 2 2 0 7 2 17:59 0.59 11-19 0.65-0.55
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 20:50 0.15 11-21 0.51-0.90
20 Brett Connolly R 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 15:00 0.24 14-21 0.99-0.64
74 John Carlson D 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 25:55 0.16 17-33 1.18-1.29
77 T.J. Oshie R 1 0 1 1 0 2 5 19:41 0.13 10-20 0.44-0.87
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 22:16 0.06 15-16 0.67-0.55
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 23:46 15-18 0.67-0.56
6 Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 16:41 0.03 18-26 1.24-1.04
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:23 0.02 9-12 0.65-0.30
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 14:31 0.49 14-20 0.76-0.96
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:23 0.26 10-10 0.29-0.38
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:34 0.02 7-8 0.27-0.40
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 13:00 0.24 5-9 0.47-0.31
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:26 10-9 0.29-0.29
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 15:20 0.02 7-16 0.36-0.62
44 Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:15 8-11 0.42-0.36
93 Dmitrij Jaskin R 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 11:20 0.21 5-11 0.47-0.41
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 31 29 2 60:00 2.90 +0.90