Washington Capitals at Ottawa Senators

Dec 22, 2018 · Canadian Tire Centre

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	4	33
Ottawa Senators	0	35

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
01:32	WSH	Brett Connolly (8)	Jonas Siegenthaler (2), Lars Eller (11)	1 - 0
17:56	WSH	Matt Niskanen (5)	Nicklas Backstrom (31), Alex Ovechkin (15)	2 - 0
2nd Period
09:05	WSH	Jakub Vrana (11)	Unassisted	3 - 0
13:44	WSH	Michal Kempny (3)	Brett Connolly (14)	4 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
12:33	WSH	John Carlson	High sticking	2
12:58	OTT	Colin White	Hooking	2
2nd Period
14:11	WSH	Tyler Lewington	Hooking	2
3rd Period
09:18	OTT	Nick Paul	Hooking	2
18:21	OTT	Nick Paul	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	57	48	33	4	3.7	43.4
Ottawa Senators	67	51	35	0	3.7	56.6

How the game went

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 Ottawa Senators had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 3.7 expected, 4 scored · Ottawa Senators: 3.7 expected, 0 scored

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

Ottawa Senators

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Andre Burakovsky	11:21	50.0	28.4	2-0
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom	11:09	44.4	68.9	0-0
Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson · Jakub Vrana	10:48	42.9	45.3	1-0
Nic Dowd · Travis Boyd · Chandler Stephenson	8:30	27.8	33.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov	18:42	40.5	48.7	0-0
John Carlson · Michal Kempny	16:32	47.2	47.1	2-0
Tyler Lewington · Jonas Siegenthaler	12:10	50.0	61.3	1-0

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
20	Brett Connolly	R	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	14:48	0.17	14-13	0.44-1.10
6	Michal Kempny	D	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	19:44	0.05	17-20	1.07-1.20
15	Matt Niskanen	D	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	22:03	0.17	16-25	1.43-1.49
19	Jakub Vrana	L	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	14:32	0.46	15-18	1.03-0.95
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	1	0	6	3	20:20	0.54	14-11	1.19-0.29
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	19:11	0.26	14-15	1.15-0.51
20	Lars Eller	C	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	14:23	0.04	12-14	0.43-1.11
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	16:15	0.03	12-15	0.65-0.47
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	22:09	0.15	17-26	1.28-1.60
9	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:12		5-18	0.35-0.93
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	10:51	0.34	5-14	0.35-0.69
28	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	12:40	0.15	12-13	0.43-1.09
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	14:45	0.32	15-18	1.19-0.94
55	Tyler Lewington	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	13:07	0.01	12-12	0.49-0.31
72	Travis Boyd	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10:37		7-14	0.50-0.70
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	23:21	0.09	18-23	1.07-1.44
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	16:20	0.23	10-14	0.86-0.51
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	18:56	0.70	15-17	1.07-0.94

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Pheonix Copley	W, SO	35	35	0	59:46	3.69	+3.69

Ottawa Senators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mark Stone · Colin White · Brady Tkachuk	12:22	77.8	78.8	0-0
Bobby Ryan · Chris Tierney · Nick Paul	4:33	69.2	68.6	0-0
Zack Smith · Magnus Paajarvi · Ryan Dzingel	4:06	40.0	35.1	0-0
Zack Smith · Matt Duchene · Ryan Dzingel	2:34	50.0	4.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Cody Ceci · Thomas Chabot	7:29	61.5	82.0	0-0
Dylan DeMelo · Ben Harpur	6:33	66.7	60.1	0-0
Mark Borowiecki · Christian Jaros	5:46	42.9	9.0	0-1

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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
2	Dylan DeMelo	D	-1	0	2	0	17:29	0.04	19-13	1.27-0.86
5	Cody Ceci	D	-3	0	2	0	21:14	0.12	25-17	1.37-1.19
5	Ben Harpur	D	0	0	1	2	21:02	0.08	17-14	0.69-0.83
8	Brady Tkachuk	L	-1	0	7	4	16:54	0.37	26-9	1.56-0.57
11	Chris Tierney	C	-1	0	1	0	17:37	0.22	15-12	0.64-0.67
14	Ryan Dzingel	C	-3	0	2	0	16:30	0.15	17-19	0.66-1.58
15	Zack Smith	C	0	0	1	1	15:23	0.02	14-15	0.46-1.12
16	Colin White	C	-2	2	3	1	17:17	0.78	25-11	1.69-0.80
20	Nick Paul	L	0	4	3	3	14:02	0.54	14-14	0.87-0.69
42	Justin Falk	D	-1	0	0	2	06:55	0.02	6-7	0.14-0.74
54	Bobby Ryan	R	0	0	4	0	15:49	0.08	16-10	1.00-0.47
56	Magnus Paajarvi	L	-2	0	1	1	12:14	0.26	8-12	0.43-0.91
61	Mark Stone	R	-1	0	3	2	21:22	0.56	29-15	1.80-1.13
72	Thomas Chabot	D	0	0	3	1	21:57	0.20	18-20	1.23-1.11
83	Christian Jaros	D	-1	0	0	1	12:04		10-11	0.23-0.69
89	Mikkel Boedker	L	-1	0	1	0	12:10	0.04	6-6	0.16-0.21
90	Mark Borowiecki	D	-2	0	0	6	16:45	0.02	24-10	1.59-0.57
95	Matt Duchene	C	-1	0	1	1	17:37	0.21	11-15	0.52-0.84

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
56	Mike McKenna	L	33	29	4	60:00	3.67	-0.33