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Nashville Predators at Washington Capitals

Dec 31, 2018 · Capital One Arena

Team Goals Shots
Nashville Predators 6 34
Washington Capitals 3 25

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:33 WSH Michal Kempny (4) Nicklas Backstrom (34) 0 - 1
08:45 WSH Jakub Vrana (12) John Carlson (32), Evgeny Kuznetsov (27) 0 - 2
09:08 NSH Rocco Grimaldi (2) Zac Rinaldo (1), Mattias Ekholm (21) 1 - 2
2nd Period
08:22 WSH Chandler Stephenson (5) Devante Smith-Pelly (4), Braden Holtby (2) 1 - 3
09:57 NSH Miikka Salomaki (3) Nick Bonino (9), Mattias Ekholm (22) 2 - 3
11:59 NSH Ryan Johansen (7) Roman Josi (22) 3 - 3
14:30 NSH Frederick Gaudreau (3) Rocco Grimaldi (2), Craig Smith (10) 4 - 3
3rd Period
10:35 NSH Ryan Ellis (4) Ryan Johansen (26), Viktor Arvidsson (6) 5 - 3
18:00 NSH Viktor Arvidsson (9) PP Ryan Johansen (27), Kevin Fiala (14) 6 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:35 WSH T.J. Oshie High sticking 2
3rd Period
04:57 NSH Mattias Ekholm Cross checking 2
16:29 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Interference 2
16:29 WSH Alex Ovechkin Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators 61 50 34 6 4.1 45.3
Washington Capitals 69 47 25 3 2.6 54.7

How the game went

64202468Start2nd3rdWashington Capitals aheadNashville Predators 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 Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 4.1 expected, 6 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.6 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndNSH goal, 9:08 of 1st, a 10% chanceNSH goal, 9:57 of 2nd, a 11% chanceNSH goal, 11:59 of 2nd, a 24% chanceNSH goal, 14:30 of 2nd, a 20% chanceNSH goal, 10:35 of 3rd, a 9% chanceNSH goal, 18:00 of 3rd, a 47% chanceWSH goal, 4:33 of 1st, a 1% chanceWSH goal, 8:45 of 1st, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 8:22 of 2nd, a 16% chanceNSH 4.1WSH 2.6

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

Nashville Predators
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.

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Johansen · Ryan Hartman · Viktor Arvidsson14:5950.051.42-1
Nick Bonino · Austin Watson · Miikka Salomaki11:1636.831.51-0
Craig Smith · Calle Jarnkrok · Kevin Fiala8:4365.068.20-1
Zac Rinaldo · Rocco Grimaldi · Frederick Gaudreau5:1345.560.40-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Josi · Ryan Ellis21:1948.957.82-2
P.K. Subban · Mattias Ekholm16:4942.355.32-0
Dan Hamhuis · Anthony Bitetto10:4450.063.01-1

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
12 Ryan Johansen C 1 2 3 1 0 3 1 20:52 0.33 19-22 0.85-0.83
23 Rocco Grimaldi R 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 09:27 0.29 13-9 0.73-0.09
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 21:01 0.13 22-23 1.03-0.86
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 22:19 0.01 16-23 0.72-0.84
20 Miikka Salomaki R 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 16:02 0.13 7-22 0.28-0.88
89 Frederick Gaudreau C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 11:51 0.41 13-13 0.70-0.22
94 Ryan Ellis D 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 25:51 0.10 23-26 1.17-0.86
12 Nick Bonino C 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 18:27 9-23 0.40-0.86
15 Craig Smith C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 14:49 0.36 17-13 1.39-0.63
22 Kevin Fiala L 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 13:42 0.38 13-8 1.01-0.47
36 Zac Rinaldo C 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 06:24 7-6 0.30-0.09
59 Roman Josi D 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 24:25 0.23 22-25 1.09-0.83
5 Dan Hamhuis D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:29 0.01 19-20 1.17-0.98
19 Calle Jarnkrok C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:07 0.42 13-13 1.01-0.62
22 Anthony Bitetto D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:20 0.12 15-16 1.12-0.73
24 Austin Watson L 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:38 0.05 7-19 0.28-0.85
38 Ryan Hartman R 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 15:28 0.19 19-20 0.85-0.86
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 21:48 0.01 11-19 0.60-0.64
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Pekka Rinne W 25 22 3 60:00 2.54 -0.46

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Andre Burakovsky12:1857.143.00-1
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom9:5347.448.01-1
Devante Smith-Pelly · Travis Boyd · Chandler Stephenson7:1360.078.51-0
Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson · Jakub Vrana7:0644.446.71-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Carlson · Michal Kempny16:1740.034.01-3
Dmitry Orlov · Jonas Siegenthaler13:3646.248.21-1
Brooks Orpik · Madison Bowey10:3075.066.40-1

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
6 Michal Kempny D 1 0 1 -2 0 1 1 20:47 0.03 21-25 0.70-1.22
9 Chandler Stephenson C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 09:13 0.16 7-7 0.30-0.18
19 Jakub Vrana L 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 13:15 0.30 18-12 0.54-0.53
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 -2 0 3 3 19:17 0.23 16-21 0.58-1.32
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 08:58 0.00 6-7 0.23-0.18
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 24:06 0.01 24-24 0.89-1.21
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 19:21 0.17 25-15 0.76-0.64
4 Madison Bowey D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 16:14 0.14 18-14 0.67-0.99
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 -1 2 4 5 21:04 0.29 21-22 0.76-1.31
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:04 18-22 0.76-1.13
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:23 0.15 19-12 0.86-0.92
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:27 0.25 20-12 0.78-0.92
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:48 0.32 18-12 0.84-0.92
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 15:53 0.19 17-21 0.70-1.18
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:16 24-5 0.92-0.31
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:02 19-16 0.84-1.02
72 Travis Boyd C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:14 0.14 8-5 0.30-0.07
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 20:07 0.21 21-13 0.72-0.66
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby L 34 28 6 60:00 3.30 -2.70