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Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils

Feb 28, 2021 · Prudential Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 23
New Jersey Devils 2 21

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:45 NJD Mikhail Maltsev (2) P.K. Subban (7), Pavel Zacha (8) 0 - 1
15:39 WSH Jakub Vrana (7) Tom Wilson (9), Brenden Dillon (7) 1 - 1
2nd Period
02:32 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (10) Tom Wilson (10), Jakub Vrana (7) 2 - 1
03:20 NJD Yegor Sharangovich (3) Miles Wood (4), Travis Zajac (1) 2 - 2
13:37 WSH Alex Ovechkin (7) Lars Eller (7), Nick Jensen (6) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
03:39 NJD Pavel Zacha Hooking 2
06:14 WSH Dmitry Orlov Cross checking 2
09:03 WSH Brenden Dillon Fighting 5
09:03 NJD Nathan Bastian Fighting 5
14:34 WSH Team Too many men on the ice 2
19:06 NJD Kyle Palmieri Hooking 2
3rd Period
09:25 WSH Tom Wilson Slashing 2
13:12 NJD Team Too many men on the ice 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 40 34 23 3 2.2 45.3
New Jersey Devils 48 36 21 2 2.0 54.7

How the game went

505Start2nd3rdOTNew Jersey Devils 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 New Jersey Devils had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.2 expected, 3 scored · New Jersey Devils: 2.0 expected, 2 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 15:39 of 1st, a 17% chanceWSH goal, 2:32 of 2nd, a 18% chanceWSH goal, 13:37 of 2nd, a 8% chanceNJD goal, 6:45 of 1st, a 1% chanceNJD goal, 3:20 of 2nd, a 5% chanceWSH 2.2NJD 2.0

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
New Jersey Devils

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
Alex Ovechkin · Lars Eller · Conor Sheary11:3235.029.71-1
Carl Hagelin · Nic Dowd · Garnet Hathaway10:0543.861.10-0
T.J. Oshie · Richard Panik · Daniel Sprong7:3258.387.60-1
Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson · Jakub Vrana6:5450.085.02-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Carlson · Brenden Dillon15:1855.269.02-0
Justin Schultz · Dmitry Orlov13:5950.057.20-1
Zdeno Chara · Nick Jensen11:3721.121.81-1

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 Jakub Vrana L 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 12:07 0.32 7-7 0.60-0.11
43 Tom Wilson R 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 14:46 0.04 7-9 0.60-0.17
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 22:41 0.27 11-16 0.25-0.59
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 16:42 0.22 7-8 0.55-0.16
3 Nick Jensen D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 16:06 4-15 0.14-0.49
5 Brenden Dillon D 0 1 1 2 5 1 2 18:11 0.03 16-13 0.87-0.39
20 Lars Eller C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18:12 0.05 10-18 0.28-0.63
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 16:45 0.53 13-10 0.92-0.33
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 17:35 11-13 0.45-0.35
10 Daniel Sprong R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 08:20 0.10 7-5 0.64-0.09
16 Richard Panik R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:49 0.02 8-7 0.64-0.14
21 Garnet Hathaway R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:31 0.20 10-11 0.46-0.41
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:32 10-10 0.47-0.31
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:29 7-15 0.62-0.49
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:33 0.06 9-16 0.25-0.55
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:48 0.21 8-10 0.45-0.34
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 27:15 0.14 17-16 0.88-0.41
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:38 0.02 8-6 0.64-0.16
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Ilya Samsonov W 21 19 2 60:00 2.07 +0.07

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nikita Gusev · Pavel Zacha · Jesper Bratt9:5175.069.90-0
Travis Zajac · Miles Wood · Yegor Sharangovich7:1766.744.11-1
Kyle Palmieri · Andreas Johnsson · Jack Hughes6:0340.025.90-1
Nathan Bastian · Michael McLeod · Mikhail Maltsev5:0040.040.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Damon Severson · Ty Smith13:5247.423.70-1
Sami Vatanen · Will Butcher12:0470.695.50-0
P.K. Subban · Dmitry Kulikov9:5470.059.72-0

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
17 Yegor Sharangovich C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 14:47 0.07 13-6 0.30-0.29
57 Mikhail Maltsev L 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 09:43 0.07 9-13 0.32-0.37
11 Miles Wood L 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 15:52 0.09 10-6 0.23-0.31
14 Travis Zajac C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 13:46 0.09 10-4 0.23-0.28
18 Pavel Zacha C 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 18:23 0.28 12-6 0.30-0.27
76 P.K. Subban D 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 21:19 0.06 18-17 0.45-0.72
4 Will Butcher D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:41 0.03 13-9 0.31-0.15
7 Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16:55 16-7 0.55-0.46
11 Nathan Bastian R 0 0 0 1 5 1 4 09:32 0.07 9-6 0.32-0.24
18 Andreas Johnsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:32 0.13 9-12 0.34-1.03
20 Michael McLeod C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:42 0.07 7-17 0.21-0.61
21 Kyle Palmieri C 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 19:36 0.47 6-17 0.31-1.28
42 Ty Smith D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 19:51 0.11 9-11 0.31-1.02
45 Sami Vatanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:03 0.01 13-6 0.33-0.20
63 Jesper Bratt L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:43 0.35 13-5 0.34-0.27
78 Damon Severson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 22:06 13-18 0.49-1.34
86 Jack Hughes C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 16:36 0.11 12-8 0.49-0.81
97 Nikita Gusev L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:06 0.04 13-3 0.29-0.10
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
39 Mackenzie Blackwood L 23 20 3 58:13 2.24 -0.76