Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils

Apr 2, 2021 · Prudential Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	2	40
New Jersey Devils	1	23

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
08:22	WSH	John Carlson (10)	Lars Eller (9)	1 - 0
12:53	NJD	Michael McLeod (6)	Jesper Boqvist (2), Ryan Murray (7)	1 - 1
Overtime
04:39	WSH	Dmitry Orlov (5)	Unassisted	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
03:18	WSH	John Carlson	Holding	2
04:41	NJD	Jesper Bratt	Interference goalkeeper	2
2nd Period
02:12	NJD	Sami Vatanen	High sticking	2
19:07	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	Interference	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	61	49	40	2	2.7	51.1
New Jersey Devils	51	37	23	1	2.5	48.9

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

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.7 expected, 2 scored · New Jersey Devils: 2.5 expected, 1 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

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Lars Eller	12:21	50.0	59.8	1-0
Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson · Conor Sheary	11:52	40.9	43.1	0-1
Carl Hagelin · Nic Dowd · Garnet Hathaway	11:27	64.7	54.7	0-0
Richard Panik · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Daniel Sprong	7:10	0.0	0.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Justin Schultz · Dmitry Orlov	18:32	71.9	82.3	0-0
John Carlson · Brenden Dillon	16:52	32.3	18.6	1-1
Zdeno Chara · Nick Jensen	12:56	33.3	22.4	0-0

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
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	1	0	1	1	2	6	0	23:18	0.32	27-9	1.03-0.19
74	John Carlson	D	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	23:04	0.05	11-21	0.15-0.65
20	Lars Eller	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	16:39	0.14	20-16	0.56-0.48
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16:25	0.05	12-14	0.49-0.87
4	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	22:22	0.17	23-9	0.89-0.19
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19:59	0.03	11-21	0.24-0.65
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	19:00	0.43	18-15	0.53-0.30
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:41	0.01	5-10	0.20-0.37
16	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:15		4-6	0.11-0.25
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	18:33	0.11	9-16	0.36-0.60
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	13:36	0.06	15-6	0.51-0.39
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	16:22	0.23	14-7	0.49-0.39
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16:38		8-14	0.25-0.87
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	16:02	0.26	12-13	0.40-0.48
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	17:04	0.16	11-16	0.38-0.60
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16:21	0.12	13-7	0.50-0.56
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	17:55	0.19	15-15	0.44-0.47
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:43	0.39	2-5	0.11-0.24

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	23	22	1	64:39	2.54	+1.54

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Travis Zajac · Janne Kuokkanen · Yegor Sharangovich	8:09	35.3	17.8	0-0
Andreas Johnsson · Miles Wood · Pavel Zacha	8:00	69.2	82.7	0-0
Kyle Palmieri · Janne Kuokkanen · Jack Hughes	6:47	50.0	65.4	0-0
Travis Zajac · Jesper Bratt · Yegor Sharangovich	5:39	45.5	6.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
P.K. Subban · Dmitry Kulikov	17:23	55.6	45.4	0-0
Damon Severson · Ty Smith	12:24	47.8	59.8	0-1
Sami Vatanen · Ryan Murray	10:31	52.9	73.2	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
20	Michael McLeod	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	11:01	0.23	7-7	0.37-0.18
28	Ryan Murray	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	18:03		12-17	0.69-0.50
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	08:43	0.11	5-7	0.39-0.16
7	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	20:52	0.06	16-12	0.28-0.33
11	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	14:10	0.17	16-10	0.88-0.35
14	Travis Zajac	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	18:10	0.24	12-19	0.13-0.86
17	Yegor Sharangovich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	18:35	0.11	11-18	0.09-0.85
18	Andreas Johnsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	15:41	0.64	16-9	0.88-0.28
18	Pavel Zacha	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:44	0.11	14-9	0.76-0.30
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19:50	0.10	12-12	0.41-0.22
42	Ty Smith	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	21:38	0.05	15-15	0.75-0.57
45	Sami Vatanen	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	16:59	0.00	13-13	0.69-0.38
57	Mikhail Maltsev	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	09:49	0.07	7-9	0.39-0.18
59	Janne Kuokkanen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16:47	0.15	14-20	0.35-0.46
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	15:10	0.09	6-8	0.07-0.54
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	21:45	0.01	16-15	0.28-0.47
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	22:07	0.09	16-21	0.75-0.81
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20:53	0.27	12-9	0.41-0.20

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
39	Mackenzie Blackwood	OTL	40	38	2	64:39	2.75	+0.75