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Washington Capitals at New Jersey Devils

Apr 4, 2021 · Prudential Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 5 19
New Jersey Devils 4 39

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:17 NJD Travis Zajac (6) Nick Merkley (3), Ryan Murray (8) 0 - 1
09:16 WSH T.J. Oshie (11) Alex Ovechkin (14), Brenden Dillon (10) 1 - 1
2nd Period
03:21 WSH Conor Sheary (8) Dmitry Orlov (4), Justin Schultz (16) 2 - 1
08:09 WSH Alex Ovechkin (19) PP Nicklas Backstrom (26), Evgeny Kuznetsov (13) 3 - 1
17:42 NJD Yegor Sharangovich (8) Ryan Murray (9), Jack Hughes (10) 3 - 2
3rd Period
02:41 WSH Carl Hagelin (4) SH Garnet Hathaway (9), Brenden Dillon (11) 4 - 2
05:31 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (7) Alex Ovechkin (15), Dmitry Orlov (5) 5 - 2
10:15 NJD Jesper Bratt (4) Pavel Zacha (13) 5 - 3
15:53 NJD Travis Zajac (7) Nick Merkley (4), Ryan Murray (10) 5 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
19:31 WSH Carl Hagelin Cross checking 2
2nd Period
07:58 NJD Dmitry Kulikov High sticking 2
12:48 WSH Daniel Sprong Tripping 2
16:20 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Tripping 2
16:34 NJD Pavel Zacha Slashing 2
18:35 NJD P.K. Subban Tripping 2
3rd Period
01:14 WSH Lars Eller Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 33 27 19 5 2.6 34.9
New Jersey Devils 69 54 39 4 4.5 65.1

How the game went

0102030Start2nd3rdNew 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: 2.6 expected, 5 scored · New Jersey Devils: 4.5 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 9:16 of 1st, a 10% chanceWSH goal, 3:21 of 2nd, a 5% chanceWSH goal, 8:09 of 2nd, a 35% chanceWSH goal, 2:41 of 3rd, a 14% chanceWSH goal, 5:31 of 3rd, a 18% chanceNJD goal, 3:17 of 1st, a 15% chanceNJD goal, 17:42 of 2nd, a 5% chanceNJD goal, 10:15 of 3rd, a 30% chanceNJD goal, 15:53 of 3rd, a 5% chanceNJD 4.5WSH 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

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
Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson · Conor Sheary9:5045.543.31-0
Carl Hagelin · Nic Dowd · Garnet Hathaway9:2933.335.70-0
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Lars Eller6:1038.547.31-0
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Evgeny Kuznetsov5:1030.825.51-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Justin Schultz · Dmitry Orlov16:4926.721.32-0
John Carlson · Brenden Dillon16:2646.459.01-1
Zdeno Chara · Nick Jensen13:1833.330.30-0

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
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 17:09 0.58 10-19 0.54-1.00
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 1 2 0 2 2 2 13:09 0.36 8-12 0.56-0.76
5 Brenden Dillon D 0 2 2 -1 0 0 2 20:51 13-17 1.19-1.03
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 18:40 0.04 9-23 0.41-1.57
43 Conor Sheary L 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 13:07 0.11 5-8 0.14-0.20
62 Carl Hagelin L 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 13:35 0.14 7-14 0.68-1.11
77 T.J. Oshie R 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 14:42 0.10 9-17 0.53-0.99
4 Justin Schultz D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18:25 0.01 8-24 0.41-1.71
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:49 0.15 7-9 0.16-0.25
21 Garnet Hathaway R 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 14:26 0.35 7-14 0.68-1.16
3 Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:45 8-15 0.14-0.38
10 Daniel Sprong R 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 12:23 7-14 0.38-0.59
16 Richard Panik R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 08:43 0.34 5-7 0.34-0.37
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 16:30 8-17 0.42-0.72
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:19 6-18 0.60-1.16
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:22 0.01 7-14 0.14-0.32
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:29 0.04 8-13 0.20-0.43
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:36 0.33 13-15 1.19-0.83
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Ilya Samsonov W 39 35 4 60:00 4.58 +0.58

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Janne Kuokkanen · Yegor Sharangovich · Jack Hughes12:0566.779.60-1
Michael McLeod · Mikhail Maltsev · Jesper Boqvist10:1272.249.50-0
Travis Zajac · Andreas Johnsson · Nick Merkley9:0662.541.82-1
Miles Wood · Pavel Zacha · Jesper Bratt8:0346.261.91-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
P.K. Subban · Dmitry Kulikov14:3266.765.20-1
Ryan Murray · Damon Severson11:4838.943.31-2
Sami Vatanen · Ty Smith9:1464.340.80-0

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
28 Ryan Murray D 0 3 3 2 0 0 2 15:35 11-12 0.79-0.55
14 Travis Zajac C 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 19:25 0.47 14-6 0.57-0.60
10 Nick Merkley R 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 11:59 0.10 11-6 0.43-0.60
17 Yegor Sharangovich C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 19:09 0.38 19-10 1.40-0.41
63 Jesper Bratt L 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:05 0.63 10-7 0.63-0.31
18 Pavel Zacha C 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 17:46 0.45 9-8 0.63-0.34
86 Jack Hughes C 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 24:13 1.03 23-10 1.48-0.41
7 Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 21:27 0.13 23-11 1.81-0.78
11 Miles Wood L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 10:36 0.06 8-7 0.67-0.31
18 Andreas Johnsson L 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 11:16 0.11 10-7 0.43-0.68
20 Michael McLeod C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:51 0.01 14-5 0.39-0.39
42 Ty Smith D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 20:41 0.26 17-7 0.50-0.40
45 Sami Vatanen D 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 15:21 0.02 17-5 0.41-0.34
57 Mikhail Maltsev L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:52 0.11 14-6 0.39-0.42
59 Janne Kuokkanen C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:21 0.18 20-9 1.46-0.33
70 Jesper Boqvist C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:32 0.18 13-6 0.39-0.42
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 3 20:17 0.18 25-10 1.61-0.79
78 Damon Severson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 20:30 0.24 12-13 0.58-0.62
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
39 Mackenzie Blackwood L 19 14 5 57:45 2.59 -2.41