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Washington Capitals at Minnesota Wild

Jan 8, 2022 · Xcel Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 2 31
Minnesota Wild 3 22

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
02:41 WSH Connor McMichael (5) Nick Jensen (8), Conor Sheary (9) 1 - 0
05:48 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (12) PP Alex Ovechkin (27), Lars Eller (11) 2 - 0
13:55 MIN Marcus Foligno (14) Unassisted 2 - 1
3rd Period
19:25 MIN Mats Zuccarello (9) Mathew Dumba (13), Kevin Fiala (16) 2 - 2
Shootout
MIN Kevin Fiala Shootout winner 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:05 MIN Marco Rossi Holding 2
18:50 WSH Nick Jensen High sticking 2
2nd Period
05:44 MIN Kevin Fiala Holding the stick 2
07:00 MIN Kevin Fiala Tripping 2
10:11 MIN Kevin Fiala Tripping 2
13:55 MIN Ryan Hartman Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 56 43 31 2 2.8 53.3
Minnesota Wild 51 34 23 2 1.9 46.7

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdOTMinnesota Wild 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 Minnesota Wild had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.8 expected, 2 scored · Minnesota Wild: 1.9 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTWSH goal, 2:41 of 2nd, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 5:48 of 2nd, a 11% chanceMIN goal, 13:55 of 2nd, a 1% chanceMIN goal, 19:25 of 3rd, a 2% chanceWSH 2.8MIN 1.9

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
Minnesota Wild

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
Carl Hagelin · Nic Dowd · Garnet Hathaway12:4071.450.30-0
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson11:0961.569.80-0
Lars Eller · Conor Sheary · Connor McMichael10:0150.062.61-0
Michael Sgarbossa · Daniel Sprong · Aliaksei Protas6:5953.364.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dmitry Orlov · Nick Jensen12:5466.771.10-0
Justin Schultz · Trevor van Riemsdyk11:3853.884.70-0
John Carlson · Martin Fehérváry10:5540.016.50-0

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
77 Connor McMichael L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 11:44 0.11 10-12 0.35-0.37
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 21:37 0.44 10-8 0.59-0.46
3 Nick Jensen D 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 19:06 0.14 17-11 0.73-0.39
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 23:17 0.38 10-7 0.57-0.25
20 Lars Eller C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20:49 0.23 13-11 0.46-0.25
43 Conor Sheary L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 15:22 0.25 12-10 0.39-0.28
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:14 0.06 14-15 0.79-0.39
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 23:20 0.06 14-8 0.52-0.38
10 Daniel Sprong R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13:00 0.64 9-11 0.48-0.47
21 Garnet Hathaway R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 15:40 10-4 0.23-0.22
21 Aliaksei Protas L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:01 8-9 0.44-0.26
23 Michael Sgarbossa C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:24 8-11 0.44-0.34
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:48 0.24 11-6 0.27-0.33
42 Martin Fehérváry D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:11 12-10 0.36-0.54
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:00 0.11 9-10 0.57-0.34
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:38 0.16 14-12 0.79-0.14
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 17:36 11-6 0.27-0.37
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 26:37 0.02 8-14 0.11-0.77
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
60 Zach Fucale OTL 22 21 1 64:36 1.90 +0.90

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mats Zuccarello · Ryan Hartman · Kevin Fiala7:5045.546.30-0
Mats Zuccarello · Ryan Hartman · Matt Boldy6:1233.337.00-0
Marcus Foligno · Matt Boldy · Marco Rossi5:5550.053.30-0
Frederick Gaudreau · Connor Dewar · Nico Sturm4:5577.846.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordie Benn · Mathew Dumba15:5836.046.60-1
Dmitry Kulikov · Jon Merrill14:0950.043.90-0
Dakota Mermis · Calen Addison10:1945.030.50-0

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 Marcus Foligno L 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 21:15 0.01 10-11 0.23-0.14
36 Mats Zuccarello R 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 25:17 0.27 12-18 0.51-0.70
22 Kevin Fiala L 0 1 1 1 6 3 0 17:49 0.26 11-10 0.37-0.30
24 Mathew Dumba D 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 27:20 0.15 13-18 0.56-0.54
4 Jon Merrill D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:37 13-12 0.56-0.73
7 Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23:03 0.01 13-11 0.57-0.72
12 Matt Boldy L 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 20:54 0.07 9-11 0.41-0.26
18 Jordie Benn D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 20:54 0.08 10-16 0.46-0.53
19 Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:47 0.24 11-6 0.57-0.51
20 Rem Pitlick C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:35 4-4 0.07-0.14
23 Marco Rossi C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 14:51 0.22 12-13 0.41-0.34
33 Calen Addison D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 15:57 9-11 0.18-0.41
36 Dakota Mermis D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12:54 0.01 12-12 0.28-0.41
37 Kyle Rau C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 07:41 0.01 4-11 0.09-0.69
38 Ryan Hartman R 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 27:22 0.29 10-15 0.45-0.57
49 Victor Rask C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:40 4-4 0.09-0.07
78 Nico Sturm C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:03 0.16 9-9 0.36-0.60
89 Frederick Gaudreau C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:03 0.15 9-8 0.36-0.70
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Kaapo Kahkonen W 31 29 2 63:54 2.81 +0.81