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Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins

Jan 20, 2022 · TD Garden

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 17
Boston Bruins 4 33

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:07 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (13) Alex Ovechkin (29), Trevor van Riemsdyk (10) 1 - 0
04:57 BOS David Pastrnak (17) Taylor Hall (18), Erik Haula (10) 1 - 1
2nd Period
08:37 BOS David Pastrnak (18) PP Matt Grzelcyk (13) 1 - 2
16:12 WSH Lars Eller (7) Connor McMichael (7) 2 - 2
3rd Period
09:41 BOS Jake DeBrusk (6) Unassisted 2 - 3
10:17 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (1) Tom Wilson (17) 3 - 3
19:15 BOS Charlie McAvoy (6) PP Jake DeBrusk (6), Erik Haula (11) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:14 BOS Taylor Hall High sticking 2
14:22 BOS Brad Marchand Tripping 2
2nd Period
04:33 BOS Erik Haula Hooking 2
06:48 WSH Garnet Hathaway Interference 2
12:38 BOS Craig Smith Tripping 2
3rd Period
05:17 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Slashing 2
17:26 WSH Nic Dowd Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 42 25 17 3 1.5 44.6
Boston Bruins 54 40 34 4 2.8 55.4

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdBoston Bruins 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 Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 1.5 expected, 3 scored · Boston Bruins: 2.8 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 4:07 of 1st, a 5% chanceWSH goal, 16:12 of 2nd, a 4% chanceWSH goal, 10:17 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBOS goal, 4:57 of 1st, a 11% chanceBOS goal, 8:37 of 2nd, a 26% chanceBOS goal, 9:41 of 3rd, a 2% chanceBOS goal, 19:15 of 3rd, a 6% chanceBOS 2.8WSH 1.5

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
Boston Bruins

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 · Brett Leason9:4646.744.70-0
Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson · Aliaksei Protas9:3250.058.01-0
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Garnet Hathaway9:2245.526.40-1
Lars Eller · Axel Jonsson-Fjallby · Connor McMichael7:5027.324.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Jensen · Martin Fehérváry9:2253.829.61-1
Trevor van Riemsdyk · Michal Kempny8:3621.128.71-0
Justin Schultz · Matt Irwin6:3750.061.50-0

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
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 18:24 0.19 7-7 0.37-0.20
20 Lars Eller C 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 16:52 0.09 7-11 0.23-0.42
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 20:32 0.15 12-14 0.30-0.73
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 20:05 0.20 12-13 0.30-0.74
43 Tom Wilson R 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 20:59 0.19 8-8 0.34-0.35
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 22:02 11-26 0.38-0.78
77 Connor McMichael L 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 11:39 0.08 7-9 0.23-0.33
3 Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:35 8-7 0.27-0.51
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22:10 0.16 12-6 0.45-0.36
6 Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:47 0.02 14-17 0.34-0.47
20 Brett Leason R 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 11:56 0.19 10-8 0.37-0.30
21 Garnet Hathaway R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:12 0.11 12-17 0.36-0.92
21 Aliaksei Protas L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:40 7-9 0.37-0.35
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 13:12 0.05 7-9 0.24-0.41
42 Martin Fehérváry D 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 21:16 0.04 15-16 0.46-0.95
52 Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 13:35 6-10 0.38-0.45
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:00 7-10 0.24-0.34
71 Axel Jonsson-Fjallby L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:04 3-8 0.06-0.20
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Vitek Vanecek L 33 29 4 59:22 2.75 -1.25

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Haula · Taylor Hall · David Pastrnak12:2552.254.61-2
Patrice Bergeron · Brad Marchand · Craig Smith5:2775.064.30-0
Patrice Bergeron · Craig Smith · Jake DeBrusk4:4054.576.21-0
Nick Foligno · Charlie Coyle · Jake DeBrusk3:1375.069.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brandon Carlo · Urho Vaakanainen14:4443.534.30-1
Matt Grzelcyk · Charlie McAvoy13:0764.075.91-0
Derek Forbort · Connor Clifton8:3266.776.31-1

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
88 David Pastrnak R 2 0 2 -1 0 5 0 20:56 0.68 14-13 0.49-0.39
74 Jake DeBrusk L 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 15:55 0.33 12-10 0.62-0.22
56 Erik Haula L 0 2 2 -1 2 2 0 16:32 0.23 12-12 0.40-0.36
73 Charlie McAvoy D 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 24:35 0.12 18-12 0.80-0.36
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 20:20 0.01 20-12 1.04-0.30
71 Taylor Hall L 0 1 1 -1 2 4 0 18:16 0.27 13-12 0.53-0.42
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:48 11-7 0.56-0.28
15 Craig Smith C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:19 0.12 14-10 0.64-0.29
18 Urho Vaakanainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:13 0.06 12-16 0.49-0.71
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 13:35 0.21 9-8 0.43-0.35
25 Anton Blidh L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 03:26 0-3 0.00-0.19
25 Brandon Carlo D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 21:49 13-15 0.53-0.68
27 Derek Forbort D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 16:35 9-5 0.23-0.13
37 Patrice Bergeron C 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 18:45 0.40 13-8 0.54-0.24
63 Brad Marchand L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 08:54 0.10 6-3 0.18-0.15
71 Nick Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 15:02 0.01 12-6 0.47-0.26
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:45 0.03 10-6 0.43-0.10
92 Tomas Nosek L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:15 0.21 7-7 0.43-0.28
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark W 17 14 3 60:00 1.45 -1.55