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Game Recap
CBJ1
FinalSat, Dec 4, 2021Every game that night
WSH3

WSH beat CBJ 3-1, and the chances backed it up: 3.39 expected goals to 1.05. WSH outshot CBJ 32 to 18. I. Samsonov stopped 17 of 18.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
CBJ0011
WSH1113
  1. 1st 4:33WSHA. Protas0.15 xG
  2. 2nd 3:12WSHA. Ovechkin0.04 xG
  3. 3rd 6:28CBJE. Robinson0.10 xG
  4. 3rd 18:33WSHG. HathawayEN0.93 xG

Team Stats

CBJWSH
18Shots on goal32
1.05Expected goals3.39
44Shot attempts57
155v5 shots on goal29
0/0Power play0/1
18Hits30
19Blocked shots14
2Penalty minutes0
6Giveaways6
5Takeaways6

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.

Expected Goals Over the Game

CBJ 1.05 xGWSH 3.39 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdWSH goal, 4:33WSH goal, 3:12CBJ goal, 6:28WSH goal, 18:33

Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.

Shot Map

CBJ18 on goal, 1 scored
WSH31 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CBJ Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
E. RobinsonLW101211+1216:230:00
J. DanforthRW011031+1010:100:00
B. JennerC000002-2019:110:00
A. TexierLW0002000017:250:00
J. VoracekRW000010-2017:230:00
O. BjorkstrandRW000010-2017:010:00
S. KuralyC0002200016:550:00
M. DomiC000110-2015:000:00
G. NyquistRW000200-1014:080:00
C. SillingerC000122-1013:440:00
E. ChinakhovRW0000100010:510:00
G. HofmannC000110+1010:070:00
Z. WerenskiD011114-2024:540:00
J. BeanD000303-1023:060:00
A. PeekeD000215+1022:350:00
V. GavrikovD000111-1022:320:00
A. BoqvistD000000-1014:540:00
G. BayreutherD0000200011:590:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Tarasov31292.93559:42Loss
E. Merzlikins000–0:00

WSH Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. OvechkinLW101211+2022:382:00
G. HathawayRW101470+1016:030:00
A. ProtasLW101300+109:430:23
E. KuznetsovC000101+2021:411:37
T. WilsonRW000142+1021:360:23
T. OshieRW000031-1016:231:37
L. EllerC0000000016:100:00
C. HagelinLW0002200015:520:00
C. ShearyLW000220-1015:480:50
C. McMichaelLW000500-1012:260:00
B. MalenstynLW000040+106:300:00
B. LeasonRW000100+106:110:00
J. CarlsonD011212+2020:111:37
J. SchultzD011002+1018:490:23
M. FehérváryD000213+1021:270:00
D. OrlovD0002400020:411:10
N. JensenD000001-1020:130:00
M. IrwinD000511+1017:490:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
I. Samsonov18171.94459:49Win
V. Vanecek000–0:00

Storylines That Played Out

  • Old teamBoone Jenner WSH First game against CBJ since he left (his team until Apr 2026)0 SOG

As Tonight had them before puck drop, with what each player did.