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Game Recap
WSH3
FinalFri, Dec 31, 2021Every game that night
DET1

WSH beat DET 3-1, and the chances backed it up: 2.80 expected goals to 1.98. A. Ovechkin led the way with 2 points (2 G, 0 A). I. Samsonov stopped 19 of 20.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
WSH0123
DET0101
  1. 2nd 1:43DETP. Suter0.02 xG
  2. 2nd 15:53WSHE. Kuznetsov0.14 xG
  3. 3rd 17:09WSHA. OvechkinPP0.06 xG
  4. 3rd 19:19WSHA. OvechkinEN0.75 xG

Team Stats

WSHDET
27Shots on goal20
2.80Expected goals1.98
50Shot attempts39
195v5 shots on goal14
1/3Power play0/3
19Hits18
15Blocked shots13
8Penalty minutes8
3Giveaways3
2Takeaways3

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

WSH 2.80 xGDET 1.98 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdDET goal, 1:43WSH goal, 15:53WSH goal, 17:09WSH goal, 19:19

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

WSH27 on goal, 3 scored
DET19 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

WSH Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
E. KuznetsovC1123110020:094:41
A. OvechkinLW202710+2019:545:56
N. BackstromC011311+1016:294:56
G. HathawayRW011132+1013:120:00
T. OshieRW0002100018:084:41
C. ShearyLW0001000017:011:18
T. WilsonRW0001100416:341:18
N. DowdC0000320214:120:00
C. HagelinLW0002100013:480:00
A. ProtasLW0001000010:561:03
C. McMichaelLW0000120010:090:00
B. LeasonRW000000009:220:00
J. CarlsonD011400+1026:034:56
M. IrwinD011010+1012:330:00
L. JohansenD011000+1012:180:00
D. OrlovD0000030222:041:03
T. van RiemsdykD000113-1021:100:03
M. KempnyD000141-1019:520:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
I. Samsonov20191.95060:00Win
P. Copley000–0:00

DET Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
P. SuterC101211+1017:401:11
V. NamestnikovC011201+1015:011:17
S. GagnerC011201+1014:030:41
T. BertuzziLW000000-2019:383:24
R. FabbriC000120-1217:563:24
D. LarkinC000300-2017:392:48
L. RaymondLW000020-2017:172:55
M. RasmussenC0002000014:100:01
F. ZadinaRW0000010012:230:20
A. ErneLW000110-1011:360:06
J. VelenoC0000300010:310:00
C. RowneyC0000000010:250:00
M. SeiderD000332-1422:393:41
F. HronekD0002000020:310:42
M. StaalD000032-1019:470:01
D. DeKeyserD000222+1018:140:05
G. LindstromD0000120217:090:00
J. OesterleD0000010017:030:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
T. Greiss26242.92358:19Loss
A. Nedeljkovic000–0:00