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2021-12-31 · Little Caesars Arena

3 – 1Final

WSH beat DET 3–1. Expected goals were close to even (WSH 2.2, DET 2.1), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Alex Ovechkin scored on the power play at 17:09 of the third, moving WSH’s win probability from 51% to 91%. Ilya Samsonov saved 1.1 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
27 – 20
Expected goals
2.2 – 2.1
xG share
WSH 52%
Home-ice start
DET 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

WSH goalDET goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

WSHDET

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

WSH
Ilya Samsonov
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.11
+1.11
DET
1 G, 0 A · 17:40 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing +0.58
+0.66
WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov
1 G, 1 A · 20:09 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing +0.53 · Faceoffs −0.06
+0.55

Rough nights

WSH
0 G, 0 A · 16:34 TOI
Finishing −0.17 · Penalties −0.37
−0.55
DET
0 G, 0 A · 14:10 TOI
On-ice −0.16 · Finishing −0.28
−0.45
DET
0 G, 0 A · 22:39 TOI
Finishing −0.23 · Penalties −0.19
−0.36

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalWSH–DETWin prob.
P2 1:43 DETPius Suter
from Sam Gagner, Vladislav Namestnikov
0–153% → 72%
P2 15:53 WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov
from Lucas Johansen, Matt Irwin
1–125% → 47%
P3 17:09 WSHAlex OvechkinPP
from Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom
2–151% → 91%
P3 19:19 WSHAlex OvechkinEN
from Garnet Hathaway, John Carlson
3–195% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Evgeny Kuznetsov C20:0911+0.55+0.07+0.53+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.06
Alex Ovechkin L19:542+0.53+0.22+0.27+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00
Conor Sheary L17:01+0.19+0.04−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Nic Dowd C14:12+0.17+0.06−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.19−0.05
Matt Irwin D12:331+0.16+0.15+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Lucas Johansen D12:181+0.15+0.15+0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Connor McMichael L10:09+0.02+0.02−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Garnet Hathaway R13:121+0.01−0.10−0.08−0.01+0.02+0.19+0.00
Brett Leason R9:22−0.01−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nicklas Backstrom C16:291−0.03+0.19−0.19+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.04
Aliaksei Protas L10:56−0.03−0.01−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.03
T.J. Oshie R18:08−0.06+0.17−0.22−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Trevor van Riemsdyk D21:10−0.07−0.09+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
John Carlson D26:031−0.16+0.15−0.33+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Dmitry Orlov D22:04−0.19−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Michal Kempny D19:52−0.20−0.18−0.03+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Carl Hagelin L13:48−0.29−0.07−0.21+0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Tom Wilson R16:34−0.55−0.03−0.17+0.02−0.00−0.37+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ilya Samsonov G60:00+1.11

DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Pius Suter C17:401+0.66+0.07+0.58−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.01
Filip Zadina R12:23+0.18+0.01−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Tyler Bertuzzi L19:38+0.07−0.11−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Jordan Oesterle D17:03+0.02+0.02+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Joe Veleno C10:31+0.01−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
Sam Gagner C14:031+0.01+0.11−0.12+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Danny DeKeyser D18:14−0.01+0.08−0.09−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Carter Rowney C10:25−0.02+0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03
Filip Hronek D20:31−0.05−0.20−0.01−0.00−0.02+0.19+0.00
Lucas Raymond L17:17−0.15−0.14−0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Gustav Lindstrom D17:09−0.16+0.03+0.01−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Adam Erne L11:36−0.21+0.00−0.23−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01
Robby Fabbri C17:56−0.22+0.13−0.15−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Marc Staal D19:47−0.27−0.26+0.01−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Dylan Larkin C17:39−0.29−0.08−0.31−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.12
Vladislav Namestnikov C15:011−0.29−0.05−0.24−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Moritz Seider D22:39−0.36+0.05−0.23+0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Michael Rasmussen C14:10−0.45−0.16−0.28−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Thomas Greiss G58:19+0.49

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.