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2022-03-15 · Capital One Arena

3 – 4Final/SO

WSH beat NYI 4–3 in a shootout. WSH also won the expected-goals battle 3.3 to 2.1: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Anders Lee scored on the power play at 18:01 of the third, moving NYI’s win probability from 7% to 50%. Vitek Vanecek saved 1.1 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
32 – 32
Expected goals
2.1 – 3.3
xG share
WSH 61%
Home-ice start
WSH 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.

NYI goalWSH goal

Expected goals

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

NYIWSH

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
1 G, 0 A · 19:43 TOI
Finishing +0.57 · Shootout +1.05
+1.65
NYI
1 G, 0 A · 16:54 TOI
On-ice −0.22 · Finishing +0.65 · Shootout +1.05
+1.49
WSH
Vitek Vanecek
65:00 TOI
GSAx +1.07
+1.07

Rough nights

NYI
0 G, 2 A · 24:57 TOI
On-ice −0.36 · Finishing −0.21 · Shootout −0.45
−1.01
NYI
Josh Bailey
0 G, 1 A · 15:24 TOI
On-ice −0.38 · Finishing −0.07 · Shootout −0.45
−0.89
NYI
0 G, 0 A · 19:13 TOI
Finishing −0.37 · Shootout −0.30
−0.61

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNYI–WSHWin prob.
P1 12:21 WSHAnthony Mantha
from Evgeny Kuznetsov, Conor Sheary
0–153% → 70%
P2 4:55 NYIBrock Nelson
from Zdeno Chara, Noah Dobson
1–127% → 48%
P2 17:02 NYIKyle Palmieri
from Josh Bailey, Jean-Gabriel Pageau
2–147% → 71%
P3 10:13 WSHAxel Jonsson-Fjallby
from Dmitry Orlov
2–220% → 52%
P3 15:02 WSHAlex Ovechkin
from Evgeny Kuznetsov
2–351% → 89%
P3 18:01 NYIAnders LeePP
from Noah Dobson, Brock Nelson
3–37% → 50%

Every player

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NYI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Kyle Palmieri C16:541+1.49−0.22+0.65+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+1.05
Anders Lee C17:291+0.39+0.13+0.70+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.45
Cal Clutterbuck R14:02+0.05+0.04−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Casey Cizikas C13:58−0.02+0.05−0.05−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Adam Pelech D20:52−0.03+0.00−0.05−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Scott Mayfield D17:50−0.07−0.02−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Andy Greene D18:07−0.11−0.11−0.01−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zdeno Chara D19:411−0.12−0.07−0.07+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brock Nelson C19:0311−0.13−0.37+0.73−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.04−0.45
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C17:251−0.14−0.07−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.05−0.00
Matt Martin L14:01−0.19+0.05−0.22−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Zach Parise L14:28−0.20−0.20−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Ryan Pulock D21:09−0.22−0.13−0.14+0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Oliver Wahlstrom R12:10−0.42+0.02−0.09−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.36
Mathew Barzal C16:26−0.50−0.05−0.00+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.45
Anthony Beauvillier R19:13−0.61+0.05−0.37+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.30
Josh Bailey R15:241−0.89−0.38−0.07+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.01−0.45
Noah Dobson D24:572−1.01−0.36−0.21−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.45
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Semyon Varlamov G64:51+0.55

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Anthony Mantha R19:431+1.65+0.04+0.57+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+1.05
T.J. Oshie R19:19+1.06−0.04−0.00+0.01+0.03+0.00+0.01+1.05
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby L10:311+0.87+0.02+0.85−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Tom Wilson R16:34+0.18+0.27−0.11+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Conor Sheary L16:051+0.15+0.16−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Nick Jensen D20:36+0.11+0.08+0.01+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dmitry Orlov D21:131+0.00+0.11−0.10+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Ovechkin L17:401−0.03+0.02+0.40+0.03−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.45
Martin Fehérváry D22:37−0.11−0.09+0.01−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Justin Schultz D18:46−0.17+0.11−0.27+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
John Carlson D23:05−0.20+0.25−0.02+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.45
Garnet Hathaway R11:15−0.21−0.12−0.09−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Connor McMichael L12:48−0.27+0.17−0.44+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Nic Dowd C11:55−0.27−0.11−0.17−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.02−0.00
Daniel Sprong R13:11−0.40+0.18−0.13+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.45
Trevor van Riemsdyk D18:43−0.40+0.10−0.09+0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.45
Nicklas Backstrom C17:53−0.43−0.07−0.07+0.00+0.03+0.00+0.03−0.36
Evgeny Kuznetsov C19:062−0.46+0.41−0.64+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.03−0.30
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Vitek Vanecek G65:00+1.07

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.