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2023-12-30 · Capital One Arena

3 – 2Final/SO

NSH beat WSH 3–2 in a shootout. NSH also won the expected-goals battle 3.8 to 2.6: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Alex Ovechkin scored at 14:59 of the second, moving WSH’s win probability from 31% to 53%.

Shots on goal
36 – 29
Expected goals
3.8 – 2.6
xG share
NSH 59%
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.

NSH goalWSH goal

Expected goals

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

NSHWSH

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.

NSH
1 G, 0 A · 26:52 TOI
On-ice +0.34 · Finishing +0.75
+1.12
NSH
65:00 TOI
GSAx +0.98
+0.98
NSH
0 G, 1 A · 19:26 TOI
On-ice −0.09 · Shootout +0.71
+0.66

Rough nights

WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov
0 G, 0 A · 21:28 TOI
On-ice −0.52 · Finishing −0.24 · Shootout −0.30
−1.08
WSH
Rasmus Sandin
0 G, 0 A · 22:41 TOI
On-ice −0.62 · Finishing −0.07
−0.71
NSH
0 G, 0 A · 18:40 TOI
On-ice +0.13 · Finishing −0.96 · Penalties +0.19
−0.63

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNSH–WSHWin prob.
P1 2:44 NSHLuke Evangelista
from Dante Fabbro, Tommy Novak
1–047% → 62%
P1 6:55 NSHRoman JosiPP
from Gustav Nyquist, Ryan O'Reilly
2–064% → 76%
P1 10:25 WSHBeck Malenstyn
from Nic Dowd, Trevor van Riemsdyk
2–123% → 36%
P2 14:59 WSHAlex Ovechkin
from Dylan Strome, Aliaksei Protas
2–231% → 53%

Every player

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NSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Roman Josi D26:521+1.12+0.34+0.75+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Gustav Nyquist R19:261+0.66−0.09−0.00+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.01+0.71
Alexandre Carrier D20:21+0.51+0.50+0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Luke Evangelista R10:401+0.43+0.03+0.58+0.00−0.00−0.19+0.01+0.00
Cole Smith L13:00+0.23+0.25−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan O'Reilly C21:061+0.20+0.21−0.29+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.04+0.22
Dante Fabbro D18:171+0.20+0.21−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Philip Tomasino C12:20+0.13+0.14−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Juuso Parssinen C14:09+0.06+0.01−0.11−0.01−0.00+0.19−0.02+0.00
Colton Sissons C17:59+0.05+0.01−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.06+0.00
Jeremy Lauzon D19:37+0.03+0.19−0.13−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Yakov Trenin C16:08+0.01+0.29−0.27−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00
Ryan McDonagh D23:59−0.05+0.00−0.11+0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Kiefer Sherwood L14:01−0.12+0.06−0.18−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00
Michael McCarron C13:31−0.15+0.21−0.22−0.02+0.01−0.19+0.05+0.00
Luke Schenn D17:21−0.19+0.00+0.01−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00−0.00
Tommy Novak C13:311−0.31+0.05−0.35+0.03−0.01+0.00−0.03+0.00
Filip Forsberg L18:40−0.63+0.13−0.96+0.03−0.01+0.19+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Yaroslav Askarov G65:00+0.98

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Beck Malenstyn L16:231+0.40−0.13+0.54−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Jensen D14:53+0.17−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.02+0.19+0.00−0.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D17:381+0.15+0.10+0.01+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.00
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R12:44+0.10−0.08−0.00−0.01+0.02+0.19+0.00+0.00
Joel Edmundson D20:13+0.06−0.03−0.10−0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00−0.00
Matthew Phillips R6:59−0.03−0.02−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alex Ovechkin L22:061−0.05−0.35+0.76+0.04−0.04−0.19+0.00−0.27
Anthony Mantha R15:34−0.10−0.12−0.00+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Hendrix Lapierre C7:57−0.12−0.11−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01+0.00
Tom Wilson R18:36−0.13−0.05−0.07−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Strome C18:411−0.24+0.00−0.23+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00
John Carlson D27:46−0.28−0.14−0.16+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Connor McMichael L16:39−0.42−0.06−0.15+0.00+0.00−0.19−0.02+0.00
Aliaksei Protas L17:231−0.46−0.04−0.40+0.01−0.02+0.00−0.01+0.00
Ethan Bear D20:05−0.46−0.36−0.07+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.00
Nic Dowd C16:261−0.49−0.14−0.27−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.06+0.00
Rasmus Sandin D22:41−0.71−0.62−0.07+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.00
Evgeny Kuznetsov C21:28−1.08−0.52−0.24+0.03−0.02+0.00−0.03−0.30
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Hunter Shepard G64:54+0.63

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.