Colorado Avalanche vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 7, 2019

Final / OTThursday, Feb 7, 2019· Capital One Arena

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

3

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Washington CapitalsWSH

4

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
COL	0	1	2	0	3		COL	9	16	10	2	37
WSH	1	1	1	1	4		WSH	12	15	12	3	42

: COL 75WSH 76
: COL 3.32WSH 4.61
PP goals: COL 0WSH 1
Hits: COL 18WSH 33
Blocks: COL 17WSH 25
PIM: COL 30WSH 19
: COL 50%WSH 50%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Washington Capitals edge Colorado Avalanche 4–3 (OT)

Washington Capitals beat Colorado Avalanche 4–3 in overtime at home. Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 9:16 together.

Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:49.Kuznetsov
Points
Matt Niskanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:10.Niskanen
Points
Alex Ovechkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 7 shots in 25:22.Ovechkin
Points
Gabriel Landeskog had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:32.Landeskog
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 9:16 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
Goalie
Semyon Varlamov (COL) faced 42 shots and stopped 38 (.905), +11 against a season average of 30.5; the overtime loss.Varlamov
Goalie
Pheonix Copley (WSH) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +8 against a season average of 28.7; the win.Copley
Usage
T.J. Oshie (WSH) played 24:21, +5:49 up on his 18:32 season average over 68 games.Oshie

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 151 of 151 attempts · WSH 76 · COL 75

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH pressure
COL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: COL 24% of the game, WSH 41%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

WSH

COL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	COL	WSH
	66	49
	2.18	2.26
	2.14	2.16
	13	17
	2	4
	17	13
	−0.018	+0.018
	24%	41%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
13:5860% CF
L2Wilson – Kerfoot – Compher
8:2459% CF
L3Soderberg – Calvert – Nieto
7:1741% CF
L4Andrighetto – Greer – Dries
3:22100% CF
D1Barrie – Zadorov
12:0138% CF
D2Johnson – Girard
9:0481% CF
D3Cole – Nemeth
5:4770% CF

PP1Wilson – Barrie – Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
3:13100% CF
PP2Soderberg – Kerfoot – Andrighetto – Compher – Girard
0:4767% CF
PK1FCalvert – Compher
2:31
PK2FLandeskog – Dries
1:19
PK1DCole – Nemeth
4:21
PK2DJohnson – Zadorov
0:35

Current COL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom
10:1034% CF
L2Kuznetsov – Wilson – Vrana
8:2456% CF
L3Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky
7:5760% CF
L4Smith-Pelly – Boyd – Stephenson
6:5031% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
14:5657% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
11:5933% CF
D3Orpik – Bowey
7:508% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
9:1676% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Orlov – Boyd – Wilson – Vrana
1:58100% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
2:04
PK2FBackstrom – Stephenson
1:06
PK1DOrpik – Carlson
2:27
PK2DNiskanen – Kempny
1:19

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:31
WSHAndre Burakovsky (T.J. Oshie, Matt Niskanen)tip-in0.06 xG
COL: Soderberg, Calvert, Barrie, Nieto, ZadorovWSH: Oshie, Niskanen, Eller, Burakovsky, Kempny
COL 0 – 1 WSH

2nd period

0:35
COLNathan MacKinnon (Tyson Barrie, Gabriel Landeskog)backhand0.01 xG
COL: Barrie, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, GirardWSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Smith-Pelly, Kempny
COL 1 – 1 WSH
8:38
WSHEvgeny KuznetsovPP (Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson)wrist0.06 xG
COL: Soderberg, Johnson, Nemeth, NietoWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov
COL 1 – 2 WSH

3rd period

0:34
WSHMatt Niskanen (Jakub Vrana, Evgeny Kuznetsov)wrist0.00 xG
COL: Soderberg, Calvert, Barrie, Nieto, ZadorovWSH: Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Vrana
COL 1 – 3 WSH
5:10
COLMikko Rantanen (Gabriel Landeskog)wrist0.15 xG
COL: Johnson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, GirardWSH: Niskanen, Eller, Orlov, Connolly, Burakovsky
COL 2 – 3 WSH
17:53
COLColin Wilson (Matt Calvert, Samuel Girard)wrist0.02 xG
COL: Johnson, Wilson, Barrie, Kerfoot, RantanenWSH: Orpik, Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson
COL 3 – 3 WSH

OT period

4:12
WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov (Alex Ovechkin)wrist0.17 xG
COL: Barrie, MacKinnon, RantanenWSH: Ovechkin, Orlov, Kuznetsov
COL 3 – 4 WSH

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.17	0	3	2	23:32	—	—	55	45
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.40	0	1	2	23:29	—	—	61	47
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.43	0	0	2	22:08	—	—	60	45
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:51	—	—	60	74
Alexander Kerfoot C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	0	1	0	15:14	—	—	65	76
Colin Wilson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.95	1	0	0	13:32	—	—	63	75
Carl Soderberg C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.24	2	0	0	15:38	—	—	36	24
Matt Calvert L	L3	0	1	1	-2	2	0.36	1	0	0	14:49	—	—	38	25
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	1	0	14:08	—	—	38	18
Sheldon Dries C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:37	—	—	88	95
Sven Andrighetto R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	6:32	—	—	91	97
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	4:11	—	—	100	100
Tyson Barrie D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.06	2	1	0	21:32	—	—	49	26
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	2	2	16:04	—	—	37	12
Erik Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	5	0.09	0	2	0	22:16	—	—	76	82
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.14	2	0	0	20:48	—	—	64	59
Patrik Nemeth D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	4	0	21:07	—	—	64	54
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	1	22	18:36	—	—	52	61

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	O	42	38	4	.905	4.61	64:12

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	2	2	0	7	0.73	1	0	0	25:22	—	—	35	43
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.39	2	1	0	24:21	—	—	34	45
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.61	1	0	0	24:12	—	—	29	40
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	2	1	3	+2	4	0.44	1	1	0	19:49	—	—	57	63
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	1	1	+1	6	1.09	0	2	0	15:23	—	—	57	66
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	3	1	17	15:18	—	—	57	66
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	5	0	0	17:49	—	—	56	59
Brett Connolly R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	1	0	10:43	—	—	55	56
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.25	0	3	0	9:06	—	—	57	64
Travis Boyd C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	12:37	—	—	33	47
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	10:34	—	—	25	34
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	4	0	2	8:49	—	—	24	39
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	4	1	0	23:01	—	—	60	65
Matt Niskanen D	D1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.04	4	2	0	20:10	—	—	61	68
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.15	1	6	0	28:41	—	—	36	43
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	2	0	16:43	—	—	38	46
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	5	0	13:16	—	—	24	31
Madison Bowey D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	10:57	—	—	26	36

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley(start)	W	37	34	3	.919	3.32	63:57

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.