Colorado Avalanche vs. Washington CapitalsNov 21, 2024

FinalThursday, Nov 21, 2024· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	1	1	2		COL	6	12	9	27
WSH	1	0	0	1		WSH	12	3	14	29

: COL 58WSH 61
: COL 3.50WSH 3.13
PP goals: COL 1WSH 0
Hits: COL 8WSH 13
Blocks: COL 19WSH 17
PIM: COL 4WSH 6
: COL 34%WSH 66%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Washington Capitals 2–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Washington Capitals 2–1 at WSH. Miles Wood (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Mittelstadt and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:06 together.

PP1
COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Mittelstadt and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:06 together.MacKinnon Drouin Rantanen Mittelstadt Makar
New line
New look for WSH: Mangiapane–Strome–Protas skated 8:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Mangiapane Strome Protas
Luck
WSH scored 1 goal on 3.13 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Vrana–Lapierre skated 6:26 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Vrana Lapierre
Usage
Miles Wood (COL) played 8:04, −3:23 down on his 11:27 season average over 36 games.Wood
Usage
Tom Wilson (WSH) played 21:55, +3:14 up on his 18:41 season average over 80 games.Wilson
Usage
Nikolai Kovalenko (COL) played 8:06, −4:19 down on his 12:25 season average over 56 games.Kovalenko
Luck
Artturi Lehkonen (COL) generated 1.15 xG on 8 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Lehkonen

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 119 of 119 attempts · WSH 61 · COL 58

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 37% of the game, WSH 27%.

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
	59	48
	3.02	2.40
	2.80	2.17
	14	12
	1	0
	16	20
	−0.097	+0.097
	37%	27%

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

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Drouin
12:0766% CF
L2Nichushkin – Rantanen – Mittelstadt
10:0750% CF
L3Wood – Kelly – Kovalenko
5:4350% CF
L4O'Connor – Kiviranta – Ivan
5:0617% CF
D1Toews – Makar
16:1455% CF
D2Manson – Girard
12:3645% CF
D3Kylington – Malinski
9:5055% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen – Mittelstadt – Makar
3:06100% CF
PP2Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Toews – Girard – Ivan
1:12100% CF
PK1FNichushkin – Kiviranta
0:47
PK2FKelly – O'Connor
0:32
PK1DToews – Makar
2:33
PK2DManson – Girard
1:13

Current COL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Dubois – McMichael
11:2830% CF
L2Mangiapane – Strome – Protas
8:3442% CF
L3Dowd – Raddysh – Duhaime
7:5850% CF
L4Eller – Vrana – Lapierre
6:2645% CF
D1Carlson – Chychrun
13:5647% CF
D2Roy – Sandin
13:1332% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
11:4636% CF

PP1Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – McMichael
3:12100% CF
PP2Vrana – Mangiapane – Dubois – Sandin – Lapierre
0:42
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
2:53
PK2FEller – Wilson
0:39
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:00
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
1:22

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	0	1	0	22:16	—	—	64	60
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	20:09	—	—	62	61
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	1.15	0	1	0	19:08	—	—	64	54
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	19:13	—	—	48	24
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.36	0	1	0	18:19	—	—	54	56
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:36	—	—	55	41
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:18	—	—	52	74
Nikolai Kovalenko R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:06	—	—	44	64
Miles Wood L	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.52	1	1	0	8:04	—	—	50	64
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:56	—	—	46	51
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	2	12:50	—	—	60	61
Ivan Ivan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:49	—	—	30	5
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.55	1	1	0	26:56	—	—	59	56
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	24:14	—	—	60	58
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	1	3	0	19:25	—	—	44	38
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	5	0	19:02	—	—	52	46
Oliver Kylington D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:55	—	—	56	64
Sam Malinski D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	13:44	—	—	58	66

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	3.13	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.35	1	1	0	21:55	—	—	45	45
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	0	0	+1	6	0.43	0	1	2	20:13	—	—	42	37
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.63	0	1	0	19:15	—	—	33	37
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	19:39	—	—	46	30
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	0	2	2	14:34	—	—	44	38
Andrew Mangiapane L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	14:09	—	—	50	44
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.41	3	0	0	14:59	—	—	50	67
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	2	1	0	13:20	—	—	42	60
Taylor Raddysh R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	2	1	0	10:12	—	—	50	61
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	10:57	—	—	56	45
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	1	0	9:57	—	—	43	18
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	9:33	—	—	43	18
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	2	2	24:26	—	—	53	48
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	24:16	—	—	54	55
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:43	—	—	42	32
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	2	0	17:14	—	—	40	40
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	35	37
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	4	0	17:21	—	—	49	54

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	3.09	57:33

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH) 1st 17:04 · assists Tom Wilson, Trevor van Riemsdyk · Deflection · dumped in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 26.7 mph shot · 4.3 s from entry to goal.

Pierre-Luc Dubois · 1st 17:04 · WSH

Play: deflection
Entry: dump
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 26.7 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s
Type: one-timer

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Mikko Rantanen · 2nd 14:19 · COL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 24.7 mph
Distance: 23 ft

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Miles Wood · 3rd 3:29 · COL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 43.6 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 6.7 s
Type: deflection

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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.

Colorado Avalanche vs. Washington CapitalsNov 21, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche edge Washington Capitals 2–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Washington Capitals

Goal anatomy

Pierre-Luc Dubois · 1st 17:04 · WSH

Mikko Rantanen · 2nd 14:19 · COL PP

Miles Wood · 3rd 3:29 · COL