Chicago Blackhawks vs. Washington CapitalsDec 2, 2021

Final / SOThursday, Dec 2, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

4

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Washington CapitalsWSH

3

Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
CHI	1	1	1	0	1	4		CHI	9	9	8	2	28
WSH	0	2	1	0	0	3		WSH	8	10	7	3	28

: CHI 53WSH 58
: CHI 2.50WSH 2.97
PP goals: CHI 1WSH 0
Hits: CHI 22WSH 32
Blocks: CHI 14WSH 15
PIM: CHI 2WSH 4
: CHI 50%WSH 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks edge Washington Capitals 4–3 (SO)

Chicago Blackhawks beat Washington Capitals 4–3 in a shootout at WSH. Alex DeBrincat (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Connor Murphy (CHI) played 8:09, −13:51 down on his 22:00 season average over 56 games.

Points
Alex DeBrincat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 18:28.DeBrincat
Points
Garnet Hathaway had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:22.Hathaway
Points
Nic Dowd had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:20.Dowd
Points
Seth Jones had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 29:38.Jones
Usage
Connor Murphy (CHI) played 8:09, −13:51 down on his 22:00 season average over 56 games.Murphy
Usage
Jake McCabe (CHI) played 27:39, +7:27 up on his 20:12 season average over 74 games.McCabe
New line
New look for CHI: Carpenter–Slavin–Hardman skated 8:07 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carpenter Slavin Hardman
New line
New look for CHI: Strome–DeBrincat–Dach skated 8:53 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Strome DeBrincat Dach

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

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

WSH
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 111 of 111 attempts · WSH 58 · CHI 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CHI 29% of the game, WSH 36%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

CHI

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	CHI	WSH
	53	59
	1.94	2.72
	1.90	2.69
	12	13
	2	4
	11	11
	+0.030	−0.030
	29%	36%

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Toews – Kane – Hagel
13:4645% CF
L2Khaira – Kubalik – Borgstrom
13:4329% CF
L3Strome – DeBrincat – Dach
8:5353% CF
L4Carpenter – Slavin – Hardman
8:0767% CF
D1Jones – Jones
10:0944% CF
D2McCabe – Gustafsson
8:1450% CF
D3Murphy – Kalynuk
2:2580% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – Strome – Dach
2:0767% CF
PP2Kane – Kubalik – Jones – DeBrincat – Dach
1:34100% CF
PK1FToews – Slavin
0:35
PK2FCarpenter – Dach
0:33
PK1DMcCabe – Jones
0:35
PK2DMurphy – Gustafsson
0:33

Current CHI line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
14:0257% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Protas
12:1568% CF
L3Eller – Wilson – Sprong
11:2433% CF
L4Malenstyn – Leason – McMichael
8:1436% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
15:3758% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
15:3655% CF
D3Schultz – van Riemsdyk
14:0855% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Protas
1:07100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Sprong
0:40
PK1FEller – Wilson
1:49
PK2FHagelin – Kuznetsov
1:22
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
2:05
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
0:26

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

19:00
CHIAlex DeBrincat (Patrick Kane, Seth Jones)backhand0.13 xG
CHI: Kane, Murphy, Gustafsson, DeBrincat, DachWSH: Hagelin, Orlov, Jensen, Dowd, Hathaway
CHI 1 – 0 WSH

2nd period

1:10
WSHNic Dowd (Carl Hagelin, Garnet Hathaway)tip-in0.11 xG
CHI: Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Jones, HagelWSH: Hagelin, Orlov, Jensen, Dowd, Hathaway
CHI 1 – 1 WSH
12:57
CHIDominik KubalikPP (Alex DeBrincat, Kirby Dach)wrist0.17 xG
CHI: Kane, Kubalik, Jones, DeBrincat, HagelWSH: Carlson, Jensen, Kuznetsov, Hathaway
CHI 2 – 1 WSH
17:31
WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov (Alex Ovechkin)wrist0.30 xG
CHI: Khaira, Kubalik, Jones, Borgstrom, KalynukWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Fehérváry, Protas
CHI 2 – 2 WSH

3rd period

0:57
WSHGarnet Hathaway (Nic Dowd)wrist0.10 xG
CHI: Kane, McCabe, Kubalik, Jones, DeBrincatWSH: Hagelin, Carlson, Dowd, Hathaway, Fehérváry
CHI 2 – 3 WSH
11:56
CHISeth Jones (Josiah Slavin, Jake McCabe)wrist0.04 xG
CHI: Gustafsson, Jones, Carpenter, Slavin, HardmanWSH: Schultz, van Riemsdyk, Malenstyn, McMichael, Protas
CHI 3 – 3 WSH

Decided in the shootout: CHI 4 – 3 WSH.

Box score

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

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.18	0	0	0	25:30	—	—	50	53
Jonathan Toews C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	0	1	0	18:38	—	—	45	60
Brandon Hagel L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	17:03	—	—	48	51
Dominik Kubalik L	L2	1	0	1	-2	1	0.17	1	0	0	17:32	—	—	31	13
Jujhar Khaira L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	5	0	2	17:04	—	—	30	15
Henrik Borgstrom C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	1	0	15:49	—	—	35	14
Kirby Dach C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	1	0	0	19:43	—	—	47	52
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	1	1	2	0	7	0.82	2	1	0	18:28	—	—	52	54
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	12:12	—	—	50	55
Josiah Slavin L	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	0	0	0	10:40	—	—	68	62
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:34	—	—	65	59
Mike Hardman L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.26	2	0	0	8:28	—	—	67	59
Seth Jones D	D1	1	1	2	-1	3	0.31	3	6	0	29:38	—	—	41	36
Caleb Jones D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	18:05	—	—	53	53
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.04	3	1	0	27:39	—	—	49	44
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	22:06	—	—	46	55
Wyatt Kalynuk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:42	—	—	44	17
Connor Murphy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	1	0	8:09	—	—	60	48

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	28	25	3	.893	2.97	65:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	0	1	0	17:18	—	—	57	56
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.22	2	0	2	16:22	—	—	57	56
Nic Dowd C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.16	6	0	2	15:20	—	—	57	56
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.88	0	1	0	20:31	—	—	64	76
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.40	3	0	0	19:59	—	—	71	83
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	3	0	0	16:29	—	—	65	72
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	3	1	0	19:33	—	—	33	53
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	2	1	0	18:05	—	—	45	44
Daniel Sprong R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	0	0	14:02	—	—	41	36
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:42	—	—	33	24
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	9:58	—	—	29	24
Brett Leason R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	8:57	—	—	39	24
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	1	0	0	22:48	—	—	56	73
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	2	2	0	19:33	—	—	55	75
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	2	0	22:39	—	—	52	39
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	21:30	—	—	50	51
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	18:59	—	—	48	41
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	18:26	—	—	52	50

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	O	28	25	3	.893	2.50	65:00

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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.