Chicago Blackhawks vs. Washington CapitalsMar 23, 2023

FinalThursday, Mar 23, 2023· Capital One Arena

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	0	1	1		CHI	10	9	9	28
WSH	2	2	2	6		WSH	8	15	5	28

: CHI 57WSH 55
: CHI 2.14WSH 3.07
PP goals: CHI 0WSH 2
Hits: CHI 20WSH 13
Blocks: CHI 13WSH 14
PIM: CHI 6WSH 8
: CHI 44%WSH 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals rout Chicago Blackhawks 6–1

Washington Capitals beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–1 at home. John Carlson (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Strome) scored 2 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 4:07 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:39.Ovechkin
Points
John Carlson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:01.Carlson
Points
Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:34.Backstrom
Points
Dylan Strome had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:50.Strome
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Strome) scored 2 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 4:07 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Strome
Usage
Philipp Kurashev (CHI) played 1:04, −16:35 down on his 17:39 season average over 69 games.Kurashev
Luck
WSH scored 6 goals on 3.07 expected goals (55 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Boris Katchouk (CHI) played 20:54, +8:58 up on his 11:56 season average over 57 games.Katchouk

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 112 of 112 attempts · WSH 55 · CHI 57

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 24% of the game, WSH 45%.

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
	46	47
	1.45	2.24
	1.44	2.16
	6	12
	6	4
	22	18
	−0.035	+0.035
	24%	45%

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

L1Robinson – Entwistle – Hardman
8:3971% CF
L2Khaira – Anderson – Katchouk
7:2331% CF
L3Johnson – Dickinson – Raddysh
7:1957% CF
D1Zaitsev – Kaiser
13:3236% CF
D2Tinordi – Murphy
12:3556% CF
D3Jones – Jones
12:3348% CF

PP1Johnson – Dickinson – Jones – Katchouk – Raddysh
6:0882% CF
PP2Khaira – Athanasiou – Jones – Entwistle – Reichel
2:4286% CF
PK1FDickinson – Katchouk
3:26
PK2FKhaira – Anderson
1:14
PK1DTinordi – Murphy
2:03
PK2DJones – Jones
1:52

Current CHI line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Backstrom – Milano
11:2542% CF
L2Smith – Kuznetsov – Mantha
9:4150% CF
L3Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome
8:5372% CF
L4Dowd – Sheary – Protas
5:1838% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Alexeyev
10:1652% CF
D2Jensen – Sandin
8:5560% CF
D3Carlson – Fehérváry
7:4658% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Strome
4:07100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Sheary – Sandin
1:08100% CF
PK1FDowd – Wilson
3:04
PK2FKuznetsov – Sheary
1:21
PK1DFehérváry – Alexeyev
4:02
PK2DJensen – van Riemsdyk
3:35

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:15
WSHConor Shearywrist0.12 xG
CHI: Khaira, Jones, Jones, Anderson, KatchoukWSH: Dowd, Sheary, van Riemsdyk, Alexeyev, Protas
CHI 0 – 1 WSH
10:33
WSHAnthony Mantha (Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov)snap0.13 xG
CHI: Tinordi, Murphy, Khaira, Anderson, KatchoukWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Mantha, Fehérváry
CHI 0 – 2 WSH

2nd period

1:27
WSHNic Dowd (Aliaksei Protas)wrist0.11 xG
CHI: Johnson, Tinordi, Murphy, Athanasiou, ReichelWSH: Dowd, Sheary, van Riemsdyk, Alexeyev, Protas
CHI 0 – 3 WSH
8:12
WSHNicklas BackstromPP (Dylan Strome, John Carlson)wrist0.14 xG
CHI: Tinordi, Murphy, Dickinson, KatchoukWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Strome
CHI 0 – 4 WSH

3rd period

1:04
WSHJohn CarlsonPP (Nicklas Backstrom, Dylan Strome)wrist0.06 xG
CHI: Robinson, Jones, Jones, AndersonWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Strome
CHI 0 – 5 WSH
3:08
CHINikita Zaitsev (Jason Dickinson, Tyler Johnson)wrist0.02 xG
CHI: Johnson, Dickinson, Raddysh, Zaitsev, KaiserWSH: Oshie, Backstrom, van Riemsdyk, Milano, Alexeyev
CHI 1 – 5 WSH
14:56
WSHAlex Ovechkinbackhand0.10 xG
CHI: Johnson, Dickinson, Jones, Jones, RaddyshWSH: Ovechkin, Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Strome, Alexeyev
CHI 1 – 6 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
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	13:28	—	—	71	86
Buddy Robinson R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	2	0	2	12:54	—	—	69	86
Mike Hardman L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	4	2	0	12:14	—	—	56	62
Boris Katchouk L	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.48	1	0	0	20:54	—	—	39	19
Jujhar Khaira L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	0	2	16:27	—	—	38	30
Joey Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:35	—	—	26	12
Tyler Johnson C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.20	0	0	0	21:02	—	—	55	35
Jason Dickinson C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	2	0	2	18:33	—	—	50	23
Taylor Raddysh R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	17:35	—	—	59	49
Wyatt Kaiser D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	16:49	—	—	40	43
Nikita Zaitsev D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.02	0	2	0	16:47	—	—	39	41
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	2	4	0	17:28	—	—	56	35
Jarred Tinordi D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	2	0	0	16:11	—	—	58	35
Seth Jones D	D3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.15	1	2	0	23:27	—	—	52	41
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	1	0	20:15	—	—	50	39
Andreas Athanasiou C	—	0	0	0	-1	3	0.44	0	0	0	17:40	—	—	52	49
Lukas Reichel L	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	1	0	16:35	—	—	39	34
Philipp Kurashev C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:04	—	—	0	0

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Khudobin(start)	L	28	22	6	.786	3.07	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	2	0	0	18:02	—	—	43	42
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	1	1	2	-1	2	0.44	0	0	0	17:34	—	—	41	40
Sonny Milano L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	0	0	0	13:05	—	—	45	49
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	0	0	2	17:51	—	—	59	69
Anthony Mantha R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	0	0	0	13:19	—	—	50	50
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	11:21	—	—	54	59
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	+1	5	0.18	4	2	0	17:49	—	—	63	89
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.37	0	0	4	17:39	—	—	63	87
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	2	2	+1	3	0.20	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	75	99
Nic Dowd C	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.17	1	2	0	13:18	—	—	28	34
Conor Sheary L	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.21	1	0	0	11:18	—	—	47	57
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	9:35	—	—	31	35
Alexander Alexeyev D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	4	0	17:31	—	—	43	63
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:27	—	—	50	67
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	2	1	0	20:11	—	—	44	49
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	19:58	—	—	61	79
John Carlson D	D3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.35	1	0	2	20:01	—	—	68	69
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	1	1	0	19:11	—	—	39	35

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	2.14	60:00

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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.