Chicago Blackhawks vs. Washington CapitalsMar 9, 2024

FinalSaturday, Mar 9, 2024· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	0	1	1		CHI	12	8	12	32
WSH	3	1	0	4		WSH	12	8	6	26

: CHI 70WSH 41
: CHI 3.11WSH 3.17
PP goals: CHI 0WSH 1
Hits: CHI 28WSH 18
Blocks: CHI 8WSH 17
PIM: CHI 6WSH 8
: CHI 56%WSH 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1

Washington Capitals beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 at home. John Carlson (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for CHI: Johnson–Sanford–Raddysh skated 8:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Aliaksei Protas had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:50.Protas
Points
John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) in 24:48.Carlson
New line
New look for CHI: Johnson–Sanford–Raddysh skated 8:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johnson Sanford Raddysh
Luck
CHI scored 1 goal on 3.11 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Connor McMichael (WSH) played 19:34, +3:38 up on his 15:56 season average over 79 games.McMichael
Usage
Philipp Kurashev (CHI) played 22:14, +3:16 up on his 18:59 season average over 74 games.Kurashev
PP1
CHI's PP1 (Foligno, Johnson, Jones, Kurashev and Bedard) went scoreless in 5:46 of 5v4 time with 16 attempts.Foligno Johnson Jones Kurashev Bedard
Cats
MacKenzie Entwistle (CHI) threw 6 hits, a night for hits leagues.Entwistle

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 41 · CHI 70

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 34% of the game, WSH 33%.

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
	55	37
	2.03	2.85
	1.97	2.61
	10	7
	8	2
	17	14
	+0.033	−0.034
	34%	33%

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

L1Foligno – Kurashev – Bedard
12:2367% CF
L2Johnson – Sanford – Raddysh
8:3064% CF
L3Blackwell – Dickinson – Anderson
8:0650% CF
L4Donato – Entwistle – Johnson
7:2062% CF
D1Jones – Vlasic
13:3072% CF
D2Tinordi – Zaitsev
10:3745% CF
D3Megna – Korchinski
10:3643% CF

PP1Foligno – Johnson – Jones – Kurashev – Bedard
5:4694% CF
PP2Donato – Raddysh – Kurashev – Korchinski – Bedard
0:51100% CF
PK1FBlackwell – Dickinson
2:19
PK2FAnderson – Johnson
1:16
PK1DTinordi – Megna
2:59
PK2DJones – Vlasic
2:57

Current CHI line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Milano – Strome – Miroshnichenko
11:0533% CF
L2Pacioretty – Wilson – McMichael
10:1147% CF
L3Ovechkin – Protas – Lapierre
8:2038% CF
L4Sgarbossa – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
8:0040% CF
D1Carlson – van Riemsdyk
14:0238% CF
D2Jensen – Sandin
12:5725% CF
D3Bear – Alexeyev
9:5435% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Pacioretty – Milano – Sandin – McMichael
2:5367% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Lapierre
2:50100% CF
PK1FMcMichael – Protas
1:50
PK2FWilson – Malenstyn
1:28
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
5:08
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Alexeyev
1:47

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Philipp Kurashev C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.24	0	0	0	22:14	—	—	65	40
Connor Bedard C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.71	1	0	0	21:43	—	—	57	28
Nick Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.64	2	0	0	20:37	—	—	65	40
Tyler Johnson C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.32	1	0	0	14:58	—	—	54	61
Taylor Raddysh R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	0	0	14:16	—	—	71	96
Zachary Sanford L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	1	0	0	11:43	—	—	71	96
Jason Dickinson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	0	0	2	15:20	—	—	55	30
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	1	0	14:16	—	—	56	32
Joey Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	1	2	10:56	—	—	47	28
Reese Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	13:11	—	—	55	34
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	3	0	0	11:57	—	—	55	36
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	6	0	0	9:54	—	—	67	65
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.20	0	0	0	24:39	—	—	80	64
Alex Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:34	—	—	71	57
Nikita Zaitsev D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	5	2	0	16:56	—	—	56	33
Jarred Tinordi D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	4	2	2	16:41	—	—	44	31
Kevin Korchinski D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	19:05	—	—	65	45
Jaycob Megna D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	1	0	16:45	—	—	39	35

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	3.17	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.21	0	0	0	15:39	—	—	39	55
Sonny Milano L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	0	0	0	15:10	—	—	36	54
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	3	0	0	13:25	—	—	33	46
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	2	0	0	19:34	—	—	44	76
Tom Wilson R	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.75	1	0	4	17:28	—	—	53	79
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	1	2	15:48	—	—	44	71
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.15	0	1	0	17:45	—	—	39	43
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:50	—	—	38	40
Hendrix Lapierre C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.31	0	1	0	12:33	—	—	33	24
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:42	—	—	44	72
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:07	—	—	40	72
Michael Sgarbossa C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.54	0	0	0	10:08	—	—	44	72
John Carlson D	D1	0	2	2	+3	0	0.00	1	4	0	24:48	—	—	39	74
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.10	2	1	2	19:46	—	—	47	82
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	2	0	22:07	—	—	30	39
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	21:23	—	—	38	52
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	13:20	—	—	44	46
Ethan Bear D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:49	—	—	39	37

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	3.11	59:44

Goal anatomy

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

Hendrix Lapierre (WSH) 1st 7:01 · assists John Carlson, Aliaksei Protas · Deflection · carried in · 4-on-3 at the blue line · 51.2 mph shot · 7.1 s from entry to goal.

Hendrix Lapierre · 1st 7:01 · WSH

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 51.2 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 7.1 s
Type: deflection

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Michael Sgarbossa · 1st 8:45 · WSH

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 3.4 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Tom Wilson · 1st 13:36 · WSH PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.8 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Sonny Milano · 2nd 17:24 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 47.9 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Tyler Johnson · 3rd 9:49 · CHI

Play: deflection
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 26.0 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Washington CapitalsMar 9, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Chicago Blackhawks

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Chicago Blackhawks

Washington Capitals

Goal anatomy

Hendrix Lapierre · 1st 7:01 · WSH

Michael Sgarbossa · 1st 8:45 · WSH

Tom Wilson · 1st 13:36 · WSH PP

Sonny Milano · 2nd 17:24 · WSH

Tyler Johnson · 3rd 9:49 · CHI