St. Louis Blues vs. Washington CapitalsJan 7, 2018

Final / OTSunday, Jan 7, 2018· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
STL	0	2	1	0	3		STL	7	17	8	2	34
WSH	1	0	2	1	4		WSH	8	6	18	1	33

: STL 66WSH 64
: STL 3.71WSH 2.27
PP goals: STL 1WSH 2
Hits: STL 19WSH 18
Blocks: STL 19WSH 9
PIM: STL 8WSH 4
: STL 58%WSH 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge St. Louis Blues 4–3 (OT)

Washington Capitals beat St. Louis Blues 4–3 in overtime at home. Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Steen, Stastny, Pietrangelo, Schenn and Tarasenko) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:55 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:50.Ovechkin
Points
Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:40.Backstrom
Points
John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 26:30.Carlson
Points
T.J. Oshie had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:28.Oshie
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Steen, Stastny, Pietrangelo, Schenn and Tarasenko) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:55 together.Steen Stastny Pietrangelo Schenn Tarasenko
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 4:05 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
New line
New look for WSH: Kuznetsov–Wilson–Vrana skated 12:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuznetsov Wilson Vrana
New line
New look for STL: Steen–Sobotka–Schenn skated 11:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Steen Sobotka Schenn

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

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

WSH
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · WSH 64 · STL 66

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 37% of the game, WSH 35%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

STL

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	STL	WSH
	71	64
	3.64	2.01
	3.36	1.96
	13	6
	7	5
	24	12
	+0.085	−0.085
	37%	35%

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.

St. Louis Blues

L1Stastny – Tarasenko – Barbashev
14:0769% CF
L2Steen – Sobotka – Schenn
11:1248% CF
L3Berglund – Paajarvi – Thompson
7:0564% CF
L4Thorburn – Upshall – Brodziak
4:140% CF
D1Edmundson – Parayko
18:4366% CF
D2Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo
18:1953% CF
D3Gunnarsson – Bortuzzo
9:4038% CF

PP1Steen – Stastny – Pietrangelo – Schenn – Tarasenko
1:55100% CF
PP2Sobotka – Berglund – Edmundson – Parayko – Thompson
0:48
PK1FUpshall – Sobotka
1:13
PK2FSteen – Stastny
1:13
PK1DBouwmeester – Pietrangelo
2:38
PK2DEdmundson – Parayko
2:30

Current STL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Kuznetsov – Wilson – Vrana
12:0336% CF
L2Ovechkin – Backstrom – Smith-Pelly
8:5655% CF
L3Beagle – Chiasson – Burakovsky
7:0236% CF
L4Oshie – Eller – Connolly
6:5178% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
21:3042% CF
D2Carlson – Djoos
12:5630% CF
D3Orpik – Bowey
10:1474% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
4:05100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Connolly – Burakovsky
1:12
PK1FEller – Wilson
0:50
PK2FBeagle – Chiasson
0:46
PK1DOrpik – Carlson
1:30
PK2DNiskanen – Orlov
0:54

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.

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.71	1	3	0	22:11	—	—	64	80
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.65	0	0	0	21:52	—	—	74	83
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.11	2	0	0	17:33	—	—	65	64
Alexander Steen L	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.38	0	1	0	20:24	—	—	47	55
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.46	1	0	0	19:04	—	—	35	37
Vladimir Sobotka C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.31	1	0	0	18:46	—	—	53	60
Patrik Berglund C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	0	1	2	14:33	—	—	52	69
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	1	0	0	12:17	—	—	65	75
Magnus Paajarvi L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	2	0	0	10:18	—	—	73	98
Kyle Brodziak C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	12:12	—	—	29	58
Scottie Upshall R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:01	—	—	25	68
Chris Thorburn R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:58	—	—	0	0
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	25:26	—	—	61	76
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.07	3	2	0	23:13	—	—	66	78
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.25	1	5	0	28:14	—	—	51	58
Jay Bouwmeester D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	2	22:46	—	—	50	58
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	3	0	11:26	—	—	29	44
Carl Gunnarsson D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	1	2	2	11:17	—	—	42	67

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	O	33	29	4	.879	2.27	64:17

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	0	1	2	18:31	—	—	37	39
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	3	0	0	14:41	—	—	33	33
Jakub Vrana L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	0	0	0	13:50	—	—	35	37
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	1	2	-1	2	0.16	0	1	0	22:50	—	—	43	33
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	1	1	2	0	5	0.27	0	0	0	22:40	—	—	42	31
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.33	2	0	0	14:52	—	—	62	56
Alex Chiasson R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:27	—	—	28	7
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	10:52	—	—	33	12
Jay Beagle C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:22	—	—	31	15
T.J. Oshie R	L4	0	2	2	+2	3	0.25	0	0	0	19:28	—	—	56	44
Lars Eller C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.06	1	0	0	17:01	—	—	75	48
Brett Connolly R	L4	1	0	1	+1	5	0.41	2	1	0	14:43	—	—	80	89
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	4	2	2	26:34	—	—	44	39
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	24:19	—	—	42	33
John Carlson D	D2	0	2	2	-1	1	0.04	1	2	0	26:30	—	—	28	12
Christian Djoos D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:38	—	—	30	10
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:02	—	—	68	62
Madison Bowey D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	0	1	0	11:15	—	—	71	55

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	34	31	3	.912	3.71	63:49

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.

St. Louis Blues vs. Washington CapitalsJan 7, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals edge St. Louis Blues 4–3 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Washington Capitals