St. Louis Blues vs. Washington CapitalsJan 14, 2019

FinalMonday, Jan 14, 2019· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	3	1	4		STL	14	14	9	37
WSH	1	0	0	1		WSH	7	13	9	29

: STL 62WSH 53
: STL 4.72WSH 2.09
PP goals: STL 1WSH 1
Hits: STL 22WSH 26
Blocks: STL 15WSH 13
PIM: STL 8WSH 6
: STL 60%WSH 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Washington Capitals 4–1

St. Louis Blues beat Washington Capitals 4–1 at WSH. Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Tarasenko and Sundqvist) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:04 together.

Points
Vince Dunn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:36.Dunn
Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:02.Tarasenko
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:09.O'Reilly
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Tarasenko and Sundqvist) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:04 together.Perron Pietrangelo O'Reilly Tarasenko Sundqvist
Goalie
Pheonix Copley (WSH) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), +8 against a season average of 28.7; the loss.Copley
New line
New look for STL: Maroon–Sundqvist–Kyrou skated 6:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Maroon Sundqvist Kyrou
Usage
Vince Dunn (STL) played 12:36, −5:00 down on his 17:36 season average over 77 games.Dunn
Usage
David Perron (STL) played 20:47, +3:45 up on his 17:02 season average over 56 games.Perron

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 115 of 115 attempts · WSH 53 · STL 62

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 40% of the game, WSH 14%.

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
	62	46
	3.32	1.64
	3.24	1.57
	17	11
	4	5
	22	17
	+0.090	−0.090
	40%	14%

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

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
14:0675% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford
12:1663% CF
L3Maroon – Sundqvist – Kyrou
6:0364% CF
L4Nolan – Barbashev – Blais
2:4233% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
16:0858% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Edmundson
13:2968% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
8:3046% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Sundqvist
2:04100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Sundqvist
1:31
PK2FSchenn – Sanford
0:35
PK1DBortuzzo – Edmundson
1:34
PK2DBouwmeester – Pietrangelo
1:08

Current STL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
10:1931% CF
L2Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky
10:1148% CF
L3Smith-Pelly – Boyd – Stephenson
8:5850% CF
L4Oshie – Backstrom – Vrana
6:4543% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
15:2336% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
14:3146% CF
D3Orpik – Bowey
8:5231% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
3:33100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Orlov – Boyd – Wilson – Vrana
0:52100% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
0:58
PK2FOshie – Backstrom
0:40
PK1DOrpik – Niskanen
0:58
PK2DBowey – Kempny
0:26

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
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.60	2	0	0	20:40	—	—	61	71
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.95	0	0	0	20:28	—	—	71	74
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.41	1	0	2	20:02	—	—	64	72
David Perron L	L2	1	0	1	+1	7	0.63	1	1	0	20:47	—	—	63	77
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	2	2	+1	3	0.95	0	0	2	20:09	—	—	64	75
Zachary Sanford L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	65	77
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	0	0	0	16:51	—	—	50	44
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	6	0	2	10:51	—	—	50	53
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	7:11	—	—	58	70
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	0	2	0	9:46	—	—	39	44
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	4:43	—	—	25	45
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	1	0	4:28	—	—	17	35
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	4	0	23:26	—	—	58	62
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	1	3	0	22:23	—	—	53	62
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.16	2	1	0	23:06	—	—	58	70
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	21:48	—	—	69	84
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:37	—	—	56	60
Vince Dunn D	D3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.04	0	1	2	12:36	—	—	50	55

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.09	59:59

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.24	2	0	2	21:23	—	—	30	24
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	2	20:34	—	—	29	26
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	2	0	0	19:31	—	—	35	33
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	1	0	0	15:10	—	—	44	28
Brett Connolly R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	1	0	12:20	—	—	50	32
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	1	1	0	10:46	—	—	50	32
Travis Boyd C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	2	0	0	12:31	—	—	53	49
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	1	0	11:48	—	—	44	40
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	2	0	0	11:04	—	—	50	47
Nicklas Backstrom C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	0	0	0	17:59	—	—	39	27
T.J. Oshie R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	1	2	0	16:27	—	—	44	30
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.11	1	0	0	14:02	—	—	41	34
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.02	1	3	0	20:53	—	—	39	34
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	5	1	2	20:41	—	—	37	29
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	24:11	—	—	45	37
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	0	0	20:16	—	—	46	30
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	4	0	0	14:14	—	—	38	37
Madison Bowey D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:19	—	—	48	34

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley(start)	L	37	33	4	.892	4.24	57:53

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 14, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues beat Washington Capitals 4–1

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

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Washington Capitals