St. Louis Blues vs. Washington CapitalsMar 22, 2022

FinalTuesday, Mar 22, 2022· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	2	2	1	5		STL	15	10	13	38
WSH	2	0	0	2		WSH	13	4	4	21

: STL 65WSH 45
: STL 4.28WSH 2.21
PP goals: STL 1WSH 1
Hits: STL 23WSH 28
Blocks: STL 12WSH 15
PIM: STL 8WSH 12
: STL 56%WSH 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Washington Capitals 5–2

St. Louis Blues beat Washington Capitals 5–2 at WSH. Brayden Schenn (STL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. STL's first power-play unit (Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Saad and Krug) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:54 together.

Points
Brayden Schenn had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:56.Schenn
Points
Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:38.Saad
Points
David Perron had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:49.Perron
Points
Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:48.Wilson
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Perron, O'Reilly, Schenn, Saad and Krug) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:54 together.Perron O'Reilly Schenn Saad Krug
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov and Wilson) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:34 together.Ovechkin Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov Wilson
Usage
Matt Irwin (WSH) played 0:29, −12:55 down on his 13:24 season average over 16 games.Irwin
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Johansson–Kuznetsov skated 9:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Johansson Kuznetsov

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 110 of 110 attempts · WSH 45 · STL 65

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 49% of the game, WSH 21%.

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
	55	46
	2.09	2.31
	1.96	2.14
	11	10
	6	5
	16	12
	+0.027	−0.027
	49%	21%

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

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Saad
9:0459% CF
L2Schenn – Buchnevich – Kyrou
8:0465% CF
L3Walker – Barbashev – Toropchenko
5:3014% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
11:0340% CF
D2Scandella – Faulk
6:2167% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Mikkola
4:1950% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Saad – Krug
3:54100% CF
PP2Leddy – Faulk – Buchnevich – Barbashev – Kyrou
2:04100% CF
PK1FSaad – Barbashev
0:47
PK2FO'Reilly – Buchnevich
0:43
PK1DScandella – Faulk
1:06
PK2DParayko – Mikkola
0:59

Current STL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Johansson – Kuznetsov
9:1252% CF
L2Eller – Hathaway – Jonsson-Fjallby
8:0336% CF
L3Backstrom – Wilson – Mantha
6:2925% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
10:5242% CF
D2Jensen – Kempny
6:5028% CF
D3Schultz – Orlov
5:0060% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson
1:34100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Schultz – Johansson – Mantha – Sheary
0:25
PK1FEller – Hathaway
2:21
PK2FKuznetsov – Jonsson-Fjallby
0:42
PK1DJensen – Fehérváry
3:34
PK2DCarlson – Orlov
1:23

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
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.91	1	0	0	20:04	—	—	56	50
Brandon Saad L	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.34	0	1	0	18:38	—	—	52	48
David Perron L	L1	1	1	2	+2	5	1.14	4	0	0	17:49	—	—	55	52
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.45	0	0	0	22:34	—	—	71	67
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	1	1	+1	6	0.34	0	0	0	22:06	—	—	58	57
Brayden Schenn C	L2	1	2	3	+3	5	0.46	3	1	0	20:56	—	—	69	74
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	40	27
Nathan Walker L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	13:01	—	—	45	44
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	5	2	2	11:47	—	—	35	29
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.22	1	1	0	24:46	—	—	44	29
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	20:50	—	—	52	36
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.08	1	4	2	22:45	—	—	63	76
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	+3	2	0.06	2	0	0	17:14	—	—	59	79
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	4	10:30	—	—	44	24
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	9:19	—	—	43	25
Torey Krug D	—	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	11:12	—	—	67	66
Mackenzie MacEachern L	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	7:29	—	—	39	11
Logan Brown C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	6:48	—	—	55	14

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	2.21	59:50

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.36	0	0	0	21:16	—	—	54	66
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.60	3	1	0	20:23	—	—	63	71
Marcus Johansson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	17:56	—	—	52	66
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	1	3	0	17:15	—	—	33	31
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	14:31	—	—	32	56
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	0	1	0	10:38	—	—	31	46
Tom Wilson R	L3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.19	2	0	2	18:48	—	—	26	35
Anthony Mantha R	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.11	2	1	4	16:53	—	—	39	43
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	0	0	0	16:20	—	—	31	40
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	-3	1	0.11	3	2	0	23:40	—	—	44	52
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	7	2	0	23:23	—	—	44	71
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	4	2	0	19:16	—	—	27	27
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	4	13:41	—	—	47	48
Dmitry Orlov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:45	—	—	50	59
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.20	0	1	0	16:20	—	—	55	43
Conor Sheary L	—	0	0	0	-2	0	0.11	0	1	0	13:54	—	—	55	39
Connor McMichael L	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:46	—	—	64	49
Matt Irwin D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:29	—	—	100	100

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	37	33	4	.892	3.32	57:08

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 CapitalsMar 22, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues beat Washington Capitals 5–2

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