St. Louis Blues vs. Washington CapitalsMar 17, 2023

FinalFriday, Mar 17, 2023· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	1	3	1	5		STL	7	11	4	22
WSH	0	0	2	2		WSH	11	10	13	34

: STL 36WSH 69
: STL 2.35WSH 3.13
PP goals: STL 0WSH 0
Hits: STL 16WSH 20
Blocks: STL 23WSH 7
PIM: STL 8WSH 2
: STL 36%WSH 64%

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. Sammy Blais (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for STL: Buchnevich–Kapanen–Toropchenko skated 8:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Sammy Blais had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:29.Blais
Points
Brayden Schenn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:31.Schenn
Points
Brandon Saad had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:17.Saad
Points
Nick Leddy had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:25.Leddy
New line
New look for STL: Buchnevich–Kapanen–Toropchenko skated 8:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Buchnevich Kapanen Toropchenko
Usage
Alexander Alexeyev (WSH) played 22:41, +6:26 up on his 16:15 season average over 31 games.Alexeyev
Luck
STL scored 5 goals on 2.35 expected goals (36 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for STL: Leivo–Walker–Brown skated 8:10 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Leivo Walker Brown

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 105 of 105 attempts · WSH 69 · STL 36

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 20% of the game, WSH 44%.

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
	38	62
	2.22	2.58
	2.10	2.52
	10	11
	6	2
	29	22
	−0.127	+0.127
	20%	44%

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 – Saad – Blais
9:4844% CF
L2Buchnevich – Kapanen – Toropchenko
8:1833% CF
L3Leivo – Walker – Brown
8:1033% CF
L4Vrana – Kyrou – Thomas
6:4833% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
15:1248% CF
D2Scandella – Faulk
14:3225% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Krug
7:4921% CF

PP1Faulk – Saad – Buchnevich – Kapanen – Thomas
1:01100% CF
PP2Schenn – Krug – Vrana – Blais – Kyrou
0:57
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:46
PK2FSchenn – Toropchenko
1:02
PK1DBortuzzo – Scandella
2:50
PK2DFaulk – Parayko
0:46

Current STL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Protas
9:2464% CF
L2Oshie – Kuznetsov – Wilson
8:5583% CF
L3Ovechkin – Sheary – Strome
6:1870% CF
L4Backstrom – Smith – Milano
6:0063% CF
D1Fehérváry – Alexeyev
17:1774% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Sandin
13:4564% CF
D3Irwin – Carlsson
12:4833% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Strome – Sandin
3:47100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Sheary – van Riemsdyk
1:58100% CF
PK1FDowd – Wilson
1:20
PK2FKuznetsov – Sheary
0:37
PK1DIrwin – Alexeyev
1:12
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
0:45

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	1	1	2	+2	2	0.39	0	0	0	16:31	—	—	40	55
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	2	2	+3	2	0.16	0	2	0	15:17	—	—	40	55
Sammy Blais L	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.43	3	1	0	13:29	—	—	46	67
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.21	1	0	0	18:59	—	—	43	63
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.11	1	0	2	17:23	—	—	40	55
Alexey Toropchenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	3	0	16:57	—	—	38	61
Josh Leivo L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:52	—	—	24	3
Nathan Walker L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	9:47	—	—	33	6
Logan Brown C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:09	—	—	40	39
Robert Thomas C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	30	38
Jordan Kyrou R	L4	1	0	1	+2	3	0.34	0	0	0	14:12	—	—	50	57
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	1	0	0	13:25	—	—	32	34
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	3	2	22:10	—	—	48	62
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.10	0	1	2	20:25	—	—	45	54
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.19	0	1	2	24:17	—	—	35	46
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	5	0	22:21	—	—	25	14
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	5	0	15:20	—	—	20	24
Torey Krug D	D3	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:01	—	—	48	69

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Hofer(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	3.13	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:21	—	—	61	44
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.30	1	0	2	12:18	—	—	65	45
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:55	—	—	65	38
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.50	0	2	0	21:14	—	—	63	55
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.23	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	67	51
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.23	2	0	0	19:22	—	—	63	52
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	1	1	-4	4	0.30	1	1	0	21:00	—	—	48	30
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.40	0	0	0	16:42	—	—	57	50
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	0	0	12:42	—	—	69	73
Nicklas Backstrom C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.25	0	1	0	16:03	—	—	63	79
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	0	1	0	13:40	—	—	57	56
Craig Smith C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	1	0	0	9:32	—	—	71	89
Alexander Alexeyev D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	0	0	22:41	—	—	71	67
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	7	0	0	19:53	—	—	74	68
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	1	1	-4	1	0.06	1	0	0	21:28	—	—	62	49
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.06	0	0	0	19:08	—	—	65	50
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	15:55	—	—	35	34
Gabriel Carlsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	1	0	13:10	—	—	41	43

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	21	17	4	.810	1.98	58:06

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 17, 2023

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