St. Louis Blues vs. Washington CapitalsJan 18, 2024

FinalThursday, Jan 18, 2024· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	1	0	1	2		STL	8	7	5	20
WSH	1	2	2	5		WSH	8	10	8	26

: STL 52WSH 49
: STL 2.49WSH 2.90
PP goals: STL 0WSH 2
Hits: STL 8WSH 11
Blocks: STL 15WSH 16
PIM: STL 6WSH 10
: STL 49%WSH 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat St. Louis Blues 5–2

Washington Capitals beat St. Louis Blues 5–2 at home. T.J. Oshie (WSH) led the scoring with 3G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Pacioretty, Carlson and Strome) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 4:46 together.

Points
T.J. Oshie had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 18:35.Oshie
Points
Nathan Walker had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 9:28.Walker
Points
Dylan Strome had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:55.Strome
Points
John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 27:40.Carlson
Points
Max Pacioretty had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:46.Pacioretty
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Pacioretty, Carlson and Strome) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 4:46 together.Ovechkin Oshie Pacioretty Carlson Strome
New line
New look for STL: Buchnevich–Thomas–Neighbours skated 6:15 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Buchnevich Thomas Neighbours
New line
New look for STL: Walker–Toropchenko–Alexandrov skated 6:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Walker Toropchenko Alexandrov

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

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WSH
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 101 of 101 attempts · WSH 49 · STL 52

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 42% of the game, WSH 24%.

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
	35	41
	1.42	1.17
	1.41	1.13
	8	5
	1	7
	11	10
	+0.008	−0.008
	42%	24%

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

L1Buchnevich – Thomas – Neighbours
6:1544% CF
L2Walker – Toropchenko – Alexandrov
6:0325% CF
L3Saad – Sundqvist – Gaudette
5:5443% CF
L4Schenn – Hayes – Kyrou
5:5336% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
13:1746% CF
D2Faulk – Perunovich
11:5738% CF
D3Krug – Kessel
11:2660% CF

PP1Faulk – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas – Neighbours
4:5886% CF
PP2Schenn – Saad – Krug – Sundqvist – Perunovich
4:28100% CF
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
2:19
PK2FSundqvist – Toropchenko
0:54
PK1DLeddy – Parayko
4:03
PK2DFaulk – Krug
0:56

Current STL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
8:4333% CF
L2Oshie – Pacioretty – Strome
8:4044% CF
L3Mantha – McMichael – Protas
7:1767% CF
L4Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Lapierre
4:13100% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
11:4756% CF
D2Jensen – Alexeyev
11:4457% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Bear
8:4850% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Pacioretty – Carlson – Strome
4:4682% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Mantha – Bear
0:30100% CF
PK1FDowd – McMichael
2:58
PK2FKuznetsov – Wilson
2:30
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
3:47
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
1:36

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
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	0	0	0	25:12	—	—	56	57
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.69	0	0	0	23:47	—	—	53	57
Jake Neighbours L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.28	1	0	2	18:49	—	—	50	52
Nathan Walker L	L2	2	0	2	+1	2	0.13	1	1	0	9:28	—	—	40	42
Alexey Toropchenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	8:49	—	—	13	16
Nikita Alexandrov C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:29	—	—	20	37
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	0	2	14:18	—	—	40	20
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	12:51	—	—	56	92
Adam Gaudette R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	8:59	—	—	43	71
Jordan Kyrou R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	1	0	21:29	—	—	44	52
Brayden Schenn C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.57	1	0	0	21:01	—	—	48	73
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	12:23	—	—	50	81
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:50	—	—	41	48
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	1	3	0	19:24	—	—	46	49
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	0	4	0	22:45	—	—	39	48
Scott Perunovich D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:56	—	—	41	45
Torey Krug D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.22	0	1	2	18:22	—	—	67	76
Matthew Kessel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:00	—	—	64	74

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	2.15	57:44

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	1	2	18:43	—	—	56	10
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	33	1
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.15	0	0	0	15:25	—	—	42	42
Dylan Strome C	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.35	0	0	0	18:55	—	—	53	53
T.J. Oshie R	L2	3	0	3	+1	5	1.44	0	2	0	18:35	—	—	58	57
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	2	2	0	5	0.42	1	0	0	15:46	—	—	48	57
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	3	0	14:48	—	—	63	46
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	67	46
Anthony Mantha R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	12:07	—	—	60	52
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	2	0	15:00	—	—	50	48
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	3	0	2	8:49	—	—	50	58
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	4	6:31	—	—	71	70
John Carlson D	D1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.11	1	2	0	27:40	—	—	52	57
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	1	0	20:02	—	—	59	41
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	22:12	—	—	55	40
Alexander Alexeyev D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	1	2	15:51	—	—	48	27
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:58	—	—	47	37
Ethan Bear D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	12:58	—	—	57	43

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	20	18	2	.900	2.49	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Nicolas Aube-Kubel (WSH) 2nd 3:32 · assists Hendrix Lapierre, John Carlson · Rush · carried in · 29.7 mph shot · 4.9 s from entry to goal.

Nicolas Aube-Kubel · 2nd 3:32 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 29.7 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 4.9 s

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T.J. Oshie · 1st 10:24 · WSH PP

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.8 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s

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Nathan Walker · 1st 17:54 · STL

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 42.9 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: deflection

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T.J. Oshie · 2nd 10:27 · WSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.9 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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Dylan Strome · 3rd 0:34 · WSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 3
Shot: 18.1 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Nathan Walker · 3rd 4:01 · STL

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 65.2 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 4.9 s
Type: deflection

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T.J. Oshie · 3rd 19:40 · WSH EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.0 mph
Distance: 50 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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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.

St. Louis Blues vs. Washington CapitalsJan 18, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals beat St. Louis Blues 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

Goal anatomy

Nicolas Aube-Kubel · 2nd 3:32 · WSH

T.J. Oshie · 1st 10:24 · WSH PP

Nathan Walker · 1st 17:54 · STL

T.J. Oshie · 2nd 10:27 · WSH PP

Dylan Strome · 3rd 0:34 · WSH

Nathan Walker · 3rd 4:01 · STL

T.J. Oshie · 3rd 19:40 · WSH EN