Vancouver Canucks vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 5, 2019

FinalTuesday, Feb 5, 2019· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	0	2	2		VAN	5	13	14	32
WSH	1	0	2	3		WSH	18	4	9	31

: VAN 54WSH 57
: VAN 2.77WSH 4.68
PP goals: VAN 0WSH 0
Hits: VAN 23WSH 20
Blocks: VAN 12WSH 11
PIM: VAN 2WSH 4
: VAN 47%WSH 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Vancouver Canucks 3–2

Washington Capitals beat Vancouver Canucks 3–2 at home. Jakub Vrana (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VAN: Roussel–Leivo–Pettersson skated 6:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jakub Vrana had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:06.Vrana
Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:38.Kuznetsov
New line
New look for VAN: Roussel–Leivo–Pettersson skated 6:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Roussel Leivo Pettersson
Usage
Ben Hutton (VAN) played 28:35, +6:19 up on his 22:16 season average over 68 games.Hutton
Usage
Markus Granlund (VAN) played 10:59, −4:07 down on his 15:06 season average over 76 games.Granlund
Luck
WSH scored 3 goals on 4.69 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Troy Stecher (VAN) played 25:45, +5:55 up on his 19:50 season average over 77 games.Stecher
Usage
Alex Biega (VAN) played 12:07, −5:42 down on his 17:49 season average over 40 games.Biega

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

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

WSH
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 111 of 111 attempts · WSH 57 · VAN 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 30% of the game, WSH 43%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

VAN

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	VAN	WSH
	50	54
	1.80	3.03
	1.69	2.96
	10	7
	7	1
	34	23
	−0.049	+0.049
	30%	43%

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.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Horvat – Goldobin – Boeser
12:3159% CF
L2Roussel – Leivo – Pettersson
6:4553% CF
L3Sutter – Granlund – Virtanen
6:0027% CF
L4Eriksson – Beagle – Motte
5:2043% CF
D1Hutton – Stecher
21:1654% CF
D2Tanev – Gudbranson
12:5224% CF
D3Biega – Pouliot
11:0150% CF

PP1Hutton – Horvat – Goldobin – Boeser – Pettersson
2:4180% CF
PP2Eriksson – Sutter – Leivo – Pouliot – Virtanen
1:19
PK1FBeagle – Motte
0:55
PK2FEriksson – Sutter
0:55
PK1DTanev – Hutton
1:34
PK2DGudbranson – Stecher
0:26

Current VAN line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Kuznetsov – Wilson – Vrana
12:2250% CF
L2Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom
12:1659% CF
L3Eller – Connolly – Jaskin
10:3646% CF
L4Smith-Pelly – Boyd – Burakovsky
5:5773% CF
D1Carlson – Kempny
17:2062% CF
D2Niskanen – Orlov
13:1167% CF
D3Orpik – Siegenthaler
9:007% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
1:24100% CF
PP2Niskanen – Orlov – Boyd – Wilson – Vrana
0:36100% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
1:26
PK2FBackstrom – Smith-Pelly
1:17
PK1DOrpik – Niskanen
1:35
PK2DCarlson – Orlov
0:25

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:00
WSHT.J. Oshie (Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin)wrist0.04 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Beagle, Tanev, Gudbranson, MotteWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kempny
VAN 0 – 1 WSH

3rd period

5:47
WSHBrett Connolly (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Jakub Vrana)wrist0.15 xG
VAN: Biega, Pouliot, Goldobin, Boeser, PetterssonWSH: Carlson, Kuznetsov, Connolly, Vrana, Kempny
VAN 0 – 2 WSH
8:02
VANMarkus Granlund (Antoine Roussel, Ben Hutton)tip-in0.08 xG
VAN: Sutter, Roussel, Granlund, Hutton, StecherWSH: Orpik, Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Siegenthaler
VAN 1 – 2 WSH
12:13
WSHJakub Vrana (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Tom Wilson)backhand0.05 xG
VAN: Sutter, Roussel, Granlund, Hutton, StecherWSH: Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Vrana, Kempny
VAN 1 – 3 WSH
19:52
VANElias Petterssonwrist0.07 xG
VAN: Roussel, Horvat, Goldobin, Boeser, Stecher, PetterssonWSH: Orpik, Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson
VAN 2 – 3 WSH

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.81	1	0	0	22:51	—	—	56	77
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:58	—	—	52	62
Nikolay Goldobin R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	2	0	2	18:22	—	—	56	50
Elias Pettersson C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.42	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	53	34
Josh Leivo L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	55	32
Antoine Roussel L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	2	0	0	14:26	—	—	50	43
Jake Virtanen R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	15:29	—	—	36	9
Brandon Sutter C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	3	0	14:20	—	—	32	23
Markus Granlund C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.15	1	0	0	10:59	—	—	46	32
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	3	0	0	11:17	—	—	47	57
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	1	0	0	10:31	—	—	58	61
Loui Eriksson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	9:47	—	—	27	46
Ben Hutton D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	2	3	0	28:35	—	—	55	49
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.16	1	0	0	25:45	—	—	56	49
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:53	—	—	22	12
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:18	—	—	28	13
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	1	0	17:43	—	—	52	39
Alex Biega D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	0	0	12:07	—	—	50	36

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	3.59	56:53

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.14	0	1	2	18:38	—	—	50	53
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	1.14	1	0	0	17:00	—	—	52	51
Jakub Vrana L	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.34	0	0	0	16:06	—	—	57	78
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.35	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	55	61
T.J. Oshie R	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.42	5	0	0	18:56	—	—	55	61
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.27	0	1	0	18:27	—	—	60	62
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	1	0	0	16:44	—	—	36	39
Brett Connolly R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	0	0	0	13:03	—	—	35	47
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:40	—	—	46	53
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	1.16	2	1	0	10:15	—	—	69	92
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:53	—	—	45	70
Travis Boyd C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	8:24	—	—	67	91
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.02	1	1	0	25:19	—	—	64	73
Michal Kempny D	D1	0	0	0	+3	3	0.09	0	1	2	21:59	—	—	56	67
Matt Niskanen D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	4	2	0	21:43	—	—	52	46
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:46	—	—	69	73
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	17:18	—	—	29	62
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:48	—	—	17	16

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.77	60:00

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.