Vancouver Canucks vs. Washington CapitalsJan 16, 2022

FinalSunday, Jan 16, 2022· Capital One Arena

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

4

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Washington CapitalsWSH

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	3	1	4		VAN	16	8	8	32
WSH	1	0	1	2		WSH	11	11	11	33

: VAN 67WSH 59
: VAN 4.01WSH 3.27
PP goals: VAN 2WSH 2
Hits: VAN 27WSH 25
Blocks: VAN 16WSH 20
PIM: VAN 8WSH 10
: VAN 59%WSH 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Washington Capitals 4–2

Vancouver Canucks beat Washington Capitals 4–2 at WSH. Elias Pettersson (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 3:48 together.

Points
Elias Pettersson had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:20.Pettersson
Points
Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:31.Horvat
Points
J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:22.Miller
Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:07.Kuznetsov
Points
Quinn Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) in 24:58.Hughes
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 3:48 together.Miller Horvat Boeser Pettersson Hughes
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Backstrom, Schultz, Kuznetsov and Wilson) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 2:05 together.Ovechkin Backstrom Schultz Kuznetsov Wilson
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Protas skated 7:51 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (31.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Kuznetsov Protas

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 126 of 126 attempts · WSH 59 · VAN 67

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 34% of the game, WSH 28%.

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
	68	55
	2.98	2.71
	2.78	2.55
	11	10
	2	1
	13	13
	+0.037	−0.037
	34%	28%

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

L1Miller – Pearson – Boeser
14:2873% CF
L2Motte – Lammikko – Highmore
12:3841% CF
L3Horvat – Pettersson – Hoglander
11:3650% CF
L4Chiasson – Dickinson – Podkolzin
6:0250% CF
D1Myers – Ekman-Larsson
16:5260% CF
D2Poolman – Hughes
14:1146% CF
D3Schenn – Burroughs
7:5136% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
3:4886% CF
PP2Myers – Ekman-Larsson – Motte – Lammikko – Highmore
0:56100% CF
PK1FDickinson – Horvat
0:57
PK2FMiller – Pearson
0:36
PK1DMyers – Ekman-Larsson
1:16
PK2DSchenn – Hughes
0:49

Current VAN line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
11:2459% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Protas
7:5132% CF
L3Backstrom – Wilson – McMichael
7:0967% CF
L4Eller – Sprong – Leason
4:2662% CF
D1Orlov – van Riemsdyk
10:3359% CF
D2Jensen – Fehérváry
10:1824% CF
D3Schultz – Irwin
6:4244% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Schultz – Kuznetsov – Wilson
2:0589% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
2:02
PK2FEller – Wilson
1:32
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
1:49
PK2DOrlov – Fehérváry
1:15

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:31
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (Justin Schultz, Evgeny Kuznetsov)slap0.07 xG
VAN: Schenn, Miller, Highmore, HughesWSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Schultz, Kuznetsov, Wilson
VAN 0 – 1 WSH

2nd period

0:33
VANElias PetterssonPP (Bo Horvat, Quinn Hughes)wrist0.12 xG
VAN: Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesWSH: Eller, Jensen, Wilson, Fehérváry
VAN 1 – 1 WSH
4:48
VANElias Pettersson (Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Nils Hoglander)backhand0.01 xG
VAN: Schenn, Ekman-Larsson, Horvat, Pettersson, HoglanderWSH: Hagelin, Eller, Jensen, Hathaway, Fehérváry
VAN 2 – 1 WSH
18:50
VANBo HorvatPP (J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes)snap0.12 xG
VAN: Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesWSH: Jensen, Dowd, Wilson, Fehérváry
VAN 3 – 1 WSH

3rd period

6:22
WSHTom WilsonPP (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom)slap0.23 xG
VAN: Myers, Ekman-Larsson, Dickinson, HorvatWSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Schultz, Kuznetsov, Wilson
VAN 3 – 2 WSH
19:02
VANJ.T. MillerEN (Brock Boeser, Tanner Pearson)tip-in0.98 xG
VAN: Myers, Ekman-Larsson, Miller, Pearson, BoeserWSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Eller, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Hathaway
VAN 4 – 2 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
J.T. Miller C	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	1.32	2	0	0	20:22	—	—	75	65
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.19	1	0	0	20:18	—	—	75	65
Tanner Pearson L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.30	3	1	2	16:32	—	—	74	64
Tyler Motte C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	2	1	2	15:32	—	—	42	39
Juho Lammikko C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:09	—	—	42	40
Matthew Highmore C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	1	0	15:04	—	—	41	37
Bo Horvat C	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.40	2	2	0	20:31	—	—	48	51
Elias Pettersson C	L3	2	0	2	+1	4	0.63	0	0	0	18:20	—	—	58	65
Nils Hoglander L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	2	1	0	14:26	—	—	50	64
Jason Dickinson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	3	2	0	9:51	—	—	47	41
Alex Chiasson R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	2	1	0	8:10	—	—	42	38
Vasily Podkolzin R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:28	—	—	42	39
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.09	2	2	0	25:28	—	—	58	58
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.05	0	1	0	24:07	—	—	58	58
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	2	2	0	0	0.20	0	1	0	24:58	—	—	51	56
Tucker Poolman D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:06	—	—	50	42
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	2	1	0	13:45	—	—	68	58
Kyle Burroughs D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	4	8:48	—	—	42	16

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	3.27	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	4	1	2	17:40	—	—	46	65
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	0	1	0	15:50	—	—	44	52
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.20	5	0	4	14:12	—	—	40	50
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	0	1	-1	7	0.56	0	2	0	21:45	—	—	41	42
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	2	2	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:07	—	—	38	36
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	8:37	—	—	32	29
Tom Wilson R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.61	6	1	0	21:08	—	—	63	63
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.30	0	0	0	18:58	—	—	50	53
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	10:15	—	—	64	62
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	1	2	0	14:23	—	—	50	41
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.37	1	0	0	9:30	—	—	41	46
Brett Leason R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	7:12	—	—	43	51
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	2	1	0	21:44	—	—	57	57
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	3	0	18:43	—	—	53	56
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	4	2	0	21:20	—	—	42	36
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:59	—	—	21	24
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.16	0	3	0	23:13	—	—	59	63
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	4	11:51	—	—	35	51

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	3.04	58:18

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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.