Vancouver Canucks vs. Washington CapitalsOct 17, 2022

FinalMonday, Oct 17, 2022· Capital One Arena

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

4

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Washington CapitalsWSH

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	3	0	4		VAN	7	19	4	30
WSH	1	1	4	6		WSH	7	13	10	30

: VAN 58WSH 53
: VAN 2.19WSH 2.76
PP goals: VAN 1WSH 2
Hits: VAN 34WSH 37
Blocks: VAN 15WSH 14
PIM: VAN 6WSH 4
: VAN 48%WSH 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Vancouver Canucks 6–4

Washington Capitals beat Vancouver Canucks 6–4 at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 2A. New look for VAN: Miller–Garland–Podkolzin skated 11:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 18:02.Ovechkin
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Elias Pettersson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:17.Pettersson
Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:33.Kuznetsov
Points
Dylan Strome had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:14.Strome
Points
John Carlson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:04.Carlson
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Marcus Johansson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:03.Johansson
Points
Quinn Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 27:06.Hughes
New line
New look for VAN: Miller–Garland–Podkolzin skated 11:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Miller Garland Podkolzin

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 53 · VAN 58

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 25% of the game, WSH 40%.

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
	60	55
	2.19	2.53
	2.14	2.44
	8	12
	10	11
	16	20
	−0.012	+0.012
	25%	40%

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 – Garland – Podkolzin
11:1877% CF
L2Pearson – Horvat – Boeser
10:5841% CF
L3Lazar – Pettersson – Kuzmenko
10:5272% CF
L4Joshua – Hoglander – Aman
9:2044% CF
D1Ekman-Larsson – Burroughs
15:3655% CF
D2Schenn – Hughes
14:2850% CF
D3Juulsen – Stillman
8:3744% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Pettersson – Hughes – Kuzmenko
0:50100% CF
PK1FPearson – Horvat
0:53
PK2FJoshua – Pettersson
0:31
PK1DStillman – Hughes
0:53
PK2DEkman-Larsson – Burroughs
0:31

Current VAN line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Eller – Johansson – Protas
10:4564% CF
L2Dowd – Sheary – Hathaway
7:1629% CF
L3Ovechkin – Brown – Strome
5:5163% CF
L4Oshie – Kuznetsov – Mantha
5:3550% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
14:5648% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
13:5337% CF
D3Gustafsson – van Riemsdyk
10:5947% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Orlov – Kuznetsov
1:32
PP2Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Johansson – Strome
0:30100% CF
PK1FEller – Brown
0:18
PK2FDowd – Sheary
0:17
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
0:28
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
0:17

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:56
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (Marcus Johansson, Dylan Strome)wrist0.11 xG
VAN: Schenn, Miller, Lazar, HughesWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Johansson, Strome
VAN 0 – 1 WSH
19:52
VANElias Pettersson (Quinn Hughes, Oliver Ekman-Larsson)slap0.11 xG
VAN: Ekman-Larsson, Horvat, Lazar, Pettersson, HughesWSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Gustafsson, Mantha, van Riemsdyk
VAN 1 – 1 WSH

2nd period

0:08
WSHLars Eller (Martin Fehérváry)snap0.10 xG
VAN: Ekman-Larsson, Pearson, Burroughs, Horvat, BoeserWSH: Eller, Carlson, Johansson, Fehérváry, Protas
VAN 1 – 2 WSH
8:03
VANBo Horvat (Tanner Pearson, Brock Boeser)wrist0.06 xG
VAN: Schenn, Pearson, Horvat, Boeser, HughesWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Sheary, Hathaway, Fehérváry
VAN 2 – 2 WSH
8:14
VANCurtis Lazar (Andrei Kuzmenko, Elias Pettersson)tip-in0.07 xG
VAN: Schenn, Lazar, Pettersson, Hughes, KuzmenkoWSH: Ovechkin, Gustafsson, Brown, van Riemsdyk, Strome
VAN 3 – 2 WSH
17:34
VANJ.T. MillerPP (Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson)snap0.09 xG
VAN: Miller, Horvat, Pettersson, Hughes, KuzmenkoWSH: Eller, Jensen, Brown, van Riemsdyk
VAN 4 – 2 WSH

3rd period

1:16
WSHDylan StromePP (John Carlson, Marcus Johansson)wrist0.32 xG
VAN: Schenn, Miller, Lazar, HughesWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Johansson, Strome
VAN 4 – 3 WSH
8:43
WSHJohn Carlson (Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov)snap0.11 xG
VAN: Pearson, Horvat, Boeser, Juulsen, StillmanWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Sheary
VAN 4 – 4 WSH
12:44
WSHConor Sheary (Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov)tip-in0.07 xG
VAN: Ekman-Larsson, Pearson, Horvat, Boeser, HughesWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Sheary
VAN 4 – 5 WSH
17:02
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nick Jensen)tip-in0.09 xG
VAN: Ekman-Larsson, Burroughs, Pettersson, Hoglander, KuzmenkoWSH: Ovechkin, Jensen, Kuznetsov, Sheary, Fehérváry
VAN 4 – 6 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	0	1	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	17:36	—	—	55	45
Vasily Podkolzin R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	2	0	0	15:39	—	—	63	73
Conor Garland R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	14:51	—	—	61	43
Bo Horvat C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.13	2	0	2	16:15	—	—	42	43
Brock Boeser R	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.13	0	1	2	15:25	—	—	39	37
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.34	1	1	0	13:00	—	—	39	39
Elias Pettersson C	L3	1	2	3	+1	3	0.34	0	2	0	17:17	—	—	75	67
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.19	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	64	47
Curtis Lazar C	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.07	4	0	0	14:51	—	—	71	74
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	5	0	2	12:50	—	—	41	44
Nils Aman C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:22	—	—	41	44
Nils Hoglander L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	12:18	—	—	48	46
Kyle Burroughs D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.09	4	2	0	24:07	—	—	55	38
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.18	1	1	0	21:41	—	—	55	38
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.16	0	2	0	27:06	—	—	54	58
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.08	5	1	0	19:12	—	—	55	63
Riley Stillman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	15:34	—	—	46	43
Noah Juulsen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	3	0	10:49	—	—	41	22

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	30	24	6	.800	2.76	58:42

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Lars Eller C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.20	4	0	0	15:39	—	—	55	41
Marcus Johansson L	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	15:03	—	—	55	47
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	2	0	0	13:20	—	—	62	75
Conor Sheary L	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.12	0	0	2	14:38	—	—	49	59
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	8	1	0	11:33	—	—	23	12
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	4	1	0	9:31	—	—	29	16
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	2	2	4	+1	4	0.39	3	0	0	18:02	—	—	65	69
Dylan Strome C	L3	1	1	2	-1	3	0.51	0	2	0	17:14	—	—	43	43
Connor Brown R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:44	—	—	43	23
T.J. Oshie R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	4	0	0	18:54	—	—	46	75
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	0	3	3	+3	3	0.51	1	0	2	16:33	—	—	67	83
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	1	1	0	15:51	—	—	38	48
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.12	4	0	0	23:34	—	—	53	52
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	1	1	0	21:39	—	—	52	57
John Carlson D	D2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.27	1	4	0	22:04	—	—	48	62
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	2	3	0	21:53	—	—	42	46
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	0	0	15:09	—	—	44	54
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	0	1	0	15:03	—	—	48	49

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	30	26	4	.867	2.19	59:46

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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.