Vancouver Canucks vs. Washington CapitalsJan 8, 2025

Final / OTWednesday, Jan 8, 2025· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VAN	0	1	0	0	1		VAN	3	21	6	1	31
WSH	1	0	0	1	2		WSH	6	5	2	5	18

: VAN 63WSH 61
: VAN 3.64WSH 3.61
PP goals: VAN 1WSH 0
Hits: VAN 27WSH 20
Blocks: VAN 18WSH 13
PIM: VAN 10WSH 14
: 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 2–1 (OT)

Washington Capitals beat Vancouver Canucks 2–1 in overtime at home. Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Strome–Protas skated 10:22 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Pierre-Luc Dubois had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:43.Dubois
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Strome–Protas skated 10:22 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Strome Protas
New line
New look for WSH: Wilson–Dubois–McMichael skated 9:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wilson Dubois McMichael
Luck
VAN scored 1 goal on 3.64 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Raddysh–Miroshnichenko skated 5:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Raddysh Miroshnichenko
Luck
WSH scored 2 goals on 3.61 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Aliaksei Protas (WSH) played 19:26, +3:01 up on his 16:25 season average over 75 games.Protas
Usage
Danton Heinen (VAN) played 18:05, +4:42 up on his 13:23 season average over 78 games.Heinen

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 124 of 124 attempts · WSH 61 · VAN 63

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 33% of the game, WSH 33%.

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
	55	55
	2.71	1.88
	2.44	1.79
	14	17
	7	2
	23	18
	−0.019	+0.019
	33%	33%

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

L1Blueger – Heinen – Sherwood
10:1133% CF
L2DeBrusk – Garland – Suter
8:5064% CF
L3Miller – Boeser – Lekkerimäki
8:1964% CF
L4Di Giuseppe – Hoglander – Sasson
6:4167% CF
D1Myers – Hughes
15:3172% CF
D2Forbort – Juulsen
6:2967% CF
D3Soucy – Desharnais
6:0540% CF

PP1Myers – Miller – Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland
4:23100% CF
PP2Soucy – Heinen – Suter – Hoglander – Lekkerimäki
0:52
PK1FBlueger – Suter
2:31
PK2FHeinen – Sherwood
1:05
PK1DSoucy – Juulsen
2:00
PK2DMyers – Forbort
1:52

Current VAN line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Strome – Protas
10:2217% CF
L2Wilson – Dubois – McMichael
9:3063% CF
L3Dowd – Mangiapane – Duhaime
9:0469% CF
L4Eller – Raddysh – Miroshnichenko
5:2536% CF
D1Roy – Fehérváry
10:1036% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
8:0333% CF
D3Carlson – Sandin
7:0490% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun
2:3988% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Mangiapane – Dubois – Sandin – McMichael
1:07100% CF
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
2:55
PK2FEller – Protas
1:06
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
4:46
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
2:08

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.

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Danton Heinen L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	18:05	—	—	40	65
Teddy Blueger C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	1	0	17:43	—	—	27	37
Kiefer Sherwood L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	7	2	2	17:23	—	—	35	88
Conor Garland R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.68	0	1	0	20:42	—	—	63	69
Pius Suter C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.61	1	1	0	19:44	—	—	50	53
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	2	1	0	17:50	—	—	50	68
Brock Boeser R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.39	0	0	0	19:48	—	—	52	50
J.T. Miller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	3	0	0	19:33	—	—	64	68
Jonathan Lekkerimäki R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	0	0	12:15	—	—	57	45
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	1	2	9:45	—	—	56	73
Nils Hoglander L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	0	0	9:43	—	—	64	70
Max Sasson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	9:12	—	—	47	67
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.25	0	0	2	27:13	—	—	69	74
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	1	0	0	24:48	—	—	60	70
Noah Juulsen D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	4	2	17:00	—	—	35	26
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	16:06	—	—	47	62
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	5	0	19:17	—	—	33	34
Vincent Desharnais D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	2	13:16	—	—	39	47

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	O	18	16	2	.889	3.61	63:53

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	1	0	0	19:26	—	—	30	11
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	1	2	0	19:26	—	—	33	20
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	1	0	0	17:55	—	—	33	20
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.38	1	1	4	19:16	—	—	60	47
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0.97	0	0	4	17:43	—	—	67	53
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.22	0	1	2	16:34	—	—	58	47
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.35	0	1	0	15:30	—	—	58	70
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	0	0	14:17	—	—	63	67
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	13:35	—	—	72	76
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	11:17	—	—	42	48
Taylor Raddysh R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:02	—	—	41	53
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	0	0	8:05	—	—	44	61
Matt Roy D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	3	1	0	20:59	—	—	41	48
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	3	0	18:44	—	—	41	42
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.80	0	1	4	24:02	—	—	44	20
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:50	—	—	40	12
John Carlson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	2	0	23:30	—	—	64	59
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	17:14	—	—	74	79

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	3.64	64:19

Goal anatomy

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

Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH) 1st 19:27 · assists Matt Roy, Connor McMichael · Rebound · 18.6 mph shot.

Pierre-Luc Dubois · 1st 19:27 · WSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.6 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Conor Garland · 2nd 19:23 · VAN PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.9 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: rebound

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Pierre-Luc Dubois · OT 4:19 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.3 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 6.8 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.

Vancouver Canucks vs. Washington CapitalsJan 8, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals edge Vancouver Canucks 2–1 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vancouver Canucks

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

OT period

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Washington Capitals

Goal anatomy

Pierre-Luc Dubois · 1st 19:27 · WSH

Conor Garland · 2nd 19:23 · VAN PP

Pierre-Luc Dubois · OT 4:19 · WSH