Washington Capitals vs. Colorado AvalancheNov 16, 2017

FinalThursday, Nov 16, 2017· Pepsi Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	1	2		WSH	14	7	9	30
COL	2	1	3	6		COL	10	8	10	28

: WSH 54COL 54
: WSH 2.16COL 2.77
PP goals: WSH 1COL 2
Hits: WSH 26COL 16
Blocks: WSH 18COL 19
PIM: WSH 20COL 18
: WSH 64%COL 36%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche rout Washington Capitals 6–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Washington Capitals 6–2 at home. Nathan MacKinnon (COL) led the scoring with 1G 4A. COL's first power-play unit (Soderberg, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Girard) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 5:53 together.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and 4 assists (5 points) on 5 shots in 20:24.MacKinnon
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 17:53.Rantanen
Points
Gabriel Landeskog had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 20:23.Landeskog
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Soderberg, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Girard) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 5:53 together.Soderberg Landeskog MacKinnon Rantanen Girard
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 13 attempts in 6:02 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
Luck
COL scored 6 goals on 2.77 expected goals (54 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for COL: Wilson–Kerfoot–Compher skated 6:43 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wilson Kerfoot Compher
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Connolly–Wilson skated 6:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Connolly Wilson

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

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

COL
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · COL 54 · WSH 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: WSH 33% of the game, COL 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

WSH

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	WSH	COL
	42	41
	1.51	1.43
	1.42	1.39
	12	10
	2	5
	14	13
	+0.096	−0.096
	33%	32%

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.