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Washington Capitals vs. Colorado AvalancheNov 16, 2018

Final / OT· Pepsi Center
Goals123OTTShots123OTT
WSH02013WSH13123129
COL10102COL998026
WSH 56COL 49
WSH 2.28COL 1.82
PP goals
WSH 1COL 0
Hits
WSH 17COL 11
Blocks
WSH 18COL 17
PIM
WSH 4COL 6
WSH 48%COL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Colorado Avalanche 3–2 (OT)

Washington Capitals beat Colorado Avalanche 3–2 in overtime at COL. Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for WSH: Backstrom–Burakovsky–Vrana skated 8:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:59.Backstrom
  2. Points
    Tom Wilson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:24.Wilson
  3. New line
    New look for WSH: Backstrom–Burakovsky–Vrana skated 8:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BackstromBurakovskyVrana
  4. Usage
    Tom Wilson (WSH) played 24:24, +6:22 up on his 18:03 season average over 62 games.Wilson
  5. New line
    New look for COL: Bourque–Andrighetto–Kamenev skated 5:34 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BourqueAndrighettoKamenev
  6. Usage
    Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 23:55, +3:02 up on his 20:53 season average over 80 games.Ovechkin
  7. Usage
    Brett Connolly (WSH) played 9:00, −4:23 down on his 13:23 season average over 80 games.Connolly
  8. Usage
    Lars Eller (WSH) played 20:48, +4:19 up on his 16:29 season average over 80 games.Eller

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.

Shot map, WSH at COL: 105 attempts, 55 on goal, 5 goals, 4.09 expected goals; best chance Dmitrij Jaskin at 0.36 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← WSH attacks left (bottom on phones)COL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • COL
  • WSH
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · COL 49 · WSH 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, WSH at COL: expected goals 1.82 to 2.28 (WSH led the chances), shot attempts 49 to 56, 5 goals.

0.00.51.01.52.02.51st2nd3rdOTCOLWSHSSOWBnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:22
  • COL
  • WSH
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
COLWSHcontrol2nd3rdOTSoderberg · 1st 1:08Smith-Pelly · 2nd 8:55Ovechkin · 2nd 18:29Wilson · 3rd 17:16Backstrom · OT 0:22
  • 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 39% of the game, COL 29%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, WSH at COL: 38 players over 60:22; most ice Philipp Grubauer (60:22) for COL and Pheonix Copley (60:22) for WSH, 5 goals.

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
StatWSHCOL
5254
2.062.13
1.972.06
108
104
1310
+0.006−0.006
39%29%

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.

Washington Capitals

Current WSH line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 1:08
    WSH 0 – 1 COL

3rd period

  1. 17:16
    WSH 2 – 2 COL

OT period

  1. 0:22
    WSH 3 – 2 COL

Box score

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

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Tom Wilson RL1022+130.2930024:24——6967
Alex Ovechkin LL1101+170.7420023:55——6565
Lars Eller CL1000030.2310220:48——5853
Nicklas Backstrom CL2112020.1700220:59——6259
Jakub Vrana LL2000020.1711012:49——5648
Andre Burakovsky LL2000-100.0010012:14——4430
Chandler Stephenson CL3011-100.0002012:55——1911
Devante Smith-Pelly RL3101020.1001012:45——1611
Travis Boyd CL3011000.0012011:44——189
Nic Dowd CL4000000.0040010:44——5094
Dmitrij Jaskin RL4000020.371009:46——5083
Brett Connolly RL4000010.030009:00——6769
Michal Kempny DD1000000.0422020:39——4344
Matt Niskanen DD1000+130.0413020:28——4549
John Carlson DD2011040.0905024:03——4860
Dmitry Orlov DD2000-100.0000021:02——5051
Madison Bowey DD3000000.0001014:53——5842
Christian Djoos DD3000000.0001014:20——6351
WSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Pheonix Copley(start)W26242.9231.8260:22

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nathan MacKinnon CL1000-130.1600021:55——4541
Gabriel Landeskog LL1000060.4202021:50——5156
Mikko Rantanen RL1000-100.0401021:00——4930
Carl Soderberg CL2101+210.1520018:16——5673
Matt Calvert LL2011+220.1202016:53——5274
Sheldon Dries CL2000020.1411212:20——5069
Colin Wilson CL3101010.0210014:00——4729
Tyson Jost CL3011-100.0000012:26——6777
Alexander Kerfoot CL3000-110.1400012:23——5564
Vladislav Kamenev CL4000010.1210010:42——5037
Sven Andrighetto RL4000010.1701010:27——5940
Gabriel Bourque LL4000010.041127:50——5030
Erik Johnson DD1000020.0411022:35——5333
Samuel Girard DD1000000.0010021:20——4531
Tyson Barrie DD2011-110.0711020:49——5159
Ian Cole DD2011+130.1513219:31——7087
Patrik Nemeth DD3000010.0311018:08——3729
Mark Barberio DD3000000.0103013:32——4444
COL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)O29263.8972.2860:22