Washington Capitals vs. Colorado AvalancheFeb 13, 2020

FinalThursday, Feb 13, 2020· Pepsi Center

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	2	3		WSH	8	11	19	38
COL	2	0	0	2		COL	11	11	12	34

: WSH 62COL 54
: WSH 3.25COL 2.13
PP goals: WSH 2COL 1
Hits: WSH 27COL 14
Blocks: WSH 16COL 17
PIM: WSH 8COL 10
: WSH 39%COL 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Colorado Avalanche 3–2

Washington Capitals beat Colorado Avalanche 3–2 at COL. Andre Burakovsky (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Landeskog, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:01 together.

Points
Andre Burakovsky had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:50.Burakovsky
Points
John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 26:34.Carlson
Points
Lars Eller had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:24.Eller
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 9 shots in 22:44.MacKinnon
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Landeskog, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 5:01 together.Landeskog Burakovsky MacKinnon Rantanen Makar
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Vrana) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 6:59 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Vrana
New line
New look for WSH: Hagelin–Panik–Boyd skated 8:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hagelin Panik Boyd
Goalie
Philipp Grubauer (COL) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +8 against a season average of 29.6; the loss.Grubauer

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 116 of 116 attempts · COL 54 · WSH 62

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 36%.

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
	54	52
	2.32	1.69
	2.14	1.67
	16	4
	1	2
	13	13
	−0.112	+0.112
	33%	36%

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

L1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
11:4350% CF
L2Hagelin – Panik – Boyd
8:4317% CF
L3Oshie – Eller – Vrana
8:3476% CF
L4Dowd – Leipsic – Hathaway
4:4875% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
10:2547% CF
D2Gudas – Siegenthaler
10:1541% CF
D3Carlson – Kempny
9:5638% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Vrana
6:59100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Boyd – Wilson
1:35
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
1:20
PK2FWilson – Hathaway
1:16
PK1DJensen – Kempny
2:00
PK2DGudas – Siegenthaler
1:18

Current WSH line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Burakovsky – MacKinnon – Rantanen
10:1858% CF
L2Donskoi – Landeskog – Compher
9:2428% CF
L3Calvert – Nichushkin – Bellemare
5:5960% CF
L4Nieto – Kamenev – Jost
4:4063% CF
D1Johnson – Girard
11:2148% CF
D2Graves – Makar
9:5259% CF
D3Cole – Zadorov
9:3940% CF

PP1Landeskog – Burakovsky – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
5:01100% CF
PP2Donskoi – Compher – Nichushkin – Girard – Makar
0:27
PK1FNieto – Compher
4:14
PK2FCalvert – Bellemare
4:05
PK1DCole – Graves
3:23
PK2DJohnson – Zadorov
0:56

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:54
COLAndre Burakovsky (Nathan MacKinnon, Vladislav Kamenev)slap0.06 xG
WSH: Carlson, Dowd, Leipsic, Hathaway, KempnyCOL: Johnson, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Kamenev, Girard
WSH 0 – 1 COL
16:05
COLMikko RantanenPP (Nathan MacKinnon, Andre Burakovsky)wrist0.08 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Dowd, Gudas, SiegenthalerCOL: Landeskog, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Makar
WSH 0 – 2 COL

2nd period

11:37
WSHNicklas BackstromPP (Jakub Vrana, John Carlson)tip-in0.16 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, VranaCOL: Cole, Calvert, Graves, Bellemare
WSH 1 – 2 COL

3rd period

12:48
WSHTom WilsonPP (John Carlson, Lars Eller)tip-in0.07 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Carlson, Boyd, WilsonCOL: Calvert, Graves, Zadorov, Bellemare
WSH 2 – 2 COL
17:56
WSHT.J. Oshie (Nick Jensen, Lars Eller)tip-in0.08 xG
WSH: Oshie, Eller, Jensen, Vrana, KempnyCOL: Johnson, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Rantanen, Girard
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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	0	7	0.53	3	0	0	25:48	—	—	56	53
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.68	1	1	0	23:56	—	—	43	40
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.22	1	3	0	20:28	—	—	48	44
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:21	—	—	13	22
Travis Boyd C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	2	0	12:16	—	—	31	76
Richard Panik R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	1	0	12:15	—	—	28	60
T.J. Oshie R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.22	3	0	2	18:38	—	—	73	53
Lars Eller C	L3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.07	0	0	4	16:24	—	—	64	48
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	1	1	+1	10	0.35	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	74	59
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	3	0	2	8:44	—	—	60	75
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	2	0	8:04	—	—	53	79
Brendan Leipsic L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	2	1	0	7:25	—	—	58	76
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	4	0	0	23:01	—	—	50	43
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	0	1	0	17:26	—	—	61	77
Radko Gudas D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	13:56	—	—	48	75
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:29	—	—	41	75
John Carlson D	D3	0	2	2	-1	2	0.17	1	2	0	26:34	—	—	41	33
Michal Kempny D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:15	—	—	61	66

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	2.13	59:33

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	2	2	0	9	0.44	0	0	0	22:44	—	—	50	33
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.15	0	1	0	21:37	—	—	50	34
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.15	1	0	2	17:50	—	—	59	50
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	1	1	0	19:33	—	—	26	25
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:34	—	—	35	40
Joonas Donskoi R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	2	14:17	—	—	33	33
Matt Calvert L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	67	81
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	14:04	—	—	63	68
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	9:36	—	—	67	75
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:53	—	—	64	51
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	7:24	—	—	54	29
Vladislav Kamenev C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	6:54	—	—	46	23
Erik Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	5	2	18:35	—	—	49	46
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	1	0	18:14	—	—	44	39
Cale Makar D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	2	0	22:59	—	—	50	26
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	1	2	0	19:16	—	—	48	25
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	5	0.15	2	2	2	18:06	—	—	50	43
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	1	0	17:13	—	—	44	57

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	38	35	3	.921	3.25	57:49

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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.