Washington Capitals vs. Colorado AvalancheApr 18, 2022
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | WSH | 10 | 7 | 10 | 27 | |
| COL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | COL | 11 | 4 | 11 | 26 |
- WSH 50COL 58
- WSH 2.29COL 2.41
- PP goals
- WSH 1COL 0
- Hits
- WSH 34COL 39
- Blocks
- WSH 23COL 13
- PIM
- WSH 4COL 4
- WSH 49%COL 51%
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. Artturi Lehkonen (COL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for WSH: Backstrom–Johansson–Sheary skated 8:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (72.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
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- UsageMarcus Johansson (WSH) played 10:25, −5:48 down on his 16:13 season average over 68 games.Johansson
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- UsageAlex Ovechkin (WSH) played 15:54, −4:44 down on his 20:38 season average over 76 games.Ovechkin
- UsageJohan Larsson (WSH) played 11:36, −4:25 down on his 16:01 season average over 42 games.Larsson
- UsageEvgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) played 16:22, −3:58 down on his 20:20 season average over 78 games.Kuznetsov
- UsageConor Sheary (WSH) played 11:47, −3:33 down on his 15:20 season average over 70 games.Sheary
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: 108 attempts, 53 on goal, 5 goals, 4.70 expected goals; best chance Alex Ovechkin at 0.22 xG.
- COL
- WSH
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 108 of 108 attempts · COL 58 · WSH 50
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 2.41 to 2.29 (COL led the chances), shot attempts 58 to 50, 5 goals.
- COL
- WSH
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- 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 26% of the game, COL 24%.
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 60:00; most ice Darcy Kuemper (58:31) for COL and Ilya Samsonov (60:00) for WSH, 5 goals.
- 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).
| Stat | WSH | COL |
|---|---|---|
| 55 | 54 | |
| 2.39 | 2.01 | |
| 2.35 | 1.94 | |
| 5 | 12 | |
| 5 | 6 | |
| 12 | 10 | |
| −0.017 | +0.018 | |
| 26% | 24% |
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
- 8:5772% CF
- 8:5143% CF
- 7:3245% CF
- 7:1756% CF
- 16:0949% CF
- 15:1948% CF
- D3Schultz – van Riemsdyk10:4841% CF
- 0:5567% CF
- 1:04
- 0:38
- PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk2:58
- 1:04
Colorado Avalanche
- L1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen14:1758% CF
- L2Aube-Kubel – Sturm – Newhook7:4414% CF
- L3Burakovsky – Compher – Lehkonen7:3433% CF
- 6:2150% CF
- 9:5573% CF
- 8:2355% CF
- PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar2:5588% CF
- PP2Burakovsky – Compher – Girard – Byram – Newhook1:200% CF
- 0:50
- PK2FCompher – Nichushkin0:07
- 0:44
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 4:02WSH 1 – 0 COL
- 17:05WSH 1 – 1 COL
2nd period
- 13:27WSH 2 – 1 COL
3rd period
- 8:13WSH 2 – 2 COL
- 10:46WSH 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
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicklas Backstrom C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:39 | — | — | 65 | 53 |
| Conor Sheary L | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:47 | — | — | 65 | 61 |
| Marcus Johansson L | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:25 | — | — | 64 | 52 |
| Nic Dowd C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14:06 | — | — | 53 | 57 |
| Garnet Hathaway R | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.03 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12:45 | — | — | 53 | 47 |
| Johan Larsson L | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11:36 | — | — | 42 | 33 |
| Lars Eller C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0.11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18:33 | — | — | 44 | 65 |
| T.J. Oshie R | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:23 | — | — | 48 | 68 |
| Anthony Mantha R | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:18 | — | — | 57 | 79 |
| Tom Wilson R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.01 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16:34 | — | — | 39 | 38 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov C | L4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:22 | — | — | 44 | 51 |
| Alex Ovechkin L | L4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0.62 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15:54 | — | — | 39 | 48 |
| John Carlson D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 0.14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24:12 | — | — | 54 | 54 |
| Martin Fehérváry D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.01 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19:52 | — | — | 51 | 52 |
| Dmitry Orlov D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0.14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22:16 | — | — | 50 | 47 |
| Nick Jensen D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.04 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21:10 | — | — | 54 | 62 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16:34 | — | — | 48 | 59 |
| Justin Schultz D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15:34 | — | — | 41 | 56 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Samsonov(start) | W | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 2.41 | 60:00 |
Colorado Avalanche
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikko Rantanen R | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22:23 | — | — | 51 | 50 |
| Nathan MacKinnon C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:18 | — | — | 58 | 56 |
| Valeri Nichushkin R | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21:59 | — | — | 57 | 60 |
| Nico Sturm C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14:03 | — | — | 44 | 38 |
| Alex Newhook C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:44 | — | — | 38 | 11 |
| Nicolas Aube-Kubel R | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:20 | — | — | 57 | 43 |
| Artturi Lehkonen L | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 0.77 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:30 | — | — | 45 | 54 |
| J.T. Compher L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:42 | — | — | 41 | 37 |
| Andre Burakovsky L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:03 | — | — | 46 | 42 |
| Darren Helm C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.07 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10:46 | — | — | 50 | 47 |
| Logan O'Connor R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9:19 | — | — | 44 | 47 |
| Ben Meyers C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6:57 | — | — | 50 | 62 |
| Samuel Girard D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.06 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 25:02 | — | — | 53 | 52 |
| Josh Manson D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.01 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16:56 | — | — | 60 | 40 |
| Cale Makar D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.32 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 27:27 | — | — | 46 | 35 |
| Bowen Byram D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17:49 | — | — | 55 | 61 |
| Jack Johnson D | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:55 | — | — | 44 | 42 |
| Kurtis MacDermid L | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10:32 | — | — | 36 | 56 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darcy Kuemper(start) | L | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 2.29 | 58:31 |