Washington Capitals vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 24, 2023

FinalTuesday, Jan 24, 2023· Ball Arena

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	1	2		WSH	13	11	15	39
COL	1	2	0	3		COL	9	14	3	26

: WSH 71COL 48
: WSH 3.92COL 2.13
PP goals: WSH 0COL 0
Hits: WSH 22COL 18
Blocks: WSH 15COL 16
PIM: WSH 0COL 4
: WSH 47%COL 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Washington Capitals 3–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Washington Capitals 3–2 at home. Logan O'Connor (COL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Alexandar Georgiev (COL) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +8 against a season average of 30.7; the win.

Points
Logan O'Connor had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:48.O'Connor
Goalie
Alexandar Georgiev (COL) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +8 against a season average of 30.7; the win.Georgiev
Usage
Tom Wilson (WSH) played 9:05, −8:48 down on his 17:53 season average over 32 games.Wilson
Usage
Kurtis MacDermid (COL) played 13:55, +5:43 up on his 8:12 season average over 43 games.MacDermid
New line
New look for WSH: Kuznetsov–Wilson–Milano skated 5:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuznetsov Wilson Milano
New line
New look for WSH: Mantha–Sheary–Protas skated 8:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Mantha Sheary Protas
Luck
WSH scored 2 goals on 3.92 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 23:32, +3:23 up on his 20:09 season average over 72 games.Ovechkin

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 119 of 119 attempts · COL 48 · WSH 71

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 38% of the game, COL 14%.

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
	71	58
	3.17	2.55
	3.02	2.46
	17	11
	4	2
	11	16
	−0.027	+0.027
	38%	14%

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 – Aube-Kubel – Strome
10:1440% CF
L2Eller – Johansson – Hathaway
9:2458% CF
L3Mantha – Sheary – Protas
8:1770% CF
L4Kuznetsov – Wilson – Milano
5:4336% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
17:0251% CF
D2Gustafsson – van Riemsdyk
14:3258% CF
D3Irwin – Fehérváry
9:4931% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Johansson – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Gustafsson
2:25100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Orlov – Sheary – Milano – Strome
1:15100% CF

Current WSH line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Cogliano – O'Connor – Newhook
12:1564% CF
L2Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rodrigues
10:5352% CF
L3Compher – Nichushkin – Rantanen
10:1144% CF
D1Johnson – Toews
9:5232% CF
D2Hunt – Girard
4:4644% CF
D3Englund – MacDonald
1:40100% CF

PK1FLehkonen – Nichushkin
1:31
PK2FCompher – O'Connor
0:24
PK1DJohnson – Toews
2:32
PK2DEnglund – Girard
0:57

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:57
COLArtturi Lehkonen (Nathan MacKinnon, Devon Toews)wrist0.17 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Orlov, Jensen, Aube-Kubel, StromeCOL: Johnson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Rodrigues, Girard
WSH 0 – 1 COL

2nd period

2:04
COLAndrew Cogliano (Kurtis MacDermid, Logan O'Connor)deflected0.09 xG
WSH: Irwin, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Milano, FehérváryCOL: Cogliano, MacDermid, MacDonald, O'Connor, Newhook
WSH 0 – 2 COL
4:48
WSHConor Sheary (Martin Fehérváry, Anthony Mantha)tip-in0.08 xG
WSH: Irwin, Mantha, Sheary, Fehérváry, ProtasCOL: Cogliano, Hunt, MacDermid, Rantanen, Newhook
WSH 1 – 2 COL
15:39
COLAlex Newhook (Logan O'Connor, Samuel Girard)wrist0.12 xG
WSH: Orlov, Jensen, Mantha, Sheary, ProtasCOL: Cogliano, Toews, Girard, O'Connor, Newhook
WSH 1 – 3 COL

3rd period

9:44
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Dylan Strome)slap0.07 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Orlov, Jensen, Mantha, StromeCOL: Johnson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen
WSH 2 – 3 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	1	0	1	0	3	0.36	2	0	0	23:32	—	—	49	32
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.15	0	1	0	18:03	—	—	50	48
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	0	0	15:10	—	—	45	47
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.85	0	0	0	19:03	—	—	62	70
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	15:33	—	—	59	63
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	3	1	0	13:06	—	—	58	65
Anthony Mantha R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:37	—	—	62	69
Conor Sheary L	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.43	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	77	83
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.50	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	76	82
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.29	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	33	33
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	1	0	13:35	—	—	43	38
Tom Wilson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	3	2	0	9:05	—	—	31	37
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	3	3	0	24:17	—	—	54	47
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	0	0	19:53	—	—	51	43
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.51	2	2	0	22:56	—	—	66	78
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	3	0	19:10	—	—	60	67
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	3	1	0	17:00	—	—	56	57
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	10:11	—	—	31	47

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	2.13	57:45

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan O'Connor R	L1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.10	2	1	0	17:48	—	—	58	58
Alex Newhook C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.18	1	1	0	15:11	—	—	54	58
Andrew Cogliano C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.23	0	0	0	15:09	—	—	58	50
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.29	1	0	0	20:12	—	—	40	44
Nathan MacKinnon C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.21	1	0	0	18:53	—	—	42	45
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	61	67
J.T. Compher L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.39	0	2	0	21:30	—	—	39	38
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	2	0	19:54	—	—	39	30
Mikko Rantanen R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	0	0	0	19:02	—	—	33	29
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.06	3	1	0	27:41	—	—	43	36
Erik Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:32	—	—	34	24
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	0	3	0	21:23	—	—	58	70
Brad Hunt D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	14:05	—	—	36	19
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	2	0	11:30	—	—	53	48
Jacob MacDonald D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	1	2	11:11	—	—	48	65
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	4	0	2	13:55	—	—	42	48
Ben Meyers C	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	1	0	6:25	—	—	39	60
Anton Blidh L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:28	—	—	33	58

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	3.92	60:00

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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.