Washington Capitals vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 24, 2024

FinalWednesday, Jan 24, 2024· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	0	2	2		WSH	10	9	6	25
COL	1	3	2	6		COL	9	12	10	31

: WSH 73COL 59
: WSH 2.94COL 3.26
PP goals: WSH 0COL 2
Hits: WSH 19COL 16
Blocks: WSH 15COL 24
PIM: WSH 8COL 10
: WSH 45%COL 55%

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 4G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Colton and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 2 attempts in 3:10 together.

Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 4 goals and an assist (5 points) on 8 shots in 20:29.MacKinnon
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and 4 assists (5 points) on 3 shots in 20:49.Rantanen
Points
Cale Makar had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 24:17.Makar
Points
Dylan Strome had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:16.Strome
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (MacKinnon, Drouin, Rantanen, Colton and Makar) scored 2 power-play goals on 2 attempts in 3:10 together.MacKinnon Drouin Rantanen Colton Makar
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Pacioretty–Strome skated 10:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (39.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Pacioretty Strome
Luck
COL scored 6 goals on 3.26 expected goals (59 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for COL: Cogliano–Johansen–Lehkonen skated 7:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cogliano Johansen Lehkonen

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 132 of 132 attempts · COL 59 · WSH 73

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 31% 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
	74	60
	2.65	2.94
	2.38	2.70
	12	13
	4	6
	11	6
	−0.028	+0.028
	31%	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.

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Pacioretty – Strome
10:3439% CF
L2Kuznetsov – Wilson – Mantha
9:1154% CF
L3Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
9:0265% CF
L4Oshie – McMichael – Protas
7:3687% CF
D1Carlson – Sandin
14:1870% CF
D2Edmundson – Bear
10:1438% CF
D3Jensen – Fehérváry
8:5254% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Mantha – Sandin
4:0940% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Oshie – Pacioretty – Carlson – Strome
3:19100% CF
PK1FDowd – Malenstyn
1:57
PK2FKuznetsov – Wilson
1:04
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
1:57
PK2DEdmundson – Fehérváry
1:04

Current WSH line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen
14:3637% CF
L2Wood – Colton – O'Connor
9:2557% CF
L3Cogliano – Johansen – Lehkonen
7:3653% CF
D1Byram – Malinski
14:1750% CF
D2Manson – Girard
13:1039% CF
D3Toews – Makar
12:4136% CF

PP1MacKinnon – Drouin – Rantanen – Colton – Makar
3:10100% CF
PK1FCogliano – Lehkonen
1:42
PK2FOlofsson – O'Connor
0:48
PK1DToews – Makar
5:27
PK2DManson – Girard
1:32

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	1	1	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:38	—	—	43	40
Dylan Strome C	L1	2	0	2	0	3	0.56	0	1	0	16:16	—	—	38	31
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.11	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	39	32
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.49	0	2	0	17:40	—	—	54	63
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	16:48	—	—	55	46
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	0	2	0	15:39	—	—	56	63
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	3	0	0	17:54	—	—	61	49
Beck Malenstyn L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	1	0	14:53	—	—	50	29
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	10:52	—	—	61	27
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.49	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	72	71
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	2	0	0	12:29	—	—	80	64
T.J. Oshie R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	0	0	2	12:20	—	—	81	57
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	3	2	0	23:22	—	—	67	56
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	21:57	—	—	65	52
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	3	3	2	16:52	—	—	47	54
Ethan Bear D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	16:12	—	—	36	15
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.18	1	2	0	18:26	—	—	54	43
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	1	1	0	15:28	—	—	51	41

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	31	25	6	.806	3.26	59:50

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	4	5	+3	3	0.60	0	4	0	20:49	—	—	41	57
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	4	1	5	+3	8	0.76	0	1	0	20:29	—	—	40	56
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.17	1	0	2	19:36	—	—	36	53
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.40	0	0	0	15:39	—	—	54	31
Ross Colton C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.42	1	0	2	14:56	—	—	58	36
Miles Wood L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	2	14:07	—	—	50	31
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.36	2	1	0	16:12	—	—	39	74
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.19	0	1	0	13:59	—	—	58	80
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	12:15	—	—	46	89
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	19:16	—	—	46	39
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	1	0	16:18	—	—	54	49
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	3	0	18:18	—	—	43	42
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	17:00	—	—	47	58
Cale Makar D	D3	1	2	3	+3	1	0.04	0	2	0	24:17	—	—	41	64
Devon Toews D	D3	0	0	0	+4	0	0.02	0	4	0	21:46	—	—	36	69
Fredrik Olofsson L	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	8:44	—	—	46	88
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	3	2	2	8:17	—	—	32	35
Joel Kiviranta L	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	3	0	0	8:02	—	—	57	92

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	2.94	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Cale Makar (COL SH) 1st 19:23 · assists Andrew Cogliano · Rush · carried in · 74.2 mph shot · 1.4 s from entry to goal.

Cale Makar · 1st 19:23 · COL SH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 74.2 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 1.4 s

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Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 2:39 · COL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 62.8 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: one-timer

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Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 7:00 · COL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 57.8 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Type: one-timer

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Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 9:16 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.1 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Dylan Strome · 3rd 7:26 · WSH

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 26.7 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 10:20 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 14.3 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s

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Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 16:14 · COL

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 60.7 mph
Distance: 33 ft

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Dylan Strome · 3rd 17:37 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 46.2 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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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.

Washington Capitals vs. Colorado AvalancheJan 24, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche rout Washington Capitals 6–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Colorado Avalanche

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Colorado Avalanche

Goal anatomy

Cale Makar · 1st 19:23 · COL SH

Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 2:39 · COL PP

Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 7:00 · COL PP

Nathan MacKinnon · 2nd 9:16 · COL

Dylan Strome · 3rd 7:26 · WSH

Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 10:20 · COL

Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 16:14 · COL

Dylan Strome · 3rd 17:37 · WSH