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Washington Capitals vs. Chicago BlackhawksOct 20, 2019

Final· United Center
Goals123TShots123T
WSH1135WSH129930
CHI0123CHI14151544
WSH 49CHI 84
WSH 2.84CHI 4.40
PP goals
WSH 1CHI 0
Hits
WSH 38CHI 24
Blocks
WSH 31CHI 11
PIM
WSH 12CHI 4
WSH 41%CHI 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3

Washington Capitals beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3 at CHI. Lars Eller (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for CHI: Kane–Strome–Dach skated 12:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Lars Eller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:51.Eller
  2. Points
    Alex Nylander had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:12.Nylander
  3. Points
    Carl Hagelin had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:53.Hagelin
  4. New line
    New look for CHI: Kane–Strome–Dach skated 12:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.KaneStromeDach
  5. Goalie
    Braden Holtby (WSH) faced 44 shots and stopped 41 (.932), +15 against a season average of 28.9; the win.Holtby
  6. New line
    New look for CHI: Toews–Shaw–DeBrincat skated 9:41 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ToewsShawDeBrincat
  7. Luck
    WSH scored 5 goals on 2.84 expected goals (49 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  8. New line
    New look for CHI: Carpenter–Nylander–Caggiula skated 9:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.CarpenterNylanderCaggiula

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 CHI: 133 attempts, 74 on goal, 8 goals, 7.23 expected goals; best chance Dominik Kubalik at 0.70 xG.

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

Showing 133 of 133 attempts · CHI 84 · WSH 49

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, WSH at CHI: expected goals 4.40 to 2.84 (CHI led the chances), shot attempts 84 to 49, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdCHIWSHOCDOKKWEnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • CHI
  • WSH
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
CHIWSHcontrol2nd3rdOshie · 1st 9:25Caggiula · 2nd 8:25Dowd · 2nd 9:53Ovechkin · 3rd 3:52Kubalik · 3rd 6:05Kane · 3rd 9:58Wilson · 3rd 11:47Eller · 3rd 19:10
  • CHI 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 24% of the game, CHI 45%.

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 CHI: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Corey Crawford (57:58) for CHI and Braden Holtby (60:00) for WSH, 8 goals.

CHI
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
StatWSHCHI
5277
2.214.16
2.133.88
1122
56
1623
−0.067+0.067
24%45%

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 →

Chicago Blackhawks

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 9:25
    WSH 1 – 0 CHI

2nd period

  1. 8:25
    WSH 1 – 1 CHI
  2. 9:53
    WSH 2 – 1 CHI

3rd period

  1. 3:52
    WSH 3 – 1 CHI
  2. 6:05
    WSH 3 – 2 CHI
  3. 9:58
    WSH 3 – 3 CHI
  4. 11:47
    WSH 4 – 3 CHI
  5. 19:10
    WSH 5 – 3 CHI

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
T.J. Oshie RL1101010.1834017:49——3121
Nicklas Backstrom CL1000+120.0213017:46——3121
Alex Ovechkin LL1101050.3871017:24——3221
Lars Eller CL2112+120.7310217:51——5084
Garnet Hathaway RL2000-120.1420012:58——4774
Jakub Vrana LL2000-110.1500011:04——3938
Carl Hagelin LL3022+340.0320016:53——4831
Tom Wilson RL3101+120.2034016:48——4135
Evgeny Kuznetsov CL3011010.2111013:46——4039
Nic Dowd CL4101020.2122011:44——6745
Chandler Stephenson CL4000-110.021148:06——4639
Brendan Leipsic LL4000-120.300007:52——4760
Dmitry Orlov DD1011-100.0014018:59——3245
Nick Jensen DD1000-200.0741018:24——3735
John Carlson DD2011+210.0512025:04——3530
Jonas Siegenthaler DD2000+210.0542021:32——4637
Michal Kempny DD3011010.0714219:28——4233
Radko Gudas DD3000+120.0442416:32——4833
WSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Braden Holtby(start)W44413.9324.4060:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Patrick Kane RL1101-230.0910024:32——5756
Dylan Strome CL1000-220.2520020:12——4756
Kirby Dach CL1000-100.1501013:41——5056
Alex DeBrincat RL2000-330.2800019:30——5738
Jonathan Toews CL2000-320.1820019:17——5741
Andrew Shaw RL2000-220.1530215:01——5640
Brandon Saad LL3011050.5510015:37——7483
Dominik Kubalik LL3101+1101.7420014:15——7483
David Kampf CL3011+120.1012011:04——7283
Alex Nylander LL4022+220.2201013:12——5465
Ryan Carpenter CL4011+210.1020012:40——5461
Drake Caggiula LL4101+110.2610011:14——5062
Duncan Keith DD1000-120.0910024:59——6761
Connor Murphy DD1000-120.0641220:08——5859
Brent Seabrook DD2000040.0511016:27——5858
Olli Maatta DD2000+110.0011015:28——6264
Erik Gustafsson DD3000020.1401018:52——5269
Calvin de Haan DD3000+100.0023015:45——5878
CHI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Corey Crawford(start)L29254.8622.1657:58