Washington Capitals vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 15, 2021

Final / OTWednesday, Dec 15, 2021· United Center

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

5

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	0	2	2	0	4		WSH	13	19	13	1	46
CHI	0	3	1	1	5		CHI	6	12	8	2	28

: WSH 71CHI 51
: WSH 3.87CHI 2.40
PP goals: WSH 1CHI 3
Hits: WSH 29CHI 20
Blocks: WSH 14CHI 16
PIM: WSH 12CHI 6
: WSH 37%CHI 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks edge Washington Capitals 5–4 (OT)

Chicago Blackhawks beat Washington Capitals 5–4 in overtime at home. Alex DeBrincat (CHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A.

Points
Alex DeBrincat had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:51.DeBrincat
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Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 10 shots in 21:51.Ovechkin
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Caleb Jones had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:31.Jones
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Conor Sheary had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:08.Sheary
Points
Lars Eller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:53.Eller
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Brandon Hagel had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:46.Hagel
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Kirby Dach had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:15.Dach
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Patrick Kane had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:50.Kane

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)CHI attacks right (top on phones) →

CHI
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · CHI 51 · WSH 71

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 39% of the game, CHI 17%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

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
Stat	WSH	CHI
	66	43
	3.13	2.11
	2.87	2.06
	18	7
	5	4
	19	14
	−0.154	+0.154
	39%	17%

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

L1Oshie – Backstrom – Sheary
8:2079% CF
L2Hagelin – Dowd – Malenstyn
8:1344% CF
L3Ovechkin – Eller – Protas
4:0275% CF
L4Sgarbossa – Sprong – McMichael
4:0171% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
13:4374% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
11:0669% CF
D3Schultz – van Riemsdyk
7:3325% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Sheary
3:3083% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Schultz – Orlov – Sprong
1:3467% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
3:22
PK2FEller – Sheary
2:40
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
3:05
PK2DJensen – van Riemsdyk
2:55

Current WSH line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kane – Strome – DeBrincat
13:1540% CF
L2Kubalik – Kurashev – Dach
4:5425% CF
L3Toews – Connolly – Hagel
4:4540% CF
L4Carpenter – Entwistle – Slavin
2:5611% CF
D1de Haan – Jones
13:4744% CF
D2Murphy – Jones
8:2633% CF
D3McCabe – Stillman
3:3427% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Connolly – Jones – DeBrincat
5:1450% CF
PP2Kubalik – Strome – Jones – Kurashev – Dach
2:0775% CF
PK1FCarpenter – Hagel
1:37
PK2FToews – Dach
0:38
PK1DMurphy – McCabe
2:40
PK2Dde Haan – Jones
0:57

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:36
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom)slap0.07 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, ShearyCHI: de Haan, Jones, Entwistle, Slavin
WSH 1 – 0 CHI
13:55
CHIAlex DeBrincatPP (Patrick Kane, Dominik Kubalik)snap0.18 xG
WSH: Eller, Carlson, OrlovCHI: Toews, Kane, Kubalik, Jones, DeBrincat
WSH 1 – 1 CHI
14:13
CHIPhilipp KurashevPP (Kirby Dach, Caleb Jones)backhand0.17 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Eller, Jensen, van RiemsdykCHI: Kubalik, Strome, Jones, Kurashev, Dach
WSH 1 – 2 CHI
14:29
CHIMacKenzie Entwistle (Brandon Hagel, Jonathan Toews)backhand0.02 xG
WSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Schultz, Sheary, van RiemsdykCHI: Toews, Murphy, Stillman, Hagel, Entwistle
WSH 1 – 3 CHI
19:18
WSHDaniel Sprong (Lars Eller)wrist0.17 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Eller, Orlov, van Riemsdyk, SprongCHI: Kane, Murphy, McCabe, Strome, DeBrincat
WSH 2 – 3 CHI

3rd period

11:57
WSHLars Eller (T.J. Oshie, Conor Sheary)backhand0.14 xG
WSH: Oshie, Eller, Carlson, Sheary, FehérváryCHI: Murphy, McCabe, Kubalik, Entwistle, Dach
WSH 3 – 3 CHI
15:00
CHIAlex DeBrincatPP (Brandon Hagel, Dylan Strome)snap0.12 xG
WSH: Eller, Carlson, Sheary, FehérváryCHI: Kane, Jones, Strome, DeBrincat, Hagel
WSH 3 – 4 CHI
19:57
WSHConor Sheary (Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson)wrist0.11 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Eller, Carlson, ShearyCHI: Murphy, McCabe, Strome, Hagel, Kurashev
WSH 4 – 4 CHI

OT period

1:21
CHICaleb Jones (Kirby Dach, Patrick Kane)backhand0.02 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Orlov, ShearyCHI: Jones, Hagel, Dach
WSH 4 – 5 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.06	1	0	2	20:58	—	—	63	58
Conor Sheary L	L1	1	1	2	0	5	0.35	0	1	0	19:08	—	—	71	79
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.29	2	0	0	18:14	—	—	68	56
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:50	—	—	55	40
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	4	0	2	12:52	—	—	45	23
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	5	1	0	11:08	—	—	45	23
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	1	1	2	0	10	0.85	2	0	2	21:51	—	—	52	50
Lars Eller C	L3	1	1	2	+3	3	0.47	1	1	2	20:53	—	—	55	64
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	8:10	—	—	77	98
Daniel Sprong R	L4	1	0	1	+1	6	0.71	0	1	2	14:56	—	—	61	64
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	0	0	0	6	0.40	0	0	0	10:18	—	—	64	68
Michael Sgarbossa C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	7:48	—	—	77	89
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.04	2	4	0	27:19	—	—	71	83
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	3	0	2	21:17	—	—	74	75
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	1	0	19:46	—	—	68	56
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	1	0	18:09	—	—	65	53
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	32	25
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	3	0	14:34	—	—	40	47

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	O	28	23	5	.821	2.40	59:34

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	2	2	-1	2	0.13	1	1	0	24:50	—	—	39	39
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	2	0	2	-1	3	0.47	0	2	0	22:51	—	—	36	39
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.16	0	1	0	20:02	—	—	38	41
Kirby Dach C	L2	0	2	2	0	3	0.17	1	0	0	17:15	—	—	42	51
Philipp Kurashev C	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.17	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	50	37
Dominik Kubalik L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	13:38	—	—	42	54
Brandon Hagel L	L3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.10	2	1	0	18:46	—	—	53	48
Jonathan Toews C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	0	0	2	17:23	—	—	60	56
Brett Connolly R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	1	0	0	11:32	—	—	44	26
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	1	1	0	10:57	—	—	25	31
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.20	3	0	2	8:20	—	—	33	44
Josiah Slavin L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:38	—	—	21	13
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.19	3	0	0	27:41	—	—	54	64
Calvin de Haan D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	2	17:40	—	—	43	46
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	2	4	0	23:53	—	—	33	34
Caleb Jones D	D2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.02	2	1	0	14:31	—	—	43	50
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	3	0	16:31	—	—	21	10
Riley Stillman D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	3	2	0	11:53	—	—	49	52

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	46	42	4	.913	3.87	61:21

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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.