Washington Capitals vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 17, 2024

FinalTuesday, Dec 17, 2024· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	0	0	2		WSH	5	6	11	22
CHI	0	0	3	3		CHI	9	9	5	23

: WSH 48CHI 53
: WSH 2.38CHI 1.73
PP goals: WSH 0CHI 0
Hits: WSH 12CHI 13
Blocks: WSH 15CHI 13
PIM: WSH 6CHI 8
: WSH 61%CHI 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks edge Washington Capitals 3–2

Chicago Blackhawks beat Washington Capitals 3–2 at home. Teuvo Teravainen (CHI) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Joey Anderson (CHI) played 4:46, −8:05 down on his 12:51 season average over 17 games.

Points
Teuvo Teravainen had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:03.Teravainen
Points
Ilya Mikheyev had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:55.Mikheyev
Usage
Joey Anderson (CHI) played 4:46, −8:05 down on his 12:51 season average over 17 games.Anderson
New line
New look for CHI: Foligno–Donato–Bedard skated 7:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Donato Bedard
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Vrana–Mangiapane skated 6:47 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Vrana Mangiapane
Usage
Connor Murphy (CHI) played 24:56, +4:23 up on his 20:33 season average over 67 games.Murphy
Usage
Alex Vlasic (CHI) played 26:20, +3:07 up on his 23:13 season average over 81 games.Vlasic
Usage
Tyler Bertuzzi (CHI) played 18:59, +3:01 up on his 15:58 season average over 81 games.Bertuzzi

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 101 of 101 attempts · CHI 53 · WSH 48

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 34% of the game, CHI 31%.

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
	46	52
	1.67	0.96
	1.64	0.95
	11	6
	1	10
	12	18
	+0.076	−0.076
	34%	31%

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

L1Wilson – Dubois – Protas
8:1869% CF
L2Dowd – Duhaime – Miroshnichenko
7:4641% CF
L3Eller – Vrana – Mangiapane
6:4720% CF
L4Strome – Raddysh – McMichael
6:1050% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
12:2848% CF
D2Roy – Sandin
9:4433% CF
D3Carlson – Fehérváry
8:3171% CF

PP1Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – McMichael
2:33100% CF
PP2Mangiapane – Raddysh – Dubois – Sandin – Miroshnichenko
1:11
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
3:13
PK2FEller – Wilson
1:51
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
5:08
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
1:33

Current WSH line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Hall – Bertuzzi – Nazar
7:2750% CF
L2Teravainen – Dickinson – Mikheyev
7:1570% CF
L3Foligno – Donato – Bedard
7:0369% CF
L4Maroon – Anderson – Reichel
4:2880% CF
D1Murphy – Allan
14:5552% CF
D2Vlasic – Crevier
12:0345% CF
D3Brodie – Korchinski
9:3262% CF

PP1Bertuzzi – Donato – Vlasic – Nazar – Bedard
5:13100% CF
PP2Maroon – Hall – Teravainen – Reichel – Korchinski
1:07100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Dickinson
2:19
PK2FTeravainen – Mikheyev
1:19
PK1DMurphy – Vlasic
2:54
PK2DCrevier – Allan
1:00

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:16
WSHPierre-Luc Duboiswrist0.17 xG
WSH: Carlson, Wilson, Dubois, Fehérváry, ProtasCHI: Hall, Bertuzzi, Vlasic, Crevier, Nazar
WSH 1 – 0 CHI
13:18
WSHAndrew Mangiapane (Lars Eller, Jakub Vrana)wrist0.22 xG
WSH: Carlson, Dowd, Mangiapane, Fehérváry, MiroshnichenkoCHI: Foligno, Brodie, Murphy, Anderson, Bedard
WSH 2 – 0 CHI

3rd period

0:51
CHIIlya MikheyevSH (Teuvo Teravainen)backhand0.26 xG
WSH: Wilson, Strome, Roy, Chychrun, McMichaelCHI: Teravainen, Mikheyev, Crevier, Allan
WSH 2 – 1 CHI
14:07
CHITJ Brodie (Ilya Mikheyev, Teuvo Teravainen)wrist0.05 xG
WSH: Eller, van Riemsdyk, Mangiapane, Chychrun, RaddyshCHI: Brodie, Teravainen, Dickinson, Vlasic, Mikheyev
WSH 2 – 2 CHI
17:42
CHIRyan Donato (Connor Murphy, Teuvo Teravainen)wrist0.08 xG
WSH: Carlson, Mangiapane, Strome, Chychrun, McMichaelCHI: Murphy, Teravainen, Donato, Allan, Bedard
WSH 2 – 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	3	0	2	17:20	—	—	67	80
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	0	1	2	16:04	—	—	61	81
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.18	0	1	0	14:59	—	—	67	79
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	0	0	0	16:54	—	—	45	56
Brandon Duhaime L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	13:36	—	—	43	47
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	1	0	0	10:44	—	—	46	61
Lars Eller C	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:10	—	—	33	45
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.22	0	1	0	13:02	—	—	27	54
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	8:11	—	—	18	34
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.24	0	0	0	18:35	—	—	50	64
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	0	0	-2	4	0.80	1	0	0	17:30	—	—	55	55
Taylor Raddysh R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:33	—	—	42	66
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.06	0	1	0	23:52	—	—	43	55
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	2	18:33	—	—	50	59
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	1	0	19:41	—	—	39	51
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	16:15	—	—	32	47
John Carlson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.04	0	1	0	22:29	—	—	54	76
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	1	3	0	18:32	—	—	74	88

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	1.73	59:14

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	2	1	0	18:59	—	—	38	39
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	1	0	16:43	—	—	33	32
Frank Nazar C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	0	0	2	16:27	—	—	30	37
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:23	—	—	59	46
Teuvo Teravainen C	L2	0	3	3	+3	2	0.10	0	0	0	15:03	—	—	78	67
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.33	1	0	0	13:55	—	—	60	45
Connor Bedard C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	21:29	—	—	54	20
Ryan Donato C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	0	1	0	17:59	—	—	57	28
Nick Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	2	16:40	—	—	43	12
Lukas Reichel L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	2	13:58	—	—	63	59
Patrick Maroon L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	0	0	9:33	—	—	79	76
Joey Anderson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	4:46	—	—	67	41
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.19	2	4	2	24:56	—	—	52	30
Nolan Allan D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	2	1	0	17:22	—	—	54	38
Alex Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	26:20	—	—	48	31
Louis Crevier D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	1	0	15:14	—	—	50	27
Kevin Korchinski D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:15	—	—	58	50
TJ Brodie D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	13:07	—	—	59	40

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arvid Soderblom(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	2.38	59:40

Goal anatomy

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

Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH) 1st 4:16 · unassisted · Rush · loose puck · 4.7 mph shot · 3.5 s from entry to goal.

Pierre-Luc Dubois · 1st 4:16 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.7 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Andrew Mangiapane · 1st 13:18 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 44.9 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s

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Ilya Mikheyev · 3rd 0:51 · CHI SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 26.7 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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TJ Brodie · 3rd 14:07 · CHI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 62.6 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 5.0 s

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Ryan Donato · 3rd 17:42 · CHI

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.8 mph
Distance: 9 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.