Washington Capitals vs. St. Louis BluesApr 2, 2018
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSH | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | WSH | 8 | 15 | 11 | 34 | |
| STL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | STL | 7 | 14 | 15 | 36 |
- WSH 58STL 79
- WSH 3.47STL 3.29
- PP goals
- WSH 0STL 0
- Hits
- WSH 13STL 16
- Blocks
- WSH 25STL 13
- PIM
- WSH 8STL 4
- WSH 44%STL 56%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Washington Capitals beat St. Louis Blues 4–2
Washington Capitals beat St. Louis Blues 4–2 at STL. Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for WSH: Backstrom–Connolly–Burakovsky skated 10:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
- PointsNicklas Backstrom had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:10.Backstrom
- PointsKyle Brodziak had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:52.Brodziak
- New lineNew look for WSH: Backstrom–Connolly–Burakovsky skated 10:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BackstromConnollyBurakovsky
- GoalieBraden Holtby (WSH) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +5 against a season average of 30.5; the win.Holtby
- New lineNew look for WSH: Chiasson–Stephenson–Vrana skated 5:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ChiassonStephensonVrana
- UsageAlex Pietrangelo (STL) played 29:55, +4:14 up on his 25:41 season average over 77 games.Pietrangelo
- UsageAlex Ovechkin (WSH) played 16:56, −3:15 down on his 20:11 season average over 81 games.Ovechkin
- UsageJakub Jerabek (WSH) played 13:07, −3:18 down on his 16:25 season average over 35 games.Jerabek
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 STL: 137 attempts, 70 on goal, 6 goals, 6.76 expected goals; best chance Patrik Berglund at 0.66 xG.
- STL
- WSH
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 137 of 137 attempts · STL 79 · WSH 58
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, WSH at STL: expected goals 3.29 to 3.47 (WSH led the chances), shot attempts 79 to 58, 6 goals.
- STL
- WSH
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- STL 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 26% of the game, STL 33%.
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 STL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jake Allen (58:29) for STL and Braden Holtby (59:12) for WSH, 6 goals.
- 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).
| Stat | WSH | STL |
|---|---|---|
| 58 | 74 | |
| 3.09 | 3.27 | |
| 3.03 | 3.14 | |
| 10 | 11 | |
| 7 | 7 | |
| 12 | 20 | |
| −0.051 | +0.051 | |
| 26% | 33% |
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
- 11:3233% CF
- L2Backstrom – Connolly – Burakovsky10:3957% CF
- L3Eller – Smith-Pelly – Gersich9:0053% CF
- L4Chiasson – Stephenson – Vrana5:4138% CF
- 18:4027% CF
- 13:5342% CF
- 11:1769% CF
- 1:43100% CF
- PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Chiasson – Orlov – Burakovsky0:38100% CF
- 2:38
- PK2FSmith-Pelly – Stephenson2:34
- 3:03
- 2:01
St. Louis Blues
- 12:4560% CF
- 11:1859% CF
- 8:3955% CF
- 3:2514% CF
- D1Pietrangelo – Edmundson18:2053% CF
- 12:2866% CF
- 11:1054% CF
- PP1Steen – Pietrangelo – Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz5:3491% CF
- 2:11100% CF
- 0:41
- 0:38
- PK1DPietrangelo – Parayko0:47
- 0:38
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 3:38WSH 0 – 1 STL
2nd period
- 0:51WSH 1 – 1 STL
- 2:39WSH 2 – 1 STL
- 7:54WSH: Orpik, Backstrom, Connolly, Burakovsky, JerabekSTL: Steen, Brodziak, Berglund, Pietrangelo, DunnWSH 3 – 1 STL
- 11:38WSH 3 – 2 STL
3rd period
- 18:29WSH 4 – 2 STL
Box score
Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.
Washington Capitals
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Wilson R | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 0.80 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19:18 | — | — | 33 | 32 |
| Alex Ovechkin L | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 0.96 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:56 | — | — | 40 | 34 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov C | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:55 | — | — | 38 | 37 |
| Nicklas Backstrom C | L2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 0.27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:10 | — | — | 50 | 61 |
| Andre Burakovsky L | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 0.22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:14 | — | — | 55 | 66 |
| Brett Connolly R | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:43 | — | — | 59 | 71 |
| Lars Eller C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.06 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:29 | — | — | 48 | 80 |
| Devante Smith-Pelly R | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:30 | — | — | 48 | 68 |
| Shane Gersich L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:03 | — | — | 50 | 77 |
| Alex Chiasson R | L4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:51 | — | — | 41 | 68 |
| Chandler Stephenson C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:32 | — | — | 39 | 63 |
| Jakub Vrana L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.07 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:03 | — | — | 33 | 62 |
| Dmitry Orlov D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22:58 | — | — | 32 | 32 |
| Matt Niskanen D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 22:45 | — | — | 27 | 31 |
| John Carlson D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 22:26 | — | — | 42 | 74 |
| Michal Kempny D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17:54 | — | — | 40 | 71 |
| Brooks Orpik D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0.01 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 18:54 | — | — | 69 | 52 |
| Jakub Jerabek D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:07 | — | — | 72 | 53 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braden Holtby(start) | W | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 3.29 | 59:12 |
St. Louis Blues
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brayden Schenn C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:58 | — | — | 65 | 65 |
| Jaden Schwartz L | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0.47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:45 | — | — | 58 | 62 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko R | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:16 | — | — | 61 | 67 |
| Alexander Steen L | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21:43 | — | — | 59 | 55 |
| Patrik Berglund C | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.96 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:45 | — | — | 63 | 57 |
| Kyle Brodziak C | L2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15:52 | — | — | 60 | 55 |
| Vladimir Sobotka C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:33 | — | — | 58 | 29 |
| Dmitrij Jaskin R | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14:11 | — | — | 56 | 27 |
| Tage Thompson C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:38 | — | — | 58 | 24 |
| Ivan Barbashev L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.05 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8:03 | — | — | 35 | 34 |
| Oskar Sundqvist C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:27 | — | — | 23 | 12 |
| Chris Thorburn R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5:18 | — | — | 36 | 35 |
| Alex Pietrangelo D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29:55 | — | — | 51 | 53 |
| Joel Edmundson D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0.01 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20:57 | — | — | 55 | 57 |
| Chris Butler D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:57 | — | — | 66 | 52 |
| Robert Bortuzzo D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.05 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14:24 | — | — | 66 | 50 |
| Colton Parayko D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0.17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:07 | — | — | 48 | 39 |
| Vince Dunn D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0.07 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:06 | — | — | 55 | 44 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Allen(start) | L | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 2.83 | 58:29 |