Washington Capitals vs. St. Louis BluesJan 3, 2019

FinalThursday, Jan 3, 2019· Enterprise Center

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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St. Louis BluesSTL

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	1	0	2		WSH	13	10	2	25
STL	1	2	2	5		STL	9	19	14	42

: WSH 41STL 67
: WSH 1.76STL 3.17
PP goals: WSH 0STL 1
Hits: WSH 16STL 14
Blocks: WSH 14STL 7
PIM: WSH 17STL 15
: WSH 32%STL 68%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Washington Capitals 5–2

St. Louis Blues beat Washington Capitals 5–2 at home. Alex Pietrangelo (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Braden Holtby (WSH) faced 42 shots and stopped 37 (.881), +12 against a season average of 30.4; the loss.

Points
Alex Pietrangelo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:34.Pietrangelo
Points
David Perron had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:58.Perron
Points
Michal Kempny had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:17.Kempny
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:33.O'Reilly
Goalie
Braden Holtby (WSH) faced 42 shots and stopped 37 (.881), +12 against a season average of 30.4; the loss.Holtby
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Schwartz–Thomas skated 10:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Schwartz Thomas
New line
New look for STL: Maroon–Bozak–Fabbri skated 4:56 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Maroon Bozak Fabbri
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Jaskin–Stephenson skated 8:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Jaskin Stephenson

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)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · STL 67 · WSH 41

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 16% of the game, STL 44%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

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	STL
	38	64
	1.45	2.84
	1.39	2.78
	5	13
	0	2
	13	24
	−0.103	+0.103
	16%	44%

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

L1Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky
9:3852% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
9:0624% CF
L3Oshie – Backstrom – Vrana
8:5240% CF
L4Dowd – Jaskin – Stephenson
8:3736% CF
D1Carlson – Kempny
12:4247% CF
D2Niskanen – Orlov
12:2827% CF
D3Orpik – Bowey
8:5941% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
3:1933% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Connolly – Vrana
2:32100% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
1:33
PK2FOshie – Stephenson
1:23
PK1DOrpik – Carlson
2:03
PK2DNiskanen – Orlov
2:01

Current WSH line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Steen – Perron – O'Reilly
11:1065% CF
L2Schenn – Schwartz – Thomas
10:0959% CF
L3Maroon – Bozak – Fabbri
4:5645% CF
D1Edmundson – Parayko
6:5050% CF
D2Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo
6:3563% CF
D3Bouwmeester – Bortuzzo
5:2540% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – Bozak – O'Reilly – Fabbri
1:5933% CF
PP2Steen – Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Parayko
1:40100% CF
PK1FSundqvist – Barbashev
1:43
PK2FSteen – O'Reilly
1:38
PK1DBortuzzo – Edmundson
1:52
PK2DBouwmeester – Pietrangelo
1:16

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:00
STLRobert Thomas (Robert Bortuzzo, Jaden Schwartz)tip-in0.05 xG
WSH: Orpik, Niskanen, Eller, Connolly, BurakovskySTL: Gunnarsson, Bortuzzo, Schenn, Schwartz, Thomas
WSH 0 – 1 STL
15:34
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Michal Kempny, John Carlson)wrist0.05 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, KempnySTL: Bouwmeester, Bortuzzo, Schenn, Sundqvist, Barbashev
WSH 1 – 1 STL

2nd period

3:00
WSHBrett Connolly (Lars Eller, Michal Kempny)wrist0.17 xG
WSH: Eller, Carlson, Connolly, Burakovsky, KempnySTL: Maroon, Pietrangelo, Bozak, Fabbri, Dunn
WSH 2 – 1 STL
12:23
STLColton ParaykoPP (Ryan O'Reilly, David Perron)snap0.13 xG
WSH: Orlov, Dowd, Stephenson, BoweySTL: Steen, Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Parayko
WSH 2 – 2 STL
16:33
STLOskar Sundqvist (Ivan Barbashev, Alex Pietrangelo)backhand0.03 xG
WSH: Orpik, Ovechkin, Backstrom, Connolly, BoweySTL: Gunnarsson, Pietrangelo, Sundqvist, Fabbri, Barbashev
WSH 2 – 3 STL

3rd period

5:44
STLAlex Pietrangelo (David Perron, Ryan O'Reilly)slap0.04 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, WilsonSTL: Steen, Perron, Gunnarsson, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly
WSH 2 – 4 STL
11:08
STLTyler Bozakwrist0.07 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Orlov, Kuznetsov, WilsonSTL: Maroon, Gunnarsson, Pietrangelo, Bozak, Fabbri
WSH 2 – 5 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

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Lars Eller C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	52	62
Brett Connolly R	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.29	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	44	55
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	11:36	—	—	55	62
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	0	1	-2	3	0.08	2	1	0	19:32	—	—	28	15
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	0	0	2	16:42	—	—	30	15
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.30	0	3	7	13:50	—	—	24	13
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	1	0	17:30	—	—	35	37
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	44	48
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	14:22	—	—	42	47
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	12:39	—	—	36	42
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	2	0	0	11:01	—	—	40	48
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:21	—	—	36	42
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	0	1	0	23:24	—	—	48	33
Michal Kempny D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.03	2	1	2	19:17	—	—	41	36
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	23:07	—	—	27	24
Matt Niskanen D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	2	21:23	—	—	31	33
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	3	0	4	14:10	—	—	41	38
Madison Bowey D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	3	2	0	13:16	—	—	39	36

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	L	42	37	5	.881	3.17	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	1.04	0	0	0	21:33	—	—	66	78
David Perron L	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	0	0	2	20:58	—	—	68	79
Alexander Steen L	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.43	1	0	0	17:34	—	—	69	82
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	1	1	+1	8	0.41	1	0	0	19:53	—	—	58	65
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	2	17:55	—	—	60	72
Robert Thomas C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.05	0	1	0	14:20	—	—	58	71
Tyler Bozak C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	15:32	—	—	57	41
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	2	11:32	—	—	60	32
Robby Fabbri C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	0	0	10:42	—	—	53	33
Colton Parayko D	D1	1	0	1	0	4	0.22	1	2	0	23:23	—	—	56	52
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.07	3	0	0	15:06	—	—	56	37
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	1	1	2	+2	5	0.21	1	1	4	21:34	—	—	68	68
Carl Gunnarsson D	D2	0	0	0	+4	0	0.03	2	0	0	12:53	—	—	73	73
Jay Bouwmeester D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	56	76
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	1	1	5	14:26	—	—	65	81
Oskar Sundqvist C	—	1	0	1	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	14:24	—	—	67	54
Ivan Barbashev L	—	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	12:25	—	—	63	47
Vince Dunn D	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	11:36	—	—	53	39

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	1.76	59:57

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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.