Washington Capitals vs. St. Louis BluesOct 2, 2019

Final / OTWednesday, Oct 2, 2019· Enterprise Center

away

Washington CapitalsWSH

3

@

home

St. Louis BluesSTL

2

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	1	1	0	1	3		WSH	5	15	10	4	34
STL	2	0	0	0	2		STL	7	8	7	0	22

: WSH 58STL 36
: WSH 3.08STL 2.06
PP goals: WSH 1STL 1
Hits: WSH 25STL 23
Blocks: WSH 6STL 12
PIM: WSH 4STL 6
: WSH 49%STL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge St. Louis Blues 3–2 (OT)

Washington Capitals beat St. Louis Blues 3–2 in overtime at STL. Lars Eller (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Robby Fabbri (STL) played 8:19, −7:58 down on his 16:17 season average over 60 games.

Points
John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) in 27:06.Carlson
Points
Lars Eller had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:35.Eller
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:22.O'Reilly
Usage
Robby Fabbri (STL) played 8:19, −7:58 down on his 16:17 season average over 60 games.Fabbri
Usage
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 23:50, +3:14 up on his 20:36 season average over 67 games.Ovechkin
Usage
Robert Thomas (STL) played 9:45, −4:53 down on his 14:38 season average over 65 games.Thomas
Usage
Carl Hagelin (WSH) played 10:57, −3:26 down on his 14:23 season average over 57 games.Hagelin
Usage
Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) played 22:13, +3:16 up on his 18:57 season average over 60 games.Backstrom

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 94 of 94 attempts · STL 36 · WSH 58

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 42% of the game, STL 22%.

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
	48	34
	2.41	1.63
	2.33	1.59
	6	6
	5	4
	19	16
	+0.010	−0.010
	42%	22%

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

L1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
14:4367% CF
L2Oshie – Eller – Vrana
11:1873% CF
L3Hagelin – Panik – Stephenson
6:1630% CF
L4Dowd – Leipsic – Hathaway
5:1940% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
15:3857% CF
D2Carlson – Siegenthaler
15:3752% CF
D3Gudas – Fehérváry
9:0369% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Panik
4:1480% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Wilson – Vrana
1:39100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
1:24
PK2FStephenson – Hathaway
0:54
PK1DCarlson – Gudas
1:00
PK2DJensen – Siegenthaler
0:36

Current WSH line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
12:5143% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Blais
11:1453% CF
L3Steen – Sundqvist – Barbashev
8:1114% CF
L4Bozak – Fabbri – Thomas
6:4680% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
16:3841% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Faulk
16:3341% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
6:1057% CF

PP1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz – Dunn – Thomas
1:4150% CF
PP2Perron – Pietrangelo – Bozak – O'Reilly – Faulk
1:29100% CF
PK1FSteen – Bozak
1:55
PK2FSundqvist – Barbashev
1:29
PK1DBouwmeester – Bortuzzo
3:46
PK2DPietrangelo – Parayko
1:46

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:53
STLSammy Blais (David Perron, Ryan O'Reilly)tip-in0.07 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Orlov, Jensen, WilsonSTL: Bouwmeester, Perron, O'Reilly, Parayko, Blais
WSH 0 – 1 STL
7:55
STLAlex PietrangeloPP (Justin Faulk, Ryan O'Reilly)slap0.10 xG
WSH: Orlov, Gudas, Stephenson, HathawaySTL: Perron, Pietrangelo, Bozak, O'Reilly, Faulk
WSH 0 – 2 STL
15:37
WSHAlex Ovechkin (John Carlson, Lars Eller)snap0.07 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Carlson, Wilson, FehérvárySTL: Bouwmeester, Parayko, Sundqvist, Fabbri, Thomas
WSH 1 – 2 STL

2nd period

12:28
WSHDmitry OrlovPP (Nick Jensen, Lars Eller)slap0.04 xG
WSH: Eller, Orlov, Jensen, Wilson, VranaSTL: Bouwmeester, Steen, O'Reilly, Faulk
WSH 2 – 2 STL

OT period

2:51
WSHJakub Vrana (John Carlson, T.J. Oshie)wrist0.08 xG
WSH: Oshie, Carlson, VranaSTL: O'Reilly, Faulk, Tarasenko
WSH 3 – 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

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.59	2	0	0	23:50	—	—	64	65
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.52	1	0	0	22:13	—	—	68	64
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	4	0	0	19:53	—	—	66	67
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.14	4	0	0	20:18	—	—	72	63
Lars Eller C	L2	0	2	2	0	4	0.44	0	1	0	17:35	—	—	70	68
Jakub Vrana L	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.45	0	0	0	17:33	—	—	67	62
Richard Panik R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:21	—	—	43	46
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	12:32	—	—	39	42
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	10:57	—	—	39	38
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	10:09	—	—	38	16
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:38	—	—	29	7
Brendan Leipsic L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:07	—	—	50	71
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.14	0	0	0	23:31	—	—	61	67
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:04	—	—	57	54
John Carlson D	D2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.17	2	1	0	27:06	—	—	58	68
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	2	18:27	—	—	52	64
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	14:29	—	—	63	51
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	13:35	—	—	65	41

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	2.06	62:51

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	17:55	—	—	46	52
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.26	1	2	0	17:50	—	—	44	52
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	1	2	16:40	—	—	46	52
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	2	2	0	3	0.38	0	0	0	20:22	—	—	50	56
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.59	2	0	2	19:57	—	—	46	48
Sammy Blais L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	6	0	0	14:41	—	—	50	50
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	13:59	—	—	11	3
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	13:21	—	—	12	4
Alexander Steen L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:16	—	—	14	4
Tyler Bozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	15:29	—	—	86	93
Robert Thomas C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.25	0	0	0	9:45	—	—	67	72
Robby Fabbri C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	1	0	0	8:19	—	—	71	76
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.01	0	0	0	24:32	—	—	41	29
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	24:31	—	—	38	26
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	23:15	—	—	37	53
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	21:29	—	—	45	65
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	44	39
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	4	0	12:15	—	—	50	62

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	O	34	31	3	.912	3.08	62:51

More

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.