Washington Capitals vs. St. Louis BluesJan 7, 2022
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | WSH | 10 | 9 | 8 | 27 | |
| STL | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | STL | 10 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
- WSH 49STL 42
- WSH 2.13STL 3.31
- PP goals
- WSH 0STL 0
- Hits
- WSH 11STL 19
- Blocks
- WSH 8STL 12
- PIM
- WSH 4STL 6
- WSH 51%STL 49%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
St. Louis Blues rout Washington Capitals 5–1
St. Louis Blues beat Washington Capitals 5–1 at home. Pavel Buchnevich (STL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for STL: Schenn–Kyrou–Thomas skated 10:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.
- PointsPavel Buchnevich had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:41.Buchnevich
- PointsRobert Thomas had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:02.Thomas
- PointsRyan O'Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:18.O'Reilly
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- New lineNew look for STL: O'Reilly–Buchnevich–Barbashev skated 10:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'ReillyBuchnevichBarbashev
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- UsageDaniel Sprong (WSH) played 18:24, +5:30 up on his 12:54 season average over 62 games.Sprong
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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: 91 attempts, 51 on goal, 6 goals, 5.44 expected goals; best chance Jordan Kyrou at 0.51 xG.
- STL
- WSH
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 91 of 91 attempts · STL 42 · WSH 49
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 3.31 to 2.13 (STL led the chances), shot attempts 42 to 49, 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 28% of the game, STL 35%.
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: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Ville Husso (60:00) for STL and Ilya Samsonov (40:00) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 49 | 43 | |
| 2.27 | 2.40 | |
| 2.18 | 2.34 | |
| 6 | 11 | |
| 1 | 10 | |
| 12 | 17 | |
| −0.020 | +0.020 | |
| 28% | 35% |
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
- 9:2364% CF
- 8:1246% CF
- 6:0571% CF
- 4:2680% CF
- 11:5238% CF
- 10:1770% CF
- D3Schultz – van Riemsdyk9:1750% CF
- 3:07100% CF
- 1:13
- 1:16
- 0:44
- PK1Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry1:27
- 0:32
St. Louis Blues
- 10:4253% CF
- L2O'Reilly – Buchnevich – Barbashev10:3647% CF
- 9:4247% CF
- 9:2739% CF
- 17:1643% CF
- 15:1058% CF
- 11:3135% CF
- 2:28100% CF
- PP2Faulk – Buchnevich – Barbashev – Kyrou – Thomas1:32100% CF
- 1:43
- PK2FBuchnevich – Thomas0:41
- 2:51
- 0:30
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 2:02WSH 1 – 0 STL
- 12:10WSH 1 – 1 STL
2nd period
- 9:08WSH 1 – 2 STL
- 17:20WSH 1 – 3 STL
- 19:59WSH: Ovechkin, Schultz, Kuznetsov, Wilson, van RiemsdykSTL: O'Reilly, Faulk, Krug, Buchnevich, BarbashevWSH 1 – 4 STL
3rd period
- 16:08WSH 1 – 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
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nic Dowd C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:29 | — | — | 56 | 53 |
| Brett Leason R | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:31 | — | — | 56 | 50 |
| Carl Hagelin L | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:11 | — | — | 60 | 59 |
| Daniel Sprong R | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:24 | — | — | 46 | 52 |
| Aliaksei Protas L | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:24 | — | — | 44 | 51 |
| Michael Sgarbossa C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.06 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:23 | — | — | 44 | 58 |
| Conor Sheary L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:35 | — | — | 41 | 26 |
| Lars Eller C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:42 | — | — | 58 | 34 |
| Garnet Hathaway R | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12:35 | — | — | 63 | 61 |
| Alex Ovechkin L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 0.18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:55 | — | — | 56 | 47 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:37 | — | — | 59 | 64 |
| Tom Wilson R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0.11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:49 | — | — | 59 | 37 |
| John Carlson D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 0.12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:48 | — | — | 53 | 48 |
| Martin Fehérváry D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:38 | — | — | 44 | 39 |
| Dmitry Orlov D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:49 | — | — | 71 | 66 |
| Nick Jensen D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.09 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:19 | — | — | 53 | 43 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0.17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:46 | — | — | 48 | 48 |
| Justin Schultz D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:59 | — | — | 46 | 45 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Samsonov(start) | L | 16 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 1.33 | 40:00 |
| Zach Fucale | — | 7 | 7 | 0 | .1000 | 1.49 | 19:06 |
St. Louis Blues
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Thomas C | L1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:02 | — | — | 50 | 59 |
| Jordan Kyrou R | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0.82 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:18 | — | — | 42 | 50 |
| Brayden Schenn C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 | — | — | 47 | 51 |
| Pavel Buchnevich L | L2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 0.76 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:41 | — | — | 55 | 68 |
| Ryan O'Reilly C | L2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 0.08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:18 | — | — | 44 | 57 |
| Ivan Barbashev L | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 0.53 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15:40 | — | — | 50 | 61 |
| Tyler Bozak C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:31 | — | — | 53 | 49 |
| Logan Brown C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:43 | — | — | 47 | 52 |
| Klim Kostin C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10:03 | — | — | 50 | 53 |
| Oskar Sundqvist C | L4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:50 | — | — | 42 | 40 |
| Brandon Saad L | L4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:50 | — | — | 41 | 40 |
| David Perron L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:47 | — | — | 42 | 41 |
| Colton Parayko D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24:28 | — | — | 43 | 48 |
| Niko Mikkola D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.01 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21:05 | — | — | 44 | 40 |
| Justin Faulk D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20:19 | — | — | 53 | 52 |
| Torey Krug D | D2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:09 | — | — | 54 | 51 |
| Robert Bortuzzo D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15:09 | — | — | 41 | 59 |
| Marco Scandella D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:00 | — | — | 42 | 56 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ville Husso(start) | W | 27 | 26 | 1 | .963 | 2.13 | 60:00 |