Washington Capitals vs. St. Louis BluesJan 20, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	0	0	0		WSH	5	9	4	18
STL	1	1	1	3		STL	12	6	11	29

: WSH 46STL 56
: WSH 2.38STL 2.17
PP goals: WSH 0STL 1
Hits: WSH 15STL 21
Blocks: WSH 15STL 13
PIM: WSH 20STL 22
: WSH 59%STL 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Washington Capitals 3–0

St. Louis Blues beat Washington Capitals 3–0 at home. Robert Thomas (STL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. STL's first power-play unit (Faulk, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas and Neighbours) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:02 together.

Points
Robert Thomas had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:37.Thomas
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Faulk, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas and Neighbours) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:02 together.Faulk Buchnevich Kyrou Thomas Neighbours
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Dowd–Wilson skated 7:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Dowd Wilson
Luck
WSH scored 0 goals on 2.38 expected goals (46 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for STL: Sundqvist–Gaudette–Alexandrov skated 5:46 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (85.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sundqvist Gaudette Alexandrov
Usage
Beck Malenstyn (WSH) played 10:10, −4:08 down on his 14:18 season average over 80 games.Malenstyn
Usage
Dylan Strome (WSH) played 14:28, −3:32 down on his 18:00 season average over 81 games.Strome
Usage
Nicolas Aube-Kubel (WSH) played 9:03, −3:13 down on his 12:16 season average over 59 games.Aube-Kubel

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 102 of 102 attempts · STL 56 · WSH 46

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 29% 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

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
	37	55
	1.48	1.92
	1.47	1.87
	8	8
	0	5
	22	17
	+0.060	−0.060
	29%	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

L1Ovechkin – Dowd – Wilson
7:4253% CF
L2Oshie – Pacioretty – Strome
5:4847% CF
L3Mantha – McMichael – Protas
5:2811% CF
L4Kuznetsov – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
3:1440% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
13:5861% CF
D2Jensen – Alexeyev
9:1436% CF
D3Edmundson – Bear
7:3836% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Pacioretty – Carlson – Strome
3:3192% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Mantha – Bear
1:5975% CF
PK1FKuznetsov – Malenstyn
1:32
PK2FWilson – McMichael
1:01
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
1:28
PK2DEdmundson – Fehérváry
0:00

Current WSH line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
11:1653% CF
L2Schenn – Saad – Neighbours
10:3752% CF
L3Hayes – Walker – Toropchenko
6:32100% CF
L4Sundqvist – Gaudette – Alexandrov
5:4686% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
15:5756% CF
D2Leddy – Parayko
15:0976% CF
D3Scandella – Kessel
13:4361% CF

PP1Faulk – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas – Neighbours
2:02100% CF
PP2Schenn – Hayes – Saad – Krug – Sundqvist
0:43100% CF
PK1FSaad – Toropchenko
1:27
PK2FSchenn – Thomas
1:25
PK1DLeddy – Parayko
3:07
PK2DFaulk – Krug
2:26

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	-1	2	0.27	2	1	0	21:45	—	—	44	28
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	0.05	4	2	12	18:32	—	—	46	40
Nic Dowd C	L1	-1	1	0.22	1	0	4	17:17	—	—	59	58
Max Pacioretty L	L2	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	35	60
T.J. Oshie R	L2	-1	0	0.13	1	1	0	15:01	—	—	32	57
Dylan Strome C	L2	-1	2	0.60	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	40	63
Connor McMichael L	L3	-1	1	0.04	0	1	2	17:27	—	—	32	28
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	-1	0	0.03	0	2	0	15:03	—	—	38	45
Anthony Mantha R	L3	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	11:19	—	—	21	21
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	27	29
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	10:10	—	—	54	56
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0.31	2	0	0	9:03	—	—	56	58
John Carlson D	D1	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	25:25	—	—	53	53
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	1	0.20	1	0	2	19:25	—	—	54	62
Nick Jensen D	D2	-1	1	0.02	0	2	0	19:46	—	—	25	4
Alexander Alexeyev D	D2	-1	1	0.00	0	2	0	16:16	—	—	36	19
Ethan Bear D	D3	0	2	0.03	0	2	0	17:05	—	—	35	48
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:50	—	—	33	44

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.17	59:38

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.19	1	1	14	18:37	—	—	46	64
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.54	0	2	2	17:53	—	—	55	66
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	52	66
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:34	—	—	50	38
Brayden Schenn C	L2	1	0	1	+2	5	0.24	3	1	0	16:09	—	—	50	39
Jake Neighbours L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.33	3	0	0	15:28	—	—	48	34
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	15:00	—	—	91	99
Nathan Walker L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	0	12:45	—	—	78	30
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	1	0	12:10	—	—	89	98
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	1	0	12:08	—	—	82	72
Nikita Alexandrov C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	10:40	—	—	80	77
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	2	0	4	10:37	—	—	79	72
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.13	0	1	0	23:52	—	—	56	54
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	2	0	22:35	—	—	51	55
Colton Parayko D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.09	0	1	0	21:23	—	—	63	70
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	20:29	—	—	76	71
Matthew Kessel D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	2	15:17	—	—	58	34
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:52	—	—	61	36

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	18	18	0	.1000	2.38	59:26

Goal anatomy

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

Colton Parayko (STL SH) 1st 2:37 · assists Robert Thomas · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 66.8 mph shot · 1.4 s from entry to goal.

Colton Parayko · 1st 2:37 · STL SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 66.8 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 1.4 s

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Brayden Schenn · 2nd 7:44 · STL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 67.5 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jake Neighbours · 3rd 15:51 · STL PP

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-3
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 40.8 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 7.3 s
Type: deflection

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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.

Washington Capitals vs. St. Louis BluesJan 20, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues beat Washington Capitals 3–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

St. Louis Blues

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

St. Louis Blues

Goal anatomy

Colton Parayko · 1st 2:37 · STL SH

Brayden Schenn · 2nd 7:44 · STL

Jake Neighbours · 3rd 15:51 · STL PP