Washington Capitals vs. Vancouver CanucksOct 22, 2018

FinalMonday, Oct 22, 2018· Rogers Arena

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	2	2	5		WSH	13	13	7	33
VAN	0	1	1	2		VAN	6	12	6	24

: WSH 55VAN 35
: WSH 4.02VAN 1.84
PP goals: WSH 2VAN 1
Hits: WSH 19VAN 21
Blocks: WSH 5VAN 10
PIM: WSH 8VAN 12
: WSH 47%VAN 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2

Washington Capitals beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2 at VAN. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 2A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 4:24 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 7 shots in 17:36.Ovechkin
Points
John Carlson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 26:06.Carlson
Points
Nicklas Backstrom had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:38.Backstrom
Points
T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:04.Oshie
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 4:24 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Edler, Baertschi, Horvat, Goldobin and Boeser) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:26 together.Edler Baertschi Horvat Goldobin Boeser
Usage
Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) played 14:56, −3:55 down on his 18:51 season average over 75 games.Kuznetsov
Usage
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 17:36, −3:22 down on his 20:58 season average over 80 games.Ovechkin

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)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 90 of 90 attempts · VAN 35 · WSH 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN 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 47% of the game, VAN 14%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

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	VAN
	46	35
	2.83	1.76
	2.77	1.69
	11	11
	0	0
	11	12
	−0.019	+0.019
	47%	14%

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 – Vrana
10:4538% CF
L2Oshie – Backstrom – Stephenson
10:1779% CF
L3Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Smith-Pelly
8:4933% CF
L4Dowd – Jaskin – Burakovsky
8:1757% CF
D1Carlson – Kempny
14:4061% CF
D2Niskanen – Orlov
14:0940% CF
D3Orpik – Djoos
9:3662% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
4:2489% CF
PP2Niskanen – Eller – Orlov – Connolly – Vrana
1:11
PK1FEller – Stephenson
1:47
PK2FDowd – Smith-Pelly
1:39
PK1DNiskanen – Orlov
2:29
PK2DCarlson – Kempny
0:48

Current WSH line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Horvat – Goldobin – Boeser
11:1533% CF
L2Eriksson – Sutter – Roussel
8:5347% CF
L3Baertschi – Virtanen – Gaudette
8:2557% CF
L4Granlund – Schaller – Motte
5:3163% CF
D1Pouliot – Stecher
15:1650% CF
D2Gudbranson – Hutton
13:4332% CF
D3Edler – Tanev
12:4559% CF

PP1Edler – Baertschi – Horvat – Goldobin – Boeser
3:2680% CF
PP2Eriksson – Granlund – Pouliot – Virtanen – Gaudette
0:50
PK1FSutter – Motte
3:46
PK2FGranlund – Schaller
2:20
PK1DEdler – Tanev
3:41
PK2DHutton – Stecher
0:40

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:20
WSHJohn Carlson (Jakub Vrana, Lars Eller)deflected0.12 xG
WSH: Eller, Carlson, Orlov, VranaVAN: Granlund, Baertschi, Pouliot, Stecher
WSH 1 – 0 VAN

2nd period

7:30
VANTroy Stecherslap0.02 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Orlov, Dowd, Jaskin, BurakovskyVAN: Baertschi, Pouliot, Virtanen, Gaudette, Stecher
WSH 1 – 1 VAN
9:29
WSHEvgeny KuznetsovPP (John Carlson, Alex Ovechkin)slap0.11 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovVAN: Edler, Tanev, Granlund, Schaller
WSH 2 – 1 VAN
19:34
WSHAlex Ovechkin (T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom)deflected0.01 xG
WSH: Orpik, Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, DjoosVAN: Eriksson, Edler, Sutter, Roussel, Tanev
WSH 3 – 1 VAN

3rd period

0:20
VANSven BaertschiPP (Brock Boeser, Bo Horvat)wrist0.02 xG
WSH: Orpik, Niskanen, Eller, StephensonVAN: Edler, Baertschi, Horvat, Goldobin, Boeser
WSH 3 – 2 VAN
5:35
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom)slap0.06 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovVAN: Edler, Tanev, Granlund, Schaller
WSH 4 – 2 VAN
18:19
WSHT.J. OshieEN (Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom)wrist0.73 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Niskanen, Backstrom, OrlovVAN: Edler, Sutter, Tanev, Horvat, Goldobin, Boeser
WSH 5 – 2 VAN

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	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	33	24
Brett Connolly R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	15:35	—	—	40	27
Jakub Vrana L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	39	31
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	3	3	+2	3	0.41	0	0	2	19:38	—	—	83	98
T.J. Oshie R	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	1.03	1	1	0	19:04	—	—	79	97
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:40	—	—	76	82
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	2	2	4	+2	7	0.75	1	0	0	17:36	—	—	44	72
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.39	1	0	0	14:56	—	—	31	50
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:54	—	—	31	39
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	11:18	—	—	57	56
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	5	0	0	10:32	—	—	60	58
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	10:03	—	—	60	58
John Carlson D	D1	1	2	3	+1	1	0.29	2	0	2	26:06	—	—	59	60
Michal Kempny D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	0	2	2	18:02	—	—	62	57
Matt Niskanen D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	1	1	0	22:06	—	—	47	71
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	21:18	—	—	42	47
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	1	2	15:25	—	—	67	81
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	61	47

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	1.84	59:47

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.63	1	0	2	22:07	—	—	27	49
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.15	0	1	0	18:15	—	—	31	51
Nikolay Goldobin R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.42	0	0	0	17:41	—	—	35	52
Brandon Sutter C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:31	—	—	47	20
Loui Eriksson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	12:56	—	—	41	15
Antoine Roussel L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	1	2	12:00	—	—	37	13
Sven Baertschi L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.11	0	0	2	17:29	—	—	48	39
Jake Virtanen R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	2	0	0	12:07	—	—	50	42
Adam Gaudette R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	11:49	—	—	50	31
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	3	0	0	12:51	—	—	54	47
Markus Granlund C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:43	—	—	67	88
Tim Schaller L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:18	—	—	50	48
Derrick Pouliot D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	19:45	—	—	46	51
Troy Stecher D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.02	1	1	2	17:20	—	—	48	56
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	4	2	2	17:43	—	—	32	28
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	1	0	17:36	—	—	33	30
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.07	2	1	2	22:54	—	—	55	34
Chris Tanev D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:00	—	—	53	29

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anders Nilsson(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	3.29	59:36

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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.