Washington Capitals vs. Vancouver CanucksMar 16, 2024

FinalSaturday, Mar 16, 2024· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	2	0	2		WSH	6	14	4	24
VAN	1	0	0	1		VAN	6	5	11	22

: WSH 45VAN 70
: WSH 2.41VAN 1.61
PP goals: WSH 0VAN 0
Hits: WSH 16VAN 33
Blocks: WSH 20VAN 9
PIM: WSH 2VAN 2
: WSH 35%VAN 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Vancouver Canucks 2–1

Washington Capitals beat Vancouver Canucks 2–1 at VAN. Brock Boeser (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Tom Wilson (WSH) played 11:59, −6:12 down on his 18:11 season average over 73 games.

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Tom Wilson (WSH) played 11:59, −6:12 down on his 18:11 season average over 73 games.Wilson
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Alexander Alexeyev (WSH) played 10:16, −3:31 down on his 13:47 season average over 38 games.Alexeyev
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Elias Lindholm (VAN) played 13:54, −5:52 down on his 19:46 season average over 74 games.Lindholm
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Brock Boeser (VAN) played 21:48, +3:14 up on his 18:34 season average over 80 games.Boeser
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Connor McMichael (WSH) played 19:03, +3:06 up on his 15:57 season average over 79 games.McMichael
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Phillip Di Giuseppe (VAN) played 7:42, −4:30 down on his 12:12 season average over 50 games.Di Giuseppe
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Nick Jensen (WSH) played 23:27, +3:52 up on his 19:35 season average over 77 games.Jensen
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T.J. Oshie (WSH) played 20:41, +3:53 up on his 16:48 season average over 51 games.Oshie

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 115 of 115 attempts · VAN 70 · WSH 45

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 31% of the game, VAN 48%.

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
	52	70
	2.82	1.45
	2.66	1.42
	13	12
	5	5
	13	12
	−0.083	+0.083
	31%	48%

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 – Oshie – McMichael
13:1645% CF
L2Dowd – Malenstyn – Protas
11:1638% CF
L3Pacioretty – Milano – Lapierre
9:3543% CF
L4Wilson – Strome – Miroshnichenko
8:1956% CF
D1Jensen – Sandin
16:5330% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
15:4961% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Alexeyev
8:2750% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Strome – Lapierre
1:170% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Oshie – Strome – Sandin – McMichael
0:41100% CF
PK1FDowd – Malenstyn
1:16
PK2FWilson – McMichael
0:44
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
1:16
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
0:44

Current WSH line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Boeser – Mikheyev
13:1150% CF
L2Pettersson – Suter – Hoglander
7:5156% CF
L3Lindholm – Garland – Podkolzin
5:3257% CF
L4Di Giuseppe – Blueger – Lafferty
4:5527% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
15:4243% CF
D2Cole – Zadorov
8:0221% CF
D3Myers – Soucy
7:1677% CF

PP1Miller – Boeser – Pettersson – Suter – Hughes
1:16100% CF
PP2Lindholm – Garland – Hronek – Hoglander – Podkolzin
0:44100% CF
PK1FMiller – Suter
1:24
PK2FBlueger – Lindholm
0:31
PK1DCole – Myers
1:07

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:11
VANBrock Boeser (Quinn Hughes, Ilya Mikheyev)tip-in0.04 xG
WSH: Oshie, Jensen, Malenstyn, Sandin, McMichaelVAN: Cole, Miller, Boeser, Hughes, Mikheyev
WSH 0 – 1 VAN

2nd period

6:01
WSHTom Wilson (Ivan Miroshnichenko, John Carlson)snap0.26 xG
WSH: Carlson, Wilson, Strome, Fehérváry, MiroshnichenkoVAN: Cole, Di Giuseppe, Blueger, Lafferty, Hronek
WSH 1 – 1 VAN
7:54
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Connor McMichael, Alexander Alexeyev)wrist0.33 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, van Riemsdyk, Alexeyev, McMichaelVAN: Hronek, Pettersson, Suter, Hughes, Hoglander
WSH 2 – 1 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
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	20:41	—	—	37	79
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.33	1	1	0	19:13	—	—	46	83
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.24	0	0	0	19:03	—	—	39	74
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.31	5	1	0	15:52	—	—	40	60
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	1	0	15:08	—	—	34	56
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	13:40	—	—	42	62
Hendrix Lapierre C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	12:53	—	—	39	41
Sonny Milano L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	12:09	—	—	44	43
Max Pacioretty L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	11:18	—	—	44	45
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	61	84
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	4	0	0	12:49	—	—	44	76
Tom Wilson R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.47	0	1	0	11:59	—	—	48	72
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	2	0	23:27	—	—	26	43
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	2	2	22:55	—	—	32	48
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.32	1	0	0	23:28	—	—	56	65
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	5	0	21:47	—	—	55	70
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	16:25	—	—	42	73
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:16	—	—	40	78

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	1.61	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Boeser R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	21:48	—	—	49	20
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	5	0	0	20:48	—	—	52	22
Ilya Mikheyev R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:42	—	—	43	18
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.32	2	1	0	20:59	—	—	62	46
Pius Suter C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	15:00	—	—	66	43
Nils Hoglander L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.54	1	0	0	14:27	—	—	69	61
Conor Garland R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	1	0	16:48	—	—	61	54
Elias Lindholm C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:54	—	—	67	61
Vasily Podkolzin R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:39	—	—	71	52
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	1	0	11:54	—	—	58	8
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.00	3	0	0	11:09	—	—	61	28
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	7:42	—	—	42	5
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.07	0	0	0	25:51	—	—	56	26
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.18	5	0	0	22:46	—	—	49	21
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	18:25	—	—	45	21
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	0	0	15:30	—	—	48	31
Tyler Myers D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	19:53	—	—	77	62
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	0	0	15:44	—	—	73	77

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	24	22	2	.917	2.41	58:01

Goal anatomy

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

Brock Boeser (VAN) 1st 1:11 · assists Quinn Hughes, Ilya Mikheyev · Deflection · 41.6 mph shot.

Brock Boeser · 1st 1:11 · VAN

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 41.6 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: deflection

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Tom Wilson · 2nd 6:01 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 48.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 7:54 · WSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 6.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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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.