Washington Capitals vs. Vancouver CanucksJan 25, 2025

FinalSaturday, Jan 25, 2025· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	0	1	1		WSH	12	11	10	33
VAN	1	1	0	2		VAN	13	8	4	25

: WSH 71VAN 57
: WSH 3.27VAN 2.22
PP goals: WSH 0VAN 0
Hits: WSH 15VAN 26
Blocks: WSH 15VAN 19
PIM: WSH 6VAN 6
: WSH 55%VAN 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Washington Capitals 2–1

Vancouver Canucks beat Washington Capitals 2–1 at home. Quinn Hughes (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for VAN: DeBrusk–Garland–Suter skated 10:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Quinn Hughes had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 26:38.Hughes
Points
Filip Hronek had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:39.Hronek
New line
New look for VAN: DeBrusk–Garland–Suter skated 10:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeBrusk Garland Suter
Luck
WSH scored 1 goal on 3.27 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for VAN: Di Giuseppe–Blueger–Sasson skated 7:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Di Giuseppe Blueger Sasson
New line
New look for VAN: Pettersson–Karlsson–Hoglander skated 7:13 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pettersson Karlsson Hoglander
Usage
Danton Heinen (VAN) played 17:19, +3:55 up on his 13:24 season average over 78 games.Heinen
Usage
Nic Dowd (WSH) played 11:15, −3:58 down on his 15:13 season average over 81 games.Dowd

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 128 of 128 attempts · VAN 57 · WSH 71

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 36% of the game, VAN 27%.

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
	71	54
	3.53	1.56
	3.40	1.49
	11	8
	4	5
	18	26
	+0.017	−0.017
	36%	27%

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 – Raddysh – Frank
9:3241% CF
L2Ovechkin – Strome – McMichael
7:4668% CF
L3Wilson – Dubois – Protas
7:1938% CF
L4Dowd – Mangiapane – Duhaime
6:2256% CF
D1Carlson – Sandin
13:3038% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
12:4664% CF
D3Roy – Fehérváry
12:0862% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun
2:28100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Mangiapane – Dubois – Sandin – McMichael
1:2333% CF
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
2:06
PK2FWilson – Protas
1:15
PK1DRoy – Fehérváry
1:21
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
0:51

Current WSH line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Heinen – Boeser
11:2438% CF
L2DeBrusk – Garland – Suter
10:0437% CF
L3Di Giuseppe – Blueger – Sasson
7:3655% CF
L4Pettersson – Karlsson – Hoglander
7:1325% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
17:0453% CF
D2Forbort – Soucy
12:2544% CF
D3Desharnais – Pettersson
8:5317% CF

PP1Miller – Boeser – Garland – Pettersson – Hughes
3:0583% CF
PP2Boeser – DeBrusk – Pettersson – Hughes – Hoglander
0:37100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Suter
1:53
PK2FDi Giuseppe – Heinen
1:00
PK1DForbort – Soucy
1:37
PK2DHronek – Desharnais
0:29

Current VAN 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Raddysh R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	12:27	—	—	46	48
Lars Eller C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	0	1	0	12:12	—	—	48	46
Ethen Frank R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	10:53	—	—	39	23
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	0	7	0.27	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	63	63
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.15	0	0	0	18:50	—	—	67	66
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	17:01	—	—	73	90
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.57	1	2	2	19:13	—	—	52	61
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	1	1	0	17:56	—	—	56	80
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	1.05	0	1	0	16:55	—	—	54	78
Andrew Mangiapane L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:43	—	—	59	88
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	11:15	—	—	57	85
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:05	—	—	58	73
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	0	2	2	22:39	—	—	55	70
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	21:45	—	—	43	55
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	2	1	0	20:29	—	—	69	80
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	16:49	—	—	62	78
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	1	0	0	21:00	—	—	55	60
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	2	16:06	—	—	60	76

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	2.22	58:52

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.47	4	3	2	19:46	—	—	44	27
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	19:21	—	—	39	23
Danton Heinen L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	1	0	0	17:19	—	—	51	32
Pius Suter C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.15	0	0	0	18:02	—	—	41	34
Conor Garland R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	1	0	18:01	—	—	41	30
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.34	2	1	0	14:10	—	—	26	9
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	0	0	14:09	—	—	65	67
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	3	1	0	12:57	—	—	57	67
Max Sasson C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:17	—	—	58	61
Elias Pettersson C	L4	0	0	0	+2	2	0.21	0	2	0	15:33	—	—	39	30
Nils Hoglander L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	5	0	0	11:06	—	—	32	31
Linus Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:57	—	—	32	40
Quinn Hughes D	D1	2	0	2	+1	2	0.06	0	1	0	26:38	—	—	52	42
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	2	2	0	1	0.14	2	2	0	23:39	—	—	48	33
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	1	0	19:55	—	—	43	31
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	3	2	19:51	—	—	46	37
Vincent Desharnais D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	15:42	—	—	31	9
Elias Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:37	—	—	24	14

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	3.27	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Quinn Hughes (VAN) 1st 12:23 · assists Nils Hoglander, Filip Hronek · Cycle · 42.8 mph shot.

Quinn Hughes · 1st 12:23 · VAN

Play: cycle
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 42.8 mph
Distance: 23 ft

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Quinn Hughes · 2nd 1:24 · VAN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 63.7 mph
Distance: 54 ft

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Pierre-Luc Dubois · 3rd 12:31 · WSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.7 mph
Distance: 3 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.

Washington Capitals vs. Vancouver CanucksJan 25, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks edge Washington Capitals 2–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Vancouver Canucks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Vancouver Canucks

Goal anatomy

Quinn Hughes · 1st 12:23 · VAN

Quinn Hughes · 2nd 1:24 · VAN

Pierre-Luc Dubois · 3rd 12:31 · WSH