Washington Capitals vs. Arizona CoyotesDec 6, 2018

FinalThursday, Dec 6, 2018· Gila River Arena

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Arizona CoyotesARI

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	2	2	4		WSH	11	7	11	29
ARI	1	1	0	2		ARI	11	8	10	29

: WSH 59ARI 63
: WSH 2.87ARI 1.99
PP goals: WSH 0ARI 0
Hits: WSH 25ARI 18
Blocks: WSH 18ARI 15
PIM: WSH 4ARI 2
: WSH 39%ARI 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2

Washington Capitals beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2 at ARI. Matt Niskanen (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Vinnie Hinostroza (ARI) played 6:53, −8:30 down on his 15:23 season average over 71 games.

Points
Matt Niskanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:35.Niskanen
Usage
Vinnie Hinostroza (ARI) played 6:53, −8:30 down on his 15:23 season average over 71 games.Hinostroza
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Boyd–Jaskin skated 7:46 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Boyd Jaskin
Usage
Andre Burakovsky (WSH) played 14:37, +3:32 up on his 11:05 season average over 75 games.Burakovsky
Usage
Christian Fischer (ARI) played 16:36, +3:29 up on his 13:07 season average over 70 games.Fischer
Usage
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 17:48, −3:10 down on his 20:58 season average over 80 games.Ovechkin
Usage
Devante Smith-Pelly (WSH) played 15:42, +4:56 up on his 10:46 season average over 53 games.Smith-Pelly
Usage
Chandler Stephenson (WSH) played 16:25, +4:22 up on his 12:03 season average over 63 games.Stephenson

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)ARI attacks right (top on phones) →

ARI
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · ARI 63 · WSH 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

ARI
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ARI 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 39% of the game, ARI 29%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

ARI

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	ARI
	66	65
	2.24	1.73
	2.16	1.63
	7	10
	5	5
	14	26
	−0.054	+0.054
	39%	29%

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 – Smith-Pelly – Stephenson
13:3270% CF
L2Kuznetsov – Connolly – Vrana
13:1252% CF
L3Ovechkin – Backstrom – Burakovsky
11:3038% CF
L4Dowd – Boyd – Jaskin
7:4640% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
18:4853% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
16:4264% CF
D3Djoos – Siegenthaler
10:4445% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Connolly
0:580% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Carlson – Burakovsky – Vrana
0:33
PK1FDowd – Smith-Pelly
0:45
PK2FEller – Stephenson
0:33
PK1DSiegenthaler – Kempny
0:57
PK2DCarlson – Orlov
0:45

Current WSH line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Stepan – Panik – Fischer
12:0052% CF
L2Galchenyuk – Schmaltz – Keller
11:4952% CF
L3Richardson – Kempe – Hinostroza
5:1659% CF
L4Archibald – Cousins – Crouse
4:3330% CF
D1Ekman-Larsson – Connauton
18:3739% CF
D2Hjalmarsson – Chychrun
14:0333% CF
D3Goligoski – Oesterle
14:0065% CF

PP1Ekman-Larsson – Galchenyuk – Schmaltz – Keller – Chychrun
2:12100% CF
PP2Goligoski – Stepan – Panik – Oesterle – Fischer
1:23100% CF
PK1FRichardson – Archibald
1:08
PK2FStepan – Panik
0:34
PK1DHjalmarsson – Connauton
1:04
PK2DGoligoski – Ekman-Larsson
0:38

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:48
ARIChristian Fischer (Derek Stepan)slap0.01 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Djoos, Burakovsky, SiegenthalerARI: Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Panik, Connauton, Fischer
WSH 0 – 1 ARI

2nd period

5:27
WSHJakub Vrana (Brett Connolly, Evgeny Kuznetsov)wrist0.11 xG
WSH: Carlson, Kuznetsov, Connolly, Vrana, KempnyARI: Ekman-Larsson, Connauton, Galchenyuk, Schmaltz, Keller
WSH 1 – 1 ARI
6:59
ARILawson Crouse (Nick Cousins, Jordan Oesterle)wrist0.09 xG
WSH: Dowd, Boyd, Jaskin, Djoos, SiegenthalerARI: Goligoski, Archibald, Cousins, Oesterle, Crouse
WSH 1 – 2 ARI
16:00
WSHMatt Niskanen (Travis Boyd, Pheonix Copley)wrist0.08 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Orlov, Dowd, Boyd, JaskinARI: Hjalmarsson, Kempe, Cousins, Crouse, Chychrun
WSH 2 – 2 ARI

3rd period

15:18
WSHAndre Burakovsky (Matt Niskanen, Dmitry Orlov)wrist0.03 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Backstrom, Orlov, BurakovskyARI: Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Panik, Connauton, Fischer
WSH 3 – 2 ARI
19:57
WSHAlex OvechkinEN (Nicklas Backstrom)wrist0.24 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Backstrom, Orlov, KuznetsovARI: Richardson, Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Panik, Schmaltz, Keller
WSH 4 – 2 ARI

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	0	0	-1	3	0.44	3	0	2	16:43	—	—	70	68
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	65	64
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	15:42	—	—	71	67
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:03	—	—	52	65
Brett Connolly R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	15:19	—	—	52	65
Jakub Vrana L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.66	2	1	0	14:47	—	—	52	65
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:01	—	—	35	42
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.82	3	0	0	17:48	—	—	39	46
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	0	2	0	14:37	—	—	33	41
Travis Boyd C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:31	—	—	40	46
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	0	0	9:36	—	—	41	45
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	8:41	—	—	41	46
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.09	4	1	0	23:19	—	—	54	46
Matt Niskanen D	D1	1	1	2	+3	3	0.12	4	1	2	22:35	—	—	56	49
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	7	0.16	0	2	0	24:27	—	—	62	70
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	1	3	0	21:53	—	—	48	68
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:32	—	—	50	58
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	1	5	0	13:01	—	—	30	39

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	1.99	60:00

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Richard Panik R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.31	1	1	0	19:07	—	—	51	67
Derek Stepan C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.06	1	0	0	18:42	—	—	54	43
Christian Fischer R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.08	0	1	0	16:36	—	—	49	49
Clayton Keller R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	0	0	0	20:51	—	—	55	36
Nick Schmaltz C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.15	0	0	0	20:19	—	—	49	37
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	0	1	0	18:17	—	—	50	37
Brad Richardson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	50	43
Mario Kempe R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	0	0	8:23	—	—	56	56
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	0	0	0	6:53	—	—	62	62
Josh Archibald R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:42	—	—	32	44
Lawson Crouse L	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.28	5	0	0	11:10	—	—	47	45
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.20	0	1	0	10:52	—	—	35	44
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.04	3	0	0	24:40	—	—	44	42
Kevin Connauton D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	4	0	21:43	—	—	44	39
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	3	2	19:05	—	—	33	34
Niklas Hjalmarsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	1	0	16:57	—	—	38	45
Alex Goligoski D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	2	1	0	19:46	—	—	65	51
Jordan Oesterle D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.09	0	2	0	17:46	—	—	66	50

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	2.21	58:16

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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.