Washington Capitals vs. Arizona CoyotesApr 22, 2022

FinalFriday, Apr 22, 2022· Gila River Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	0	1	2		WSH	12	8	9	29
ARI	0	0	0	0		ARI	6	5	8	19

: WSH 59ARI 34
: WSH 2.97ARI 1.82
PP goals: WSH 0ARI 0
Hits: WSH 15ARI 32
Blocks: WSH 9ARI 12
PIM: WSH 0ARI 8
: WSH 51%ARI 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Arizona Coyotes 2–0

Washington Capitals beat Arizona Coyotes 2–0 at ARI. Conor Sheary (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for ARI: Ladd–Roussel–McBain skated 8:42 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Conor Sheary had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:36.Sheary
New line
New look for ARI: Ladd–Roussel–McBain skated 8:42 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ladd Roussel McBain
Luck
ARI scored 0 goals on 1.83 expected goals (34 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) played 14:29, −3:04 down on his 17:33 season average over 46 games.Backstrom
Usage
Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) played 15:51, −4:29 down on his 20:20 season average over 78 games.Kuznetsov
Usage
Johan Larsson (WSH) played 11:31, −4:30 down on his 16:01 season average over 42 games.Larsson
Usage
Anthony Mantha (WSH) played 19:01, +3:57 up on his 15:04 season average over 36 games.Mantha
Usage
J.J. Moser (ARI) played 22:22, +3:46 up on his 18:36 season average over 42 games.Moser

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 93 of 93 attempts · ARI 34 · 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 43% of the game, ARI 21%.

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
	55	40
	2.04	2.18
	1.87	2.10
	10	11
	4	5
	22	18
	−0.028	+0.028
	43%	21%

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

L1Oshie – Eller – Mantha
12:0881% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
10:2031% CF
L3Dowd – Larsson – Hathaway
9:3772% CF
L4Backstrom – Johansson – Sheary
9:0947% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
12:0735% CF
D2Schultz – Orlov
9:0978% CF
D3Jensen – van Riemsdyk
6:0967% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
4:0286% CF
PP2Schultz – Johansson – Orlov – Wilson – Mantha
3:03100% CF

Current WSH line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Boyd – Schmaltz – Hayton
12:1045% CF
L2Ladd – Roussel – McBain
8:4238% CF
L3Kessel – Carcone – Smith
7:0340% CF
L4Eriksson – Galchenyuk – Imama
3:5613% CF
D1Stralman – Gostisbehere
17:4655% CF
D2Capobianco – Moser
15:3318% CF
D3Dineen – Kolyachonok
11:5431% CF

PK1FRoussel – Schmaltz
1:55
PK2FEriksson – McBain
1:42
PK1DStralman – Moser
4:11
PK2DDineen – Kolyachonok
2:41

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:33
WSHConor Sheary (Nicklas Backstrom, Justin Schultz)wrist0.03 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Schultz, Johansson, Orlov, ShearyARI: Boyd, Schmaltz, Capobianco, Hayton, Moser
WSH 1 – 0 ARI

3rd period

19:24
WSHJohn CarlsonEN (Nic Dowd, Conor Sheary)wrist0.51 xG
WSH: Carlson, Dowd, Sheary, Hathaway, FehérváryARI: Ladd, Kessel, Boyd, Gostisbehere, Schmaltz, Hayton
WSH 2 – 0 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		PP	SH
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	3	0	19:38	—	—	65	56
Anthony Mantha R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.50	0	0	19:01	—	—	78	65
Lars Eller C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	2	0	16:36	—	—	72	60
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	0	0	18:20	—	—	39	26
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	0	16:46	—	—	39	29
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	15:51	—	—	33	22
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	13:39	—	—	71	82
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	1	13:05	—	—	68	80
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	1	11:31	—	—	75	82
Nicklas Backstrom C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	0	0	14:29	—	—	44	30
Marcus Johansson L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	1	14:11	—	—	47	30
Conor Sheary L	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.07	0	0	12:36	—	—	44	25
John Carlson D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.75	1	1	23:38	—	—	54	39
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	3	20:04	—	—	37	27
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.23	0	0	20:24	—	—	76	90
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	0	1	16:05	—	—	71	76
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	18:20	—	—	56	50
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	1	15:46	—	—	73	65

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	19	19	0	.1000	1.82	60:00

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	-2	1	0.13	1	0	0	20:20	—	—	50	62
Travis Boyd C	L1	-2	3	0.40	0	0	0	17:19	—	—	45	56
Barrett Hayton C	L1	-2	2	0.05	0	1	0	17:09	—	—	48	58
Andrew Ladd L	L2	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	17:38	—	—	40	51
Antoine Roussel L	L2	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:50	—	—	33	34
Jack McBain C	L2	0	2	0.31	7	1	0	13:21	—	—	53	75
Phil Kessel R	L3	-1	1	0.12	0	0	2	16:31	—	—	55	61
Nate Smith C	L3	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	13:15	—	—	36	24
Michael Carcone L	L3	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	9:38	—	—	38	30
Loui Eriksson L	L4	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:24	—	—	39	54
Alex Galchenyuk C	L4	0	3	0.36	0	0	2	13:29	—	—	27	43
Bokondji Imama L	L4	0	1	0.13	5	0	0	4:04	—	—	13	31
Anton Stralman D	D1	0	2	0.05	2	1	0	24:58	—	—	53	50
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	21:23	—	—	53	54
J.J. Moser D	D2	-1	0	0.00	2	3	0	22:22	—	—	27	45
Kyle Capobianco D	D2	-1	0	0.00	1	2	2	17:54	—	—	30	63
Vladislav Kolyachonok D	D3	0	2	0.15	2	0	0	16:42	—	—	44	57
Cam Dineen D	D3	0	0	0.05	0	3	0	16:39	—	—	40	28

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	L	28	27	1	.964	2.47	59:04

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.