Washington Capitals vs. New Jersey DevilsOct 11, 2018

FinalThursday, Oct 11, 2018· Prudential Center

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	0	0	0		WSH	6	5	10	21
NJD	2	1	3	6		NJD	13	12	11	36

: WSH 53NJD 62
: WSH 2.91NJD 4.75
PP goals: WSH 0NJD 1
Hits: WSH 30NJD 19
Blocks: WSH 8NJD 20
PIM: WSH 10NJD 10
: WSH 38%NJD 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils rout Washington Capitals 6–0

New Jersey Devils beat Washington Capitals 6–0 at home. Kyle Palmieri (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Palmieri, Hall, Butcher and Hischier) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:50 together.

Points
Kyle Palmieri had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:13.Palmieri
Points
Brian Boyle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 11:43.Boyle
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Palmieri, Hall, Butcher and Hischier) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:50 together.Zajac Palmieri Hall Butcher Hischier
Luck
WSH scored 0 goals on 2.91 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Pheonix Copley (WSH) faced 36 shots and stopped 30 (.833), +7 against a season average of 28.7; the loss.Copley
Usage
Brett Connolly (WSH) played 19:38, +6:23 up on his 13:15 season average over 80 games.Connolly
Usage
Damon Severson (NJD) played 18:16, −3:49 down on his 22:05 season average over 81 games.Severson
Usage
Stefan Noesen (NJD) played 16:44, +4:06 up on his 12:38 season average over 40 games.Noesen

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)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · NJD 62 · WSH 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD 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 25% of the game, NJD 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

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	NJD
	49	66
	2.58	4.95
	2.53	4.75
	7	16
	5	5
	19	30
	−0.079	+0.079
	25%	41%

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 – Kuznetsov – Connolly
13:1736% CF
L2Oshie – Backstrom – Vrana
11:4650% CF
L3Dowd – Jaskin – Stephenson
5:0360% CF
L4Eller – Smith-Pelly – Burakovsky
3:140% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
13:5334% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
11:0441% CF
D3Orpik – Djoos
5:5745% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
4:18100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Orlov – Connolly – Burakovsky – Vrana
1:03100% CF
PK1FDowd – Smith-Pelly
2:56
PK2FOshie – Kuznetsov
0:33
PK1DOrpik – Niskanen
2:17
PK2DCarlson – Orlov
0:33

Current WSH line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Johansson – Noesen – Zacha
10:5568% CF
L2Palmieri – Hall – Hischier
10:0976% CF
L3Zajac – Wood – Quenneville
8:2453% CF
L4Boyle – Coleman – Dea
7:5853% CF
D1Vatanen – Mueller
16:3652% CF
D2Greene – Severson
13:5862% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
11:4054% CF

PP1Zajac – Palmieri – Hall – Butcher – Hischier
2:5075% CF
PP2Johansson – Vatanen – Noesen – Severson – Wood
1:5650% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
2:29
PK2FBoyle – Zacha
1:49
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
3:40
PK2DVatanen – Mueller
2:23

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:02
NJDKyle Palmieri (Nico Hischier, Damon Severson)deflected0.19 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Eller, Orlov, Smith-Pelly, BurakovskyNJD: Greene, Palmieri, Hall, Severson, Hischier
WSH 0 – 1 NJD
18:33
NJDKyle PalmieriPP (Will Butcher, Taylor Hall)snap0.12 xG
WSH: Orpik, Niskanen, Dowd, Smith-PellyNJD: Zajac, Palmieri, Hall, Butcher, Hischier
WSH 0 – 2 NJD

2nd period

2:54
NJDMarcus Johansson (Sami Vatanen, Mirco Mueller)snap0.10 xG
WSH: Orpik, Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Connolly, DjoosNJD: Johansson, Vatanen, Noesen, Mueller, Zacha
WSH 0 – 3 NJD

3rd period

5:49
NJDBlake Coleman (Ben Lovejoy)wrist0.08 xG
WSH: Eller, Carlson, Jaskin, Djoos, BurakovskyNJD: Boyle, Lovejoy, Coleman, Butcher, Dea
WSH 0 – 4 NJD
11:35
NJDJean-Sebastien Dea (Brian Boyle)slap0.08 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Eller, Orlov, Connolly, JaskinNJD: Boyle, Lovejoy, Coleman, Butcher, Dea
WSH 0 – 5 NJD
14:45
NJDBrian Boyle (Stefan Noesen)wrap-around0.06 xG
WSH: Oshie, Niskanen, Backstrom, Orlov, VranaNJD: Boyle, Vatanen, Coleman, Noesen, Butcher
WSH 0 – 6 NJD

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
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.50	7	0	0	23:57	—	—	40	23
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	2	20:09	—	—	41	23
Brett Connolly R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	2	1	0	19:38	—	—	42	25
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.55	1	0	0	20:21	—	—	43	51
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.22	1	1	0	18:46	—	—	48	60
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	0	2	16:12	—	—	45	53
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	1	1	0	12:00	—	—	56	65
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	9:18	—	—	50	63
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	3	1	0	9:06	—	—	58	47
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	-3	2	0.20	2	1	2	11:52	—	—	30	14
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	0	1	0	10:55	—	—	32	12
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	0	0	0	9:34	—	—	31	19
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.15	4	0	0	20:55	—	—	38	27
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.10	2	0	0	19:46	—	—	33	24
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	1	4	26:09	—	—	47	19
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:13	—	—	47	40
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	1	1	0	14:05	—	—	54	74
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	1	0	0	13:29	—	—	44	37

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley(start)	L	36	30	6	.833	4.75	59:45

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Stefan Noesen R	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.63	2	0	4	16:44	—	—	59	66
Marcus Johansson L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	1	0	0	16:33	—	—	54	64
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.48	1	0	0	15:25	—	—	61	70
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.73	0	0	0	16:19	—	—	69	85
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.37	0	0	0	15:52	—	—	72	91
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	2	0	2	+1	5	0.39	1	1	0	15:13	—	—	67	82
Travis Zajac C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.33	0	1	0	18:07	—	—	48	54
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.39	1	1	2	13:16	—	—	48	55
John Quenneville C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	1	0	11:50	—	—	50	57
Blake Coleman L	L4	1	0	1	+3	2	0.22	1	0	0	13:31	—	—	48	50
Brian Boyle C	L4	1	1	2	+3	4	0.24	1	2	0	11:43	—	—	53	52
Jean-Sebastien Dea C	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.17	0	1	0	10:13	—	—	56	66
Sami Vatanen D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.07	3	5	0	24:45	—	—	53	61
Mirco Mueller D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:22	—	—	55	70
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	1	2	0	19:14	—	—	62	78
Damon Severson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	3	1	4	18:16	—	—	62	80
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	0	3	0	16:53	—	—	50	51
Will Butcher D	D3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.26	2	1	0	16:48	—	—	60	49

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	W	21	21	0	.1000	2.91	59:56

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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.