Washington Capitals vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 20, 2019

FinalFriday, Dec 20, 2019· Prudential Center

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Washington CapitalsWSH

6

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	1	3	6		WSH	11	12	6	29
NJD	1	1	1	3		NJD	6	11	10	27

: WSH 59NJD 40
: WSH 3.96NJD 2.06
PP goals: WSH 1NJD 1
Hits: WSH 13NJD 16
Blocks: WSH 10NJD 14
PIM: WSH 13NJD 9
: WSH 50%NJD 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 6–3

Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 6–3 at NJD. Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 2A. NJD's first power-play unit (Subban, Palmieri, Vatanen, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:07 together.

Points
Nicklas Backstrom had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 17:35.Backstrom
Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:01.Ovechkin
Points
John Carlson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:34.Carlson
Points
Nikita Gusev had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:51.Gusev
Points
Tom Wilson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:27.Wilson
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Subban, Palmieri, Vatanen, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:07 together.Subban Palmieri Vatanen Hischier Hughes
Luck
WSH scored 6 goals on 3.96 expected goals (59 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
John Carlson (WSH) played 20:34, −4:08 down on his 24:42 season average over 68 games.Carlson

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 99 of 99 attempts · NJD 40 · WSH 59

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 52% of the game, NJD 22%.

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
	47	38
	2.74	2.03
	2.54	1.98
	8	11
	1	1
	14	13
	+0.006	−0.006
	52%	22%

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 – Backstrom – Wilson
13:5663% CF
L2Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana
13:4643% CF
L3Hagelin – Eller – Panik
10:0493% CF
L4Dowd – Leipsic – Hathaway
8:1455% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
12:5944% CF
D2Gudas – Siegenthaler
12:3764% CF
D3Carlson – Kempny
11:4177% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
1:15100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Wilson – Vrana
0:4550% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
1:51
PK2FHagelin – Dowd
1:39
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
1:24
PK2DGudas – Siegenthaler
1:01

Current WSH line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Zajac – Coleman – Gusev
11:0945% CF
L2Simmonds – Zacha – Hughes
9:4854% CF
L3Palmieri – Bratt – Hischier
9:0163% CF
L4Wood – McLeod – Boqvist
5:4727% CF
D1Severson – Mueller
15:0927% CF
D2Vatanen – Butcher
11:0530% CF
D3Greene – Subban
10:5333% CF

PP1Subban – Palmieri – Vatanen – Hischier – Hughes
3:07100% CF
PP2Simmonds – Butcher – Zacha – Bratt – Hughes
2:000% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
1:22
PK2FZacha – Hischier
0:38
PK1DGreene – Subban
1:01
PK2DSeverson – Mueller
0:25

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:00
NJDKyle PalmieriPP (Nico Hischier, P.K. Subban)tip-in0.11 xG
WSH: Eller, Orlov, Gudas, WilsonNJD: Subban, Palmieri, Vatanen, Hischier, Hughes
WSH 0 – 1 NJD
18:25
WSHAlex OvechkinSH (Nicklas Backstrom, Tom Wilson)snap0.01 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Gudas, Wilson, SiegenthalerNJD: Zajac, Coleman, Severson, Wood, Mueller
WSH 1 – 1 NJD
19:35
WSHNicklas Backstrom (John Carlson, Tom Wilson)wrist0.34 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Orlov, WilsonNJD: Vatanen, Butcher, Wood, McLeod, Boqvist
WSH 2 – 1 NJD

2nd period

4:15
NJDBlake Coleman (Nikita Gusev)backhand0.21 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Wilson, KempnyNJD: Zajac, Greene, Subban, Coleman, Gusev
WSH 2 – 2 NJD
19:31
WSHNicklas BackstromPP (Dmitry Orlov, Alex Ovechkin)deflected0.14 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, OrlovNJD: Greene, Palmieri, Severson, Hischier
WSH 3 – 2 NJD

3rd period

0:42
WSHJohn Carlson (Michal Kempny, Nicklas Backstrom)snap0.20 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, KempnyNJD: Palmieri, Vatanen, Mueller, Hischier
WSH 4 – 2 NJD
6:53
WSHJonas Siegenthaler (Radko Gudas, Nic Dowd)snap0.01 xG
WSH: Dowd, Gudas, Leipsic, Hathaway, SiegenthalerNJD: Vatanen, Butcher, Wood, McLeod, Boqvist
WSH 5 – 2 NJD
15:33
WSHRichard Panik (Lars Eller, Carl Hagelin)wrist0.14 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Eller, Carlson, Panik, SiegenthalerNJD: Zajac, Coleman, Gusev, Butcher, Mueller
WSH 6 – 2 NJD
19:37
NJDMiles Wood (Damon Severson, Nikita Gusev)tip-in0.08 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Eller, Panik, Gudas, KempnyNJD: Severson, Gusev, Butcher, Wood, McLeod
WSH 6 – 3 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	1	1	2	+3	4	0.35	2	0	0	19:01	—	—	62	53
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	2	2	4	+3	3	0.60	0	1	0	17:35	—	—	62	52
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.21	2	0	0	17:27	—	—	59	57
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	17:20	—	—	40	46
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	17:17	—	—	38	48
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	47	60
Lars Eller C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.21	0	1	0	14:19	—	—	74	86
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.79	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	59	67
Richard Panik R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.42	2	0	0	12:11	—	—	72	76
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.19	0	1	0	11:12	—	—	46	43
Brendan Leipsic L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	9:57	—	—	58	53
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.32	2	0	2	9:45	—	—	58	53
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.04	0	0	2	21:31	—	—	48	51
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	5	19:06	—	—	39	35
Radko Gudas D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	3	0	0	20:19	—	—	63	61
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	1	0	1	+3	1	0.03	1	2	2	17:00	—	—	50	68
John Carlson D	D3	1	1	2	+3	4	0.28	0	3	0	20:34	—	—	61	69
Michal Kempny D	D3	0	1	1	-1	4	0.07	0	0	0	19:22	—	—	65	50

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	W	27	24	3	.889	2.06	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Blake Coleman L	L1	1	0	1	-1	6	0.54	2	1	0	17:10	—	—	40	49
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:50	—	—	39	48
Nikita Gusev L	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.06	0	0	0	12:51	—	—	48	51
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	1	0	0	16:17	—	—	56	40
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:04	—	—	60	43
Wayne Simmonds R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	15:05	—	—	50	35
Nico Hischier C	L3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	19:19	—	—	56	49
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	1	0	1	-2	2	0.18	0	1	0	17:14	—	—	60	57
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	15:09	—	—	57	66
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:56	—	—	27	26
Miles Wood L	L4	1	0	1	-2	3	0.26	3	0	7	11:06	—	—	27	36
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	8:43	—	—	29	36
Damon Severson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.07	0	3	0	23:46	—	—	38	47
Mirco Mueller D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	3	3	0	17:56	—	—	30	27
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.10	2	2	2	21:21	—	—	42	43
Will Butcher D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	1	2	0	17:57	—	—	47	34
P.K. Subban D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	20:23	—	—	60	53
Andy Greene D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	1	0	20:18	—	—	47	50

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	26	21	5	.808	3.76	48:25
Gilles Senn	—	3	2	1	.667	0.20	11:35

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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.