Washington Capitals vs. New Jersey DevilsFeb 27, 2021

FinalSaturday, Feb 27, 2021· Prudential Center

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Washington CapitalsWSH

5

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	3	0	2	5		WSH	14	4	6	24
NJD	1	1	0	2		NJD	8	5	11	24

: WSH 45NJD 47
: WSH 3.20NJD 2.09
PP goals: WSH 0NJD 1
Hits: WSH 15NJD 8
Blocks: WSH 13NJD 11
PIM: WSH 6NJD 4
: WSH 51%NJD 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 5–2

Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 5–2 at NJD. Nico Hischier (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NJD's first power-play unit (Subban, Palmieri, Zacha, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:39 together.

Points
Nico Hischier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:02.Hischier
Points
Carl Hagelin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:36.Hagelin
Points
John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:36.Carlson
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Subban, Palmieri, Zacha, Hischier and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:39 together.Subban Palmieri Zacha Hischier Hughes
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Eller–Sheary skated 11:27 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Eller Sheary
New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Panik–Sprong skated 6:55 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Panik Sprong
Luck
WSH scored 5 goals on 3.20 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Yegor Sharangovich (NJD) played 10:35, −6:20 down on his 16:55 season average over 53 games.Sharangovich

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 92 of 92 attempts · NJD 47 · WSH 45

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 32% of the game, NJD 29%.

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
	52	52
	2.76	2.23
	2.67	2.08
	12	6
	5	4
	22	8
	−0.015	+0.015
	32%	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

L1Backstrom – Wilson – Vrana
11:3841% CF
L2Ovechkin – Eller – Sheary
11:2753% CF
L3Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
9:3857% CF
L4Oshie – Panik – Sprong
6:5545% CF
D1Schultz – Orlov
17:1248% CF
D2Carlson – Dillon
16:1663% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
15:4135% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Vrana
1:22100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Carlson – Wilson – Sheary
0:34
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
1:19
PK2FEller – Wilson
0:47
PK1DChara – Jensen
1:49
PK2DCarlson – Dillon
0:47

Current WSH line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Zacha – Bratt – Hischier
14:0257% CF
L2Palmieri – Johnsson – Hughes
12:2059% CF
L3Zajac – Gusev – Sharangovich
7:2067% CF
L4Wood – Bastian – McLeod
7:1145% CF
D1Severson – Smith
16:5261% CF
D2Subban – Kulikov
15:4861% CF
D3Vatanen – Butcher
15:3933% CF

PP1Subban – Palmieri – Zacha – Hischier – Hughes
1:39100% CF
PP2Severson – Gusev – Johnsson – Wood – Smith
0:57
PK1FBastian – McLeod
1:31
PK2FBratt – Hischier
0:45
PK1DKulikov – Vatanen
1:44
PK2DSubban – Severson
0:45

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:36
WSHGarnet Hathaway (Justin Schultz, Carl Hagelin)snap0.14 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Schultz, Orlov, Dowd, HathawayNJD: Palmieri, Severson, Smith, Sharangovich, Hughes
WSH 1 – 0 NJD
5:06
WSHDaniel Sprong (Brenden Dillon, John Carlson)tip-in0.06 xG
WSH: Oshie, Carlson, Panik, Dillon, SprongNJD: Subban, Kulikov, Wood, Bastian, McLeod
WSH 2 – 0 NJD
13:40
WSHLars Eller (Conor Sheary)wrist0.04 xG
WSH: Chara, Ovechkin, Eller, Carlson, ShearyNJD: Zajac, Vatanen, Gusev, Butcher, Sharangovich
WSH 3 – 0 NJD
18:16
NJDNico HischierPP (P.K. Subban, Jack Hughes)wrist0.15 xG
WSH: Chara, Hagelin, Jensen, DowdNJD: Subban, Palmieri, Zacha, Hischier, Hughes
WSH 3 – 1 NJD

2nd period

6:09
NJDPavel Zacha (Nico Hischier, Ty Smith)snap0.13 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Hagelin, Carlson, Dillon, WilsonNJD: Severson, Zacha, Bratt, Hischier, Smith
WSH 3 – 2 NJD

3rd period

11:49
WSHJakub Vrana (John Carlson, Tom Wilson)snap0.16 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Carlson, Dillon, Wilson, VranaNJD: Subban, Kulikov, Zacha, Bratt, Hischier
WSH 4 – 2 NJD
19:06
WSHNic DowdEN (Carl Hagelin)snap0.90 xG
WSH: Chara, Hagelin, Eller, Carlson, DowdNJD: Zajac, Palmieri, Severson, Johnsson, Zacha, Hughes
WSH 5 – 2 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
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.35	1	1	0	19:14	—	—	45	53
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	18:26	—	—	44	55
Jakub Vrana L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.32	0	0	0	14:36	—	—	38	57
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	0	1	2	18:11	—	—	60	75
Lars Eller C	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.04	0	2	0	18:01	—	—	50	55
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.40	0	2	2	13:33	—	—	47	69
Nic Dowd C	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	1.03	0	0	0	13:53	—	—	44	43
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	13:36	—	—	61	56
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	5	1	0	12:03	—	—	59	65
T.J. Oshie R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	14:56	—	—	65	64
Richard Panik R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	11:25	—	—	48	43
Daniel Sprong R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	10:07	—	—	44	28
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	4	1	0	21:05	—	—	46	43
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	19:24	—	—	50	47
John Carlson D	D2	0	2	2	+3	3	0.22	0	1	0	21:36	—	—	66	69
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	0	2	17:57	—	—	61	68
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	1	2	0	19:35	—	—	36	48
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:13	—	—	30	47

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	2.09	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Zacha C	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.20	0	0	0	20:07	—	—	52	52
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	1	0	0	18:19	—	—	49	47
Nico Hischier C	L1	1	1	2	0	2	0.33	0	1	0	18:02	—	—	53	52
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	1	1	-2	4	0.17	0	0	0	19:23	—	—	57	57
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.24	0	0	2	18:35	—	—	48	48
Andreas Johnsson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	0	0	0	17:53	—	—	59	63
Travis Zajac C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	0	1	2	12:00	—	—	40	18
Yegor Sharangovich C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.07	0	0	0	10:35	—	—	42	17
Nikita Gusev L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	0	0	10:23	—	—	67	36
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	12:19	—	—	44	52
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	0	0	10:53	—	—	54	49
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	2	0	0	10:48	—	—	41	39
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	1	0	0	20:26	—	—	61	54
Ty Smith D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.08	2	2	0	20:00	—	—	58	46
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.04	0	1	0	21:33	—	—	56	46
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	1	1	0	19:02	—	—	57	56
Sami Vatanen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:47	—	—	31	30
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	0	1	0	17:44	—	—	32	30

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	23	19	4	.826	2.30	59:11

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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.