Washington Capitals vs. New Jersey DevilsFeb 28, 2021

FinalSunday, Feb 28, 2021· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	2	0	3		WSH	13	9	1	23
NJD	1	1	0	2		NJD	7	10	4	21

: WSH 40NJD 48
: WSH 2.10NJD 2.52
PP goals: WSH 0NJD 0
Hits: WSH 12NJD 17
Blocks: WSH 12NJD 6
PIM: WSH 9NJD 9
: WSH 67%NJD 33%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge New Jersey Devils 3–2

Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 3–2 at NJD. Jakub Vrana (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NJD: Gusev–Zacha–Bratt skated 9:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jakub Vrana had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:07.Vrana
Points
Tom Wilson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:46.Wilson
New line
New look for NJD: Gusev–Zacha–Bratt skated 9:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gusev Zacha Bratt
New line
New look for NJD: Zajac–Wood–Sharangovich skated 7:17 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Wood Sharangovich
New line
New look for NJD: Bastian–McLeod–Maltsev skated 5:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bastian McLeod Maltsev
Usage
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 22:41, +3:15 up on his 19:26 season average over 44 games.Ovechkin
Usage
Daniel Sprong (WSH) played 8:20, −3:25 down on his 11:45 season average over 41 games.Sprong
Usage
John Carlson (WSH) played 27:15, +3:32 up on his 23:43 season average over 51 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 88 of 88 attempts · NJD 48 · WSH 40

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 31% of the game, NJD 30%.

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
	41	49
	2.10	1.57
	2.03	1.46
	10	2
	5	2
	12	13
	+0.139	−0.139
	31%	30%

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 – Eller – Sheary
11:3235% CF
L2Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
10:0544% CF
L3Oshie – Panik – Sprong
7:3258% CF
L4Backstrom – Wilson – Vrana
6:5450% CF
D1Carlson – Dillon
15:1855% CF
D2Schultz – Orlov
13:5950% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
11:4721% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Vrana
4:30100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Schultz – Wilson – Sheary
1:09100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
3:15
PK2FEller – Wilson
1:06
PK1DChara – Jensen
3:25
PK2DCarlson – Dillon
2:19

Current WSH line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Gusev – Zacha – Bratt
9:5175% CF
L2Zajac – Wood – Sharangovich
7:1767% CF
L3Palmieri – Johnsson – Hughes
6:0340% CF
L4Bastian – McLeod – Maltsev
5:0040% CF
D1Severson – Smith
13:5247% CF
D2Vatanen – Butcher
12:0471% CF
D3Subban – Kulikov
9:5470% CF

PP1Subban – Palmieri – Wood – Zacha – Hughes
3:05100% CF
PP2Severson – Gusev – Johnsson – Bratt – Smith
2:26100% CF
PK1FBastian – McLeod
2:25
PK2FZajac – Sharangovich
1:57
PK1DKulikov – Vatanen
4:32
PK2DSubban – Severson
0:56

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:45
NJDMikhail Maltsev (P.K. Subban, Pavel Zacha)wrist0.01 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Schultz, Orlov, ShearyNJD: Subban, Kulikov, Zacha, Bastian, Maltsev
WSH 0 – 1 NJD
15:39
WSHJakub Vrana (Tom Wilson, Brenden Dillon)wrist0.03 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Carlson, Dillon, Wilson, VranaNJD: Zajac, Severson, Wood, Smith, Sharangovich
WSH 1 – 1 NJD

2nd period

2:32
WSHNicklas Backstrom (Tom Wilson, Jakub Vrana)snap0.25 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Carlson, Dillon, Wilson, VranaNJD: Palmieri, Kulikov, Vatanen, Johnsson, Hughes
WSH 2 – 1 NJD
3:20
NJDYegor Sharangovich (Miles Wood, Travis Zajac)snap0.04 xG
WSH: Chara, Oshie, Panik, Jensen, SprongNJD: Zajac, Subban, Kulikov, Wood, Sharangovich
WSH 2 – 2 NJD
13:37
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Lars Eller, Nick Jensen)snap0.08 xG
WSH: Chara, Ovechkin, Eller, Jensen, ShearyNJD: Subban, Palmieri, Butcher, Zacha, Bratt
WSH 3 – 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
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	0	6	0.32	0	3	0	22:41	—	—	41	30
Lars Eller C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	0	1	0	18:12	—	—	36	30
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	36	30
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	44	52
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:32	—	—	50	55
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	1	0	14:31	—	—	48	49
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	15:38	—	—	57	77
Richard Panik R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	0	0	8:49	—	—	53	82
Daniel Sprong R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	8:20	—	—	58	88
Nicklas Backstrom C	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.32	0	2	0	16:42	—	—	47	77
Tom Wilson R	L4	0	2	2	+2	2	0.03	1	0	2	14:46	—	—	44	77
Jakub Vrana L	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.19	1	0	0	12:07	—	—	50	83
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.17	1	3	0	27:15	—	—	52	66
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	2	1	5	18:11	—	—	55	67
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	2	17:35	—	—	46	54
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.40	1	0	0	16:45	—	—	57	68
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:29	—	—	32	49
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:06	—	—	21	19

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	2.52	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.29	0	0	2	18:23	—	—	67	58
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.33	1	0	0	17:43	—	—	72	62
Nikita Gusev L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	81	78
Miles Wood L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	2	0	0	15:52	—	—	63	57
Yegor Sharangovich C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	14:47	—	—	68	65
Travis Zajac C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	13:46	—	—	71	60
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.84	0	0	2	19:36	—	—	26	23
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	0	0	0	16:36	—	—	60	45
Andreas Johnsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	0	0	0	14:32	—	—	43	29
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	13:42	—	—	30	22
Mikhail Maltsev L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	0	1	0	9:43	—	—	41	45
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	4	0	5	9:32	—	—	60	61
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	22:06	—	—	42	34
Ty Smith D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	2	0	0	19:51	—	—	45	31
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	18:03	—	—	68	56
Will Butcher D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	2	0	17:41	—	—	59	69
P.K. Subban D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.06	0	0	0	21:19	—	—	51	37
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:55	—	—	70	57

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	2.10	58:13

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.