Washington Capitals vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 2, 2021

Final / OTFriday, Apr 2, 2021· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	0	1	0	1	2		WSH	9	15	13	3	40
NJD	0	1	0	0	1		NJD	5	8	7	3	23

: WSH 61NJD 51
: WSH 2.91NJD 2.46
PP goals: WSH 0NJD 0
Hits: WSH 11NJD 11
Blocks: WSH 14NJD 12
PIM: WSH 4NJD 4
: WSH 57%NJD 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge New Jersey Devils 2–1 (OT)

Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 2–1 in overtime at NJD. Dmitry Orlov (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NJD: Johnsson–Wood–Zacha skated 8:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for NJD: Johnsson–Wood–Zacha skated 8:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johnsson Wood Zacha
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Oshie–Eller skated 12:21 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Oshie Eller
Goalie
Mackenzie Blackwood (NJD) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +9 against a season average of 30.9; the overtime loss.Blackwood
New line
New look for NJD: McLeod–Maltsev–Boqvist skated 4:57 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McLeod Maltsev Boqvist
New line
New look for WSH: Panik–Kuznetsov–Sprong skated 7:10 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Panik Kuznetsov Sprong
Usage
Dmitry Orlov (WSH) played 23:18, +3:33 up on his 19:45 season average over 50 games.Orlov
Usage
Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) played 12:43, −3:57 down on his 16:40 season average over 40 games.Kuznetsov
Usage
Conor Sheary (WSH) played 17:04, +3:25 up on his 13:39 season average over 52 games.Sheary

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 112 of 112 attempts · NJD 51 · WSH 61

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 37% of the game, NJD 21%.

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
	55	53
	2.36	2.08
	2.25	2.02
	5	7
	5	6
	22	17
	+0.031	−0.031
	37%	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

L1Ovechkin – Oshie – Eller
12:2150% CF
L2Backstrom – Wilson – Sheary
11:5241% CF
L3Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
11:2765% CF
L4Panik – Kuznetsov – Sprong
7:100% CF
D1Schultz – Orlov
18:3272% CF
D2Carlson – Dillon
16:5932% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
12:5633% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
2:16100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Sheary – Sprong
0:27
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
2:07
PK2FWilson – Hathaway
0:41
PK1DChara – Jensen
2:20
PK2DCarlson – Dillon
0:28

Current WSH line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Johnsson – Wood – Zacha
8:0069% CF
L2Palmieri – Kuokkanen – Hughes
6:4750% CF
L3Zajac – Bratt – Sharangovich
5:3945% CF
L4McLeod – Maltsev – Boqvist
4:5743% CF
D1Subban – Kulikov
17:2356% CF
D2Severson – Smith
12:2448% CF
D3Vatanen – Murray
10:3550% CF

PP1Palmieri – Zacha – Bratt – Smith – Hughes
3:19100% CF
PK1FZajac – Sharangovich
1:41
PK2FJohnsson – McLeod
0:47
PK1DKulikov – Severson
1:11
PK2DSubban – Murray
0:47

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:22
WSHJohn Carlson (Lars Eller)slap0.04 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Eller, Carlson, DillonNJD: Severson, McLeod, Maltsev, Boqvist, Smith
WSH 1 – 0 NJD
12:53
NJDMichael McLeod (Jesper Boqvist, Ryan Murray)snap0.02 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Carlson, Dillon, Wilson, ShearyNJD: Vatanen, Murray, McLeod, Maltsev, Boqvist
WSH 1 – 1 NJD

OT period

4:39
WSHDmitry Orlovwrist0.03 xG
WSH: Oshie, Orlov, WilsonNJD: Zajac, Subban, Sharangovich
WSH 2 – 1 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	6	0.51	0	0	0	19:00	—	—	55	69
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.24	1	1	0	17:55	—	—	50	55
Lars Eller C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	0	0	0	16:39	—	—	56	59
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	36	51
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	1	0	17:04	—	—	41	51
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	0	1	0	16:02	—	—	48	63
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	1	0	0	16:22	—	—	67	54
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	16:21	—	—	65	46
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	5	0	0	13:36	—	—	71	55
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:41	—	—	33	38
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	12:43	—	—	29	38
Richard Panik R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:15	—	—	40	32
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.29	0	1	2	23:18	—	—	75	85
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	0	3	0	22:22	—	—	72	83
John Carlson D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.09	0	4	2	23:04	—	—	34	31
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	2	0	19:59	—	—	34	42
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:38	—	—	36	22
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	46	38

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	2.46	64:39

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	19:44	—	—	61	73
Andreas Johnsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.68	0	0	0	15:41	—	—	64	78
Miles Wood L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	0	0	0	14:10	—	—	62	71
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	0	0	0	20:53	—	—	57	65
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	50	62
Janne Kuokkanen C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	1	0	16:47	—	—	41	42
Yegor Sharangovich C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	1	0	18:35	—	—	38	8
Travis Zajac C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	39	13
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	1	2	15:10	—	—	43	9
Michael McLeod C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	11:01	—	—	50	44
Mikhail Maltsev L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	9:49	—	—	44	42
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	0	1	0	8:43	—	—	42	46
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	1	0	21:45	—	—	52	33
Dmitry Kulikov D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	4	1	0	20:52	—	—	57	41
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	1	1	0	22:07	—	—	43	45
Ty Smith D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	1	0	21:38	—	—	50	52
Ryan Murray D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	4	0	18:03	—	—	41	50
Sami Vatanen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	0	2	16:59	—	—	50	56

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	O	40	38	2	.950	2.91	64:39

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.