Washington Capitals vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 4, 2021

FinalSunday, Apr 4, 2021· Prudential Center

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Washington CapitalsWSH

5

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	2	2	5		WSH	5	7	7	19
NJD	1	1	2	4		NJD	17	14	8	39

: WSH 33NJD 69
: WSH 2.32NJD 3.97
PP goals: WSH 1NJD 0
Hits: WSH 22NJD 18
Blocks: WSH 15NJD 6
PIM: WSH 8NJD 6
: WSH 47%NJD 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge New Jersey Devils 5–4

Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 5–4 at NJD. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:11 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:09.Ovechkin
Points
Ryan Murray had 3 assists (3 points) in 15:35.Murray
Points
Travis Zajac had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:25.Zajac
Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:09.Kuznetsov
Points
Brenden Dillon had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:51.Dillon
Points
Dmitry Orlov had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:40.Orlov
Points
Nick Merkley had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:59.Merkley
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:11 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov

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 102 of 102 attempts · NJD 69 · WSH 33

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 39%.

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
	35	65
	2.08	3.08
	2.04	2.84
	7	11
	2	4
	13	13
	+0.002	−0.002
	25%	39%

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 – Sheary
9:5045% CF
L2Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
9:2933% CF
L3Ovechkin – Oshie – Eller
6:1038% CF
L4Panik – Kuznetsov – Sprong
4:0667% CF
D1Schultz – Orlov
16:5027% CF
D2Carlson – Dillon
16:2646% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
13:1833% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
2:11100% CF
PP2Hagelin – Schultz – Orlov – Dowd – Kuznetsov
0:14
PK1FDowd – Wilson
2:15
PK2FHagelin – Hathaway
0:32
PK1DChara – Jensen
3:37
PK2DCarlson – Dillon
2:15

Current WSH line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Kuokkanen – Sharangovich – Hughes
12:0567% CF
L2McLeod – Maltsev – Boqvist
10:1272% CF
L3Zajac – Johnsson – Merkley
9:0663% CF
L4Wood – Zacha – Bratt
8:0346% CF
D1Subban – Kulikov
14:3967% CF
D2Murray – Severson
11:4839% CF
D3Vatanen – Smith
9:1464% CF

PP1Zajac – Zacha – Bratt – Smith – Hughes
5:22100% CF
PP2Subban – Severson – Wood – Kuokkanen – Sharangovich
0:320% CF
PK1FZajac – Sharangovich
0:48
PK2FJohnsson – McLeod
0:23
PK1DKulikov – Vatanen
1:10
PK2DMurray – Severson
0:50

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:17
NJDTravis Zajac (Nick Merkley, Ryan Murray)snap0.17 xG
WSH: Eller, Schultz, Panik, Dillon, SprongNJD: Zajac, Murray, Severson, Johnsson, Merkley
WSH 0 – 1 NJD
9:16
WSHT.J. Oshie (Alex Ovechkin, Brenden Dillon)backhand0.13 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Eller, Carlson, DillonNJD: Zajac, Subban, Kulikov, Johnsson, Merkley
WSH 1 – 1 NJD

2nd period

3:21
WSHConor Sheary (Dmitry Orlov, Justin Schultz)slap0.12 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Schultz, Orlov, Wilson, ShearyNJD: Murray, Severson, Kuokkanen, Sharangovich, Hughes
WSH 2 – 1 NJD
8:09
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov)snap0.11 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovNJD: Zajac, Vatanen, Severson, Zacha
WSH 3 – 1 NJD
17:42
NJDYegor Sharangovich (Ryan Murray, Jack Hughes)wrist0.04 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Carlson, OrlovNJD: Murray, Severson, Sharangovich, Hughes
WSH 3 – 2 NJD

3rd period

2:41
WSHCarl HagelinSH (Garnet Hathaway, Brenden Dillon)wrist0.11 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Carlson, Dillon, HathawayNJD: Subban, Severson, Wood, Kuokkanen, Sharangovich
WSH 4 – 2 NJD
5:31
WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov (Alex Ovechkin, Dmitry Orlov)snap0.17 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Schultz, Orlov, KuznetsovNJD: Murray, Severson, Wood, Zacha, Bratt
WSH 5 – 2 NJD
10:15
NJDJesper Bratt (Pavel Zacha)snap0.20 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Dillon, KuznetsovNJD: Kulikov, Murray, Wood, Zacha, Bratt
WSH 5 – 3 NJD
15:53
NJDTravis Zajac (Nick Merkley, Ryan Murray)slap0.04 xG
WSH: Eller, Schultz, Panik, Dillon, SprongNJD: Zajac, Vatanen, Murray, Johnsson, Merkley
WSH 5 – 4 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	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	19:29	—	—	38	41
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	44	46
Conor Sheary L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	3	1	0	13:07	—	—	39	50
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.52	2	1	0	14:26	—	—	33	45
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:19	—	—	25	39
Carl Hagelin L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	2	13:35	—	—	33	47
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	1	2	3	0	3	0.35	0	1	0	17:09	—	—	35	37
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	2	16:30	—	—	32	41
T.J. Oshie R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	2	0	0	14:42	—	—	35	36
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	1	1	2	0	2	0.37	2	0	2	13:09	—	—	40	40
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	2	12:23	—	—	33	33
Richard Panik R	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.24	2	0	0	8:43	—	—	42	37
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.07	3	3	0	18:40	—	—	28	34
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	0	2	0	18:25	—	—	25	31
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	23:36	—	—	46	50
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	2	2	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:51	—	—	43	45
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	2	0	18:22	—	—	33	44
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:45	—	—	35	40

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	W	39	35	4	.897	3.97	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.57	0	0	0	24:13	—	—	70	62
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.39	0	1	0	19:09	—	—	66	63
Janne Kuokkanen C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.23	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	69	70
Michael McLeod C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:51	—	—	74	68
Mikhail Maltsev L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	0	0	12:52	—	—	70	64
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	10:32	—	—	68	64
Travis Zajac C	L3	2	0	2	+1	3	0.48	0	0	0	19:25	—	—	70	53
Nick Merkley R	L3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.09	1	0	0	11:59	—	—	65	48
Andreas Johnsson L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	1	0	0	11:16	—	—	59	42
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.48	1	0	2	17:46	—	—	53	58
Jesper Bratt L	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.28	0	1	0	16:05	—	—	59	60
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	0	0	10:36	—	—	53	65
Dmitry Kulikov D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	3	1	2	21:27	—	—	68	70
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.27	3	0	2	20:17	—	—	71	69
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	2	0	0	20:30	—	—	48	44
Ryan Murray D	D2	0	3	3	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:35	—	—	48	48
Ty Smith D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	1	1	0	20:41	—	—	71	61
Sami Vatanen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.02	1	2	0	15:21	—	—	77	64

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	19	14	5	.737	2.32	57:45

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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.