Washington Capitals vs. New Jersey DevilsOct 21, 2021

FinalThursday, Oct 21, 2021· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	1	1	4		WSH	13	7	7	27
NJD	0	0	1	1		NJD	8	7	11	26

: WSH 51NJD 52
: WSH 2.87NJD 2.54
PP goals: WSH 0NJD 1
Hits: WSH 11NJD 18
Blocks: WSH 16NJD 9
PIM: WSH 4NJD 8
: WSH 56%NJD 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 4–1

Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 4–1 at NJD. Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NJD: Zacha–Kuokkanen–Hischier skated 8:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Daniel Sprong had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:14.Sprong
Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:29.Kuznetsov
Points
Alex Ovechkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:50.Ovechkin
New line
New look for NJD: Zacha–Kuokkanen–Hischier skated 8:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zacha Kuokkanen Hischier
New line
New look for NJD: Vesey–Bratt–McLeod skated 7:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vesey Bratt McLeod
Usage
Yegor Sharangovich (NJD) played 11:30, −5:05 down on his 16:35 season average over 75 games.Sharangovich
Usage
Damon Severson (NJD) played 19:32, −4:07 down on his 23:39 season average over 79 games.Severson
Luck
NJD scored 1 goal on 2.54 expected goals (52 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 103 of 103 attempts · NJD 52 · WSH 51

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 35% of the game, NJD 32%.

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	54
	2.86	2.79
	2.73	2.67
	13	16
	8	1
	30	16
	+0.037	−0.037
	35%	32%

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 – Kuznetsov – Wilson
13:0742% CF
L2Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
11:2267% CF
L3Oshie – Sheary – McMichael
10:5465% CF
L4Eller – Mantha – Sprong
9:4435% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
17:0531% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
13:3156% CF
D3Schultz – van Riemsdyk
12:4753% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Mantha
3:42100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Schultz – Wilson – Sprong
0:53
PK1FEller – Wilson
0:58
PK2FKuznetsov – Sheary
0:28
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
0:58
PK2DCarlson – Orlov
0:43

Current WSH line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Tatar – Johnsson – Mercer
10:0758% CF
L2Zacha – Kuokkanen – Hischier
8:0757% CF
L3Vesey – Bratt – McLeod
7:2336% CF
D1Hamilton – Graves
15:1056% CF
D2Subban – Siegenthaler
10:2647% CF
D3Severson – Jaros
7:1040% CF

PP1Tatar – Hamilton – Zacha – Bratt – Hischier
1:09
PP2Subban – Severson – Kuokkanen – Sharangovich – Mercer
0:32100% CF
PK1FVesey – Gauthier
2:14
PK2FHischier – Sharangovich
1:08
PK1DSiegenthaler – Jaros
1:19
PK2DHamilton – Graves
0:48

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:14
WSHAnthony Mantha (Daniel Sprong, Trevor van Riemsdyk)backhand0.13 xG
WSH: Eller, Schultz, Mantha, van Riemsdyk, SprongNJD: Hamilton, Severson, McLeod, Kuokkanen, Sharangovich
WSH 1 – 0 NJD
9:33
WSHDmitry Orlov (Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov)backhand0.01 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Orlov, Jensen, Kuznetsov, SprongNJD: Subban, Tatar, Johnsson, Graves, McLeod
WSH 2 – 0 NJD

2nd period

9:56
WSHDaniel Sprongsnap0.15 xG
WSH: Eller, Carlson, Jensen, Mantha, SprongNJD: Tatar, Hamilton, Johnsson, Graves, Mercer
WSH 3 – 0 NJD

3rd period

9:16
WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov (Tom Wilson, Alex Ovechkin)snap0.10 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Orlov, Jensen, Kuznetsov, WilsonNJD: Hamilton, Geertsen, Graves, Gauthier, Sharangovich
WSH 4 – 0 NJD
13:18
NJDJanne KuokkanenPP (Damon Severson, Yegor Sharangovich)slap0.08 xG
WSH: Eller, Jensen, Wilson, van RiemsdykNJD: Subban, Severson, Kuokkanen, Sharangovich, Mercer
WSH 4 – 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	2	2	+2	3	0.77	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	46	64
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.32	0	0	0	18:29	—	—	46	64
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:19	—	—	42	58
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	14:01	—	—	57	33
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	1	0	0	13:15	—	—	64	46
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	2	2	12:46	—	—	67	59
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	58	70
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	0	0	0	13:49	—	—	58	59
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	11:20	—	—	65	85
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	+2	0	0.09	2	1	0	16:23	—	—	41	34
Anthony Mantha R	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.13	1	0	0	13:59	—	—	38	28
Daniel Sprong R	L4	1	1	2	+3	2	0.18	0	0	0	11:14	—	—	40	34
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	1	1	0	25:30	—	—	37	41
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	4	3	0	20:34	—	—	35	32
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.07	0	1	2	18:24	—	—	64	73
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.02	0	4	0	17:02	—	—	58	65
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:36	—	—	59	57
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	2	0	17:36	—	—	61	53

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	2.54	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Andreas Johnsson L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	0	0	2	15:01	—	—	48	45
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	47	48
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:17	—	—	53	53
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	0	0	0	19:03	—	—	52	66
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	18:48	—	—	50	61
Janne Kuokkanen C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.13	0	0	0	13:08	—	—	52	53
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	3	0	0	18:11	—	—	47	47
Michael McLeod C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.11	2	0	0	15:55	—	—	35	36
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	38	43
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.05	0	2	0	22:46	—	—	50	45
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.30	1	1	2	20:59	—	—	54	50
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.12	2	2	0	20:50	—	—	37	32
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	0	19:53	—	—	58	60
Damon Severson D	D3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.13	1	3	2	19:32	—	—	50	60
Christian Jaros D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	15:31	—	—	47	55
Frederik Gauthier C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:53	—	—	65	61
Yegor Sharangovich C	—	0	1	1	-2	5	0.47	0	0	0	11:30	—	—	52	48
Mason Geertsen L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	4	0	2	9:12	—	—	62	60

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	L	27	23	4	.852	2.87	60:00

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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.