Washington Capitals vs. Anaheim DucksMar 1, 2023

Final / OTWednesday, Mar 1, 2023· Honda Center

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Anaheim DucksANA

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	1	0	1	1	3		WSH	13	17	8	1	39
ANA	1	0	1	0	2		ANA	9	4	10	0	23

: WSH 58ANA 48
: WSH 2.55ANA 2.00
PP goals: WSH 0ANA 0
Hits: WSH 14ANA 16
Blocks: WSH 9ANA 9
PIM: WSH 9ANA 9
: WSH 46%ANA 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Anaheim Ducks 3–2 (OT)

Washington Capitals beat Anaheim Ducks 3–2 in overtime at ANA. Tom Wilson (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Nick Jensen (WSH) played 2:29, −18:22 down on his 20:51 season average over 76 games.

Points
Tom Wilson had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 16:20.Wilson
Points
Trevor Zegras had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:59.Zegras
Usage
Nick Jensen (WSH) played 2:29, −18:22 down on his 20:51 season average over 76 games.Jensen
Usage
Alexander Alexeyev (WSH) played 25:07, +8:57 up on his 16:10 season average over 31 games.Alexeyev
Usage
Matt Irwin (WSH) played 22:47, +9:54 up on his 12:53 season average over 60 games.Irwin
New line
New look for ANA: Grant–Silfverberg–Jones skated 8:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grant Silfverberg Jones
Goalie
John Gibson (ANA) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +2 against a season average of 37.4; the overtime loss.Gibson
Usage
Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH) played 25:58, +7:00 up on his 18:58 season average over 74 games.van Riemsdyk

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)ANA attacks right (top on phones) →

ANA
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · ANA 48 · WSH 58

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

ANA
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ANA 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 44% of the game, ANA 28%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

ANA

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	ANA
	50	53
	1.76	2.07
	1.69	2.01
	13	6
	4	6
	14	11
	−0.013	+0.013
	44%	28%

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
10:5153% CF
L2Oshie – Milano – Strome
9:5631% CF
L3Backstrom – Smith – Mantha
9:0753% CF
L4Dowd – Sheary – Aube-Kubel
8:1353% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Alexeyev
11:0243% CF
D2Irwin – Fehérváry
5:0057% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Kuznetsov – Strome
4:17100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Mantha – Milano
1:15
PK1FDowd – Wilson
0:49
PK2FKuznetsov – Sheary
0:45
PK1DIrwin – McIlrath
1:20
PK2DJensen – van Riemsdyk
1:08

Current WSH line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Strome – Terry – Zegras
9:1573% CF
L2Grant – Silfverberg – Jones
8:3635% CF
L3Carrick – Vatrano – Lundeström
8:1673% CF
L4Comtois – Leason – McTavish
2:1225% CF
D1Shattenkirk – Benoit
16:4437% CF
D2Fowler – Beaulieu
13:0469% CF
D3Harrington – White
9:3050% CF

PP1Fowler – Strome – Terry – Zegras – McTavish
2:0380% CF
PP2Shattenkirk – Grant – Silfverberg – Vatrano – Comtois
1:330% CF
PK1FGrant – Silfverberg
3:14
PK2FCarrick – Lundeström
1:59
PK1DBeaulieu – Benoit
3:06
PK2DShattenkirk – Fowler
1:47

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:58
WSHMartin Fehérváry (Nicklas Backstrom, Dylan McIlrath)wrist0.11 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Smith, McIlrath, Mantha, FehérváryANA: Harrington, Vatrano, White, Lundeström, Leason
WSH 1 – 0 ANA
13:01
ANATroy Terry (Trevor Zegras, Cam Fowler)snap0.14 xG
WSH: Oshie, McIlrath, Milano, Strome, FehérváryANA: Shattenkirk, Harrington, Strome, Terry, Zegras
WSH 1 – 1 ANA

3rd period

0:08
WSHTom Wilson (Trevor van Riemsdyk)slap0.09 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Wilson, van Riemsdyk, AlexeyevANA: Grant, Silfverberg, Fowler, Beaulieu, Jones
WSH 2 – 1 ANA
4:17
ANATrevor Zegras (Mason McTavish, Kevin Shattenkirk)backhand0.22 xG
WSH: Oshie, Backstrom, van Riemsdyk, Fehérváry, AlexeyevANA: Shattenkirk, Fowler, Terry, Zegras, McTavish
WSH 2 – 2 ANA

OT period

1:09
WSHTom Wilson (T.J. Oshie, Alexander Alexeyev)deflected0.18 xG
WSH: Oshie, Wilson, AlexeyevANA: White, Lundeström, Zegras
WSH 3 – 2 ANA

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	3	0.13	2	1	0	22:38	—	—	60	70
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	0	0	0	20:20	—	—	53	51
Tom Wilson R	L1	2	0	2	+2	7	0.67	0	0	5	16:20	—	—	58	66
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	0	2	19:08	—	—	47	48
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	18:54	—	—	30	16
Sonny Milano L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	0	0	13:02	—	—	38	39
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	46	46
Anthony Mantha R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.40	1	1	0	14:14	—	—	55	65
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.24	0	1	0	10:53	—	—	59	68
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	1	0	0	15:10	—	—	46	29
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	0	0	0	12:46	—	—	55	40
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	10:41	—	—	48	35
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.04	0	2	0	25:58	—	—	40	38
Alexander Alexeyev D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.07	2	0	0	25:07	—	—	52	45
Matt Irwin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	3	0	22:47	—	—	57	61
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.15	3	1	2	19:13	—	—	41	36
Dylan McIlrath D	—	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	2	0	0	13:39	—	—	48	52
Nick Jensen D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	2:29	—	—	0	0

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	2.00	61:09

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Troy Terry R	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.32	0	1	0	20:14	—	—	68	79
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.29	0	0	2	18:52	—	—	66	82
Trevor Zegras C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.52	0	1	0	16:59	—	—	61	87
Jakob Silfverberg R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.10	0	0	0	19:56	—	—	36	39
Derek Grant C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	16:11	—	—	41	23
Max Jones L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	3	0	0	15:39	—	—	38	27
Isac Lundeström C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	1	1	0	16:15	—	—	44	19
Frank Vatrano R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	0	2	15:23	—	—	57	49
Sam Carrick C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	13:55	—	—	69	69
Mason McTavish C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	11:29	—	—	50	57
Maxime Comtois L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:16	—	—	50	43
Brett Leason R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	5:52	—	—	25	7
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	1	1	0	24:59	—	—	44	57
Simon Benoit D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	6	2	0	24:26	—	—	41	44
Cam Fowler D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	0	1	0	21:33	—	—	68	72
Nathan Beaulieu D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	5	20:32	—	—	65	52
Scott Harrington D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	13:05	—	—	55	40
Colton White D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:51	—	—	53	36

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	O	39	36	3	.923	2.55	61:09

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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.