Washington Capitals vs. Anaheim DucksNov 30, 2023

FinalThursday, Nov 30, 2023· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	4	0	1	5		WSH	13	4	9	26
ANA	2	0	2	4		ANA	10	15	7	32

: WSH 44ANA 70
: WSH 3.34ANA 3.77
PP goals: WSH 2ANA 0
Hits: WSH 14ANA 15
Blocks: WSH 19ANA 13
PIM: WSH 14ANA 16
: WSH 45%ANA 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Anaheim Ducks 5–4

Washington Capitals beat Anaheim Ducks 5–4 at ANA. Tom Wilson (WSH) led the scoring with 3G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson and Mantha) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 4:45 together.

Points
Tom Wilson had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 16:56.Wilson
Points
Brett Leason had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:43.Leason
Points
Tristan Luneau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:08.Luneau
Points
Alex Ovechkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:45.Ovechkin
Points
John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:52.Carlson
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson and Mantha) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 4:45 together.Ovechkin Carlson Kuznetsov Wilson Mantha
Usage
Joel Edmundson (WSH) played 8:31, −8:18 down on his 16:49 season average over 52 games.Edmundson
New line
New look for WSH: Milano–Strome–Lapierre skated 4:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Milano Strome Lapierre

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 114 of 114 attempts · ANA 70 · WSH 44

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 36% of the game, ANA 40%.

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
	30	50
	1.94	2.70
	1.81	2.42
	13	11
	1	7
	16	25
	−0.043	+0.043
	36%	40%

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

L1Mantha – McMichael – Protas
7:3656% CF
L2Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
6:1836% CF
L3Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
5:2636% CF
L4Milano – Strome – Lapierre
4:1444% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Sandin
10:5252% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
9:0447% CF
D3Jensen – Edmundson
5:5725% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Mantha
4:45100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Strome – Sandin – McMichael – Lapierre
0:42100% CF
PK1FDowd – Malenstyn
4:18
PK2FKuznetsov – Wilson
1:59
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
3:35
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
3:27

Current WSH line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Killorn – Terry – Carlsson
8:44100% CF
L2Carrick – McGinn – Leason
7:2379% CF
L3Henrique – Silfverberg – Jones
6:3333% CF
L4Strome – Vatrano – McTavish
5:3030% CF
D1Fowler – Luneau
13:3369% CF
D2Gudas – LaCombe
12:1567% CF
D3Lyubushkin – Mintyukov
7:5530% CF

PP1Killorn – Terry – McTavish – Mintyukov – Carlsson
4:1689% CF
PP2Henrique – Silfverberg – Fowler – Strome – Vatrano
3:1990% CF
PK1FCarrick – Leason
3:32
PK2FKillorn – Henrique
0:20
PK1DFowler – Lyubushkin
2:08
PK2DGudas – LaCombe
1:44

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:27
WSHAnthony Manthabackhand0.30 xG
WSH: Mantha, van Riemsdyk, Sandin, McMichael, ProtasANA: Strome, Vatrano, Lyubushkin, McTavish, Mintyukov
WSH 1 – 0 ANA
1:49
ANATristan Luneauwrist0.12 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Jensen, Kuznetsov, Edmundson, WilsonANA: Killorn, Fowler, Terry, Luneau, Carlsson
WSH 1 – 1 ANA
7:51
ANABrett Leason (Leo Carlsson)wrist0.27 xG
WSH: van Riemsdyk, Milano, Strome, Sandin, LapierreANA: Gudas, McGinn, Leason, LaCombe, Carlsson
WSH 1 – 2 ANA
15:54
WSHTom Wilsonbackhand0.19 xG
WSH: Dowd, Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Malenstyn, SandinANA: Killorn, Terry, McTavish, Mintyukov, Carlsson
WSH 2 – 2 ANA
18:39
WSHTom WilsonPP (Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson)backhand0.21 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, ManthaANA: Gudas, Carrick, Leason, LaCombe
WSH 3 – 2 ANA
18:59
WSHNic Dowd (Rasmus Sandin, Nicolas Aube-Kubel)tip-in0.07 xG
WSH: Dowd, van Riemsdyk, Aube-Kubel, Malenstyn, SandinANA: Fowler, Strome, Vatrano, McTavish, Luneau
WSH 4 – 2 ANA

3rd period

11:45
ANABrock McGinn (Brett Leason, Tristan Luneau)other0.20 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Edmundson, Wilson, van RiemsdykANA: Fowler, Carrick, McGinn, Leason, Luneau
WSH 4 – 3 ANA
14:22
WSHTom WilsonPP (Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson)wrist0.24 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, ManthaANA: Fowler, Carrick, Lyubushkin, Leason
WSH 5 – 3 ANA
19:32
ANAFrank Vatrano (Alex Killorn)wrist0.37 xG
WSH: Jensen, Kuznetsov, van Riemsdyk, Aube-Kubel, MalenstynANA: Killorn, Strome, Vatrano, Terry, Luneau, Mintyukov
WSH 5 – 4 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
Anthony Mantha R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.47	1	2	0	17:06	—	—	42	69
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.65	0	0	2	16:54	—	—	42	63
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:39	—	—	47	68
Nic Dowd C	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.16	0	1	0	15:37	—	—	36	50
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	3	0	0	15:03	—	—	33	40
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	4	11:51	—	—	29	26
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.23	0	0	4	18:52	—	—	24	16
Tom Wilson R	L3	3	0	3	-1	7	1.19	1	1	4	16:56	—	—	37	39
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	2	2	-2	5	0.24	1	0	0	14:45	—	—	36	29
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:48	—	—	42	11
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	10:48	—	—	33	0
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:10	—	—	50	14
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:25	—	—	42	59
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	2	0	0	20:28	—	—	45	65
John Carlson D	D2	0	2	2	0	2	0.29	1	2	0	25:52	—	—	43	28
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	5	0	20:43	—	—	36	19
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	3	0	17:32	—	—	27	1
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:31	—	—	19	0

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	32	28	4	.875	3.77	60:00

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Troy Terry R	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.38	0	1	2	21:57	—	—	83	70
Leo Carlsson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	2	0	0	21:26	—	—	84	78
Alex Killorn L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.31	0	0	2	18:45	—	—	94	80
Sam Carrick C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	0	0	13:47	—	—	78	91
Brett Leason R	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.48	1	1	0	12:43	—	—	84	94
Brock McGinn L	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.43	0	0	0	8:49	—	—	81	93
Adam Henrique C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.34	1	0	2	14:34	—	—	44	34
Jakob Silfverberg R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	2	11:46	—	—	38	34
Max Jones L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	1	0	0	10:32	—	—	31	31
Frank Vatrano R	L4	1	0	1	-1	5	0.80	0	1	2	16:00	—	—	36	22
Ryan Strome C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	40	30
Mason McTavish C	L4	0	0	0	-3	0	0.07	0	0	2	13:02	—	—	42	31
Cam Fowler D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.19	1	0	0	25:14	—	—	71	60
Tristan Luneau D	D1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.27	2	0	0	19:08	—	—	70	58
Radko Gudas D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	3	6	2	17:31	—	—	68	78
Jackson LaCombe D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:45	—	—	67	81
Pavel Mintyukov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	0	1	0	19:40	—	—	40	24
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	3	2	12:36	—	—	39	26

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	L	26	21	5	.808	3.34	58:21

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Anthony Mantha (WSH) 1st 1:27 · unassisted · Forecheck turnover · 10.0 mph shot.

Anthony Mantha · 1st 1:27 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.0 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Tristan Luneau · 1st 1:49 · ANA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.1 mph
Distance: 14 ft

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Brett Leason · 1st 7:51 · ANA

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s
Type: rebound

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Frank Vatrano · 3rd 19:32 · ANA

Play: rebound
Passes: 2
Shot: 9.7 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Tom Wilson · 1st 15:54 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.3 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Tom Wilson · 1st 18:39 · WSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.0 mph
Distance: 3 ft

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Nic Dowd · 1st 18:59 · WSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.5 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Brock McGinn · 3rd 11:45 · ANA

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s

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Tom Wilson · 3rd 14:22 · WSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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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.