Washington Capitals vs. Calgary FlamesDec 3, 2022

FinalSaturday, Dec 3, 2022· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Calgary FlamesCGY

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	0	1	2		WSH	15	5	9	29
CGY	1	1	3	5		CGY	14	14	8	36

: WSH 49CGY 73
: WSH 2.39CGY 4.32
PP goals: WSH 1CGY 0
Hits: WSH 24CGY 22
Blocks: WSH 20CGY 10
PIM: WSH 6CGY 8
: WSH 56%CGY 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Calgary Flames beat Washington Capitals 5–2

Calgary Flames beat Washington Capitals 5–2 at home. Adam Ruzicka (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Martin Fehérváry (WSH) played 9:39, −10:30 down on his 20:09 season average over 66 games.

Points
Adam Ruzicka had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 12:32.Ruzicka
Points
Mikael Backlund had 3 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:49.Backlund
Points
Andrew Mangiapane had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:12.Mangiapane
Usage
Martin Fehérváry (WSH) played 9:39, −10:30 down on his 20:09 season average over 66 games.Fehérváry
New line
New look for WSH: Kuznetsov–Mantha–Milano skated 8:17 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuznetsov Mantha Milano
Usage
Elias Lindholm (CGY) played 15:39, −3:02 down on his 18:41 season average over 79 games.Lindholm
Usage
Nic Dowd (WSH) played 9:37, −3:48 down on his 13:25 season average over 64 games.Dowd
Usage
T.J. Oshie (WSH) played 19:45, +3:05 up on his 16:40 season average over 57 games.Oshie

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)CGY attacks right (top on phones) →

CGY
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · CGY 73 · WSH 49

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CGY
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CGY 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 17% of the game, CGY 46%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CGY

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	CGY
	44	78
	1.67	3.53
	1.66	3.38
	4	7
	10	10
	16	11
	+0.018	−0.018
	17%	46%

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

L1Oshie – Eller – Johansson
9:1738% CF
L2Kuznetsov – Mantha – Milano
8:1743% CF
L3Ovechkin – Sheary – Strome
7:1047% CF
L4Dowd – Hathaway – Protas
6:3360% CF
D1Carlson – Gustafsson
13:2746% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Alexeyev
8:4544% CF
D3Jensen – Fehérváry
7:5225% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Johansson – Strome
3:3967% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Milano
0:2850% CF
PK1FDowd – Hathaway
1:18
PK2FEller – Sheary
0:52
PK1DGustafsson – Alexeyev
1:10
PK2DCarlson – van Riemsdyk
0:45

Current WSH line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Kadri – Mangiapane – Dube
12:1656% CF
L2Toffoli – Huberdeau – Lindholm
10:4858% CF
L3Backlund – Coleman – Ruzicka
10:1875% CF
L4Lewis – Lucic – Rooney
7:2863% CF
D1Hanifin – Andersson
17:2663% CF
D2Tanev – Weegar
15:4467% CF
D3Stone – Zadorov
13:3254% CF

PP1Kadri – Toffoli – Huberdeau – Lindholm – Andersson
1:31100% CF
PP2Stone – Mangiapane – Hanifin – Dube – Ruzicka
1:01
PK1FLewis – Coleman
2:34
PK2FBacklund – Lindholm
1:15
PK1DZadorov – Andersson
1:58
PK2DTanev – Weegar
1:36

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:03
CGYBlake Coleman (Adam Ruzicka, Mikael Backlund)wrist0.08 xG
WSH: Oshie, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Gustafsson, MilanoCGY: Backlund, Coleman, Hanifin, Andersson, Ruzicka
WSH 0 – 1 CGY
19:26
WSHConor ShearyPP (Sonny Milano, Evgeny Kuznetsov)wrist0.09 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Gustafsson, Sheary, MilanoCGY: Backlund, Toffoli, Zadorov, Andersson
WSH 1 – 1 CGY

2nd period

1:35
CGYAndrew Mangiapane (Mikael Backlund, Adam Ruzicka)wrist0.04 xG
WSH: Sheary, van Riemsdyk, Milano, Strome, AlexeyevCGY: Backlund, Stone, Zadorov, Mangiapane, Ruzicka
WSH 1 – 2 CGY

3rd period

13:39
CGYAdam Ruzicka (Mikael Backlund, Rasmus Andersson)wrist0.19 xG
WSH: Oshie, Carlson, Gustafsson, Sheary, StromeCGY: Backlund, Coleman, Hanifin, Andersson, Ruzicka
WSH 1 – 3 CGY
14:34
CGYAndrew Mangiapane (Dillon Dube, Nazem Kadri)snap0.06 xG
WSH: Eller, Johansson, Jensen, van Riemsdyk, MilanoCGY: Kadri, Tanev, Weegar, Mangiapane, Dube
WSH 1 – 4 CGY
18:54
WSHJohn Carlson (Lars Eller, Dylan Strome)snap0.16 xG
WSH: Eller, Carlson, Gustafsson, StromeCGY: Backlund, Toffoli, Hanifin, Andersson
WSH 2 – 4 CGY
19:56
CGYElias LindholmEN (Tyler Toffoli, Chris Tanev)tip-in0.96 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Johansson, Kuznetsov, StromeCGY: Tanev, Toffoli, Weegar, Lindholm
WSH 2 – 5 CGY

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
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.62	4	2	0	19:45	—	—	31	13
Lars Eller C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	17:43	—	—	38	30
Marcus Johansson L	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.29	2	1	0	17:02	—	—	46	38
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.02	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	24	39
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.41	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	40	49
Sonny Milano L	L2	0	1	1	-3	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:20	—	—	23	39
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	3	0	20:25	—	—	31	25
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	1	1	-2	3	0.20	0	0	2	17:45	—	—	40	20
Conor Sheary L	L3	1	0	1	-2	3	0.12	0	0	0	13:33	—	—	35	13
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	5	1	0	9:55	—	—	50	63
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	1	0	0	9:48	—	—	44	30
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	9:37	—	—	47	45
John Carlson D	D1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.34	0	4	0	24:01	—	—	44	27
Erik Gustafsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	2	0	21:58	—	—	42	26
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	0	0	21:38	—	—	37	42
Alexander Alexeyev D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	3	2	17:00	—	—	36	39
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	3	2	2	20:39	—	—	29	26
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:39	—	—	24	35

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	—	26	24	2	.923	2.11	36:09
Charlie Lindgren	L	9	7	2	.778	1.25	22:50

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Andrew Mangiapane L	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.24	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	60	61
Nazem Kadri C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.57	1	0	2	16:23	—	—	57	63
Dillon Dube C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	3	0	2	15:45	—	—	57	57
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.22	0	0	4	16:12	—	—	59	69
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.20	2	0	0	16:09	—	—	63	71
Elias Lindholm C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	1.34	0	0	0	15:39	—	—	59	64
Mikael Backlund C	L3	0	3	3	+2	5	0.56	0	0	0	17:49	—	—	71	82
Blake Coleman L	L3	1	0	1	+2	4	0.24	1	2	0	16:06	—	—	69	81
Adam Ruzicka C	L3	1	2	3	+3	1	0.19	1	0	0	12:32	—	—	74	86
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	4	0	0	11:55	—	—	59	51
Milan Lucic L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	2	0	0	10:25	—	—	65	54
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	8:26	—	—	65	51
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	1	0	24:19	—	—	65	66
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	2	1	0	21:39	—	—	63	63
MacKenzie Weegar D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	2	2	0	20:34	—	—	71	75
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.04	0	1	0	20:05	—	—	68	73
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	3	1	0	16:41	—	—	56	64
Michael Stone D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	15:10	—	—	54	64

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dan Vladar(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	2.39	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.