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Washington Capitals vs. Calgary FlamesJan 28, 2025

Final· Scotiabank Saddledome
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WSH
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CGY
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Goals123TShots123T
WSH1113WSH512623
CGY0101CGY1391133
WSH 51CGY 69
WSH 3.22CGY 2.52
PP goals
WSH 1CGY 1
Hits
WSH 22CGY 15
Blocks
WSH 22CGY 12
PIM
WSH 10CGY 10
WSH 50%CGY 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Calgary Flames 3–1

Washington Capitals beat Calgary Flames 3–1 at CGY. Blake Coleman (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:12 together.

  1. PP1
    WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:12 together.OvechkinCarlsonWilsonStromeChychrun
  2. Usage
    Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH) played 11:25, −5:57 down on his 17:22 season average over 81 games.Dubois
  3. New line
    New look for CGY: Bishop–Lomberg–Klapka skated 5:45 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BishopLombergKlapka
  4. Luck
    CGY scored 1 goal on 2.52 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
  5. Usage
    Jakob Pelletier (CGY) played 16:01, +4:33 up on his 11:28 season average over 48 games.Pelletier
  6. Usage
    Ethen Frank (WSH) played 7:15, −3:44 down on his 10:59 season average over 23 games.Frank
  7. Usage
    Brandon Duhaime (WSH) played 16:29, +3:11 up on his 13:18 season average over 81 games.Duhaime
  8. Usage
    Nic Dowd (WSH) played 18:10, +3:02 up on his 15:08 season average over 81 games.Dowd

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.

Shot map, WSH at CGY: 120 attempts, 56 on goal, 4 goals, 5.74 expected goals; best chance Andrew Mangiapane at 0.45 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← WSH attacks left (bottom on phones)CGY attacks right (top on phones) →
  • CGY
  • WSH
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · CGY 69 · WSH 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, WSH at CGY: expected goals 2.52 to 3.22 (WSH led the chances), shot attempts 69 to 51, 4 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdCGYWSHDCSPnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • CGY
  • WSH
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
CGYWSHcontrol2nd3rdDubois · 1st 1:51Coleman · 2nd 12:17Strome · 2nd 15:12Protas · 3rd 17:35
  • 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 26% of the game, CGY 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, WSH at CGY: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Dustin Wolf (56:47) for CGY and Logan Thompson (60:00) for WSH, 4 goals.

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
StatWSHCGY
4264
2.322.05
2.222.01
611
48
2220
+0.004−0.004
26%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

Current WSH line combinations →

Calgary Flames

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 1:51
    WSHPierre-Luc Duboiswrist0.11 xG
    WSH: van Riemsdyk, Chychrun, Dubois, McMichael, ProtasCGY: Weegar, Bean, Pospisil, Sharangovich, Kuzmenko
    WSH 1 – 0 CGY

2nd period

  1. 12:17
    CGYBlake ColemanPP (Tyson Barrie, Andrei Kuzmenko)tip-in0.14 xG
    WSH: Dowd, Roy, Duhaime, FehérváryCGY: Backlund, Barrie, Coleman, Andersson, Kuzmenko
    WSH 1 – 1 CGY
  2. 15:12
    WSHDylan StromePP (John Carlson, Jakob Chychrun)backhand0.18 xG
    WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome, ChychrunCGY: Backlund, Weegar, Andersson
    WSH 2 – 1 CGY

3rd period

  1. 17:35
    WSHAliaksei Protas (Lars Eller, Trevor van Riemsdyk)wrist0.18 xG
    WSH: Eller, van Riemsdyk, Roy, McMichael, ProtasCGY: Backlund, Barrie, Coleman, Pospisil, Kuzmenko
    WSH 3 – 1 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nic Dowd CL1000010.1502018:10——3344
Brandon Duhaime LL1000000.0051016:29——2737
Andrew Mangiapane LL1000010.6621213:18——4063
Aliaksei Protas LL2101+230.6101017:51——4464
Connor McMichael LL2000+200.0010214:37——5274
Pierre-Luc Dubois CL2101+110.2700211:25——4775
Tom Wilson RL3000030.2443417:25——3320
Alex Ovechkin LL3000040.3000016:47——4245
Dylan Strome CL3101020.4100014:56——3320
Lars Eller CL4011+110.1801013:46——4459
Taylor Raddysh RL4000000.0001010:35——3845
Ethen Frank RL4000020.100007:15——4461
Matt Roy DD1000+120.1521021:20——3854
Martin Fehérváry DD1000010.0136020:41——3163
John Carlson DD2011000.0012024:50——5538
Rasmus Sandin DD2000010.0311017:18——3932
Jakob Chychrun DD3011+110.1010018:42——4648
Trevor van Riemsdyk DD3011+200.0022016:27——3672
WSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Logan Thompson(start)W33321.9702.5260:00

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jonathan Huberdeau LL1000010.1301021:40——5259
Nazem Kadri CL1000050.4410020:04——6673
Jakob Pelletier LL1000010.1201016:01——5955
Mikael Backlund CL2000-100.0800020:24——6828
Blake Coleman LL2101-150.6900216:47——7136
Matt Coronato RL2000040.2400016:36——7358
Yegor Sharangovich CL3000-100.0000017:34——4332
Andrei Kuzmenko LL3011-210.0800016:23——5955
Martin Pospisil CL3000-200.0620013:56——5424
Ryan Lomberg LL4000020.241007:55——5873
Clark Bishop CL4000020.151007:17——6470
Adam Klapka RL4000000.001027:00——5563
MacKenzie Weegar DD1000-120.0451024:52——6961
Jake Bean DD1000-120.0400016:57——6850
Rasmus Andersson DD2000050.1404223:44——5742
Joel Hanley DD2000010.0224018:09——5445
Tyson Barrie DD3011-120.0510217:20——5423
Brayden Pachal DD3000000.0011214:07——5857
CGY goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Dustin Wolf(start)L23203.8702.8456:47

Goal anatomy

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

Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH) 1st 1:51 · unassisted · Dump and chase · dumped in · 2-on-0 at the blue line · 15.7 mph shot · 2.7 s from entry to goal.

Aliaksei Protas · 3rd 17:35 · WSH

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
59.7 mph
Distance
17 ft
Entry to goal
1.7 s

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