Washington Capitals vs. Philadelphia FlyersMar 18, 2018

FinalSunday, Mar 18, 2018· Wells Fargo Center

away

home

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	2	3		WSH	8	7	13	28
PHI	0	3	3	6		PHI	9	14	12	35

: WSH 53PHI 66
: WSH 2.33PHI 4.69
PP goals: WSH 0PHI 0
Hits: WSH 17PHI 22
Blocks: WSH 15PHI 11
PIM: WSH 13PHI 13
: WSH 57%PHI 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers beat Washington Capitals 6–3

Philadelphia Flyers beat Washington Capitals 6–3 at home. Wayne Simmonds (PHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for PHI: Filppula–Simmonds–Weal skated 6:21 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Wayne Simmonds had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:22.Simmonds
Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:48.Ovechkin
Points
Jakub Voracek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:13.Voracek
Points
John Carlson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:27.Carlson
Points
Radko Gudas had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:56.Gudas
Points
Sean Couturier had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:29.Couturier
New line
New look for PHI: Filppula–Simmonds–Weal skated 6:21 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Filppula Simmonds Weal
Usage
Shayne Gostisbehere (PHI) played 16:39, −4:52 down on his 21:31 season average over 77 games.Gostisbehere

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)PHI attacks right (top on phones) →

PHI
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · PHI 66 · WSH 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PHI
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PHI 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 13% of the game, PHI 35%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PHI

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	PHI
	52	61
	2.17	2.47
	2.12	2.35
	10	10
	6	2
	12	24
	+0.039	−0.039
	13%	35%

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 – Backstrom – Burakovsky
8:3653% CF
L2Ovechkin – Boyd – Wilson
7:2536% CF
L3Beagle – Smith-Pelly – Stephenson
7:0560% CF
L4Eller – Chiasson – Vrana
7:0227% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
16:4862% CF
D2Carlson – Djoos
13:5446% CF
D3Kempny – Jerabek
7:0747% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Burakovsky
2:020% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Chiasson – Orlov – Vrana
0:48
PK1FBeagle – Stephenson
1:31
PK2FEller – Smith-Pelly
1:03
PK1DNiskanen – Orlov
1:54
PK2DCarlson – Kempny
0:57

Current WSH line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick
9:1068% CF
L2Filppula – Simmonds – Weal
6:2169% CF
L3Giroux – Couturier – Konecny
6:1036% CF
L4Read – Laughton – Raffl
2:0225% CF
D1MacDonald – Sanheim
14:5345% CF
D2Gudas – Hagg
10:5858% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Provorov
9:4255% CF

PP1Giroux – Voracek – Simmonds – Couturier – Gostisbehere
1:59100% CF
PP2Weal – Lindblom – Konecny – Provorov – Patrick
0:47
PK1FFilppula – Read
1:25
PK2FCouturier – Laughton
0:43
PK1DGudas – Provorov
0:51
PK2DMacDonald – Hagg
0:43

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:15
PHIShayne Gostisbehere (Claude Giroux)slap0.02 xG
WSH: Oshie, Eller, Orlov, KempnyPHI: Giroux, Gostisbehere, Konecny, Provorov
WSH 0 – 1 PHI
15:08
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Travis Boyd, John Carlson)tip-in0.06 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Boyd, Wilson, DjoosPHI: Filppula, Simmonds, Weal, Gostisbehere, Provorov
WSH 1 – 1 PHI
18:19
PHIOskar Lindblom (Jakub Voracek)snap0.17 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Boyd, Wilson, Kempny, JerabekPHI: MacDonald, Voracek, Lindblom, Provorov, Patrick
WSH 1 – 2 PHI
19:41
PHIIvan Provorov (Radko Gudas, Sean Couturier)wrist0.08 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, DjoosPHI: Giroux, Simmonds, Gudas, Couturier, Provorov
WSH 1 – 3 PHI

3rd period

1:37
PHIWayne Simmonds (Robert Hagg, Radko Gudas)deflected0.01 xG
WSH: Eller, Beagle, Chiasson, Kempny, JerabekPHI: Filppula, Simmonds, Gudas, Weal, Hagg
WSH 1 – 4 PHI
10:31
WSHChandler Stephenson (Jakub Vrana)wrist0.12 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Beagle, Stephenson, Vrana, KempnyPHI: Filppula, Simmonds, Gudas, Laughton, Hagg
WSH 2 – 4 PHI
14:27
PHIWayne Simmondswrist0.03 xG
WSH: Eller, Orlov, Smith-Pelly, Burakovsky, JerabekPHI: Simmonds, Weal, Gostisbehere, Provorov, Patrick
WSH 2 – 5 PHI
16:07
WSHJohn Carlson (Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom)backhand0.01 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Wilson, DjoosPHI: MacDonald, Voracek, Simmonds, Gudas, Patrick
WSH 3 – 5 PHI
19:22
PHIJakub VoracekEN (Sean Couturier)wrist0.95 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Eller, Carlson, WilsonPHI: MacDonald, Voracek, Read, Couturier, Hagg
WSH 3 – 6 PHI

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
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.14	1	2	2	20:40	—	—	62	64
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.27	2	1	5	16:46	—	—	58	63
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	2	15:43	—	—	52	49
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	1	2	-1	2	0.08	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	48	20
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	4	15:35	—	—	52	34
Travis Boyd C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:35	—	—	33	19
Jay Beagle C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	2	1	0	14:34	—	—	52	68
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	14:30	—	—	48	59
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	2	1	0	10:58	—	—	55	51
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	-4	3	0.34	0	4	0	14:14	—	—	33	48
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	1	0	0	14:01	—	—	31	47
Alex Chiasson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	0	0	10:51	—	—	21	42
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.27	1	1	0	24:54	—	—	55	44
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	1	0	0	23:54	—	—	61	58
John Carlson D	D2	1	1	2	0	3	0.10	0	0	0	25:27	—	—	38	36
Christian Djoos D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	16:44	—	—	44	41
Michal Kempny D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	1	1	0	12:31	—	—	39	63
Jakub Jerabek D	D3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.16	1	1	0	12:15	—	—	33	38

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	34	29	5	.853	3.19	58:00

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jakub Voracek R	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	1.06	0	0	0	18:13	—	—	48	58
Nolan Patrick C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.39	2	0	0	14:29	—	—	60	66
Oskar Lindblom L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	1	0	0	12:52	—	—	64	66
Wayne Simmonds R	L2	2	0	2	0	6	0.26	0	1	0	18:22	—	—	65	64
Valtteri Filppula C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:07	—	—	71	61
Jordan Weal C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.20	0	0	0	13:30	—	—	74	76
Sean Couturier C	L3	0	2	2	+2	4	0.70	2	0	4	22:29	—	—	41	40
Claude Giroux R	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.65	0	0	0	21:02	—	—	38	36
Travis Konecny R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	0	3	5	11:19	—	—	43	30
Matt Read R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	2	1	0	12:16	—	—	40	40
Scott Laughton C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	2	0	0	9:04	—	—	53	51
Michael Raffl L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	6:40	—	—	50	34
Andrew MacDonald D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	3	2	0	24:45	—	—	46	43
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	1	0	20:02	—	—	50	42
Radko Gudas D	D2	0	2	2	0	2	0.05	2	2	0	19:56	—	—	62	57
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	3	0	0	16:05	—	—	55	45
Ivan Provorov D	D3	1	0	1	+3	4	0.42	2	1	4	20:10	—	—	56	62
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.25	1	0	0	16:39	—	—	56	64

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek(start)	W	28	25	3	.893	2.33	60:00

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.