Washington Capitals vs. Philadelphia FlyersMar 6, 2019

FinalWednesday, Mar 6, 2019· Wells Fargo Center

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Washington CapitalsWSH

5

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Philadelphia FlyersPHI

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	3	0	5		WSH	15	10	10	35
PHI	0	1	2	3		PHI	7	9	14	30

: WSH 64PHI 54
: WSH 3.10PHI 2.15
PP goals: WSH 1PHI 0
Hits: WSH 17PHI 25
Blocks: WSH 10PHI 15
PIM: WSH 4PHI 8
: WSH 30%PHI 70%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–3

Washington Capitals beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–3 at PHI. Claude Giroux (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:47 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:11.Ovechkin
Points
Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:35.Giroux
Points
Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:10.Backstrom
Points
Dmitry Orlov had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:43.Orlov
Points
Sean Couturier had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:52.Couturier
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:47 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
New line
New look for PHI: Knight–Raffl–Konecny skated 4:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Knight Raffl Konecny
Usage
Andrew MacDonald (PHI) played 9:37, −6:56 down on his 16:33 season average over 46 games.MacDonald

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 118 of 118 attempts · PHI 54 · WSH 64

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 28% of the game, PHI 31%.

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
	61	52
	2.07	2.06
	2.05	2.03
	8	8
	11	7
	14	13
	−0.087	+0.087
	28%	31%

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
11:5148% CF
L2Oshie – Backstrom – Vrana
10:0550% CF
L3Hagelin – Eller – Connolly
9:3568% CF
L4Dowd – Boyd – Burakovsky
7:1438% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
15:1474% CF
D2Orpik – Jensen
13:4241% CF
D3Carlson – Kempny
13:1647% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
3:4789% CF
PP2Niskanen – Orlov – Dowd – Wilson – Vrana
0:290% CF
PK1FHagelin – Eller
1:18
PK2FDowd – Wilson
0:42
PK1DNiskanen – Carlson
1:18
PK2DOrpik – Jensen
0:42

Current WSH line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – Couturier – Lindblom
11:3159% CF
L2Knight – Raffl – Konecny
4:0033% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Hartman
3:4822% CF
D1Sanheim – Provorov
14:2544% CF
D2Gostisbehere – Myers
9:1545% CF
D3Gudas – Hagg
7:5458% CF

PP1Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Gostisbehere – Lindblom
1:26100% CF
PP2Varone – Laughton – Gostisbehere – Sanheim – Konecny
0:29
PK1FCouturier – Laughton
1:13
PK2FGiroux – Lindblom
0:27
PK1DGudas – Provorov
3:30
PK2DMacDonald – Sanheim
0:35

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:55
WSHTom Wilson (Alex Ovechkin, Dmitry Orlov)wrist0.11 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, WilsonPHI: Varone, Laughton, Sanheim, Lindblom, Provorov
WSH 1 – 0 PHI
14:16
WSHBrett Connolly (Carl Hagelin, Matt Niskanen)snap0.20 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Hagelin, Eller, Orlov, ConnollyPHI: van Riemsdyk, Laughton, Hartman, Sanheim, Provorov
WSH 2 – 0 PHI

2nd period

2:32
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson)snap0.11 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovPHI: Giroux, Gudas, Laughton, Provorov
WSH 3 – 0 PHI
4:18
WSHAndre Burakovsky (Travis Boyd, Dmitry Orlov)snap0.05 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Boyd, BurakovskyPHI: van Riemsdyk, Laughton, Gostisbehere, Hartman, Myers
WSH 4 – 0 PHI
5:37
WSHNicklas Backstrom (Jakub Vrana, Nick Jensen)wrist0.17 xG
WSH: Orpik, Oshie, Backstrom, Jensen, VranaPHI: Gudas, Couturier, Raffl, Sanheim, Konecny
WSH 5 – 0 PHI
19:48
PHIPhilippe Myers (Claude Giroux, Sean Couturier)snap0.08 xG
WSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Jensen, Vrana, KempnyPHI: Giroux, MacDonald, Couturier, Lindblom, Myers
WSH 5 – 1 PHI

3rd period

0:10
PHIClaude Giroux (Oskar Lindblom, Sean Couturier)backhand0.09 xG
WSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Vrana, KempnyPHI: Giroux, Couturier, Sanheim, Lindblom, Provorov
WSH 5 – 2 PHI
7:48
PHIScott Laughton (Andrew MacDonald, Michael Raffl)tip-in0.04 xG
WSH: Orpik, Ovechkin, Jensen, Kuznetsov, WilsonPHI: MacDonald, Laughton, Gostisbehere, Raffl, Konecny
WSH 5 – 3 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
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.13	3	1	2	19:34	—	—	50	37
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	1	2	0	1	0.24	0	1	0	19:11	—	—	44	36
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.25	1	0	0	18:09	—	—	52	40
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	1	1	2	-1	2	0.85	1	0	0	19:10	—	—	48	33
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	2	0	2	18:13	—	—	61	46
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	14:05	—	—	48	30
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	67	70
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	3	0	0	13:40	—	—	72	78
Brett Connolly R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.20	0	0	0	11:19	—	—	65	71
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	11:11	—	—	36	36
Travis Boyd C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	10:11	—	—	47	45
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.15	0	0	0	10:06	—	—	50	45
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.03	2	1	0	21:01	—	—	67	66
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	2	2	+3	3	0.04	0	2	0	20:43	—	—	75	76
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	1	1	-1	5	0.15	1	1	0	17:23	—	—	44	40
Brooks Orpik D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	1	0	16:33	—	—	46	48
John Carlson D	D3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	20:54	—	—	51	47
Michal Kempny D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	1	3	0	19:12	—	—	44	30

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	30	27	3	.900	2.15	59:08

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.13	1	1	2	24:52	—	—	57	62
Claude Giroux R	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.22	0	0	0	24:35	—	—	51	62
Oskar Lindblom L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.64	0	1	0	19:53	—	—	54	57
Michael Raffl L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.03	3	1	0	15:49	—	—	41	46
Travis Konecny R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	14:58	—	—	43	31
Corban Knight C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:35	—	—	50	56
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.19	0	0	0	18:58	—	—	31	42
Scott Laughton C	L3	1	0	1	-2	3	0.12	3	0	2	16:45	—	—	30	28
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	2	1	0	11:19	—	—	28	28
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	3	6	0	23:17	—	—	43	40
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:51	—	—	44	41
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	20:07	—	—	43	64
Philippe Myers D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	0.10	5	1	0	14:21	—	—	46	62
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	3	1	0	17:39	—	—	52	48
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	2	13:57	—	—	50	59
Andrew MacDonald D	—	0	1	1	+2	2	0.13	0	0	2	9:37	—	—	54	75
Phil Varone C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	2	0	0	8:47	—	—	47	54
Justin Bailey R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	6:12	—	—	71	87

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot	—	16	15	1	.938	1.09	33:27
Brian Elliott(start)	L	19	15	4	.789	1.45	24:18

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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.