Washington Capitals vs. Philadelphia FlyersMar 14, 2019

FinalThursday, Mar 14, 2019· Wells Fargo Center

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Washington CapitalsWSH

5

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Philadelphia FlyersPHI

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	2	1	5		WSH	11	14	7	32
PHI	0	2	0	2		PHI	5	9	10	24

: WSH 53PHI 55
: WSH 3.17PHI 1.75
PP goals: WSH 0PHI 0
Hits: WSH 22PHI 25
Blocks: WSH 21PHI 10
PIM: WSH 8PHI 6
: WSH 47%PHI 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–2

Washington Capitals beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–2 at PHI. Brett Connolly (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for PHI: Knight–Varone–Bailey skated 5:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brett Connolly had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 14:02.Connolly
Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:55.Kuznetsov
Points
Carl Hagelin had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:57.Hagelin
Points
Michal Kempny had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:21.Kempny
New line
New look for PHI: Knight–Varone–Bailey skated 5:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Knight Varone Bailey
New line
New look for WSH: Boyd–Stephenson–Burakovsky skated 9:15 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boyd Stephenson Burakovsky
Usage
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 16:25, −4:34 down on his 20:59 season average over 80 games.Ovechkin
Usage
Oskar Lindblom (PHI) played 20:51, +7:12 up on his 13:39 season average over 80 games.Lindblom

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 108 of 108 attempts · PHI 55 · 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 43% of the game, PHI 28%.

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
	54	50
	2.45	1.77
	2.33	1.73
	11	8
	2	5
	20	17
	−0.031	+0.031
	43%	28%

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

L1Hagelin – Eller – Connolly
11:0375% CF
L2Oshie – Backstrom – Vrana
10:1743% CF
L3Boyd – Stephenson – Burakovsky
9:1547% CF
L4Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
9:0643% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
15:2856% CF
D2Orpik – Jensen
11:2831% CF
D3Carlson – Kempny
11:2064% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
3:2475% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Carlson – Wilson – Vrana
0:47100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Eller
4:39
PK2FWilson – Stephenson
1:53
PK1DNiskanen – Carlson
3:25
PK2DJensen – Kempny
0:31

Current WSH line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – Couturier – Lindblom
12:2557% CF
L2van Riemsdyk – Konecny – Patrick
10:1448% CF
L3Laughton – Raffl – Hartman
10:0329% CF
L4Knight – Varone – Bailey
5:3356% CF
D1Sanheim – Provorov
16:2944% CF
D2Gostisbehere – Myers
12:3344% CF
D3Gudas – Hagg
12:2856% CF

PP1Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Gostisbehere – Lindblom
5:4786% CF
PP2Laughton – Sanheim – Konecny – Provorov – Patrick
0:35
PK1FGiroux – Couturier
2:00
PK2FLaughton – Lindblom
0:32
PK1DGudas – Provorov
2:15
PK2DHagg – Myers
0:47

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:53
WSHBrett Connolly (Michal Kempny, John Carlson)wrist0.07 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Eller, Carlson, Connolly, KempnyPHI: Laughton, Gostisbehere, Raffl, Hartman, Provorov
WSH 1 – 0 PHI
9:30
WSHLars Eller (Brett Connolly, Carl Hagelin)wrist0.17 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Hagelin, Eller, Orlov, ConnollyPHI: Laughton, Raffl, Hartman, Sanheim, Provorov
WSH 2 – 0 PHI

2nd period

1:03
PHIJames van Riemsdyk (Shayne Gostisbehere)snap0.13 xG
WSH: Orpik, Oshie, Jensen, Stephenson, KempnyPHI: Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Provorov
WSH 2 – 1 PHI
8:43
WSHBrett Connolly (Carl Hagelin)snap0.05 xG
WSH: Orpik, Hagelin, Eller, Carlson, ConnollyPHI: Giroux, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Lindblom, Myers
WSH 3 – 1 PHI
9:48
WSHTom Wilson (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov)slap0.11 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, WilsonPHI: van Riemsdyk, Gudas, Hagg, Konecny, Patrick
WSH 4 – 1 PHI
12:22
PHIScott Laughton (Ryan Hartman, Robert Hagg)wrist0.10 xG
WSH: Orpik, Jensen, Boyd, Stephenson, VranaPHI: Varone, Gudas, Laughton, Hartman, Hagg
WSH 4 – 2 PHI

3rd period

17:34
WSHEvgeny KuznetsovEN (Alex Ovechkin, Michal Kempny)snap0.84 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, KempnyPHI: Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Sanheim, Lindblom, Provorov
WSH 5 – 2 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
Lars Eller C	L1	1	0	1	+3	2	0.36	2	1	0	19:05	—	—	77	99
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	2	2	+3	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:57	—	—	71	97
Brett Connolly R	L1	2	1	3	+3	4	0.40	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	71	97
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	2	17:01	—	—	40	51
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	3	0	16:27	—	—	44	47
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	0	12:42	—	—	41	48
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:40	—	—	40	34
Travis Boyd C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	0	1	0	10:17	—	—	46	39
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	10:17	—	—	52	45
Alex Ovechkin L	L4	0	1	1	+2	5	0.29	3	0	0	16:25	—	—	44	46
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	1.10	0	0	2	14:55	—	—	47	39
Tom Wilson R	L4	1	0	1	+2	4	0.16	1	0	0	14:00	—	—	46	46
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	+2	5	0.04	3	3	0	22:02	—	—	54	70
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.11	4	2	0	19:20	—	—	54	71
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	3	2	15:55	—	—	39	44
Brooks Orpik D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	15:30	—	—	30	35
John Carlson D	D3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.01	1	5	0	25:04	—	—	62	53
Michal Kempny D	D3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.08	1	1	0	18:21	—	—	60	48

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	1.75	60:00

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.08	1	0	0	24:45	—	—	53	61
Sean Couturier C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	0	0	23:55	—	—	57	62
Oskar Lindblom L	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.41	1	2	0	20:51	—	—	52	60
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	18:24	—	—	50	49
Travis Konecny R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	15:54	—	—	50	43
Nolan Patrick C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.38	0	0	0	14:24	—	—	46	45
Scott Laughton C	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.10	2	0	0	14:28	—	—	37	28
Michael Raffl L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.22	1	1	4	12:27	—	—	25	20
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	4	1	0	11:54	—	—	37	28
Phil Varone C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:29	—	—	62	44
Corban Knight C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:09	—	—	58	1
Justin Bailey R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	6:11	—	—	56	1
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	3	2	0	25:01	—	—	42	23
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:02	—	—	41	12
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.09	0	0	0	20:52	—	—	46	26
Philippe Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	16:22	—	—	50	41
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	3	1	0	15:37	—	—	50	53
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	2	0	2	15:30	—	—	59	67

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	2.32	59:45

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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.