Washington Capitals vs. Philadelphia FlyersJan 8, 2020

FinalWednesday, Jan 8, 2020· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	0	0	2		WSH	8	11	9	28
PHI	2	1	0	3		PHI	13	3	11	27

: WSH 52PHI 50
: WSH 2.60PHI 3.81
PP goals: WSH 0PHI 0
Hits: WSH 25PHI 22
Blocks: WSH 11PHI 12
PIM: WSH 14PHI 10
: WSH 29%PHI 71%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers edge Washington Capitals 3–2

Philadelphia Flyers beat Washington Capitals 3–2 at home. Kevin Hayes (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Michael Raffl (PHI) played 16:14, +3:56 up on his 12:18 season average over 57 games.

Usage
Michael Raffl (PHI) played 16:14, +3:56 up on his 12:18 season average over 57 games.Raffl
Usage
Nick Jensen (WSH) played 13:04, −4:50 down on his 17:54 season average over 67 games.Jensen
Usage
Tyler Pitlick (PHI) played 17:12, +5:14 up on his 11:58 season average over 62 games.Pitlick
Usage
Joel Farabee (PHI) played 9:49, −4:22 down on his 14:11 season average over 51 games.Farabee
Luck
Sean Couturier (PHI) generated 1.37 xG on 9 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Couturier
Usage
James van Riemsdyk (PHI) played 11:20, −3:37 down on his 14:57 season average over 65 games.van Riemsdyk
PP1
WSH's PP1 (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) went scoreless in 5:41 of 5v4 time with 5 attempts.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov

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 102 of 102 attempts · PHI 50 · WSH 52

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 26% of the game, PHI 32%.

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
	46	50
	2.34	3.24
	2.20	3.14
	7	11
	0	1
	6	12
	−0.137	+0.137
	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

L1Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana
9:4738% CF
L2Hagelin – Eller – Panik
9:4547% CF
L3Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
8:4241% CF
L4Dowd – Leipsic – Hathaway
8:4050% CF
D1Carlson – Kempny
10:3139% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
8:2046% CF
D3Gudas – Siegenthaler
7:2045% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
5:4163% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Wilson – Vrana
3:20100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
1:39
PK2FEller – Wilson
1:14
PK1DCarlson – Kempny
1:25
PK2DJensen – Siegenthaler
0:42

Current WSH line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – Couturier – Konecny
11:3163% CF
L2Voracek – Pitlick – Raffl
10:3135% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Aube-Kubel
7:3850% CF
L4Laughton – Vorobyev – Farabee
5:3738% CF
D1Sanheim – Myers
15:5450% CF
D2Niskanen – Provorov
15:1660% CF
D3Hagg – Friedman
10:5131% CF

PP1Giroux – Voracek – Couturier – Konecny – Provorov
2:0080% CF
PP2Niskanen – van Riemsdyk – Pitlick – Hayes – Sanheim
1:260% CF
PK1FHayes – Laughton
3:59
PK2FPitlick – Raffl
2:11
PK1DNiskanen – Provorov
5:51
PK2DHagg – Sanheim
3:10

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:24
PHITravis Konecny (Sean Couturier)snap0.05 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Orlov, Jensen, WilsonPHI: Niskanen, Giroux, Couturier, Konecny, Provorov
WSH 0 – 1 PHI
7:11
WSHNicklas Backstrom (Tom Wilson)snap0.11 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Orlov, Gudas, WilsonPHI: Giroux, Couturier, Sanheim, Konecny, Myers
WSH 1 – 1 PHI
12:34
WSHJakub Vrana (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Michal Kempny)snap0.13 xG
WSH: Oshie, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Vrana, KempnyPHI: van Riemsdyk, Hayes, Sanheim, Aube-Kubel, Myers
WSH 2 – 1 PHI
19:18
PHIRobert Hagg (Michael Raffl, Philippe Myers)slap0.01 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KempnyPHI: Pitlick, Laughton, Raffl, Hagg, Myers
WSH 2 – 2 PHI

2nd period

17:59
PHIKevin HayesSHbackhand0.11 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovPHI: Niskanen, Hayes, Laughton, Provorov
WSH 2 – 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
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.18	0	0	0	19:10	—	—	50	41
Jakub Vrana L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.15	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	47	38
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	1	1	0	17:13	—	—	38	26
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	1	2	18:55	—	—	61	56
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	52	40
Richard Panik R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	10	11:04	—	—	44	20
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.24	4	0	0	20:35	—	—	46	46
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.33	1	0	0	18:15	—	—	44	44
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	1	0	1	-2	4	0.27	1	1	0	17:40	—	—	39	37
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	2	0	12:02	—	—	53	54
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.59	3	1	0	10:44	—	—	47	54
Brendan Leipsic L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	10:11	—	—	53	53
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	2	0	24:47	—	—	39	37
Michal Kempny D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	16:51	—	—	46	34
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	2	22:27	—	—	53	49
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	13:04	—	—	43	43
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	4	0	0	17:25	—	—	53	40
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:41	—	—	39	19

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	3.06	59:14

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	1.37	2	0	4	19:55	—	—	58	61
Travis Konecny R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.14	1	0	0	17:07	—	—	64	68
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	16:53	—	—	62	74
Tyler Pitlick C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:12	—	—	38	34
Michael Raffl L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.30	4	1	0	16:14	—	—	39	44
Jakub Voracek R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	2	0	16:03	—	—	40	44
Kevin Hayes R	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.74	2	0	0	16:22	—	—	63	78
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:20	—	—	59	77
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.59	0	0	0	8:24	—	—	56	78
Scott Laughton C	L4	0	0	0	+2	3	0.23	2	0	0	13:18	—	—	65	37
Joel Farabee L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	9:49	—	—	40	24
Mikhail Vorobyev C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	2	9:07	—	—	50	29
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	22:47	—	—	48	48
Philippe Myers D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.01	2	1	4	17:40	—	—	53	50
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.19	2	0	0	26:23	—	—	62	75
Matt Niskanen D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.02	0	1	0	23:52	—	—	61	75
Robert Hagg D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.01	3	3	0	15:45	—	—	46	46
Mark Friedman D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:49	—	—	29	43

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.60	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.