Washington Capitals vs. Philadelphia FlyersMar 11, 2021

FinalThursday, Mar 11, 2021· 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	2	1	5		WSH	10	5	7	22
PHI	1	0	2	3		PHI	11	8	14	33

: WSH 37PHI 50
: WSH 2.29PHI 1.20
PP goals: WSH 0PHI 1
Hits: WSH 25PHI 24
Blocks: WSH 8PHI 8
PIM: WSH 11PHI 13
: WSH 45%PHI 55%

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. Nic Dowd (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PHI's first power-play unit (van Riemsdyk, Hayes, Couturier, Gostisbehere and Konecny) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:39 together.

Points
Nic Dowd had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:37.Dowd
Points
Travis Konecny had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:04.Konecny
Points
Kevin Hayes had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:43.Hayes
PP1
PHI's first power-play unit (van Riemsdyk, Hayes, Couturier, Gostisbehere and Konecny) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:39 together.van Riemsdyk Hayes Couturier Gostisbehere Konecny
Usage
Jonas Siegenthaler (WSH) played 0:28, −16:14 down on his 16:42 season average over 14 games.Siegenthaler
Luck
WSH scored 5 goals on 2.29 expected goals (37 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for PHI: Andreoff–Aube-Kubel–Patrick skated 5:26 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Andreoff Aube-Kubel Patrick
Luck
PHI scored 3 goals on 1.20 expected goals (50 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 87 of 87 attempts · PHI 50 · WSH 37

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 29% of the game, PHI 23%.

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
	24	40
	1.14	0.82
	1.13	0.81
	5	1
	5	6
	14	11
	−0.044	+0.044
	29%	23%

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 – Oshie – Backstrom
13:199% CF
L2Kuznetsov – Vrana – Sprong
10:4640% CF
L3Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
8:5283% CF
D1Schultz – Orlov
14:4930% CF
D2Carlson – Dillon
14:4238% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
13:1742% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Vrana
1:52100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Schultz – Kuznetsov – Sheary – Sprong
1:43100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
0:43
PK2FBackstrom – Hathaway
0:25
PK1DChara – Jensen
1:28
PK2DCarlson – Dillon
0:28

Current WSH line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Farabee
13:0576% CF
L2Hayes – Laughton – Konecny
11:4840% CF
L3Giroux – Voracek – Lindblom
10:2455% CF
L4Andreoff – Aube-Kubel – Patrick
5:2650% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Provorov
13:3444% CF
D2Braun – Sanheim
11:4693% CF
D3Gustafsson – Hagg
8:3163% CF

PP1van Riemsdyk – Hayes – Couturier – Gostisbehere – Konecny
1:39100% CF
PP2Giroux – Voracek – Gustafsson – Provorov – Patrick
0:49
PK1FLaughton – Lindblom
1:32
PK2FPatrick – Farabee
0:40
PK1DBraun – Provorov
1:25
PK2DHagg – Sanheim
1:18

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:37
WSHAlex Ovechkinslap0.01 xG
WSH: Chara, Ovechkin, Backstrom, Jensen, SprongPHI: Braun, van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Provorov, Farabee
WSH 1 – 0 PHI
11:14
PHITravis KonecnyPP (Kevin Hayes, Shayne Gostisbehere)snap0.02 xG
WSH: Chara, Hagelin, Jensen, DowdPHI: van Riemsdyk, Hayes, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Konecny
WSH 1 – 1 PHI
13:10
WSHConor Sheary (Daniel Sprong)snap0.08 xG
WSH: Chara, Oshie, Jensen, Sheary, SprongPHI: Andreoff, Gustafsson, Sanheim, Aube-Kubel, Patrick
WSH 2 – 1 PHI

2nd period

6:58
WSHJohn Carlson (Jakub Vrana, Evgeny Kuznetsov)snap0.25 xG
WSH: Carlson, Dillon, Kuznetsov, Vrana, SprongPHI: Giroux, Voracek, Gostisbehere, Lindblom, Provorov
WSH 3 – 1 PHI
17:33
WSHNic Dowd (Zdeno Chara, Garnet Hathaway)wrist0.21 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Carlson, Dowd, Dillon, HathawayPHI: Andreoff, Gostisbehere, Sanheim, Aube-Kubel, Patrick
WSH 4 – 1 PHI

3rd period

1:43
PHIIvan Provorov (Sean Couturier, Erik Gustafsson)wrist0.02 xG
WSH: Oshie, Schultz, Orlov, VranaPHI: Braun, van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Provorov
WSH 4 – 2 PHI
10:45
PHIScott Laughton (Kevin Hayes, Travis Konecny)wrist0.08 xG
WSH: Chara, Backstrom, Panik, Jensen, ShearyPHI: Hayes, Laughton, Gustafsson, Hagg, Konecny
WSH 4 – 3 PHI
19:32
WSHNic DowdEN (Ilya Samsonov)wrist0.39 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Dowd, Dillon, HathawayPHI: Giroux, Voracek, Hayes, Gostisbehere, Sanheim, Patrick
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
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	2	0	22:32	—	—	20	30
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	2	0	0	21:20	—	—	28	43
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	+2	7	0.72	2	0	0	21:14	—	—	38	49
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	1	2	17:41	—	—	40	77
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	35	69
Daniel Sprong R	L2	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:42	—	—	47	84
Nic Dowd C	L3	2	0	2	+2	3	0.83	2	0	0	17:37	—	—	46	70
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	4	0	5	12:26	—	—	83	93
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:50	—	—	83	93
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	20:37	—	—	23	40
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	18:17	—	—	46	48
John Carlson D	D2	1	0	1	+3	5	0.30	0	0	0	21:48	—	—	44	71
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.00	6	1	2	21:26	—	—	32	67
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	2	17:23	—	—	36	52
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:55	—	—	39	55
Conor Sheary L	—	1	0	1	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	13:48	—	—	25	34
Richard Panik R	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	10:25	—	—	17	11
Jonas Siegenthaler D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:28	—	—	—	—

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	W	33	30	3	.909	1.20	59:59

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.13	1	0	0	20:00	—	—	82	72
James van Riemsdyk L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	0	0	19:24	—	—	81	72
Joel Farabee L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	1	0	0	16:20	—	—	77	69
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	2	2	0	0	0.09	1	0	0	17:43	—	—	47	61
Scott Laughton C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	5	0	0	16:22	—	—	42	26
Travis Konecny R	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.08	0	0	4	16:04	—	—	53	54
Claude Giroux R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	1	0	2	15:31	—	—	64	44
Oskar Lindblom L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	0	0	15:09	—	—	50	16
Jakub Voracek R	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.16	0	1	0	14:36	—	—	58	25
Nolan Patrick C	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	0	0	0	9:31	—	—	40	8
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	3	0	0	6:58	—	—	50	9
Andy Andreoff C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	5	6:40	—	—	60	9
Ivan Provorov D	D1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.06	3	2	0	24:22	—	—	46	31
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	0	1	1	-3	4	0.12	0	2	0	22:13	—	—	52	45
Travis Sanheim D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.03	2	0	2	21:22	—	—	74	43
Justin Braun D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	0	0	17:01	—	—	89	76
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	0	2	0	17:18	—	—	60	18
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	16:07	—	—	64	57

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brian Elliott(start)	L	21	17	4	.810	1.90	58:43

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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.