Washington Capitals vs. Philadelphia FlyersApr 17, 2021

FinalSaturday, Apr 17, 2021· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	3	2	6		WSH	11	19	11	41
PHI	1	1	1	3		PHI	6	10	9	25

: WSH 68PHI 48
: WSH 3.51PHI 2.23
PP goals: WSH 2PHI 1
Hits: WSH 17PHI 24
Blocks: WSH 12PHI 15
PIM: WSH 8PHI 10
: WSH 39%PHI 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Philadelphia Flyers 6–3

Washington Capitals beat Philadelphia Flyers 6–3 at PHI. John Carlson (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 4A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 5:00 together.

Points
John Carlson had 4 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 22:01.Carlson
Points
Alex Ovechkin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:08.Ovechkin
Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:30.Kuznetsov
Points
Claude Giroux had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:19.Giroux
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 5:00 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
New line
New look for PHI: Giroux–Allison–Farabee skated 7:40 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Giroux Allison Farabee
Goalie
Alex Lyon (PHI) faced 40 shots and stopped 35 (.875), +12 against a season average of 28.2; the loss.Lyon
New line
New look for PHI: Voracek–Couturier–Konecny skated 7:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Voracek Couturier Konecny

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 116 of 116 attempts · PHI 48 · WSH 68

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 47% of the game, PHI 26%.

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
	67	29
	3.01	0.90
	2.90	0.86
	10	1
	4	5
	14	10
	−0.096	+0.096
	47%	26%

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.