Washington Capitals vs. Philadelphia FlyersOct 22, 2024

FinalTuesday, Oct 22, 2024· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	0	2	4		WSH	10	8	11	29
PHI	0	0	1	1		PHI	10	3	5	18

: WSH 56PHI 46
: WSH 2.15PHI 1.77
PP goals: WSH 0PHI 0
Hits: WSH 20PHI 23
Blocks: WSH 16PHI 12
PIM: WSH 13PHI 17
: WSH 53%PHI 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–1

Washington Capitals beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 at PHI. Connor McMichael (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for PHI: Couturier–Tippett–Michkov skated 6:29 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Connor McMichael had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:33.McMichael
New line
New look for PHI: Couturier–Tippett–Michkov skated 6:29 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Couturier Tippett Michkov
New line
New look for PHI: Deslauriers–Hathaway–Cates skated 4:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Deslauriers Hathaway Cates
Luck
WSH scored 4 goals on 2.15 expected goals (56 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Bobby Brink (PHI) played 8:57, −5:57 down on his 14:54 season average over 78 games.Brink
Usage
Matvei Michkov (PHI) played 19:56, +3:17 up on his 16:39 season average over 79 games.Michkov
Usage
Travis Sanheim (PHI) played 21:07, −3:25 down on his 24:32 season average over 81 games.Sanheim
Usage
Noah Cates (PHI) played 11:31, −4:25 down on his 15:56 season average over 77 games.Cates

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 46 · WSH 56

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 30% of the game, PHI 22%.

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
	48	42
	1.46	1.23
	1.41	1.15
	6	5
	8	5
	25	18
	+0.019	−0.019
	30%	22%

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

L1Dowd – Raddysh – Duhaime
8:5144% CF
L2Ovechkin – Strome – Protas
7:3762% CF
L3Vrana – Mangiapane – Lapierre
6:5857% CF
L4Wilson – Dubois – McMichael
6:2773% CF
D1Carlson – Chychrun
7:1254% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Sandin
6:5136% CF
D3McIlrath – Fehérváry
6:0575% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Dubois
6:3867% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Mangiapane – Chychrun – McMichael – Lapierre
2:2867% CF
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
1:46
PK2FWilson – Protas
1:40
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
3:05
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
1:50

Current WSH line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Couturier – Tippett – Michkov
6:2955% CF
L2Deslauriers – Hathaway – Cates
4:2356% CF
L3Poehling – Farabee – Brink
3:2843% CF
L4Laughton – Konecny – Frost
3:0844% CF
D1Sanheim – York
12:2750% CF
D2Ristolainen – Zamula
8:4337% CF
D3Seeler – Drysdale
6:5443% CF

PP1Konecny – Tippett – Frost – Drysdale – Michkov
3:3250% CF
PP2Couturier – Laughton – Farabee – Zamula – Brink
1:4433% CF
PK1FHathaway – Poehling
2:55
PK2FCouturier – Cates
2:48
PK1DSanheim – York
5:05
PK2DSeeler – Ristolainen
3:00

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:49
WSHNic DowdSH (Martin Fehérváry)backhand0.19 xG
WSH: Carlson, Dowd, Duhaime, FehérváryPHI: Couturier, Laughton, Farabee, Zamula, Brink
WSH 1 – 0 PHI
15:07
WSHAndrew MangiapaneSH (Connor McMichael)wrist0.12 xG
WSH: Carlson, Mangiapane, Fehérváry, McMichaelPHI: Couturier, Laughton, Farabee, Zamula, Brink
WSH 2 – 0 PHI

3rd period

0:34
PHITravis Sanheim (Cam York, Matvei Michkov)wrist0.03 xG
WSH: Carlson, Wilson, Dubois, SandinPHI: Sanheim, Poehling, York, Michkov
WSH 2 – 1 PHI
1:38
WSHJohn Carlson (Connor McMichael, Dylan Strome)wrist0.06 xG
WSH: Carlson, Strome, Fehérváry, McMichaelPHI: Laughton, Tippett, Zamula, Drysdale
WSH 3 – 1 PHI
14:07
WSHJakob Chychrun (Brandon Duhaime, Jakub Vrana)wrist0.06 xG
WSH: Carlson, Dowd, Vrana, Chychrun, DuhaimePHI: Seeler, Laughton, Frost, Drysdale, Michkov
WSH 4 – 1 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
Nic Dowd C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.21	4	1	0	15:48	—	—	44	35
Brandon Duhaime L	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.06	4	2	0	13:56	—	—	41	34
Taylor Raddysh R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	0	1	0	12:20	—	—	46	42
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	2	0	2	19:57	—	—	50	51
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	0	1	0	16:47	—	—	53	65
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	63	82
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.40	0	1	0	13:03	—	—	54	69
Hendrix Lapierre C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	0	12:21	—	—	67	78
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:57	—	—	47	56
Tom Wilson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	1	0	19:24	—	—	63	40
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	1	0	2	18:56	—	—	53	37
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	2	2	+2	0	0.08	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	67	56
John Carlson D	D1	1	0	1	+3	5	0.11	1	2	0	25:52	—	—	50	32
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.16	1	0	4	19:28	—	—	62	57
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	20:40	—	—	52	65
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:09	—	—	46	62
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	3	1	0	18:32	—	—	47	37
Dylan McIlrath D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	5	10:08	—	—	67	89

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	18	17	1	.944	1.77	60:00

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matvei Michkov R	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	19:56	—	—	46	45
Owen Tippett R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	0	0	18:19	—	—	42	45
Sean Couturier C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:43	—	—	46	32
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	4	0	0	12:19	—	—	60	56
Noah Cates L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:31	—	—	60	38
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	5	6:01	—	—	64	43
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	2	16:07	—	—	40	52
Joel Farabee L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:36	—	—	43	59
Bobby Brink R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.29	0	0	2	8:57	—	—	64	75
Travis Konecny R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.48	0	0	6	18:35	—	—	35	42
Scott Laughton C	L4	0	0	0	-4	3	0.36	5	1	0	17:33	—	—	48	43
Morgan Frost C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	2	0	13:54	—	—	40	34
Cam York D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	2	0	21:29	—	—	50	49
Travis Sanheim D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	1	1	0	21:07	—	—	55	62
Egor Zamula D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	2	1	0	19:52	—	—	36	25
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:36	—	—	41	29
Jamie Drysdale D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.19	0	1	0	17:55	—	—	47	43
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	2	1	2	15:30	—	—	50	52

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Ersson(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	2.15	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Nic Dowd (WSH SH) 1st 3:49 · assists Martin Fehérváry · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 21.0 mph shot · 2.7 s from entry to goal.

Nic Dowd · 1st 3:49 · WSH SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.0 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Andrew Mangiapane · 1st 15:07 · WSH SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.1 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Travis Sanheim · 3rd 0:34 · PHI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 57.0 mph
Distance: 31 ft

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John Carlson · 3rd 1:38 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 4
Shot: 27.4 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 5.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Jakob Chychrun · 3rd 14:07 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 72.8 mph
Distance: 41 ft

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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.