Washington Capitals vs. Philadelphia FlyersFeb 6, 2025

FinalThursday, Feb 6, 2025· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	1	2	4		WSH	7	4	7	18
PHI	1	2	0	3		PHI	7	6	9	22

: WSH 38PHI 54
: WSH 1.71PHI 3.26
PP goals: WSH 0PHI 1
Hits: WSH 9PHI 25
Blocks: WSH 13PHI 10
PIM: WSH 4PHI 4
: WSH 43%PHI 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Philadelphia Flyers 4–3

Washington Capitals beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 at PHI. Matvei Michkov (PHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for PHI: Couturier–Abols–Michkov skated 10:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Matvei Michkov had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:32.Michkov
Points
Jakob Chychrun had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:41.Chychrun
Points
Taylor Raddysh had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 10:32.Raddysh
New line
New look for PHI: Couturier–Abols–Michkov skated 10:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Couturier Abols Michkov
Luck
WSH scored 4 goals on 1.70 expected goals (38 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for PHI: Deslauriers–Hathaway–Gaucher skated 6:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Deslauriers Hathaway Gaucher
New line
New look for PHI: Laughton–Richard–Konecny skated 8:58 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Laughton Richard Konecny
Usage
Rodrigo Abols (PHI) played 13:22, +4:23 up on his 8:59 season average over 21 games.Abols

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 92 of 92 attempts · PHI 54 · WSH 38

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 16% of the game, PHI 39%.

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
	41	50
	1.83	2.87
	1.81	2.84
	7	16
	2	7
	22	22
	−0.027	+0.028
	16%	39%

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 – Wilson – Strome
11:0069% CF
L2Dowd – Mangiapane – Duhaime
10:3928% CF
L3Dubois – McMichael – Protas
9:4820% CF
L4Eller – Raddysh – Frank
7:3360% CF
D1Roy – Fehérváry
12:2830% CF
D2Carlson – Chychrun
7:3136% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Sandin
7:1050% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – McMichael
1:4550% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Chychrun – Dubois – Protas – Frank
1:24100% CF
PK1FWilson – Protas
1:45
PK2FEller – Dowd
0:26
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:04
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
0:39

Current WSH line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Cates – Brink – Foerster
11:5254% CF
L2Couturier – Abols – Michkov
10:4550% CF
L3Laughton – Richard – Konecny
8:5846% CF
L4Deslauriers – Hathaway – Gaucher
6:1655% CF
D1Sanheim – York
15:5456% CF
D2Seeler – Drysdale
12:0543% CF
D3Johnson – Andrae
11:4267% CF

PP1Laughton – Konecny – Brink – Drysdale – Michkov
2:12100% CF
PP2Sanheim – Richard – Cates – Andrae – Foerster
0:51
PK1FCouturier – Foerster
1:33
PK2FHathaway – Cates
1:07
PK1DSanheim – York
2:48
PK2DJohnson – Seeler
0:28

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	1	0	0	18:51	—	—	71	54
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	3	0	0	18:21	—	—	60	41
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.32	0	0	0	17:08	—	—	61	46
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:50	—	—	26	11
Brandon Duhaime L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	0	0	14:46	—	—	25	11
Andrew Mangiapane L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:28	—	—	36	11
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.11	0	1	0	18:21	—	—	27	26
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	1	0	15:21	—	—	32	21
Connor McMichael L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	38	26
Lars Eller C	L4	1	0	1	+3	1	0.23	0	1	0	11:52	—	—	67	68
Ethen Frank R	L4	0	0	0	+2	1	0.15	0	1	0	11:00	—	—	56	59
Taylor Raddysh R	L4	0	2	2	+2	2	0.09	1	0	0	10:32	—	—	56	61
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:01	—	—	41	43
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	16:49	—	—	40	62
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	2	0	22:45	—	—	31	25
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.17	0	1	0	21:41	—	—	53	45
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	1	2	18:20	—	—	41	29
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	1	2	15:29	—	—	60	49

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	22	19	3	.864	3.26	60:00

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyson Foerster R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.59	1	0	0	20:13	—	—	53	74
Bobby Brink R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	1	0	0	18:14	—	—	61	73
Noah Cates L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:31	—	—	50	65
Matvei Michkov R	L2	2	0	2	0	6	0.60	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	58	70
Sean Couturier C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.36	1	0	0	18:56	—	—	58	63
Rodrigo Abols C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	2	1	0	13:22	—	—	52	55
Travis Konecny R	L3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.12	0	0	0	18:13	—	—	42	38
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	50	56
Anthony Richard C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:45	—	—	53	60
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	3	2	0	9:48	—	—	64	46
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	8:26	—	—	63	49
Jacob Gaucher C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	7:52	—	—	62	46
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	0	3	0	25:15	—	—	52	61
Cam York D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	2	0	0	21:49	—	—	57	68
Jamie Drysdale D	D2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.16	0	1	0	20:38	—	—	50	38
Nick Seeler D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	7	1	0	15:27	—	—	46	38
Emil Andrae D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	2	0	2	20:32	—	—	68	84
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	12:38	—	—	69	75

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ivan Fedotov(start)	L	18	14	4	.778	1.71	58:02

Goal anatomy

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

Matvei Michkov (PHI) 1st 17:31 · assists Travis Sanheim · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 58.3 mph shot · 2.4 s from entry to goal.

Matvei Michkov · 1st 17:31 · PHI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 58.3 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Alex Ovechkin · 1st 19:07 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.7 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s
Type: one-timer

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Connor McMichael · 2nd 4:17 · WSH

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s
Type: deflection

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Tyson Foerster · 2nd 7:23 · PHI PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 43.3 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: deflection

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Matvei Michkov · 2nd 11:19 · PHI

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 23.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s

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Lars Eller · 3rd 6:23 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 55.5 mph
Distance: 39 ft

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Jakob Chychrun · 3rd 12:05 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 64.6 mph
Distance: 19 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.

Washington Capitals vs. Philadelphia FlyersFeb 6, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals edge Philadelphia Flyers 4–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Philadelphia Flyers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Philadelphia Flyers

Goal anatomy

Matvei Michkov · 1st 17:31 · PHI

Alex Ovechkin · 1st 19:07 · WSH

Connor McMichael · 2nd 4:17 · WSH

Tyson Foerster · 2nd 7:23 · PHI PP

Matvei Michkov · 2nd 11:19 · PHI

Lars Eller · 3rd 6:23 · WSH

Jakob Chychrun · 3rd 12:05 · WSH