Washington Capitals vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 23, 2017

FinalSaturday, Dec 23, 2017· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	0	0	0		WSH	9	7	10	26
VGK	3	0	0	3		VGK	17	5	6	28

: WSH 63VGK 49
: WSH 3.30VGK 3.94
PP goals: WSH 0VGK 0
Hits: WSH 34VGK 19
Blocks: WSH 10VGK 25
PIM: WSH 2VGK 8
: WSH 49%VGK 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Washington Capitals 3–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Washington Capitals 3–0 at home. William Karlsson (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. WSH scored 0 goals on 3.30 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
WSH scored 0 goals on 3.30 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
William Karlsson (VGK) played 15:35, −3:10 down on his 18:45 season average over 81 games.Karlsson
Luck
Brendan Leipsic (VGK) generated 1.11 xG on 6 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Leipsic
Usage
David Perron (VGK) played 14:50, −3:01 down on his 17:51 season average over 69 games.Perron
Luck
Erik Haula (VGK) generated 0.98 xG on 5 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Haula
PP1
VGK's PP1 (Neal, Perron, Haula, Marchessault and Theodore) went scoreless in 3:06 of 5v4 time with 6 attempts.Neal Perron Haula Marchessault Theodore
PP1
WSH's PP1 (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) went scoreless in 3:59 of 5v4 time with 5 attempts.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
Cats
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) threw 7 hits, a night for hits leagues.Ovechkin

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)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · VGK 49 · WSH 63

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK 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 37% of the game, VGK 30%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

VGK

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	VGK
	62	50
	3.57	3.75
	3.56	3.71
	8	11
	5	2
	19	28
	−0.043	+0.044
	37%	30%

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

L1Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky
9:2955% CF
L2Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana
8:4758% CF
L3Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
6:2533% CF
L4Beagle – Smith-Pelly – Stephenson
4:1654% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
20:2454% CF
D2Orpik – Bowey
12:4261% CF
D3Carlson – Djoos
12:1060% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
3:59100% CF
PP2Niskanen – Eller – Orlov – Connolly – Burakovsky
2:08
PK1FBeagle – Stephenson
1:50
PK2FEller – Wilson
0:47
PK1DOrpik – Carlson
2:02
PK2DNiskanen – Orlov
0:12

Current WSH line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:1554% CF
L2Eakin – Leipsic – Tuch
11:2148% CF
L3Neal – Perron – Haula
9:2537% CF
L4Lindberg – Bellemare – Nosek
8:2225% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
14:5346% CF
D2Merrill – Miller
14:3252% CF
D3Engelland – Theodore
13:2138% CF

PP1Neal – Perron – Haula – Marchessault – Theodore
3:06100% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Miller – Schmidt – Tuch
0:45
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
2:48
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:37
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:50
PK2DMiller – Schmidt
1:43

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:37
VGKAlex Tuch (Brendan Leipsic, Cody Eakin)wrist0.18 xG
WSH: Beagle, Carlson, Smith-Pelly, Stephenson, DjoosVGK: Eakin, Merrill, Miller, Leipsic, Tuch
WSH 0 – 1 VGK
7:39
VGKOscar Lindberg (Tomas Nosek)snap0.11 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Wilson, DjoosVGK: McNabb, Lindberg, Schmidt, Bellemare, Nosek
WSH 0 – 2 VGK
14:55
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Reilly Smith, Jonathan Marchessault)slap0.12 xG
WSH: Orpik, Oshie, Niskanen, Kuznetsov, BurakovskyVGK: Engelland, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore
WSH 0 – 3 VGK

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Lars Eller C	L1	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	15:42	—	—	56	17
Brett Connolly R	L1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:46	—	—	52	12
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:30	—	—	54	17
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:04	—	—	48	56
T.J. Oshie R	L2	-1	3	0.03	5	0	0	18:25	—	—	62	58
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:19	—	—	47	61
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	-1	3	0.30	7	0	2	20:23	—	—	62	51
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	-1	2	0.21	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	67	56
Tom Wilson R	L3	-1	1	0.10	3	1	0	13:31	—	—	53	44
Jay Beagle C	L4	-1	3	0.89	4	1	0	12:53	—	—	48	71
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:27	—	—	57	71
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L4	-1	2	0.44	3	0	0	11:15	—	—	54	70
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	4	0.17	1	2	0	24:15	—	—	55	67
Matt Niskanen D	D1	-1	3	0.79	2	1	0	23:41	—	—	51	63
Brooks Orpik D	D2	-1	1	0.07	3	3	0	17:20	—	—	56	69
Madison Bowey D	D2	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:54	—	—	56	47
John Carlson D	D3	-2	2	0.12	0	0	0	22:32	—	—	59	36
Christian Djoos D	D3	-2	0	0.05	1	1	0	12:40	—	—	58	27

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	3.94	59:54

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.36	1	1	0	17:02	—	—	59	64
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	1	2	16:55	—	—	57	62
William Karlsson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	2	0	0	15:35	—	—	54	60
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.18	2	2	0	15:10	—	—	44	65
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	2	1	4	14:56	—	—	50	65
Brendan Leipsic L	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	1.11	0	0	0	12:43	—	—	48	66
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.98	0	0	0	15:13	—	—	44	25
David Perron L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	1	0	0	14:50	—	—	38	24
James Neal L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	14:36	—	—	41	29
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	1	2	0	14:40	—	—	24	43
Oscar Lindberg L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	1	2	0	12:14	—	—	28	43
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:12	—	—	25	43
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:29	—	—	43	42
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	1	3	2	20:25	—	—	43	49
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:51	—	—	47	76
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.35	2	2	0	18:41	—	—	50	61
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	19:48	—	—	39	19
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	3	0	17:54	—	—	45	44

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	3.30	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.