Washington Capitals vs. Vegas Golden KnightsNov 17, 2024

FinalSunday, Nov 17, 2024· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	2	1	5		WSH	12	6	7	25
VGK	1	1	0	2		VGK	6	11	25	42

: WSH 61VGK 84
: WSH 2.57VGK 4.32
PP goals: WSH 1VGK 0
Hits: WSH 18VGK 26
Blocks: WSH 18VGK 16
PIM: WSH 2VGK 2
: WSH 48%VGK 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

Washington Capitals beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 at VGK. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Ben Hutton (VGK) played 2:40, −11:37 down on his 14:17 season average over 10 games.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 14:53.Ovechkin
Points
Aliaksei Protas had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:34.Protas
Points
Dylan Strome had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:42.Strome
Usage
Ben Hutton (VGK) played 2:40, −11:37 down on his 14:17 season average over 10 games.Hutton
Goalie
Logan Thompson (WSH) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +15 against a season average of 27.3; the win.Thompson
Usage
Tomas Hertl (VGK) played 23:13, +6:11 up on his 17:02 season average over 72 games.Hertl
Luck
VGK scored 2 goals on 4.32 expected goals (84 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
WSH scored 5 goals on 2.57 expected goals (61 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)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 145 of 145 attempts · VGK 84 · WSH 61

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 20% of the game, VGK 40%.

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
	70	82
	1.75	3.54
	1.72	3.29
	8	16
	10	11
	40	20
	−0.044	+0.044
	20%	40%

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

L1Wilson – Dubois – McMichael
13:5447% CF
L2Dowd – Raddysh – Duhaime
10:0029% CF
L3Ovechkin – Strome – Protas
9:5840% CF
L4Eller – Vrana – Mangiapane
8:4370% CF
D1Carlson – Chychrun
16:3949% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
14:4441% CF
D3Roy – Sandin
12:4952% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – McMichael
0:46100% CF
PK1FDowd – Wilson
0:45
PK2FEller – Protas
0:33
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
1:06
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
0:45

Current WSH line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Hertl – Kolesar – Roy
15:3861% CF
L2Barbashev – Eichel – Dorofeyev
14:5553% CF
L3Karlsson – Pearson – Howden
6:5453% CF
D1McNabb – Korczak
17:3547% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Theodore
16:5253% CF
D3Hanifin – Whitecloud
14:4557% CF

PP1Hertl – Theodore – Eichel – Roy – Dorofeyev
1:55100% CF
PK1FKarlsson – Eichel
0:46
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
0:46

Current VGK 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	1	0.12	3	1	0	20:34	—	—	43	35
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	0	0	0	18:12	—	—	48	40
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	0	1	0	17:43	—	—	48	38
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:41	—	—	39	25
Brandon Duhaime L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	1	0	0	14:37	—	—	33	13
Taylor Raddysh R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	2	0	0	12:47	—	—	41	31
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	2	2	+3	1	0.04	0	1	0	15:34	—	—	37	33
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	3	0	3	+3	5	1.33	1	1	2	14:53	—	—	45	28
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	2	2	+3	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:42	—	—	45	34
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	0	11:32	—	—	58	26
Andrew Mangiapane L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	11:27	—	—	63	35
Jakub Vrana L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	0	0	0	9:59	—	—	77	49
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	0	5	0.09	0	3	0	23:40	—	—	50	29
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.07	2	3	0	22:24	—	—	43	21
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	3	3	0	20:36	—	—	46	45
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.04	0	1	0	19:02	—	—	46	32
Matt Roy D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	1	3	0	17:36	—	—	41	38
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:01	—	—	55	52

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	42	40	2	.952	4.32	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.58	2	1	2	23:13	—	—	59	71
Nicolas Roy C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.41	0	0	0	21:51	—	—	56	70
Keegan Kolesar R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.27	3	2	0	17:57	—	—	60	72
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	1	1	-1	5	0.49	1	1	0	24:29	—	—	55	65
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.74	0	0	0	20:59	—	—	52	60
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	1	0	0	17:48	—	—	54	62
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	0	0	13:01	—	—	55	68
Brett Howden C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.15	4	0	0	12:50	—	—	44	43
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	5	1	0	12:07	—	—	48	44
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	3	0	19:30	—	—	50	64
Kaedan Korczak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	18:31	—	—	48	61
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.26	3	3	0	23:29	—	—	58	72
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	0	6	0.23	0	0	0	22:37	—	—	57	75
Noah Hanifin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.12	0	3	0	18:52	—	—	55	67
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	0	0	15:03	—	—	57	67
Alexander Holtz R	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:42	—	—	43	88
Cole Schwindt R	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.72	0	0	0	8:10	—	—	63	94
Ben Hutton D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2:40	—	—	50	—

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	L	24	20	4	.833	1.49	57:25

Goal anatomy

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

Brett Howden (VGK) 1st 19:52 · assists Alex Pietrangelo, Tanner Pearson · Deflection · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 10.1 mph shot · 3.2 s from entry to goal.

Brett Howden · 1st 19:52 · VGK

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 10.1 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s
Type: deflection

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Alex Ovechkin · 1st 5:59 · WSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 36.0 mph
Distance: 42 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jakob Chychrun · 1st 12:26 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 87.3 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Jakub Vrana · 2nd 2:49 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.3 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 5.9 s

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Keegan Kolesar · 2nd 7:24 · VGK

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 38.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 17:38 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 61.6 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 19:23 · WSH EN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.7 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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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. Vegas Golden KnightsNov 17, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Vegas Golden Knights

Goal anatomy

Brett Howden · 1st 19:52 · VGK

Alex Ovechkin · 1st 5:59 · WSH PP

Jakob Chychrun · 1st 12:26 · WSH

Jakub Vrana · 2nd 2:49 · WSH

Keegan Kolesar · 2nd 7:24 · VGK

Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 17:38 · WSH

Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 19:23 · WSH EN