Washington Capitals vs. Carolina HurricanesApr 18, 2019

FinalPlayoffsThursday, Apr 18, 2019· PNC Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	0	1		WSH	9	14	8	31
CAR	1	1	0	2		CAR	8	9	7	24

: WSH 55CAR 52
: WSH 2.76CAR 2.39
PP goals: WSH 1CAR 0
Hits: WSH 33CAR 34
Blocks: WSH 18CAR 16
PIM: WSH 4CAR 4
: WSH 52%CAR 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes edge Washington Capitals 2–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat Washington Capitals 2–1 at home. Teuvo Teravainen (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Oshie–Backstrom skated 12:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Oshie–Backstrom skated 12:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Connolly–Burakovsky skated 9:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Connolly Burakovsky
Usage
Jordan Martinook (CAR) played 4:39, −7:44 down on his 12:23 season average over 9 games.Martinook
New line
New look for WSH: Hagelin–Dowd–Boyd skated 6:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hagelin Dowd Boyd
New line
New look for WSH: Kuznetsov–Wilson–Vrana skated 8:56 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuznetsov Wilson Vrana
Luck
WSH scored 1 goal on 2.76 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Carl Hagelin (WSH) played 11:02, −6:27 down on his 17:29 season average over 6 games.Hagelin
Usage
Matt Niskanen (WSH) played 20:06, −5:24 down on his 25:30 season average over 6 games.Niskanen

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)CAR attacks right (top on phones) →

CAR
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · CAR 52 · WSH 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CAR
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CAR 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 33% of the game, CAR 29%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CAR

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	CAR
	47	59
	2.21	2.29
	2.09	2.26
	6	8
	6	6
	12	23
	+0.017	−0.016
	33%	29%

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 – Oshie – Backstrom
12:1441% CF
L2Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky
9:3738% CF
L3Kuznetsov – Wilson – Vrana
8:5655% CF
L4Hagelin – Dowd – Boyd
6:0056% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
12:5252% CF
D2Carlson – Jensen
9:5847% CF
D3Orpik – Siegenthaler
6:2436% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
3:01100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Carlson – Wilson – Vrana
1:42
PK1FEller – Wilson
1:51
PK2FHagelin – Dowd
1:39
PK1DOrpik – Niskanen
2:25
PK2DOrlov – Jensen
0:46

Current WSH line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Williams – Staal – Foegele
9:3568% CF
L2Niederreiter – Teravainen – Aho
8:2367% CF
L3McKegg – McGinn – Wallmark
3:280% CF
L4Martinook – Maenalanen – Brown
0:00
D1Faulk – Pesce
16:5656% CF
D2Hamilton – Slavin
15:0061% CF
D3de Haan – van Riemsdyk
10:1938% CF

PP1Staal – Hamilton – Slavin – Foegele – Wallmark
1:5667% CF
PP2Williams – Faulk – Niederreiter – Teravainen – Aho
1:450% CF
PK1FStaal – McGinn
2:15
PK2FTeravainen – Aho
1:06
PK1DSlavin – Pesce
1:55
PK2DFaulk – van Riemsdyk
1:46

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:17
CARWarren Foegele (Jaccob Slavin, Justin Williams)wrist0.13 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Niskanen, Backstrom, OrlovCAR: Williams, Staal, Hamilton, Slavin, Foegele
WSH 0 – 1 CAR

2nd period

10:35
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (Dmitry Orlov, Lars Eller)slap0.07 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Orlov, Wilson, VranaCAR: Faulk, McGinn, van Riemsdyk, Foegele
WSH 1 – 1 CAR
19:32
CARTeuvo Teravainen (Nino Niederreiter, Sebastian Aho)wrist0.14 xG
WSH: Orpik, Eller, Orlov, Connolly, BurakovskyCAR: Niederreiter, Hamilton, Teravainen, Slavin, Aho
WSH 1 – 2 CAR

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
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.24	3	1	0	21:33	—	—	41	53
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	4	0	0	20:19	—	—	47	61
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	5	2	0	16:54	—	—	43	55
Lars Eller C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.24	1	1	0	19:05	—	—	30	32
Brett Connolly R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	2	0	0	14:23	—	—	38	35
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	39	35
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	3	0	0	17:10	—	—	52	60
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.13	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	54	64
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.39	2	0	2	13:55	—	—	54	64
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	1	0	11:02	—	—	46	36
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:06	—	—	46	34
Travis Boyd C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	10:04	—	—	46	36
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.03	1	0	0	21:41	—	—	47	61
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	3	0	20:06	—	—	44	65
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.73	1	5	2	25:31	—	—	42	39
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	0	0	17:37	—	—	54	66
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	3	0	16:03	—	—	32	18
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:08	—	—	43	42

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	L	24	22	2	.917	1.97	57:57

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jordan Staal C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.48	6	0	0	19:52	—	—	53	34
Justin Williams R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.24	0	0	0	18:03	—	—	64	41
Warren Foegele L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	2	0	2	17:04	—	—	60	52
Sebastian Aho C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	1	1	0	19:21	—	—	68	70
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	19:04	—	—	59	43
Teuvo Teravainen C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	0	1	2	17:22	—	—	57	63
Brock McGinn L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	1	0	19:09	—	—	47	47
Lucas Wallmark C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.66	0	1	0	17:40	—	—	52	53
Greg McKegg C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	0	10:53	—	—	39	54
Saku Maenalanen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	4	0	0	7:43	—	—	42	71
Jordan Martinook L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:39	—	—	56	67
Patrick Brown C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	4:34	—	—	56	81
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.09	4	2	0	24:01	—	—	58	45
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	23:24	—	—	53	47
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	5	0	23:56	—	—	60	57
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.03	3	3	0	20:11	—	—	63	58
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	1	0	14:32	—	—	40	43
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	4	0	0	12:21	—	—	44	52

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.76	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.