Washington Capitals vs. Carolina HurricanesDec 17, 2023

Final / SOSunday, Dec 17, 2023· PNC Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	0	1	0	0	1	2		WSH	7	8	5	1	21
CAR	0	1	0	0	0	1		CAR	7	8	13	1	29

: WSH 38CAR 67
: WSH 2.30CAR 3.04
PP goals: WSH 0CAR 0
Hits: WSH 19CAR 10
Blocks: WSH 14CAR 8
PIM: WSH 10CAR 4
: WSH 55%CAR 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 (SO)

Washington Capitals beat Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 in a shootout at CAR. Sebastian Aho (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. CAR scored 1 goal on 3.04 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
CAR scored 1 goal on 3.04 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Sebastian Aho (CAR) played 24:39, +5:05 up on his 19:34 season average over 77 games.Aho
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Martin Fehérváry (WSH) played 23:34, +4:00 up on his 19:34 season average over 65 games.Fehérváry
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Martin Necas (CAR) played 22:08, +4:50 up on his 17:18 season average over 76 games.Necas
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Matthew Phillips (WSH) played 5:32, −4:48 down on his 10:20 season average over 30 games.Phillips
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Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH) played 13:47, −4:57 down on his 18:44 season average over 69 games.van Riemsdyk
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Jesper Fast (CAR) played 16:46, +4:13 up on his 12:33 season average over 72 games.Fast
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Teuvo Teravainen (CAR) played 20:09, +3:48 up on his 16:21 season average over 75 games.Teravainen

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 105 of 105 attempts · CAR 67 · WSH 38

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 22% of the game, CAR 37%.

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
	32	62
	1.87	2.69
	1.74	2.61
	4	8
	0	5
	12	13
	+0.028	−0.028
	22%	37%

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
11:0365% CF
L2Mantha – McMichael – Protas
10:0743% CF
L3Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
4:140% CF
L4Kuznetsov – Phillips – Snively
2:5425% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
14:1240% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Sandin
6:4125% CF
D3Jensen – Edmundson
5:4917% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Strome
2:2050% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Mantha – Phillips – McMichael
0:48100% CF
PK1FDowd – Malenstyn
3:02
PK2FKuznetsov – Wilson
1:08
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
4:00
PK2DJensen – Edmundson
3:44

Current WSH line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Staal – Fast – Martinook
12:3358% CF
L2Noesen – Aho – Jarvis
9:5852% CF
L3Teravainen – Necas – Kotkaniemi
7:0750% CF
D1Skjei – Pesce
14:0960% CF
D2Orlov – Chatfield
13:0779% CF
D3Burns – Slavin
11:5741% CF

PP1Teravainen – DeAngelo – Bunting – Aho – Jarvis
6:1267% CF
PP2Burns – Noesen – Skjei – Teravainen – Drury
1:27100% CF
PK1FTeravainen – Martinook
0:51
PK2FAho – Jarvis
0:37
PK1DBurns – Slavin
1:47
PK2DSkjei – Pesce
1:11

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:41
CARSebastian Aho (Seth Jarvis)snap0.22 xG
WSH: Kuznetsov, Edmundson, van Riemsdyk, Phillips, SnivelyCAR: Orlov, Noesen, Aho, Chatfield, Jarvis
WSH 0 – 1 CAR
11:33
WSHMartin Fehérváry (Tom Wilson, Dylan Strome)snap0.22 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome, FehérváryCAR: Burns, Slavin, Bunting, Necas, Drury
WSH 1 – 1 CAR

Decided in the shootout: WSH 2 – 1 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	0	0	0	+1	4	0.24	4	0	0	20:45	—	—	52	58
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.27	4	2	2	20:26	—	—	57	75
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.53	0	0	2	20:17	—	—	52	64
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	2	19:34	—	—	38	46
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.20	0	0	0	15:03	—	—	42	48
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	0	0	0	13:49	—	—	42	46
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	4	15:34	—	—	14	2
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:24	—	—	12	1
Beck Malenstyn L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	13:52	—	—	6	15
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	1	0	0	18:31	—	—	25	22
Joe Snively C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:43	—	—	23	8
Matthew Phillips R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	1	0	5:32	—	—	23	13
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	1	0	29:29	—	—	41	49
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.22	0	2	0	23:34	—	—	43	52
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	1	0	20:47	—	—	27	40
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:47	—	—	38	53
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	19:09	—	—	23	14
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	2	2	0	14:44	—	—	29	6

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	3.04	65:00

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jordan Martinook L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	0	0	0	17:09	—	—	61	48
Jesper Fast R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	16:46	—	—	65	50
Jordan Staal C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	4	0	0	15:05	—	—	62	42
Sebastian Aho C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.40	0	1	0	24:39	—	—	58	59
Seth Jarvis R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:49	—	—	57	59
Stefan Noesen R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.23	0	1	0	14:16	—	—	64	65
Martin Necas C	L3	0	0	0	-1	6	0.33	1	2	0	22:08	—	—	62	58
Teuvo Teravainen C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	20:09	—	—	67	73
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.23	2	0	2	11:18	—	—	68	76
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	20:28	—	—	62	50
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	19:27	—	—	60	50
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.02	0	1	0	16:28	—	—	81	97
Jalen Chatfield D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.28	2	0	0	13:41	—	—	79	97
Jaccob Slavin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	21:39	—	—	57	37
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	2	0	18:47	—	—	44	19
Michael Bunting L	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	88	70
Jack Drury C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.16	0	0	0	12:14	—	—	88	70
Tony DeAngelo D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	11:03	—	—	75	62

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pyotr Kochetkov(start)	O	21	20	1	.952	2.30	64:55

Goal anatomy

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

Sebastian Aho (CAR) 2nd 7:41 · assists Seth Jarvis · Dump and chase · dumped in · 61.4 mph shot · 6.4 s from entry to goal.

Sebastian Aho · 2nd 7:41 · CAR

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 61.4 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 6.4 s
Type: one-timer

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Martin Fehérváry · 2nd 11:33 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 60.6 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 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.