Washington Capitals vs. Carolina HurricanesApr 5, 2024

FinalFriday, Apr 5, 2024· PNC Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	0	0	2		WSH	6	4	6	16
CAR	0	1	3	4		CAR	18	14	13	45

: WSH 34CAR 89
: WSH 1.63CAR 5.23
PP goals: WSH 0CAR 2
Hits: WSH 21CAR 16
Blocks: WSH 19CAR 7
PIM: WSH 8CAR 6
: WSH 40%CAR 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes beat Washington Capitals 4–2

Carolina Hurricanes beat Washington Capitals 4–2 at home. Jake Guentzel (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. CAR's first power-play unit (Burns, Teravainen, Guentzel, Aho and Jarvis) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:39 together.

Points
Jake Guentzel had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:47.Guentzel
Points
Alex Ovechkin had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:37.Ovechkin
Points
Dylan Strome had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:08.Strome
Points
Jaccob Slavin had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:27.Slavin
PP1
CAR's first power-play unit (Burns, Teravainen, Guentzel, Aho and Jarvis) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:39 together.Burns Teravainen Guentzel Aho Jarvis
Goalie
Darcy Kuemper (WSH) faced 44 shots and stopped 41 (.932), +16 against a season average of 28.5; the loss.Kuemper
New line
New look for CAR: Staal–Fast–Martinook skated 10:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Fast Martinook
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Malenstyn–Miroshnichenko skated 10:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (29.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Malenstyn Miroshnichenko

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 123 of 123 attempts · CAR 89 · WSH 34

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 11% of the game, CAR 59%.

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	86
	1.62	2.86
	1.56	2.68
	8	13
	5	1
	6	11
	−0.092	+0.092
	11%	59%

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
10:4640% CF
L2Dowd – Malenstyn – Miroshnichenko
10:0429% CF
L3Pacioretty – Milano – Lapierre
7:5420% CF
L4Sgarbossa – McMichael – Protas
7:0014% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
14:4335% CF
D2Jensen – Sandin
13:0629% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Alexeyev
9:0838% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Lapierre
3:1175% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Pacioretty – Milano – Sandin – McMichael
2:17
PK1FDowd – Malenstyn
3:37
PK2FWilson – McMichael
0:44
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
3:13
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
0:57

Current WSH line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Guentzel – Aho – Jarvis
12:2283% CF
L2Staal – Fast – Martinook
10:2063% CF
L3Kuznetsov – Teravainen – Necas
9:1280% CF
L4Noesen – Kotkaniemi – Drury
7:4275% CF
D1Burns – Slavin
15:4768% CF
D2Skjei – Pesce
15:3779% CF
D3Orlov – Chatfield
13:1176% CF

PP1Burns – Teravainen – Guentzel – Aho – Jarvis
2:39100% CF
PP2Kuznetsov – Noesen – Skjei – Necas – Drury
1:55100% CF
PK1FTeravainen – Aho
2:30
PK2FStaal – Jarvis
1:55
PK1DSkjei – Pesce
1:55
PK2DBurns – Slavin
1:32

Current CAR 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
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.10	0	1	0	20:08	—	—	33	60
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	2	0	2	+1	4	0.86	0	1	0	19:37	—	—	41	66
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.37	2	1	0	19:22	—	—	38	66
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:30	—	—	31	5
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	2	0	15:55	—	—	29	5
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	11:30	—	—	28	5
Max Pacioretty L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	2	2	16:17	—	—	19	6
Hendrix Lapierre C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:33	—	—	18	3
Sonny Milano L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	11:52	—	—	27	9
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	0	0	16:57	—	—	25	53
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	2	0	13:36	—	—	8	2
Michael Sgarbossa C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:06	—	—	14	5
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	1	5	0	25:09	—	—	27	20
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	21:12	—	—	26	49
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	2	2	22:39	—	—	26	26
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	1	0	20:50	—	—	21	23
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	13:30	—	—	37	49
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:57	—	—	36	55

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	44	41	3	.932	3.74	59:26

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sebastian Aho C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	1.40	3	1	0	21:45	—	—	81	99
Seth Jarvis R	L1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.06	1	1	0	19:50	—	—	83	99
Jake Guentzel C	L1	2	1	3	+2	4	1.29	0	0	0	17:47	—	—	84	99
Jordan Staal C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:12	—	—	67	22
Jordan Martinook L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	1	0	0	13:48	—	—	59	20
Jesper Fast R	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.04	0	0	0	13:28	—	—	65	21
Teuvo Teravainen C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.27	1	0	0	16:33	—	—	79	95
Martin Necas C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.36	1	0	0	15:35	—	—	72	69
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	0	1	2	13:47	—	—	69	64
Jack Drury C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.38	0	0	0	11:35	—	—	67	56
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	2	1	2	10:05	—	—	75	93
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	9:57	—	—	77	93
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	0	6	0.17	1	0	0	22:16	—	—	68	43
Jaccob Slavin D	D1	0	2	2	0	6	0.23	2	1	2	20:27	—	—	67	48
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.13	1	1	0	20:43	—	—	79	53
Brett Pesce D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	19:02	—	—	82	61
Dmitry Orlov D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	0	1	0	17:44	—	—	69	94
Jalen Chatfield D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	0	0	0	15:38	—	—	77	96

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pyotr Kochetkov(start)	W	16	14	2	.875	1.63	59:48

Goal anatomy

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

Alex Ovechkin (WSH) 1st 19:15 · assists John Carlson, Dylan Strome · Deflection · 22.9 mph shot.

Alex Ovechkin · 1st 19:15 · WSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 22.9 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Alex Ovechkin · 1st 3:31 · WSH

Play: faceoff
Passes: 3
Shot: 10.9 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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Jake Guentzel · 2nd 14:30 · CAR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.4 mph
Distance: 53 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Martin Necas · 3rd 11:40 · CAR PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 66.9 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Type: one-timer

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Sebastian Aho · 3rd 18:09 · CAR PP

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.4 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 6.9 s
Type: rebound

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Jake Guentzel · 3rd 19:55 · CAR EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.7 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 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. Carolina HurricanesApr 5, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Carolina Hurricanes beat Washington Capitals 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Carolina Hurricanes

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Carolina Hurricanes

Goal anatomy

Alex Ovechkin · 1st 19:15 · WSH

Alex Ovechkin · 1st 3:31 · WSH

Jake Guentzel · 2nd 14:30 · CAR

Martin Necas · 3rd 11:40 · CAR PP

Sebastian Aho · 3rd 18:09 · CAR PP

Jake Guentzel · 3rd 19:55 · CAR EN