Washington Capitals vs. Winnipeg JetsDec 17, 2021

FinalFriday, Dec 17, 2021· Canada Life Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	2	3	5		WSH	14	9	16	39
WPG	0	1	1	2		WPG	8	20	14	42

: WSH 60WPG 71
: WSH 5.57WPG 4.79
PP goals: WSH 0WPG 1
Hits: WSH 16WPG 26
Blocks: WSH 20WPG 12
PIM: WSH 6WPG 4
: WSH 48%WPG 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Winnipeg Jets 5–2

Washington Capitals beat Winnipeg Jets 5–2 at WPG. Daniel Sprong (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for WPG: Stastny–Scheifele–Ehlers skated 11:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brett Leason had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 12:49.Leason
Points
Daniel Sprong had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 17:47.Sprong
Points
Michael Sgarbossa had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:02.Sgarbossa
Points
Nikolaj Ehlers had 2 assists (2 points) on 7 shots in 19:18.Ehlers
New line
New look for WPG: Stastny–Scheifele–Ehlers skated 11:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stastny Scheifele Ehlers
Goalie
Vitek Vanecek (WSH) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +15 against a season average of 26.6; the win.Vanecek
Usage
Matt Irwin (WSH) played 4:55, −8:13 down on his 13:08 season average over 16 games.Irwin
New line
New look for WPG: Lowry–Toninato–Copp skated 10:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lowry Toninato Copp

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)WPG attacks right (top on phones) →

WPG
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · WPG 71 · WSH 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WPG
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WPG 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 31% of the game, WPG 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WPG

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	WPG
	61	68
	3.70	4.41
	3.57	4.26
	16	17
	1	5
	22	20
	−0.020	+0.020
	31%	38%

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 – Eller
8:1165% CF
L2Hagelin – Sgarbossa – Leason
6:3841% CF
L3Sheary – Sprong – McMichael
5:5430% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
16:3961% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
14:2844% CF
D3Schultz – Cholowski
13:5738% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Orlov – Sheary
2:14100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Carlson – Sgarbossa – Sprong
1:35100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Eller
2:46
PK2FOshie – Malenstyn
1:49
PK1DOrlov – Jensen
2:55
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
1:32

Current WSH line combinations →

Winnipeg Jets

L1Stastny – Scheifele – Ehlers
11:3364% CF
L2Lowry – Toninato – Copp
10:5338% CF
L3Connor – Svechnikov – Dubois
8:1772% CF
D1Dillon – Pionk
15:3345% CF
D2Schmidt – Morrissey
15:2464% CF
D3DeMelo – Stanley
14:3856% CF

PP1Scheifele – Copp – Connor – Dubois – Pionk
3:2586% CF
PP2Stastny – Lowry – Schmidt – Morrissey – Ehlers
1:52100% CF
PK1FStastny – Connor
1:57
PK2FLowry – Copp
1:39
PK1DDeMelo – Stanley
2:15
PK2DDillon – Pionk
0:43

Current WPG line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:11
WSHBrett Leason (Michael Sgarbossa, Matt Irwin)snap0.16 xG
WSH: Carlson, Irwin, Sgarbossa, Fehérváry, LeasonWPG: Scheifele, Toninato, Copp, Morrissey, Pionk
WSH 1 – 0 WPG
8:43
WSHDaniel Sprong (Aliaksei Protas)wrist0.10 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Schultz, Sprong, Cholowski, ProtasWPG: Dillon, Scheifele, Connor, Vesalainen, Pionk
WSH 2 – 0 WPG
14:32
WPGBrenden Dillon (Nikolaj Ehlers)wrist0.02 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Irwin, Fehérváry, ProtasWPG: Stastny, Dillon, Lowry, Ehlers, Pionk
WSH 2 – 1 WPG

3rd period

2:03
WPGJosh MorrisseyPP (Nikolaj Ehlers, Nate Schmidt)wrist0.09 xG
WSH: Oshie, Jensen, Irwin, MalenstynWPG: Stastny, Lowry, Schmidt, Morrissey, Ehlers
WSH 2 – 2 WPG
9:09
WSHConor Sheary (Justin Schultz, Dennis Cholowski)wrist0.19 xG
WSH: Oshie, Schultz, Sheary, Cholowski, ProtasWPG: Schmidt, Morrissey, Connor, Dubois, Vesalainen
WSH 3 – 2 WPG
17:20
WSHMichael SgarbossaEN (Brett Leason, Nick Jensen)wrist0.69 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Orlov, Jensen, Sgarbossa, LeasonWPG: Scheifele, Copp, Morrissey, Ehlers, Connor, Dubois
WSH 4 – 2 WPG
19:09
WSHAlex OvechkinEN (Daniel Sprong, John Carlson)wrist0.75 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Carlson, Sprong, FehérváryWPG: Scheifele, Copp, Ehlers, Connor, Dubois, Pionk
WSH 5 – 2 WPG

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	8	2.25	0	0	0	20:30	—	—	57	40
Lars Eller C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	1	0	20:17	—	—	56	36
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	0	0	18:17	—	—	59	50
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	0	1	0	19:20	—	—	37	45
Michael Sgarbossa C	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.90	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	50	51
Brett Leason R	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.37	0	1	0	12:49	—	—	52	57
Daniel Sprong R	L3	1	1	2	+2	7	0.40	1	1	0	17:47	—	—	44	40
Conor Sheary L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.47	2	1	0	17:19	—	—	44	50
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	2	9:23	—	—	35	41
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.14	0	1	0	22:05	—	—	61	46
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	1	2	20:51	—	—	58	45
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	1	2	2	22:11	—	—	40	44
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	3	2	0	19:27	—	—	42	52
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	39	37
Dennis Cholowski D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:24	—	—	41	49
Aliaksei Protas L	—	0	1	1	+1	2	0.31	1	3	0	14:17	—	—	41	58
Beck Malenstyn L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	2	0	9:33	—	—	31	33
Matt Irwin D	—	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	2	2	0	4:55	—	—	67	87

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	42	40	2	.952	4.79	60:00

Winnipeg Jets

WPG skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Scheifele C	L1	0	0	0	-4	5	0.73	0	0	0	21:04	—	—	55	56
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L1	0	2	2	-1	7	0.79	1	0	0	19:18	—	—	61	62
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.26	0	0	0	18:18	—	—	69	67
Andrew Copp C	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.42	0	2	0	23:25	—	—	41	50
Adam Lowry C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.34	5	2	0	18:51	—	—	44	56
Dominic Toninato C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.44	4	0	4	14:28	—	—	43	54
Kyle Connor L	L3	0	0	0	-4	3	0.37	0	0	0	21:49	—	—	57	47
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.57	2	1	0	19:16	—	—	62	54
Evgeny Svechnikov L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	9:10	—	—	74	68
Neal Pionk D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	1	0	0	21:45	—	—	43	56
Brenden Dillon D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	18:21	—	—	44	56
Josh Morrissey D	D2	1	0	1	-3	4	0.17	0	1	0	21:00	—	—	58	51
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.04	1	2	0	18:37	—	—	64	56
Dylan DeMelo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	3	1	0	17:44	—	—	51	49
Logan Stanley D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	5	2	0	17:34	—	—	56	59
Kristian Vesalainen L	—	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:00	—	—	15	23
Jansen Harkins C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	6:29	—	—	33	89
David Gustafsson C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:37	—	—	0	0

WPG goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Connor Hellebuyck(start)	L	37	34	3	.919	3.48	59:14

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.