Washington Capitals vs. Los Angeles KingsFeb 18, 2019

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	1	0	3		WSH	7	7	7	21
LAK	0	0	2	2		LAK	10	7	11	28

: WSH 37LAK 55
: WSH 1.41LAK 2.45
PP goals: WSH 2LAK 0
Hits: WSH 10LAK 23
Blocks: WSH 16LAK 6
PIM: WSH 8LAK 6
: WSH 33%LAK 68%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2

Washington Capitals beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 at LAK. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:24 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:51.Ovechkin
Points
John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:46.Carlson
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:24 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Boyd–Stephenson skated 7:57 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Boyd Stephenson
Luck
WSH scored 3 goals on 1.41 expected goals (37 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Oscar Fantenberg (LAK) played 20:57, +5:02 up on his 15:55 season average over 60 games.Fantenberg
Usage
Matt Roy (LAK) played 13:12, −4:06 down on his 17:18 season average over 24 games.Roy
Usage
Trevor Lewis (LAK) played 10:14, −3:53 down on his 14:07 season average over 43 games.Lewis

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)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →

LAK
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 92 of 92 attempts · LAK 55 · WSH 37

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

LAK 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 16% of the game, LAK 43%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

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	LAK
	38	48
	1.30	1.88
	1.26	1.83
	2	6
	2	2
	11	13
	−0.097	+0.097
	16%	43%

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 – Kuznetsov – Wilson
12:4450% CF
L2Oshie – Backstrom – Vrana
10:2447% CF
L3Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky
8:5532% CF
L4Dowd – Boyd – Stephenson
7:5775% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
16:4944% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
15:4453% CF
D3Orpik – Djoos
10:3731% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
1:24100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Carlson – Wilson – Vrana
0:19100% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
1:42
PK2FDowd – Stephenson
1:16
PK1DOrpik – Niskanen
2:15
PK2DCarlson – Orlov
0:51

Current WSH line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
11:4760% CF
L2Lewis – Clifford – Wagner
8:0954% CF
L3Carter – Toffoli – Leipsic
6:4763% CF
L4Kovalchuk – Hagelin – Kempe
6:2460% CF
D1Doughty – Forbort
17:2347% CF
D2LaDue – Fantenberg
13:0653% CF
D3Phaneuf – Roy
11:2460% CF

PP1Kovalchuk – Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Toffoli
2:53100% CF
PP2Carter – Leipsic – Kempe – Iafallo – Fantenberg
2:02100% CF
PK1FBrown – Kopitar
0:57
PK2FHagelin – Kempe
0:25
PK1DLaDue – Fantenberg
0:48
PK2DPhaneuf – Doughty
0:32

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:48
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (John Carlson, Jakub Vrana)slap0.06 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Carlson, Wilson, VranaLAK: Lewis, Toffoli, LaDue, Fantenberg
WSH 1 – 0 LAK
12:08
WSHBrett Connolly (Andre Burakovsky, Dmitry Orlov)tip-in0.05 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Eller, Orlov, Connolly, BurakovskyLAK: Kovalchuk, Phaneuf, Carter, Leipsic, Roy
WSH 2 – 0 LAK

2nd period

5:27
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom)slap0.07 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Forbort
WSH 3 – 0 LAK

3rd period

8:20
LAKAlex Iafallo (Dustin Brown, Paul LaDue)wrist0.06 xG
WSH: Orpik, Oshie, Backstrom, Djoos, VranaLAK: Phaneuf, Brown, Kopitar, Roy, Iafallo
WSH 3 – 1 LAK
19:32
LAKIlya Kovalchuk (Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty)slap0.02 xG
WSH: Orpik, Oshie, Backstrom, Eller, CarlsonLAK: Kovalchuk, Carter, Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Toffoli
WSH 3 – 2 LAK

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	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	20:32	—	—	40	28
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	2	0	2	0	3	0.35	0	0	2	18:51	—	—	44	27
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	18:01	—	—	50	27
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.08	0	0	0	17:32	—	—	44	44
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:16	—	—	47	69
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.29	0	0	0	12:15	—	—	50	73
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:10	—	—	33	18
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:45	—	—	29	17
Brett Connolly R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.05	1	0	0	10:45	—	—	30	16
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	11:46	—	—	63	77
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	10:50	—	—	60	66
Travis Boyd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	0	0	9:20	—	—	75	73
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	1	5	0	23:47	—	—	38	73
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	1	0	0	21:10	—	—	50	80
John Carlson D	D2	0	2	2	-1	3	0.11	0	3	2	23:46	—	—	51	59
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	2	2	20:20	—	—	50	57
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.00	1	2	0	17:49	—	—	32	7
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:05	—	—	32	8

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.45	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.23	1	1	0	23:24	—	—	54	64
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:31	—	—	60	78
Alex Iafallo L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.12	2	1	0	17:24	—	—	64	79
Kyle Clifford L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	3	0	2	10:19	—	—	56	70
Trevor Lewis C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	3	0	0	10:14	—	—	60	76
Austin Wagner L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:41	—	—	53	69
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	44	27
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.44	1	1	2	17:47	—	—	65	83
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	2	0	0	14:13	—	—	58	59
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.40	1	0	0	18:16	—	—	61	71
Adrian Kempe R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	1	0	0	14:25	—	—	47	16
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:20	—	—	44	12
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	1	0	29:03	—	—	50	34
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	2	17:48	—	—	47	18
Oscar Fantenberg D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	0	0	20:57	—	—	52	52
Paul LaDue D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	14:48	—	—	55	58
Dion Phaneuf D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	3	0	0	16:55	—	—	63	74
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.45	0	0	0	13:12	—	—	60	73

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jack Campbell(start)	L	21	18	3	.857	1.41	57:48

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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.