Washington Capitals vs. Los Angeles KingsDec 4, 2019

FinalWednesday, Dec 4, 2019· STAPLES Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	0	1	3		WSH	8	4	10	22
LAK	0	0	1	1		LAK	8	10	5	23

: WSH 48LAK 44
: WSH 3.19LAK 1.76
PP goals: WSH 0LAK 0
Hits: WSH 21LAK 28
Blocks: WSH 12LAK 9
PIM: WSH 6LAK 4
: WSH 53%LAK 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Los Angeles Kings 3–1

Washington Capitals beat Los Angeles Kings 3–1 at LAK. John Carlson (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Nick Jensen (WSH) played 21:03, +3:16 up on his 17:47 season average over 67 games.

Points
John Carlson had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:04.Carlson
Usage
Nick Jensen (WSH) played 21:03, +3:16 up on his 17:47 season average over 67 games.Jensen
Usage
Nikolai Prokhorkin (LAK) played 15:02, +3:01 up on his 12:01 season average over 42 games.Prokhorkin
Cats
Dustin Brown (LAK) threw 6 hits, a night for hits leagues.Brown

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 44 · WSH 48

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 34% of the game, LAK 33%.

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
	49	41
	2.91	1.84
	2.79	1.82
	13	7
	1	4
	14	14
	+0.053	−0.053
	34%	33%

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
11:4225% CF
L2Oshie – Eller – Vrana
11:0464% CF
L3Hagelin – Panik – Boyd
10:1182% CF
L4Dowd – Leipsic – Hathaway
8:1750% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
16:5074% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
14:5128% CF
D3Gudas – Siegenthaler
12:3450% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Vrana
2:3280% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Boyd – Wilson
1:24100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
2:36
PK2FWilson – Hathaway
1:51
PK1DCarlson – Siegenthaler
2:51
PK2DOrlov – Jensen
1:05

Current WSH line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
12:2081% CF
L2Carter – Toffoli – Prokhorkin
10:3936% CF
L3Kempe – Wagner – Lizotte
9:5260% CF
L4Lewis – Clifford – Amadio
9:4932% CF
D1Doughty – Ryan
16:0450% CF
D2Hutton – Roy
13:2952% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
2:47100% CF
PP2Carter – Toffoli – Prokhorkin – Walker – Lizotte
2:190% CF
PK1FKempe – Lizotte
1:26
PK2FCarter – Toffoli
0:55
PK1DHutton – Roy
1:52
PK2DDoughty – Ryan
1:20

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:36
WSHJohn Carlsonsnap0.02 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Carlson, Panik, Boyd, KempnyLAK: Lewis, Clifford, Hutton, Amadio, Roy
WSH 1 – 0 LAK
13:27
WSHJohn Carlson (T.J. Oshie, Lars Eller)backhand0.16 xG
WSH: Oshie, Eller, Carlson, Vrana, KempnyLAK: Doughty, Ryan, Kempe, Wagner, Lizotte
WSH 2 – 0 LAK

3rd period

3:20
LAKBlake Lizottewrap-around0.04 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Orlov, Jensen, Kuznetsov, WilsonLAK: Hutton, Kempe, Wagner, Walker, Lizotte
WSH 2 – 1 LAK
18:41
WSHTom WilsonENwrist0.19 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Orlov, Kuznetsov, WilsonLAK: Carter, Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Toffoli, Iafallo
WSH 3 – 1 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
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	20:04	—	—	32	14
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.20	2	2	0	18:25	—	—	35	24
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.40	0	0	2	18:13	—	—	33	36
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.63	1	0	2	16:09	—	—	63	73
Lars Eller C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	2	0	0	16:04	—	—	71	76
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	1	0	15:19	—	—	56	66
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.23	1	1	0	14:41	—	—	79	90
Richard Panik R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.27	4	0	0	13:21	—	—	82	93
Travis Boyd C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	0	0	0	13:02	—	—	82	89
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.28	0	0	0	11:36	—	—	47	71
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	1	0	11:23	—	—	50	71
Brendan Leipsic L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	2	0	0	9:36	—	—	55	82
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	22:38	—	—	75	74
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	21:03	—	—	77	80
John Carlson D	D2	2	0	2	+3	4	0.24	0	1	0	22:04	—	—	28	36
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	2	2	17:50	—	—	38	55
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	4	0	17:04	—	—	50	56
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	0	0	15:28	—	—	55	61

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	1.76	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	-1	1	0.22	2	1	2	20:33	—	—	57	43
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	-1	3	0.27	0	1	0	18:31	—	—	77	78
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	-1	1	0.04	6	0	0	18:06	—	—	81	100
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	0	0	18:51	—	—	31	12
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	16:53	—	—	29	10
Nikolai Prokhorkin L	L2	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	0	0	15:02	—	—	33	22
Adrian Kempe R	L3	0	0	0	4	0.13	3	0	0	16:03	—	—	47	49
Blake Lizotte C	L3	1	1	0	2	0.17	2	0	0	14:54	—	—	60	62
Austin Wagner L	L3	0	0	0	2	0.42	0	0	0	11:37	—	—	47	49
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	1	0	12:05	—	—	30	29
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:13	—	—	30	29
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	10:30	—	—	32	22
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	-2	2	0.08	0	1	0	24:56	—	—	42	42
Joakim Ryan D	D1	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	19:17	—	—	50	66
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	1	0	17:03	—	—	52	36
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	16:48	—	—	57	52
Sean Walker D	—	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	1	0	20:13	—	—	39	34
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	14:51	—	—	32	22

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	21	19	2	.905	3.00	58:34

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.