Washington Capitals vs. Los Angeles KingsNov 17, 2021

FinalWednesday, Nov 17, 2021· STAPLES Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	0	2	2		WSH	9	11	18	38
LAK	0	0	0	0		LAK	14	7	13	34

: WSH 57LAK 58
: WSH 3.00LAK 2.66
PP goals: WSH 0LAK 0
Hits: WSH 33LAK 20
Blocks: WSH 15LAK 13
PIM: WSH 6LAK 8
: WSH 40%LAK 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Los Angeles Kings 2–0

Washington Capitals beat Los Angeles Kings 2–0 at LAK. Garnet Hathaway (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for LAK: Brown–Kopitar–Arvidsson skated 14:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (34.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Garnet Hathaway had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:58.Hathaway
Points
John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) in 23:55.Carlson
New line
New look for LAK: Brown–Kopitar–Arvidsson skated 14:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (34.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brown Kopitar Arvidsson
Luck
LAK scored 0 goals on 2.66 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Jonathan Quick (LAK) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +9 against a season average of 27.9; the loss.Quick
New line
New look for LAK: Kempe–Moore–Kupari skated 9:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kempe Moore Kupari
New line
New look for WSH: Hagelin–Pilon–Leason skated 7:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hagelin Pilon Leason
Usage
Conor Sheary (WSH) played 19:30, +4:16 up on his 15:14 season average over 70 games.Sheary

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 115 of 115 attempts · LAK 58 · WSH 57

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 31% of the game, LAK 24%.

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
	58	59
	2.42	2.34
	2.33	2.16
	10	10
	2	7
	7	11
	−0.099	+0.099
	31%	24%

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 – Sheary
13:0438% CF
L2Hathaway – Sprong – Protas
10:3350% CF
L3Wilson – Jonsson-Fjallby – McMichael
10:3267% CF
L4Hagelin – Pilon – Leason
7:4136% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
16:5431% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
16:1555% CF
D3Schultz – van Riemsdyk
14:3559% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Sheary
3:06100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Schultz – Orlov – Kuznetsov – Sprong
0:54100% CF
PK1FWilson – Hathaway
0:54
PK2FHagelin – Kuznetsov
0:35
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
1:05
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
0:54

Current WSH line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Arvidsson
14:0735% CF
L2Danault – Athanasiou – Iafallo
13:0464% CF
L3Kempe – Moore – Kupari
9:4660% CF
L4Lemieux – Lizotte – Kaliyev
7:4757% CF
D1Anderson – Bjornfot
17:2348% CF
D2Edler – Roy
16:2952% CF
D3Maatta – Clague
13:2054% CF

PP1Kopitar – Kempe – Arvidsson – Clague – Iafallo
0:57100% CF
PP2Danault – Athanasiou – Roy – Kaliyev – Bjornfot
0:50100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
2:25
PK2FDanault – Kempe
1:24
PK1DEdler – Roy
2:32
PK2DAnderson – Bjornfot
1:17

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

16:30
WSHGarnet Hathaway (John Carlson, Evgeny Kuznetsov)tip-in0.09 xG
WSH: Carlson, Kuznetsov, Hathaway, Sprong, FehérváryLAK: Edler, Kempe, Roy, Moore, Kupari
WSH 1 – 0 LAK
18:42
WSHGarnet HathawayEN (John Carlson)wrist0.53 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Carlson, Hathaway, Fehérváry, ProtasLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Danault, Kempe, Arvidsson, Iafallo
WSH 2 – 0 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
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.27	4	0	2	22:01	—	—	41	38
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.34	1	0	0	21:36	—	—	39	35
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	2	1	0	19:30	—	—	37	25
Daniel Sprong R	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.42	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	53	55
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0.71	6	1	0	14:58	—	—	57	58
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.42	0	0	0	13:52	—	—	52	54
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	3	0	2	17:15	—	—	62	64
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	2	1	0	13:25	—	—	64	64
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	12:15	—	—	67	64
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	10:23	—	—	43	46
Brett Leason R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	2	0	9:35	—	—	33	39
Garrett Pilon C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	9:21	—	—	39	43
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	2	20:37	—	—	35	30
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	20:14	—	—	34	24
John Carlson D	D2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	23:55	—	—	53	62
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	+2	4	0.07	3	2	0	19:24	—	—	55	63
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	6	0	16:27	—	—	60	76
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:22	—	—	61	80

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	W	34	34	0	.1000	2.66	59:49

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	21:48	—	—	35	35
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	-1	4	0.71	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	38	41
Dustin Brown R	L1	-1	1	0.00	3	0	0	16:00	—	—	33	39
Alex Iafallo L	L2	-1	1	0.05	1	1	0	19:44	—	—	50	46
Phillip Danault C	L2	-1	2	0.29	0	0	4	17:50	—	—	64	60
Andreas Athanasiou C	L2	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	57	50
Adrian Kempe R	L3	-2	6	0.35	0	0	0	14:52	—	—	58	63
Trevor Moore L	L3	-1	3	0.58	3	0	2	12:39	—	—	55	60
Rasmus Kupari C	L3	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	10:23	—	—	56	59
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	0	4	0.18	0	0	0	10:20	—	—	56	34
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	9:51	—	—	58	34
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0.06	2	0	2	9:33	—	—	50	33
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0.01	1	3	0	20:51	—	—	46	48
Tobias Bjornfot D	D1	0	4	0.12	0	3	0	20:29	—	—	50	55
Alexander Edler D	D2	-1	0	0.00	4	2	0	22:24	—	—	51	63
Matt Roy D	D2	-1	4	0.06	0	3	0	21:27	—	—	54	63
Kale Clague D	D3	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	56	36
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	15:22	—	—	47	32

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	37	36	1	.973	2.46	59:31

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.