Washington Capitals vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 6, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	1	2		WSH	3	10	9	22
LAK	0	2	2	4		LAK	19	11	11	41

: WSH 42LAK 66
: WSH 2.49LAK 5.01
PP goals: WSH 1LAK 0
Hits: WSH 20LAK 26
Blocks: WSH 11LAK 9
PIM: WSH 10LAK 10
: WSH 49%LAK 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Washington Capitals 4–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Washington Capitals 4–2 at home. Adrian Kempe (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Kuznetsov and Sandin) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:29 together.

Points
Adrian Kempe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:12.Kempe
Points
Rasmus Sandin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:06.Sandin
Points
Viktor Arvidsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 7 shots in 17:09.Arvidsson
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Kuznetsov and Sandin) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:29 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Kuznetsov Sandin
Goalie
Darcy Kuemper (WSH) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +11 against a season average of 29.4; the loss.Kuemper
Usage
Rasmus Sandin (WSH) played 25:06, +5:51 up on his 19:15 season average over 70 games.Sandin
New line
New look for LAK: Grundstrom–MacEwen–Kupari skated 5:07 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grundstrom MacEwen Kupari
Usage
Sean Durzi (LAK) played 12:36, −7:17 down on his 19:53 season average over 71 games.Durzi

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 108 of 108 attempts · LAK 66 · WSH 42

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 19% of the game, LAK 47%.

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
	32	64
	0.93	4.50
	0.92	4.08
	5	23
	2	5
	6	13
	+0.004	−0.004
	19%	47%

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

L1Smith – Milano – Strome
9:0347% CF
L2Oshie – Backstrom – Mantha
8:0125% CF
L3Dowd – Sheary – Aube-Kubel
7:4563% CF
L4Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
7:3632% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Sandin
13:3739% CF
D2Alexeyev – Iorio
11:2936% CF
D3Irwin – Carlsson
10:0019% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Kuznetsov – Sandin
2:29100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Wilson – Mantha – van Riemsdyk – Strome
1:30100% CF
PK1FDowd – Wilson
2:40
PK2FKuznetsov – Sheary
0:59
PK1Dvan Riemsdyk – Alexeyev
3:08
PK2DIrwin – Carlsson
0:14

Current WSH line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Danault – Fiala – Arvidsson
10:2776% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield
10:2071% CF
L3Vilardi – Iafallo – Lizotte
9:3571% CF
L4Grundstrom – MacEwen – Kupari
5:0736% CF
D1Gavrikov – Roy
13:1778% CF
D2Doughty – Anderson
11:3950% CF
D3Edler – Durzi
8:2885% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Vilardi
4:05100% CF
PP2Danault – Arvidsson – Roy – Iafallo – Byfield
1:260% CF
PK1FDanault – Kupari
1:34
PK2FVilardi – Lizotte
0:44
PK1DEdler – Durzi
0:44
PK2DGavrikov – Roy
0:41

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

11:39
WSHRasmus Sandin (Sonny Milano, Dylan Strome)backhand0.10 xG
WSH: Oshie, van Riemsdyk, Milano, Strome, SandinLAK: Kopitar, Gavrikov, Roy, MacEwen, Byfield
WSH 1 – 0 LAK
13:18
LAKVladislav Gavrikov (Kevin Fiala, Viktor Arvidsson)wrist0.27 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Irwin, Kuznetsov, Wilson, CarlssonLAK: Danault, Fiala, Arvidsson, Gavrikov, Roy
WSH 1 – 1 LAK
19:27
LAKPhillip Danault (Viktor Arvidsson, Matt Roy)tip-in0.06 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Alexeyev, IorioLAK: Danault, Fiala, Arvidsson, Gavrikov, Roy
WSH 1 – 2 LAK

3rd period

2:31
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (Rasmus Sandin, Nicklas Backstrom)slap0.11 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Kuznetsov, SandinLAK: Danault, Gavrikov, Roy
WSH 2 – 2 LAK
7:52
LAKMikey Anderson (Quinton Byfield, Adrian Kempe)wrist0.25 xG
WSH: Smith, Irwin, Milano, Strome, CarlssonLAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Anderson, Byfield
WSH 2 – 3 LAK
19:58
LAKAdrian KempeEN (Alex Iafallo)wrist0.76 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Kuznetsov, Wilson, SandinLAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Anderson, Iafallo
WSH 2 – 4 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
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.23	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	38	19
Sonny Milano L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	12:02	—	—	50	26
Craig Smith C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	1	2	10:21	—	—	35	12
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.28	3	0	0	17:44	—	—	24	26
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:43	—	—	24	22
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	13:42	—	—	25	18
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:13	—	—	35	19
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	0	2	12:34	—	—	63	32
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:54	—	—	50	28
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	0	0	0	-3	2	0.30	0	1	2	19:06	—	—	28	10
Tom Wilson R	L4	0	0	0	-3	3	0.47	1	1	0	18:27	—	—	32	12
Alex Ovechkin L	L4	1	0	1	-3	4	0.67	0	0	0	17:47	—	—	28	11
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	1	3	0	25:33	—	—	41	32
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	1	1	2	0	1	0.20	3	0	2	25:06	—	—	39	21
Alexander Alexeyev D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	1	0	20:39	—	—	40	24
Vincent Iorio D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	1	0	15:57	—	—	36	26
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	2	0	14:27	—	—	19	5
Gabriel Carlsson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:35	—	—	19	5

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	40	37	3	.925	4.24	58:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.37	2	0	2	18:46	—	—	74	90
Phillip Danault C	L1	1	0	1	+2	6	0.62	3	0	0	18:42	—	—	77	91
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	2	2	+2	7	0.49	0	1	2	17:09	—	—	76	91
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.32	1	0	0	20:36	—	—	65	77
Adrian Kempe R	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.77	2	1	0	20:12	—	—	70	85
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	2	0	0	14:12	—	—	70	75
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.54	1	1	2	16:03	—	—	67	86
Alex Iafallo L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.14	0	0	0	15:39	—	—	70	87
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.40	1	0	0	13:56	—	—	74	88
Rasmus Kupari C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	0	0	8:51	—	—	39	48
Zack MacEwen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	1	0	5:52	—	—	33	31
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	5:47	—	—	42	51
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.38	0	2	0	21:21	—	—	68	81
Matt Roy D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.20	0	1	2	19:00	—	—	77	84
Drew Doughty D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.20	3	0	0	28:07	—	—	42	65
Mikey Anderson D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.25	1	0	0	18:22	—	—	47	71
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	15:03	—	—	75	99
Sean Durzi D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	12:36	—	—	86	100

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	2.49	60:00

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.