Washington Capitals vs. Seattle KrakenMar 14, 2024

FinalThursday, Mar 14, 2024· Climate Pledge Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	1	2		WSH	8	11	4	23
SEA	0	0	1	1		SEA	9	4	11	24

: WSH 53SEA 49
: WSH 2.58SEA 1.74
PP goals: WSH 1SEA 1
Hits: WSH 28SEA 18
Blocks: WSH 16SEA 15
PIM: WSH 6SEA 8
: WSH 44%SEA 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Seattle Kraken 2–1

Washington Capitals beat Seattle Kraken 2–1 at SEA. Connor McMichael (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Strome and Lapierre) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:47 together.

PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Strome and Lapierre) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:47 together.Ovechkin Oshie Carlson Strome Lapierre
New line
New look for WSH: Wilson–Strome–Miroshnichenko skated 10:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (68.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wilson Strome Miroshnichenko
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Malenstyn–Protas skated 9:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (26.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Malenstyn Protas
Usage
Connor McMichael (WSH) played 19:47, +3:51 up on his 15:56 season average over 79 games.McMichael
Usage
Brian Dumoulin (SEA) played 21:13, +4:15 up on his 16:58 season average over 79 games.Dumoulin
Usage
Jordan Eberle (SEA) played 21:36, +4:13 up on his 17:23 season average over 77 games.Eberle
Cats
Martin Fehérváry (WSH) threw 7 hits and blocked 2 shots, a night for hits leagues.Fehérváry

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)SEA attacks right (top on phones) →

SEA
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 102 of 102 attempts · SEA 49 · WSH 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SEA
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SEA 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 37% of the game, SEA 29%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SEA

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	SEA
	53	47
	2.62	1.20
	2.40	1.18
	12	7
	6	4
	12	10
	−0.068	+0.068
	37%	29%

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 – McMichael
10:5641% CF
L2Wilson – Strome – Miroshnichenko
10:3768% CF
L3Dowd – Malenstyn – Protas
9:3727% CF
L4Pacioretty – Milano – Lapierre
7:3054% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
11:5340% CF
D2Jensen – Sandin
9:3962% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Alexeyev
8:1550% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Strome – Lapierre
2:47100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Pacioretty – Wilson – Sandin – McMichael
2:09100% CF
PK1FDowd – Malenstyn
1:29
PK2FMcMichael – Protas
0:29
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
1:23
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
1:10

Current WSH line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Eberle – Tatar – Beniers
8:3542% CF
L2Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen
7:1629% CF
L3Burakovsky – McCann – Kartye
4:3050% CF
L4Bellemare – Tanev – Yamamoto
3:3860% CF
D1Dumoulin – Larsson
14:3658% CF
D2Oleksiak – Borgen
13:0838% CF
D3Schultz – Evans
10:0945% CF

PP1Eberle – Schultz – McCann – Tolvanen – Beniers
1:50100% CF
PP2Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Burakovsky – Yamamoto – Evans
1:12100% CF
PK1FBellemare – Tanev
2:46
PK2FGourde – McCann
1:33
PK1DLarsson – Oleksiak
3:48
PK2DDumoulin – Borgen
0:52

Current SEA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

14:20
WSHT.J. OshiePPdeflected0.13 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Strome, LapierreSEA: Oleksiak, Gourde, McCann, Borgen
WSH 1 – 0 SEA

3rd period

3:32
SEAOliver BjorkstrandPP (Yanni Gourde, Kailer Yamamoto)wrist0.13 xG
WSH: Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Fehérváry, McMichaelSEA: Gourde, Bjorkstrand, Burakovsky, Yamamoto, Evans
WSH 1 – 1 SEA
11:36
WSHConnor McMichaelbackhand0.16 xG
WSH: Oshie, Carlson, Milano, Fehérváry, McMichaelSEA: Schultz, Bjorkstrand, Burakovsky, McCann, Evans
WSH 2 – 1 SEA

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	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor McMichael L	L1	1	1	+1	3	0.74	1	1	0	19:47	—	—	46	75
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	0	0	18:33	—	—	52	70
T.J. Oshie R	L1	1	1	+1	1	0.20	0	1	2	17:36	—	—	39	70
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	70	65
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	1	0.07	4	2	2	17:37	—	—	67	61
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L2	0	0	0	3	0.33	2	0	0	11:37	—	—	67	59
Beck Malenstyn L	L3	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	15:24	—	—	35	45
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	15:04	—	—	29	16
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	0	0	12:49	—	—	45	54
Max Pacioretty L	L4	0	0	0	1	0.28	0	0	0	12:28	—	—	60	85
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	0	0	11:23	—	—	60	84
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	1	0	9:41	—	—	53	84
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	3	0	25:04	—	—	50	68
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	+1	1	0.03	7	2	0	19:42	—	—	39	60
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	1	0	21:21	—	—	60	71
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	20:28	—	—	60	77
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	16:26	—	—	54	68
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	12:05	—	—	59	64

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	1.74	59:50

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	1	0	0	21:36	—	—	55	29
Matty Beniers C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	1	2	20:30	—	—	48	27
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:28	—	—	57	27
Yanni Gourde C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.19	2	1	0	19:16	—	—	35	30
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.19	4	1	0	16:40	—	—	43	29
Eeli Tolvanen R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	0	2	0	15:00	—	—	30	27
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	50	44
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	0	2	12:38	—	—	55	44
Tye Kartye L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	9:11	—	—	50	87
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	12:45	—	—	48	13
Kailer Yamamoto R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	12:43	—	—	44	24
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	9:48	—	—	62	17
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	3	0	22:34	—	—	63	56
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	21:13	—	—	48	33
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	1	0	20:10	—	—	48	33
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	1	0	19:05	—	—	36	20
Ryker Evans D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	2	16:59	—	—	45	29
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	1	1	0	15:41	—	—	44	37

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joey Daccord(start)	L	23	21	2	.913	2.58	58:33

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

T.J. Oshie (WSH PP) 2nd 14:20 · unassisted · Deflection · dumped in · 9.8 mph shot · 3.3 s from entry to goal.

T.J. Oshie · 2nd 14:20 · WSH PP

Play: deflection
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.8 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s
Type: rebound

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Oliver Bjorkstrand · 3rd 3:32 · SEA PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.4 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 7.6 s

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Connor McMichael · 3rd 11:36 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.2 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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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.