Washington Capitals vs. Tampa Bay LightningDec 14, 2019

FinalSaturday, Dec 14, 2019· Amalie Arena

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Washington CapitalsWSH

5

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Tampa Bay LightningTBL

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	0	4	5		WSH	12	9	13	34
TBL	0	1	1	2		TBL	8	11	9	28

: WSH 47TBL 54
: WSH 3.52TBL 2.92
PP goals: WSH 0TBL 1
Hits: WSH 18TBL 13
Blocks: WSH 19TBL 8
PIM: WSH 10TBL 4
: WSH 53%TBL 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2

Washington Capitals beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2 at TBL. Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:30 together.

Points
Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:57.Backstrom
Points
T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:56.Oshie
Points
Alex Killorn had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:28.Killorn
PP1
TBL's first power-play unit (Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:30 together.Killorn Stamkos Hedman Kucherov Point
Usage
Nikita Kucherov (TBL) played 11:47, −7:11 down on his 18:58 season average over 67 games.Kucherov
Usage
Richard Panik (WSH) played 8:10, −3:13 down on his 11:23 season average over 58 games.Panik
Usage
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 16:16, −4:28 down on his 20:44 season average over 67 games.Ovechkin
Usage
Ryan McDonagh (TBL) played 17:10, −3:37 down on his 20:47 season average over 49 games.McDonagh

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)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →

TBL
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 101 of 101 attempts · TBL 54 · WSH 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TBL 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 25% of the game, TBL 39%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TBL

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	TBL
	44	49
	2.94	2.34
	2.80	2.23
	13	13
	5	2
	8	12
	−0.012	+0.012
	25%	39%

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 – Backstrom – Wilson
11:5863% CF
L2Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana
10:1437% CF
L3Dowd – Leipsic – Hathaway
6:5867% CF
L4Hagelin – Eller – Panik
6:1644% CF
D1Carlson – Kempny
15:2044% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
12:5874% CF
D3Gudas – Siegenthaler
11:1334% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
1:55100% CF
PP2Eller – Orlov – Wilson – Leipsic – Vrana
0:37
PK1FHagelin – Eller
3:07
PK2FDowd – Wilson
1:26
PK1DGudas – Siegenthaler
3:10
PK2DOrlov – Jensen
2:06

Current WSH line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Killorn – Stamkos – Cirelli
8:14100% CF
L2Verhaeghe – Joseph – Stephens
7:4136% CF
L3Maroon – Gourde – Paquette
6:4836% CF
L4Palat – Kucherov – Point
5:3367% CF
D1Shattenkirk – Sergachev
12:2063% CF
D2Hedman – Rutta
11:4144% CF
D3McDonagh – Cernak
11:2959% CF

PP1Killorn – Stamkos – Hedman – Kucherov – Point
4:3044% CF
PP2Shattenkirk – Maroon – Palat – Cirelli – Sergachev
1:10100% CF
PK1FKillorn – Cirelli
1:10
PK2FGourde – Paquette
0:51
PK1DMcDonagh – Cernak
1:53
PK2DHedman – Rutta
0:20

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:42
WSHNicklas Backstromwrist0.17 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Gudas, Wilson, SiegenthalerTBL: Hedman, Palat, Kucherov, Point, Rutta
WSH 1 – 0 TBL

2nd period

5:45
TBLBrayden PointPP (Alex Killorn, Nikita Kucherov)snap0.19 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Eller, Gudas, SiegenthalerTBL: Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Point
WSH 1 – 1 TBL

3rd period

1:58
WSHLars Eller (Richard Panik, Dmitry Orlov)snap0.15 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Eller, Orlov, Panik, GudasTBL: Shattenkirk, Maroon, Gourde, Paquette, Sergachev
WSH 2 – 1 TBL
2:43
WSHGarnet Hathaway (Brendan Leipsic, Radko Gudas)backhand0.14 xG
WSH: Dowd, Gudas, Leipsic, Hathaway, SiegenthalerTBL: Verhaeghe, Cernak, Joseph, Stephens, Sergachev
WSH 3 – 1 TBL
11:16
TBLJan Rutta (Alex Killorn, Yanni Gourde)snap0.07 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Wilson, SiegenthalerTBL: Killorn, Hedman, Gourde, Cirelli, Rutta
WSH 3 – 2 TBL
12:19
WSHT.J. Oshie (Jakub Vrana, Evgeny Kuznetsov)wrap-around0.06 xG
WSH: Oshie, Orlov, Jensen, Dowd, VranaTBL: Killorn, Shattenkirk, Gourde, Cirelli, Sergachev
WSH 4 – 2 TBL
19:21
WSHTom WilsonEN (T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom)wrist0.80 xG
WSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Orlov, WilsonTBL: Killorn, Stamkos, Hedman, Point, Cirelli, Sergachev
WSH 5 – 2 TBL

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	1	0	1	+1	4	0.96	0	0	0	20:04	—	—	62	70
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.17	0	0	4	18:57	—	—	61	69
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.48	3	1	2	16:16	—	—	62	71
T.J. Oshie R	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.07	1	3	2	17:56	—	—	39	46
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:38	—	—	38	42
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	13:30	—	—	41	45
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:58	—	—	59	57
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	5	2	0	11:18	—	—	46	45
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.21	0	0	0	10:33	—	—	53	51
Lars Eller C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.28	0	2	0	15:13	—	—	33	49
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.38	0	2	0	13:58	—	—	35	49
Richard Panik R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:10	—	—	36	53
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	1	0	24:09	—	—	35	23
Michal Kempny D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	2	21:30	—	—	40	47
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	1	1	+3	3	0.29	1	1	0	21:32	—	—	68	76
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	2	1	0	17:55	—	—	68	76
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	1	1	+3	5	0.04	0	4	0	17:19	—	—	39	56
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:22	—	—	32	35

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.92	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Steven Stamkos C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	0	2	21:55	—	—	88	98
Alex Killorn L	L1	0	2	2	-1	4	0.28	0	0	0	20:28	—	—	82	74
Anthony Cirelli C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	1	0	0	20:11	—	—	81	71
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:27	—	—	35	21
Mathieu Joseph R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.20	3	0	0	10:42	—	—	35	27
Mitchell Stephens C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:19	—	—	35	17
Yanni Gourde C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.11	0	1	0	14:09	—	—	41	25
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	12:36	—	—	38	11
Cedric Paquette C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:02	—	—	35	19
Brayden Point C	L4	1	0	1	-1	5	0.68	0	0	0	20:44	—	—	57	64
Ondrej Palat L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	2	2	0	17:28	—	—	68	64
Nikita Kucherov R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	0	1	0	11:47	—	—	53	53
Mikhail Sergachev D	D1	0	0	0	-4	3	0.17	1	0	0	21:49	—	—	56	42
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.28	2	1	0	18:29	—	—	61	60
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	1	0	25:43	—	—	42	31
Jan Rutta D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	0.07	0	0	2	14:55	—	—	38	25
Erik Cernak D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	0	0	17:35	—	—	57	63
Ryan McDonagh D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:10	—	—	57	64

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	L	33	29	4	.879	2.72	57:31

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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.