Washington Capitals vs. Toronto Maple LeafsDec 6, 2024

FinalFriday, Dec 6, 2024· Scotiabank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	2	3		WSH	8	7	11	26
TOR	0	1	0	1		TOR	5	9	7	21

: WSH 70TOR 50
: WSH 3.03TOR 1.80
PP goals: WSH 0TOR 0
Hits: WSH 16TOR 25
Blocks: WSH 13TOR 17
PIM: WSH 4TOR 8
: WSH 54%TOR 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1

Washington Capitals beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–1 at TOR. Nic Dowd (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for TOR: Tavares–Nylander–Holmberg skated 11:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nic Dowd had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 11:54.Dowd
New line
New look for TOR: Tavares–Nylander–Holmberg skated 11:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tavares Nylander Holmberg
Usage
Nic Dowd (WSH) played 11:54, −3:19 down on his 15:13 season average over 81 games.Dowd
Usage
Connor McMichael (WSH) played 19:52, +3:06 up on his 16:46 season average over 81 games.McMichael
Usage
Brandon Duhaime (WSH) played 9:29, −3:54 down on his 13:23 season average over 81 games.Duhaime
Usage
Taylor Raddysh (WSH) played 16:18, +3:59 up on his 12:19 season average over 79 games.Raddysh
Usage
Pontus Holmberg (TOR) played 16:15, +3:38 up on his 12:37 season average over 67 games.Holmberg
PP1
WSH's PP1 (Carlson, Wilson, Strome, Chychrun and McMichael) went scoreless in 4:09 of 5v4 time with 2 attempts.Carlson Wilson Strome Chychrun McMichael

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)TOR attacks right (top on phones) →

TOR
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · TOR 50 · WSH 70

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TOR
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TOR 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 47% of the game, TOR 21%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TOR

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	TOR
	76	48
	1.96	1.64
	1.88	1.60
	13	8
	1	5
	25	20
	+0.032	−0.031
	47%	21%

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

L1Wilson – Strome – Protas
10:0367% CF
L2Raddysh – Dubois – McMichael
9:5452% CF
L3Eller – Mangiapane – Lapierre
8:2684% CF
L4Dowd – Duhaime – Miroshnichenko
4:4857% CF
D1Roy – Sandin
15:1863% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
8:1572% CF
D3Carlson – Fehérváry
8:1050% CF

PP1Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – McMichael
4:0950% CF
PP2Mangiapane – Raddysh – Dubois – Sandin – Miroshnichenko
1:56
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
1:10
PK2FEller – Wilson
0:41
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
1:12
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
0:39

Current WSH line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Tavares – Nylander – Holmberg
11:3848% CF
L2Marner – Matthews – Knies
10:2557% CF
L3Reaves – Dewar – Grebenkin
6:470% CF
L4Lorentz – Robertson – Minten
5:2225% CF
D1Ekman-Larsson – Tanev
13:1858% CF
D2Rielly – Myers
11:5716% CF
D3Timmins – Benoit
8:4632% CF

PP1Tavares – Nylander – Marner – Matthews – Knies
1:15100% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Rielly – Nylander – Robertson – Minten
0:36100% CF
PK1FMarner – Matthews
3:28
PK2FDewar – Knies
1:30
PK1DTanev – Benoit
3:43
PK2DMyers – Timmins
1:14

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:06
WSHNic Dowd (Matt Roy)tip-in0.08 xG
WSH: Dowd, Roy, Duhaime, Sandin, MiroshnichenkoTOR: Lorentz, Timmins, Benoit, Robertson, Minten
WSH 1 – 0 TOR
11:31
TORJohn Tavares (Chris Tanev)backhand0.16 xG
WSH: Eller, Carlson, Wilson, Fehérváry, LapierreTOR: Tavares, Ekman-Larsson, Tanev, Nylander, Holmberg
WSH 1 – 1 TOR

3rd period

9:51
WSHConnor McMichael (Pierre-Luc Dubois)wrist0.23 xG
WSH: Roy, Raddysh, Dubois, Sandin, McMichaelTOR: Rielly, Marner, Matthews, Timmins, Knies
WSH 2 – 1 TOR
19:03
WSHAliaksei ProtasEN (Nic Dowd, Tom Wilson)wrist0.90 xG
WSH: Carlson, Dowd, Wilson, Chychrun, ProtasTOR: Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Marner, Matthews, Knies
WSH 3 – 1 TOR

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	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	19:41	—	—	60	49
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	2	1	0	19:29	—	—	63	52
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.93	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	64	53
Connor McMichael L	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.77	0	0	0	19:52	—	—	58	67
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	0	0	0	17:20	—	—	53	61
Taylor Raddysh R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.08	0	1	0	16:18	—	—	53	62
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	1	0	0	16:15	—	—	63	44
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	3	1	0	14:11	—	—	81	76
Hendrix Lapierre C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:53	—	—	74	63
Nic Dowd C	L4	1	1	2	+2	3	0.14	1	1	0	11:54	—	—	71	47
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:29	—	—	40	25
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	7:56	—	—	55	37
Matt Roy D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.04	2	2	0	21:41	—	—	64	72
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.03	0	1	0	21:17	—	—	57	68
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	0	0	2	22:17	—	—	68	53
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	15:06	—	—	64	45
John Carlson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	4	2	21:57	—	—	57	45
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:03	—	—	52	26

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	21	20	1	.952	1.80	60:00

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Nylander R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	0	1	0	21:54	—	—	39	68
John Tavares C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.38	0	2	0	20:20	—	—	46	79
Pontus Holmberg R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	2	2	16:15	—	—	53	81
Auston Matthews C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	1	0	0	20:20	—	—	42	20
Mitch Marner R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	0	0	0	19:34	—	—	53	29
Matthew Knies L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.36	4	0	0	18:41	—	—	52	30
Connor Dewar C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	10:52	—	—	27	29
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	8:52	—	—	15	2
Nikita Grebenkin R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:22	—	—	0	0
Fraser Minten C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	11:47	—	—	27	48
Nick Robertson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	0	2	9:35	—	—	28	32
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	1	1	0	9:15	—	—	28	46
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	20:53	—	—	50	62
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	1	0	4	19:40	—	—	53	71
Morgan Rielly D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.13	0	0	0	21:11	—	—	34	24
Philippe Myers D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	17:30	—	—	25	31
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	2	0	19:32	—	—	36	53
Simon Benoit D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	5	3	0	19:01	—	—	34	53

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anthony Stolarz(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	2.13	59:26

Goal anatomy

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

Nic Dowd (WSH) 2nd 1:06 · assists Matt Roy · Deflection · dumped in · 50.0 mph shot · 7.5 s from entry to goal.

Nic Dowd · 2nd 1:06 · WSH

Play: deflection
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 50.0 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 7.5 s
Type: deflection

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John Tavares · 2nd 11:31 · TOR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 24.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Connor McMichael · 3rd 9:51 · WSH

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Aliaksei Protas · 3rd 19:03 · WSH EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 35.5 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 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.