Washington Capitals vs. Toronto Maple LeafsDec 28, 2024

FinalSaturday, Dec 28, 2024· Scotiabank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	1	2	5		WSH	15	8	9	32
TOR	1	1	0	2		TOR	14	13	10	37

: WSH 61TOR 74
: WSH 3.48TOR 3.84
PP goals: WSH 1TOR 0
Hits: WSH 17TOR 28
Blocks: WSH 17TOR 9
PIM: WSH 4TOR 2
: WSH 47%TOR 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2

Washington Capitals beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 at TOR. Jakob Chychrun (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:19 together.

Points
Andrew Mangiapane had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:49.Mangiapane
Points
Jakob Chychrun had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:00.Chychrun
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:19 together.Ovechkin Carlson Wilson Strome Chychrun
New line
New look for WSH: Wilson–Dubois–McMichael skated 10:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wilson Dubois McMichael
Goalie
Logan Thompson (WSH) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +10 against a season average of 27.3; the win.Thompson
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Strome–Protas skated 6:54 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Strome Protas
New line
New look for WSH: Vrana–Mangiapane–Lapierre skated 8:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vrana Mangiapane Lapierre
Luck
TOR scored 2 goals on 3.84 expected goals (74 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 135 of 135 attempts · TOR 74 · WSH 61

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 26% of the game, TOR 42%.

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
	66	76
	2.41	3.77
	2.34	3.59
	8	17
	6	4
	19	14
	−0.010	+0.011
	26%	42%

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

L1Dowd – Raddysh – Duhaime
10:4257% CF
L2Wilson – Dubois – McMichael
10:0233% CF
L3Vrana – Mangiapane – Lapierre
8:5475% CF
L4Ovechkin – Strome – Protas
6:5467% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
13:2462% CF
D2Roy – Fehérváry
12:2429% CF
D3Carlson – Sandin
12:1162% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun
1:1983% CF
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
1:19
PK2FWilson – Protas
1:06
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
1:55
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
1:43

Current WSH line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Pacioretty – Tavares – Marner
11:1575% CF
L2Nylander – Holmberg – Knies
11:0457% CF
L3Lorentz – Kampf – Dewar
8:5140% CF
L4Domi – Robertson – McMann
7:4631% CF
D1Ekman-Larsson – Rielly
16:5852% CF
D2Tanev – McCabe
16:5147% CF
D3Timmins – Benoit
13:0952% CF

PP1Tavares – Rielly – Nylander – Marner – Knies
2:08100% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Domi – Nylander – Robertson – McMann
1:44100% CF
PK1FMarner – Kampf
1:07
PK2FDewar – Knies
0:12
PK1DTanev – Benoit
1:07

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Nic Dowd C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.28	0	0	0	15:53	—	—	59	52
Brandon Duhaime L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	1	1	0	15:12	—	—	56	48
Taylor Raddysh R	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.11	0	0	0	13:59	—	—	57	53
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	0	1	0	18:43	—	—	29	26
Tom Wilson R	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.44	5	1	0	18:14	—	—	38	26
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.05	0	1	2	16:37	—	—	24	16
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.28	0	0	0	11:49	—	—	67	62
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.17	0	0	0	10:32	—	—	73	48
Hendrix Lapierre C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	9:59	—	—	74	50
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	1	1	0	5	0.50	0	2	0	15:55	—	—	38	63
Alex Ovechkin L	L4	1	0	1	0	3	1.02	3	0	0	14:58	—	—	39	47
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:01	—	—	33	27
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	1	1	2	+3	4	0.08	1	1	0	20:00	—	—	57	45
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	56	46
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	3	0	20:54	—	—	33	28
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	2	0	20:44	—	—	35	32
John Carlson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.27	1	2	0	20:43	—	—	58	66
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	1	3	0	18:46	—	—	47	43

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	37	35	2	.946	3.84	60:00

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.52	1	0	0	19:38	—	—	77	78
John Tavares C	L1	1	0	1	0	6	0.60	2	0	0	19:01	—	—	76	71
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	1	0	0	16:28	—	—	62	63
William Nylander R	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.93	0	0	0	20:35	—	—	56	58
Matthew Knies L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	1	1	0	17:16	—	—	55	59
Pontus Holmberg R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	2	2	0	15:59	—	—	44	51
David Kampf C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:10	—	—	48	50
Connor Dewar C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	4	1	0	12:09	—	—	33	40
Steven Lorentz C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	1	0	12:02	—	—	35	39
Bobby McMann C	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.37	2	0	0	13:45	—	—	50	85
Max Domi C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:41	—	—	56	87
Nick Robertson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	1	0	0	12:33	—	—	40	63
Morgan Rielly D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.09	1	1	0	22:07	—	—	53	57
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	2	0	0	21:52	—	—	53	60
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	3	0	2	19:54	—	—	53	66
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	18:50	—	—	49	65
Simon Benoit D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	5	1	0	16:52	—	—	54	55
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	0	0	15:10	—	—	60	63

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	2.53	58:39

Goal anatomy

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

John Tavares (TOR) 1st 3:14 · assists Simon Benoit, Max Pacioretty · Deflection · loose puck · 50.4 mph shot · 9.5 s from entry to goal.

John Tavares · 1st 3:14 · TOR

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.4 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 9.5 s
Type: deflection

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Andrew Mangiapane · 1st 4:46 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 20.9 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s

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Jakob Chychrun · 1st 8:54 · WSH

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 84.2 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Type: one-timer

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Bobby McMann · 2nd 8:10 · TOR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 9.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Nic Dowd · 2nd 9:53 · WSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.5 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Tom Wilson · 3rd 12:36 · WSH PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 51.2 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: deflection

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Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 16:37 · WSH EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 14.3 mph
Distance: 67 ft

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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.

Washington Capitals vs. Toronto Maple LeafsDec 28, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Toronto Maple Leafs

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Toronto Maple Leafs

Goal anatomy

John Tavares · 1st 3:14 · TOR

Andrew Mangiapane · 1st 4:46 · WSH

Jakob Chychrun · 1st 8:54 · WSH

Bobby McMann · 2nd 8:10 · TOR

Nic Dowd · 2nd 9:53 · WSH

Tom Wilson · 3rd 12:36 · WSH PP

Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 16:37 · WSH EN