Washington Capitals vs. Edmonton OilersJan 21, 2025

FinalTuesday, Jan 21, 2025· Rogers Place

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	1	1	3		WSH	3	6	5	14
EDM	1	0	1	2		EDM	10	16	6	32

: WSH 37EDM 71
: WSH 2.21EDM 3.64
PP goals: WSH 0EDM 0
Hits: WSH 14EDM 13
Blocks: WSH 18EDM 5
PIM: WSH 6EDM 6
: WSH 47%EDM 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Edmonton Oilers 3–2

Washington Capitals beat Edmonton Oilers 3–2 at EDM. Leon Draisaitl (EDM) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for EDM: Nugent-Hopkins–Brown–Janmark skated 8:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:41.Draisaitl
Points
Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:30.Dubois
New line
New look for EDM: Nugent-Hopkins–Brown–Janmark skated 8:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nugent-Hopkins Brown Janmark
New line
New look for EDM: Henrique–Skinner–Hyman skated 6:47 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Henrique Skinner Hyman
Luck
EDM scored 2 goals on 3.64 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Lars Eller (WSH) played 10:03, −3:17 down on his 13:20 season average over 79 games.Eller
Usage
Noah Philp (EDM) played 5:15, −4:06 down on his 9:21 season average over 14 games.Philp
Usage
Ethen Frank (WSH) played 7:35, −3:23 down on his 10:58 season average over 23 games.Frank

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)EDM attacks right (top on phones) →

EDM
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · EDM 71 · WSH 37

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

EDM
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

EDM 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 17% of the game, EDM 52%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

EDM

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	EDM
	34	72
	1.73	3.59
	1.64	3.20
	10	23
	7	8
	24	22
	−0.023	+0.023
	17%	52%

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 – Mangiapane – Duhaime
11:1028% CF
L2Wilson – Dubois – Protas
11:0133% CF
L3Ovechkin – Strome – McMichael
9:1919% CF
L4Eller – Raddysh – Frank
6:2345% CF
D1Roy – Fehérváry
13:3031% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
9:3817% CF
D3Carlson – Sandin
9:2044% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun
4:04100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Mangiapane – Dubois – Sandin – McMichael
1:21100% CF
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
2:41
PK2FWilson – Protas
0:32
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:27
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
1:14

Current WSH line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

L1Nugent-Hopkins – Brown – Janmark
8:5973% CF
L2Draisaitl – Arvidsson – Podkolzin
6:5984% CF
L3Henrique – Skinner – Hyman
6:4773% CF
L4Perry – Kapanen – Philp
2:5580% CF
D1Ekholm – Bouchard
12:4576% CF
D2Kulak – Nurse
9:3736% CF
D3Stecher – Emberson
4:4283% CF

PP1Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – Arvidsson – Bouchard
3:3450% CF
PP2Perry – Henrique – Skinner – Nurse – Bouchard
0:11100% CF
PK1FBrown – Janmark
2:25
PK2FHenrique – Nugent-Hopkins
2:24
PK1DEkholm – Emberson
2:14
PK2DKulak – Stecher
2:01

Current EDM 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	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	17:34	—	—	29	56
Brandon Duhaime L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.36	2	0	0	16:27	—	—	32	49
Andrew Mangiapane L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	1	0	15:51	—	—	35	55
Tom Wilson R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.21	2	2	0	18:28	—	—	32	16
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.19	0	1	0	17:56	—	—	29	25
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.17	1	0	4	15:30	—	—	38	29
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	2	0	0	16:50	—	—	17	9
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.35	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	19	9
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:15	—	—	30	25
Lars Eller C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.28	0	0	0	10:03	—	—	39	60
Taylor Raddysh R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:52	—	—	38	52
Ethen Frank R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:35	—	—	42	35
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:34	—	—	32	44
Matt Roy D	D1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.07	0	2	0	20:00	—	—	40	49
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	1	2	0	19:42	—	—	20	26
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	17:30	—	—	19	34
John Carlson D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	0	0	2	22:43	—	—	60	29
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:35	—	—	39	30

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	3.64	59:49

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	0	1	0	21:26	—	—	76	80
Mattias Janmark C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	63	65
Connor Brown R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	0	0	0	13:14	—	—	68	75
Leon Draisaitl C	L2	1	1	2	-1	4	0.49	0	0	0	23:41	—	—	64	61
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.89	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	76	73
Vasily Podkolzin R	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.04	1	1	0	13:13	—	—	80	73
Zach Hyman L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	20:42	—	—	67	64
Adam Henrique C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.53	2	1	0	14:05	—	—	63	72
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	72	73
Corey Perry R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.05	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	53	24
Kasperi Kapanen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	5	0	0	10:08	—	—	64	66
Noah Philp C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:15	—	—	86	60
Evan Bouchard D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	1	0	23:07	—	—	68	44
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	22:54	—	—	75	59
Darnell Nurse D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.13	0	0	4	22:59	—	—	62	55
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	19:48	—	—	44	66
Ty Emberson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	4	0	2	14:01	—	—	77	93
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	1	0	13:59	—	—	79	73

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	L	14	11	3	.786	2.21	57:53

Goal anatomy

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

Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH) 3rd 3:49 · assists Lars Eller, Logan Thompson · Rebound · carried in · 57.2 mph shot · 3.5 s from entry to goal.

Pierre-Luc Dubois · 3rd 3:49 · WSH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s
Type: rebound

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Leon Draisaitl · 1st 3:02 · EDM

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 40.1 mph
Distance: 22 ft

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Tom Wilson · 1st 9:01 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.8 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s
Type: one-timer

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Matt Roy · 2nd 8:14 · WSH

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 84.3 mph
Distance: 62 ft
Type: one-timer

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Corey Perry · 3rd 4:50 · EDM

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 79.6 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s
Type: one-timer

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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. Edmonton OilersJan 21, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals edge Edmonton Oilers 3–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Edmonton Oilers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Edmonton Oilers

Goal anatomy

Pierre-Luc Dubois · 3rd 3:49 · WSH

Leon Draisaitl · 1st 3:02 · EDM

Tom Wilson · 1st 9:01 · WSH

Matt Roy · 2nd 8:14 · WSH

Corey Perry · 3rd 4:50 · EDM