Washington Capitals vs. Nashville PredatorsOct 29, 2022

FinalSaturday, Oct 29, 2022· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	2	3		WSH	16	10	9	35
NSH	0	0	0	0		NSH	11	10	13	34

: WSH 66NSH 65
: WSH 4.75NSH 3.85
PP goals: WSH 0NSH 0
Hits: WSH 28NSH 36
Blocks: WSH 14NSH 14
PIM: WSH 8NSH 4
: WSH 39%NSH 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Nashville Predators 3–0

Washington Capitals beat Nashville Predators 3–0 at NSH. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. John Carlson (WSH) played 3:48, −20:06 down on his 23:54 season average over 39 games.

Usage
John Carlson (WSH) played 3:48, −20:06 down on his 23:54 season average over 39 games.Carlson
Usage
T.J. Oshie (WSH) played 1:51, −15:08 down on his 16:59 season average over 57 games.Oshie
Luck
NSH scored 0 goals on 3.85 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for WSH: Johansson–Kuznetsov–Mantha skated 4:40 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Kuznetsov Mantha
Usage
Nick Jensen (WSH) played 25:25, +4:52 up on his 20:33 season average over 76 games.Jensen
Luck
WSH scored 3 goals on 4.75 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Dmitry Orlov (WSH) played 26:38, +4:09 up on his 22:29 season average over 65 games.Orlov
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Conor Sheary (WSH) played 18:55, +3:11 up on his 15:44 season average over 81 games.Sheary

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)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · NSH 65 · WSH 66

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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 36% of the game, NSH 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

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	NSH
	62	48
	3.44	2.74
	3.27	2.53
	14	14
	5	7
	10	14
	−0.082	+0.081
	36%	28%

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 – Sheary – Strome
7:0954% CF
L2Dowd – Hathaway – Malenstyn
6:5940% CF
L3Johansson – Kuznetsov – Mantha
4:4078% CF
D1Jensen – Fehérváry
9:3147% CF
D2Gustafsson – van Riemsdyk
8:3265% CF
D3Carlson – Orlov
2:2750% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Johansson – Orlov – Kuznetsov – Strome
3:32100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Johansson – Strome
1:0550% CF
PK1FDowd – Hathaway
4:39
PK2FEller – Sheary
2:14
PK1DOrlov – Jensen
4:05
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
3:35

Current WSH line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Duchene – Johansen – Forsberg
6:0847% CF
L2Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
5:4231% CF
L3Granlund – Niederreiter – Glass
4:1120% CF
L4McCarron – Sanford – Smith
1:4767% CF
D1McDonagh – Lauzon
11:5132% CF
D2Josi – Fabbro
10:4848% CF
D3Ekholm – Carrier
10:0356% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg
3:56100% CF
PP2Ekholm – Niederreiter – Sanford – Jeannot – Glass
3:0883% CF
PK1FTrenin – Smith
2:09
PK2FSissons – Jeannot
0:56
PK1DMcDonagh – Lauzon
2:42
PK2DEkholm – Carrier
1:56

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

12:49
WSHBeck Malenstyn (Nic Dowd)wrist0.16 xG
WSH: Jensen, Dowd, Hathaway, Malenstyn, FehérváryNSH: Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Forsberg, Fabbro
WSH 1 – 0 NSH

3rd period

6:44
WSHAliaksei Protas (Conor Sheary, Nick Jensen)wrist0.19 xG
WSH: Orlov, Jensen, Sheary, Strome, ProtasNSH: Josi, Johansen, Niederreiter, Forsberg, Carrier
WSH 2 – 0 NSH
17:15
WSHAlex OvechkinEN (Dmitry Orlov)wrist0.38 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Orlov, Jensen, Sheary, StromeNSH: Josi, Sissons, Sanford, Trenin, Jeannot, Glass
WSH 3 – 0 NSH

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
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.77	3	0	0	21:43	—	—	56	60
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.21	1	2	0	18:55	—	—	50	47
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	0	0	2	16:26	—	—	52	52
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	4	3	0	15:12	—	—	40	35
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	3	1	0	14:31	—	—	42	42
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	3	0	0	9:06	—	—	40	70
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.50	0	1	0	18:18	—	—	67	55
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.86	0	0	0	16:58	—	—	65	57
Anthony Mantha R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.41	1	0	0	16:33	—	—	67	68
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	1	1	+3	2	0.49	3	3	2	25:25	—	—	56	52
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	4	1	0	22:01	—	—	52	41
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	19:58	—	—	52	48
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	0	0	16:46	—	—	63	70
Dmitry Orlov D	D3	0	1	1	+2	4	0.43	4	1	0	26:38	—	—	61	67
John Carlson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	3:48	—	—	50	57
Lars Eller C	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	0	1	2	15:58	—	—	65	53
Aliaksei Protas L	—	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	0	0	0	10:07	—	—	73	81
T.J. Oshie R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1:51	—	—	100	100

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	34	34	0	.1000	3.85	59:46

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Filip Forsberg L	L1	-2	4	0.57	4	0	0	17:49	—	—	41	58
Ryan Johansen C	L1	-2	3	0.48	2	1	0	17:47	—	—	44	64
Matt Duchene C	L1	-1	0	0.52	1	1	0	17:32	—	—	46	69
Colton Sissons C	L2	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	15:31	—	—	33	20
Yakov Trenin C	L2	-1	3	0.22	3	1	0	14:59	—	—	36	28
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	-1	3	0.23	7	1	2	14:56	—	—	37	29
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	1	0.42	1	1	0	19:47	—	—	36	33
Nino Niederreiter R	L3	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	19:09	—	—	41	31
Cody Glass C	L3	-1	2	0.06	0	0	0	14:30	—	—	39	35
Cole Smith R	L4	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	13:49	—	—	67	40
Zachary Sanford L	L4	-1	1	0.33	1	0	0	12:18	—	—	59	49
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	1	0.13	4	0	0	8:16	—	—	59	50
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	18:08	—	—	30	19
Jeremy Lauzon D	D1	0	2	0.04	3	1	0	16:54	—	—	29	17
Roman Josi D	D2	-3	5	0.29	0	2	0	23:03	—	—	46	57
Dante Fabbro D	D2	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:43	—	—	44	61
Mattias Ekholm D	D3	0	4	0.30	1	1	0	23:26	—	—	59	60
Alexandre Carrier D	D3	-1	2	0.04	1	0	2	14:51	—	—	48	39

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	34	32	2	.941	3.97	57:32

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.