Washington Capitals vs. New York RangersDec 27, 2017

Final / SOWednesday, Dec 27, 2017· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	0	0	0	0	0	0		WSH	8	13	6	3	30
NYR	0	0	0	0	1	1		NYR	10	8	18	1	37

: WSH 54NYR 64
: WSH 2.29NYR 3.99
PP goals: WSH 0NYR 0
Hits: WSH 22NYR 20
Blocks: WSH 12NYR 19
PIM: WSH 6NYR 4
: WSH 37%NYR 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers edge Washington Capitals 1–0 (SO)

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 1–0 in a shootout at home. New look for NYR: Grabner–Hayes–Miller skated 14:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for NYR: Grabner–Hayes–Miller skated 14:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grabner Hayes Miller
Luck
NYR scored 0 goals on 3.99 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Chris Kreider (NYR) played 5:04, −10:44 down on his 15:48 season average over 57 games.Kreider
New line
New look for NYR: Nash–Zuccarello–Zibanejad skated 11:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nash Zuccarello Zibanejad
Goalie
Philipp Grubauer (WSH) faced 37 shots and stopped 37 (.1000), +10 against a season average of 27.2; the overtime loss.Grubauer
Luck
WSH scored 0 goals on 2.29 expected goals (54 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NYR: Desharnais–Vesey–Buchnevich skated 8:45 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Desharnais Vesey Buchnevich
New line
New look for WSH: Beagle–Chiasson–Smith-Pelly skated 8:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Beagle Chiasson Smith-Pelly

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)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · NYR 64 · WSH 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR 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 29% of the game, NYR 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYR

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	NYR
	52	59
	2.07	3.41
	2.04	3.14
	11	22
	8	6
	29	31
	−0.084	+0.084
	29%	41%

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
13:0567% CF
L2Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana
13:0237% CF
L3Beagle – Chiasson – Smith-Pelly
8:4646% CF
L4Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky
6:4562% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
17:3440% CF
D2Orpik – Bowey
10:4447% CF
D3Carlson – Djoos
9:4553% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
2:34100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Connolly – Burakovsky
0:530% CF
PK1FBeagle – Chiasson
2:06
PK2FEller – Wilson
0:49
PK1DOrpik – Carlson
2:29
PK2DNiskanen – Orlov
1:09

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Grabner – Hayes – Miller
14:5145% CF
L2Nash – Zuccarello – Zibanejad
11:2583% CF
L3Desharnais – Vesey – Buchnevich
8:4547% CF
L4Carey – Kreider – Nieves
0:00
D1McDonagh – Holden
16:3141% CF
D2Staal – Skjei
14:5669% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Smith
14:2454% CF

PP1Desharnais – McDonagh – Miller – Skjei – Vesey
1:44100% CF
PP2Nash – Shattenkirk – Zuccarello – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
1:4183% CF
PK1FNash – Zuccarello
1:01
PK2FGrabner – Hayes
0:52
PK1DHolden – Skjei
1:01
PK2DStaal – McDonagh
0:54

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: WSH 0 – 1 NYR.

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			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	4	0.58	3	0	2	21:18	—	—	59	43
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	0.02	1	0	0	19:44	—	—	50	41
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	2	0.18	2	0	0	19:20	—	—	58	51
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	1	0.02	0	0	0	22:47	—	—	35	50
T.J. Oshie R	L2	3	0.71	2	3	0	20:26	—	—	33	57
Jakub Vrana L	L2	4	0.23	2	0	0	16:46	—	—	36	56
Jay Beagle C	L3	2	0.03	1	0	0	13:35	—	—	33	32
Alex Chiasson R	L3	2	0.16	2	0	0	12:32	—	—	53	40
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L3	1	0.00	1	2	0	11:35	—	—	35	33
Lars Eller C	L4	1	0.03	0	1	2	13:48	—	—	65	10
Brett Connolly R	L4	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:50	—	—	64	6
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	1	0.02	0	0	0	8:28	—	—	64	9
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0.00	1	1	0	24:32	—	—	42	20
Matt Niskanen D	D1	3	0.02	3	3	2	24:31	—	—	39	20
Brooks Orpik D	D2	1	0.04	0	1	0	22:05	—	—	50	57
Madison Bowey D	D2	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:50	—	—	47	24
John Carlson D	D3	1	0.09	1	0	0	25:03	—	—	56	67
Christian Djoos D	D3	2	0.15	0	1	0	11:50	—	—	50	46

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	O	37	37	0	.1000	3.99	65:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Miller C	L1	3	0.19	0	0	0	21:06	—	—	46	50
Michael Grabner L	L1	3	0.19	0	0	0	19:55	—	—	46	48
Kevin Hayes R	L1	4	0.19	1	0	0	19:17	—	—	44	47
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	4	0.58	0	1	0	21:03	—	—	81	97
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	4	1.14	0	0	0	18:23	—	—	77	96
Rick Nash L	L2	6	0.51	3	0	2	17:48	—	—	77	93
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	1	0.24	0	1	0	17:10	—	—	48	36
David Desharnais C	L3	3	0.14	0	0	0	17:02	—	—	46	35
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:40	—	—	36	30
Boo Nieves C	L4	1	0.17	1	1	0	7:53	—	—	29	91
Paul Carey C	L4	1	0.06	0	0	0	7:35	—	—	33	84
Chris Kreider L	L4	2	0.06	0	0	0	5:04	—	—	50	58
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0.16	4	7	0	25:28	—	—	39	47
Nick Holden D	D1	1	0.01	4	4	0	20:27	—	—	41	47
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0.00	3	2	0	21:38	—	—	69	68
Marc Staal D	D2	0	0.07	1	1	0	19:30	—	—	70	68
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:18	—	—	48	61
Brendan Smith D	D3	4	0.28	1	0	2	17:08	—	—	54	64

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ondrej Pavelec(start)	W	30	30	0	.1000	2.29	65:00

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.