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Washington Capitals vs. New York RangersMar 26, 2018

Final· Madison Square Garden
Goals123TShots123T
WSH4004WSH1510833
NYR0112NYR716730
WSH 47NYR 62
WSH 4.44NYR 4.37
PP goals
WSH 1NYR 0
Hits
WSH 16NYR 17
Blocks
WSH 15NYR 9
PIM
WSH 8NYR 6
WSH 51%NYR 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 4–2

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 4–2 at NYR. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:38 together.

  1. Points
    Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 8 shots in 17:41.Ovechkin
  2. Points
    Evgeny Kuznetsov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:36.Kuznetsov
  3. Points
    Nicklas Backstrom had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:02.Backstrom
  4. PP1
    WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:38 together.OvechkinOshieBackstromCarlsonKuznetsov
  5. New line
    New look for NYR: Zuccarello–Hayes–Chytil skated 11:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ZuccarelloHayesChytil
  6. Luck
    NYR scored 2 goals on 4.37 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
  7. New line
    New look for NYR: McLeod–Namestnikov–Buchnevich skated 6:44 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McLeodNamestnikovBuchnevich
  8. New line
    New look for NYR: Spooner–Vesey–Andersson skated 6:55 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SpoonerVeseyAndersson

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.

Shot map, WSH at NYR: 109 attempts, 63 on goal, 6 goals, 8.81 expected goals; best chance Evgeny Kuznetsov at 0.71 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← WSH attacks left (bottom on phones)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →
  • NYR
  • WSH
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 109 of 109 attempts · NYR 62 · WSH 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, WSH at NYR: expected goals 4.37 to 4.44 (WSH led the chances), shot attempts 62 to 47, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdNYRWSHONOKAZnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NYR
  • WSH
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NYRWSHcontrol2nd3rdOshie · 1st 2:50Niskanen · 1st 5:13Ovechkin · 1st 8:54Kuznetsov · 1st 16:39Andersson · 2nd 13:16Zuccarello · 3rd 4:26
  • 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 33% of the game, NYR 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, WSH at NYR: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Ondrej Pavelec (48:42) for NYR and Philipp Grubauer (59:34) for WSH, 6 goals.

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
StatWSHNYR
4361
3.444.36
3.374.25
825
04
1612
+0.014−0.014
33%31%

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

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Rangers

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

  1. 13:16
    WSH 4 – 1 NYR

3rd period

  1. 4:26
    WSH 4 – 2 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
T.J. Oshie RL1101020.1800019:34——3127
Nicklas Backstrom CL1022020.5800019:02——4462
Andre Burakovsky LL1000020.4203016:45——2936
Alex Ovechkin LL2112+180.7500017:41——4830
Evgeny Kuznetsov CL2112+210.8900217:36——5548
Tom Wilson RL2000+100.0930014:30——4735
Jay Beagle CL3000-110.1000013:27——5049
Chandler Stephenson CL3000020.5100012:09——5654
Alex Chiasson RL3011000.0001010:11——5045
Lars Eller CL4000030.2713016:10——2534
Brett Connolly RL4000-100.0030011:16——3239
Jakub Vrana LL4000010.120008:53——4149
Dmitry Orlov DD1000+230.0822024:39——4943
Matt Niskanen DD1101+120.0622222:49——4547
Brooks Orpik DD2000000.0050217:00——4573
Jakub Jerabek DD2011+120.0603013:47——4645
John Carlson DD3011-130.3301021:15——3955
Michal Kempny DD3000-110.0200215:42——3126
WSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)W30282.9334.3759:34

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Kevin Hayes RL1000-110.4600021:10——5540
Mats Zuccarello RL1101-120.5000020:00——6361
Filip Chytil CL1011060.5400014:23——5954
Mika Zibanejad CL2000-130.1410018:50——5861
Chris Kreider LL2000-130.6520018:16——5261
Jesper Fast RL2000-140.3710015:36——6475
Ryan Spooner CL3000000.0011013:56——6367
Jimmy Vesey LL3011050.4800013:07——6568
Lias Andersson CL3101+120.5930010:44——6351
Vladislav Namestnikov CL4000000.1700216:25——5043
Pavel Buchnevich LL4000010.0110014:41——5344
Cody McLeod LL4000010.101127:29——5743
Brady Skjei DD1000010.1111023:02——6672
Rob O'Gara DD1011+110.1901018:19——6676
Neal Pionk DD2000000.0623023:20——3926
Marc Staal DD2000000.0012216:41——4254
Ryan Sproul DD3000-100.0000016:59——7363
John Gilmour DD3000-100.0230014:29——6337
NYR goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ondrej Pavelec—27261.9633.5648:42
Alexandar Georgiev(start)L633.5000.888:54