Washington Capitals vs. New York RangersNov 24, 2018

FinalSaturday, Nov 24, 2018· Madison Square Garden

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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New York RangersNYR

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	3	2	5		WSH	6	15	7	28
NYR	1	1	1	3		NYR	12	9	9	30

: WSH 54NYR 47
: WSH 2.84NYR 1.40
PP goals: WSH 0NYR 0
Hits: WSH 33NYR 42
Blocks: WSH 11NYR 8
PIM: WSH 4NYR 4
: WSH 36%NYR 64%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 5–3

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 5–3 at NYR. John Carlson (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 3A. WSH scored 5 goals on 2.84 expected goals (54 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
John Carlson had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 24:40.Carlson
Points
Brett Connolly had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:40.Connolly
Points
Jakub Vrana had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:12.Vrana
Points
Kevin Hayes had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:03.Hayes
Luck
WSH scored 5 goals on 2.84 expected goals (54 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for NYR: Fogarty–Gettinger–Andersson skated 4:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Fogarty Gettinger Andersson
Usage
Brett Howden (NYR) played 18:44, +3:51 up on his 14:53 season average over 65 games.Howden
Usage
Michal Kempny (WSH) played 23:04, +3:56 up on his 19:08 season average over 70 games.Kempny

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 101 of 101 attempts · NYR 47 · 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 41% of the game, NYR 16%.

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
	59	47
	3.00	0.95
	2.85	0.93
	13	5
	4	4
	26	22
	−0.092	+0.093
	41%	16%

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
13:3655% CF
L2Eller – Connolly – Vrana
10:2253% CF
L3Dowd – Jaskin – Stephenson
8:5060% CF
L4Smith-Pelly – Boyd – Burakovsky
6:1823% CF
D1Carlson – Kempny
17:4467% CF
D2Niskanen – Orlov
14:2933% CF
D3Djoos – Siegenthaler
11:3873% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Eller – Carlson – Wilson
2:34100% CF
PP2Niskanen – Orlov – Connolly – Burakovsky – Vrana
1:05
PK1FDowd – Smith-Pelly
1:44
PK2FEller – Stephenson
1:01
PK1DNiskanen – Orlov
2:08
PK2DCarlson – Kempny
1:52

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Fast – Zibanejad – Namestnikov
12:4843% CF
L2Kreider – Hayes – Chytil
10:2482% CF
L3Strome – Vesey – Howden
10:1743% CF
L4Fogarty – Gettinger – Andersson
4:2830% CF
D1Staal – Pionk
16:1533% CF
D2Smith – Skjei
15:1172% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Claesson
12:4735% CF

PP1Shattenkirk – Hayes – Strome – Vesey – Howden
2:06100% CF
PP2Kreider – Zibanejad – Namestnikov – Chytil – Pionk
1:3675% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Namestnikov
1:18
PK2FHayes – Strome
0:53
PK1DStaal – Pionk
2:04
PK2DSmith – Skjei
1:16

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:12
NYRJimmy Vesey (Jesper Fast, Kevin Hayes)wrist0.06 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Orlov, Connolly, Burakovsky, VranaNYR: Smith, Hayes, Fast, Skjei, Vesey
WSH 0 – 1 NYR

2nd period

9:39
NYRBrady Skjei (Brendan Smith, Kevin Hayes)slap0.01 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Orlov, Smith-Pelly, Boyd, BurakovskyNYR: Smith, Kreider, Hayes, Skjei, Chytil
WSH 0 – 2 NYR
10:10
WSHNic Dowd (John Carlson, Brett Connolly)tip-in0.07 xG
WSH: Carlson, Dowd, Connolly, Vrana, KempnyNYR: Shattenkirk, Claesson, Strome, Vesey, Howden
WSH 1 – 2 NYR
16:27
WSHJakub Vranabackhand0.15 xG
WSH: Eller, Wilson, Djoos, Vrana, SiegenthalerNYR: Shattenkirk, Claesson, Strome, Vesey, Howden
WSH 2 – 2 NYR
19:30
WSHAlex Ovechkin (John Carlson, Dmitry Orlov)tip-in0.05 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Orlov, Boyd, WilsonNYR: Staal, Fast, Zibanejad, Namestnikov, Pionk
WSH 3 – 2 NYR

3rd period

5:30
NYRRyan Strome (Brett Howden, Neal Pionk)wrap-around0.10 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Backstrom, Orlov, WilsonNYR: Staal, Strome, Vesey, Howden, Pionk
WSH 3 – 3 NYR
13:36
WSHBrett Connolly (John Carlson, Jakub Vrana)snap0.09 xG
WSH: Eller, Carlson, Connolly, Vrana, KempnyNYR: Staal, Smith, Strome, Vesey, Howden
WSH 4 – 3 NYR
18:52
WSHTom WilsonEN (Michal Kempny)wrist0.21 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Wilson, KempnyNYR: Shattenkirk, Smith, Kreider, Hayes, Zibanejad, Chytil
WSH 5 – 3 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	7	1	0	21:10	—	—	54	79
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.27	4	0	2	20:24	—	—	56	83
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.43	2	0	0	19:53	—	—	59	79
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.16	2	0	2	16:41	—	—	59	86
Jakub Vrana L	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.43	1	0	0	16:12	—	—	58	80
Brett Connolly R	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.39	1	0	0	14:40	—	—	52	74
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	13:55	—	—	73	71
Nic Dowd C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	2	1	0	13:11	—	—	62	70
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.55	4	0	0	11:25	—	—	71	74
Travis Boyd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	2	0	11:26	—	—	50	76
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:26	—	—	38	64
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	0	0	0	9:51	—	—	25	59
John Carlson D	D1	0	3	3	+4	4	0.08	2	2	0	24:40	—	—	71	89
Michal Kempny D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.02	2	2	0	23:04	—	—	59	75
Matt Niskanen D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.04	2	2	0	22:02	—	—	29	47
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:59	—	—	41	63
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	2	1	0	14:49	—	—	67	97
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	0	0	12:12	—	—	78	98

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley(start)	W	30	27	3	.900	1.40	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.11	2	1	0	18:55	—	—	43	6
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	0	0	17:56	—	—	39	4
Jesper Fast R	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	17:45	—	—	39	10
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.16	1	0	0	20:03	—	—	75	53
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.47	1	0	0	17:34	—	—	67	44
Filip Chytil C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	16:44	—	—	78	50
Brett Howden C	L3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.01	1	1	0	18:44	—	—	35	29
Ryan Strome C	L3	1	0	1	-2	3	0.30	0	0	0	17:11	—	—	41	30
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.06	1	0	2	16:20	—	—	44	32
Tim Gettinger L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	7:00	—	—	19	13
Steven Fogarty C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	6:50	—	—	20	14
Lias Andersson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	6:38	—	—	23	10
Neal Pionk D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	6	2	0	23:03	—	—	36	12
Marc Staal D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	0	20:31	—	—	32	10
Brady Skjei D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.01	3	0	0	19:57	—	—	67	50
Brendan Smith D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	1	1	0	18:45	—	—	62	44
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.05	5	1	0	19:17	—	—	36	20
Fredrik Claesson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	0	0	13:48	—	—	37	21

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	27	23	4	.852	2.63	58:59

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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.