Washington Capitals vs. New York RangersFeb 4, 2021

FinalThursday, Feb 4, 2021· Madison Square Garden

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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New York RangersNYR

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	1	2		WSH	8	14	11	33
NYR	1	1	2	4		NYR	15	8	8	31

: WSH 59NYR 51
: WSH 3.00NYR 3.79
PP goals: WSH 0NYR 0
Hits: WSH 17NYR 20
Blocks: WSH 9NYR 18
PIM: WSH 13NYR 15
: WSH 54%NYR 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 4–2

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 4–2 at home. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 27:17, +7:58 up on his 19:20 season average over 44 games.

Points
Artemi Panarin had 3 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:21.Panarin
Points
Ryan Strome had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:42.Strome
Usage
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 27:17, +7:58 up on his 19:20 season average over 44 games.Ovechkin
New line
New look for NYR: Di Giuseppe–Howden–Lafrenière skated 7:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Di Giuseppe Howden Lafrenière
Usage
Jonas Siegenthaler (WSH) played 7:00, −9:14 down on his 16:14 season average over 14 games.Siegenthaler
Usage
Anthony Bitetto (NYR) played 9:30, −5:19 down on his 14:49 season average over 13 games.Bitetto
New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Panik–Vrana skated 7:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (72.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Panik Vrana
Usage
Daniel Sprong (WSH) played 5:27, −6:22 down on his 11:49 season average over 41 games.Sprong

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 110 of 110 attempts · NYR 51 · WSH 59

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 30%.

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
	55	47
	2.60	2.75
	2.53	2.70
	12	12
	4	4
	14	19
	+0.024	−0.024
	29%	30%

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
10:1273% CF
L2Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
9:5242% CF
L3Oshie – Panik – Vrana
7:3072% CF
D1Chara – Carlson
13:4757% CF
D2Dillon – van Riemsdyk
11:1765% CF
D3Orlov – Jensen
9:0655% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Vrana
5:07100% CF
PP2Chara – Ovechkin – Panik – Sgarbossa – Wilson
2:34
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
1:29
PK2FBackstrom – Wilson
1:17
PK1DJensen – Siegenthaler
2:32
PK2DDillon – van Riemsdyk
1:37

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Strome – Panarin – Kakko
9:2139% CF
L2Di Giuseppe – Howden – Lafrenière
7:4547% CF
L3Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
7:0539% CF
L4Lemieux – Rooney – Gauthier
3:4933% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
15:0452% CF
D2Trouba – Miller
14:5947% CF
D3Bitetto – Hajek
8:5240% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
4:05100% CF
PP2Strome – Trouba – Lemieux – Kakko – Lafrenière
1:52
PK1FRooney – Howden
3:34
PK2FZibanejad – Buchnevich
2:15
PK1DFox – Lindgren
3:51
PK2DTrouba – Miller
2:29

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:41
NYRRyan Strome (Adam Fox, Artemi Panarin)tip-in0.07 xG
WSH: Oshie, Panik, Dillon, van Riemsdyk, VranaNYR: Strome, Panarin, Fox, Lindgren, Kakko
WSH 0 – 1 NYR

2nd period

9:15
NYRAnthony Bitetto (Kevin Rooney)backhand0.07 xG
WSH: Chara, Hagelin, Carlson, Dowd, HathawayNYR: Bitetto, Lemieux, Rooney, Gauthier, Hajek
WSH 0 – 2 NYR
18:57
WSHCarl Hagelin (Garnet Hathaway, Michael Sgarbossa)deflected0.27 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Orlov, Jensen, Sgarbossa, HathawayNYR: Kreider, Strome, Panarin, Hajek, Miller
WSH 1 – 2 NYR

3rd period

7:55
NYRRyan Strome (Artemi Panarin, Kaapo Kakko)wrist0.19 xG
WSH: Chara, Oshie, Panik, van Riemsdyk, VranaNYR: Strome, Panarin, Fox, Lindgren, Kakko
WSH 1 – 3 NYR
11:01
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Nicklas Backstrom)wrist0.02 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Dillon, Wilson, van RiemsdykNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Fox, Lindgren
WSH 2 – 3 NYR
19:33
NYRPavel BuchnevichEN (Mika Zibanejad, Artemi Panarin)wrist0.95 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Wilson, VranaNYR: Zibanejad, Trouba, Buchnevich, Panarin, Miller
WSH 2 – 4 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	0	7	0.55	2	1	0	27:17	—	—	53	51
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	4	2	0	21:19	—	—	57	54
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	21:13	—	—	77	81
Carl Hagelin L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.27	1	0	0	16:29	—	—	38	52
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	2	15:25	—	—	35	48
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.63	4	0	2	13:23	—	—	48	60
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.27	0	0	0	19:41	—	—	69	39
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.06	3	0	0	18:37	—	—	62	35
Richard Panik R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	1	0	2	12:53	—	—	63	32
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	1	2	0	23:42	—	—	53	50
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	1	0	0	20:40	—	—	50	42
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	0	1	0	16:32	—	—	62	47
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	7	15:46	—	—	57	59
Dmitry Orlov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	57	52
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	13:04	—	—	57	58
Michael Sgarbossa C	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	1	0	10:03	—	—	43	48
Jonas Siegenthaler D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:00	—	—	25	3
Daniel Sprong R	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	5:27	—	—	50	32

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	2.84	58:50

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Strome C	L1	2	0	2	+1	2	0.27	1	0	0	21:42	—	—	48	53
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	3	3	+2	5	0.39	0	0	0	20:21	—	—	52	60
Kaapo Kakko R	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.07	0	2	2	14:13	—	—	46	76
Brett Howden C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	1	0	2	15:02	—	—	50	50
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	1	0	0	14:04	—	—	50	52
Alexis Lafrenière L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	1	0	0	12:38	—	—	42	44
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.33	3	0	4	19:20	—	—	45	43
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	1.18	1	2	0	15:38	—	—	39	34
Chris Kreider L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.28	0	1	0	15:38	—	—	46	41
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	5	11:45	—	—	38	78
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	1	0	2	9:24	—	—	64	86
Julien Gauthier R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:12	—	—	17	44
Adam Fox D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	0	1	0	26:27	—	—	53	69
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.04	3	0	0	21:16	—	—	48	69
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	4	9	0	24:42	—	—	45	60
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	22:35	—	—	45	46
Anthony Bitetto D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	9:30	—	—	33	27
Libor Hajek D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	1	0	9:29	—	—	33	24

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	3.00	60:00

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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.