Washington Capitals vs. New York RangersMar 30, 2021

FinalTuesday, Mar 30, 2021· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	0	0	2		WSH	12	10	10	32
NYR	1	0	4	5		NYR	10	6	11	27

: WSH 54NYR 45
: WSH 3.41NYR 2.88
PP goals: WSH 1NYR 0
Hits: WSH 14NYR 19
Blocks: WSH 11NYR 13
PIM: WSH 14NYR 6
: WSH 56%NYR 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 5–2

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 5–2 at home. Artemi Panarin (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 2A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 1:45 together.

Points
Artemi Panarin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 19:44.Panarin
Points
Ryan Lindgren had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:08.Lindgren
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 1:45 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
Luck
NYR scored 5 goals on 2.88 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Vrana–Sprong skated 8:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Vrana Sprong
Usage
Lars Eller (WSH) played 10:05, −6:24 down on his 16:29 season average over 43 games.Eller
PP1
NYR's PP1 (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) went scoreless in 3:55 of 5v4 time with 2 attempts.Kreider Strome Zibanejad Panarin Fox

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 99 of 99 attempts · NYR 45 · 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 37% 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
	47	44
	2.90	2.34
	2.68	2.26
	14	11
	2	11
	14	13
	+0.032	−0.032
	37%	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

L1Backstrom – Wilson – Sheary
12:5671% CF
L2Ovechkin – Oshie – Kuznetsov
11:2039% CF
L3Eller – Vrana – Sprong
8:4671% CF
L4Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
8:4647% CF
D1Schultz – Orlov
17:5352% CF
D2Carlson – Dillon
17:3248% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
13:3153% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
1:45100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Schultz – Wilson – Sheary – Vrana
0:56100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
1:15
PK2FWilson – Hathaway
0:34
PK1DCarlson – Dillon
2:29
PK2DChara – Jensen
0:37

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
11:5442% CF
L2Strome – Panarin – Kakko
9:4663% CF
L3Blackwell – Di Giuseppe – Rooney
9:3135% CF
L4Gauthier – Chytil – Lafrenière
7:0450% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
19:0945% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
15:4256% CF
D3Smith – Hajek
13:1344% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
3:5567% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
1:33
PK2FStrome – Rooney
0:49
PK1DFox – Lindgren
1:26
PK2DTrouba – Miller
1:15

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:23
WSHT.J. OshiePP (Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson)slap0.15 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovNYR: Kreider, Strome, Trouba, Miller
WSH 1 – 0 NYR
4:22
WSHNic Dowd (Garnet Hathaway, Brenden Dillon)backhand0.18 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Jensen, Dowd, Dillon, HathawayNYR: Smith, Kreider, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Hajek
WSH 2 – 0 NYR
15:36
NYRFilip Chytilwrist0.14 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Schultz, Orlov, Wilson, ShearyNYR: Blackwell, Trouba, Chytil, Miller, Lafrenière
WSH 2 – 1 NYR

3rd period

4:10
NYRKaapo Kakko (Ryan Strome, Artemi Panarin)tip-in0.08 xG
WSH: Chara, Hagelin, Jensen, Dowd, HathawayNYR: Strome, Trouba, Panarin, Miller, Kakko
WSH 2 – 2 NYR
6:32
NYRAdam Fox (Artemi Panarin, Ryan Lindgren)backhand0.13 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Schultz, Orlov, KuznetsovNYR: Strome, Panarin, Fox, Lindgren, Kakko
WSH 2 – 3 NYR
15:41
NYRArtemi Panarin (Brendan Smith)backhand0.14 xG
WSH: Eller, Carlson, Dillon, Vrana, SprongNYR: Smith, Strome, Panarin, Hajek, Kakko
WSH 2 – 4 NYR
19:25
NYRPavel BuchnevichEN (Ryan Lindgren)wrist0.52 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, VranaNYR: Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Fox, Lindgren
WSH 2 – 5 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
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.12	1	0	0	20:10	—	—	61	46
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	0	0	12	19:05	—	—	72	62
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	0	0	0	15:39	—	—	65	50
T.J. Oshie R	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.43	0	0	0	17:31	—	—	33	40
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.30	2	1	0	17:19	—	—	33	39
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.41	2	0	0	17:16	—	—	43	52
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	0	0	0	13:28	—	—	57	60
Daniel Sprong R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.55	1	0	0	12:00	—	—	55	62
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	10:05	—	—	71	76
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	50	64
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	3	3	0	12:24	—	—	47	63
Nic Dowd C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.32	1	0	0	12:14	—	—	44	62
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	20:20	—	—	48	68
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.25	0	1	0	19:20	—	—	56	70
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.17	0	2	0	23:56	—	—	47	46
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.14	1	1	0	20:38	—	—	50	52
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	16:14	—	—	53	46
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	2	15:45	—	—	56	36

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	2.36	58:32

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	20:32	—	—	33	16
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.14	2	0	0	18:49	—	—	50	22
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.69	1	0	0	17:21	—	—	39	19
Artemi Panarin L	L2	1	2	3	+3	1	0.34	0	0	0	19:44	—	—	58	74
Ryan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	+3	1	0.13	1	0	0	18:32	—	—	63	77
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	1	0	1	+3	2	0.33	0	0	0	15:13	—	—	63	72
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.22	0	1	0	13:01	—	—	36	32
Kevin Rooney C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	2	12:43	—	—	33	17
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	4	0	2	11:38	—	—	29	15
Filip Chytil C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	0	0	0	12:16	—	—	55	64
Alexis Lafrenière L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	1	0	0	10:57	—	—	60	72
Julien Gauthier R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	9:44	—	—	56	60
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.11	3	1	0	22:16	—	—	48	40
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	2	3	0	21:45	—	—	45	38
Adam Fox D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.19	0	1	0	23:11	—	—	58	58
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.02	0	1	0	18:08	—	—	56	58
Libor Hajek D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	47	50
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	3	2	15:13	—	—	44	46

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	3.41	59:45

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.