Washington Capitals vs. New York RangersMay 3, 2021

FinalMonday, May 3, 2021· Madison Square Garden

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Washington CapitalsWSH

6

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New York RangersNYR

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	1	3	6		WSH	15	11	14	40
NYR	1	2	0	3		NYR	10	11	5	26

: WSH 60NYR 48
: WSH 5.13NYR 3.35
PP goals: WSH 0NYR 1
Hits: WSH 20NYR 16
Blocks: WSH 8NYR 8
PIM: WSH 20NYR 8
: WSH 53%NYR 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 6–3

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 6–3 at NYR. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NYR's first power-play unit (Strome, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:35 together.

Points
Mika Zibanejad had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 23:47.Zibanejad
Points
Garnet Hathaway had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:25.Hathaway
Points
Nic Dowd had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:25.Dowd
Points
Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:49.Wilson
Points
Artemi Panarin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 10:40.Panarin
Points
Michael Raffl had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:35.Raffl
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Strome, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:35 together.Strome Zibanejad Buchnevich Panarin Fox
Usage
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 0:39, −19:17 down on his 19:56 season average over 44 games.Ovechkin

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 108 of 108 attempts · NYR 48 · WSH 60

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 54% of the game, NYR 23%.

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	36
	2.79	1.73
	2.58	1.68
	16	8
	6	2
	16	16
	+0.022	−0.021
	54%	23%

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

L1Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
12:2445% CF
L2Backstrom – Mantha – Sprong
9:2653% CF
L3Eller – Raffl – Sheary
6:0692% CF
D1Carlson – Orlov
15:1966% CF
D2Dillon – van Riemsdyk
14:4650% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
7:1650% CF

PP1Backstrom – Carlson – Mantha – Sheary – Sprong
4:1360% CF
PP2Chara – Eller – Orlov – Dowd – Raffl
1:31100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
2:40
PK2FRaffl – Hathaway
0:50
PK1DChara – Jensen
3:23
PK2DDillon – van Riemsdyk
1:28

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Rooney – Gauthier – Barron
7:3150% CF
L2Blackwell – Chytil – Kravtsov
6:5142% CF
L3Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Panarin
5:2155% CF
L4Strome – Kakko – Lafrenière
4:0250% CF
D1Fox – Miller
11:4543% CF
D2Hajek – Jones
5:3643% CF
D3Smith – Reunanen
3:4750% CF

PP1Strome – Zibanejad – Buchnevich – Panarin – Fox
3:35100% CF
PP2Strome – Zibanejad – Fox – Kakko – Lafrenière
1:19100% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
4:31
PK2FBlackwell – Rooney
1:09
PK1DFox – Miller
3:49
PK2DSmith – Hajek
1:40

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:12
WSHNic Dowd (Carl Hagelin, Garnet Hathaway)wrist0.07 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Carlson, Orlov, Dowd, HathawayNYR: Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Panarin, Reunanen, Jones
WSH 1 – 0 NYR
15:44
WSHConor Sheary (Michael Raffl, Tom Wilson)slap0.11 xG
WSH: Chara, Jensen, Wilson, Raffl, ShearyNYR: Smith, Rooney, Gauthier, Hajek, Barron
WSH 2 – 0 NYR
18:00
NYRMika Zibanejad (Artemi Panarin, Pavel Buchnevich)wrist0.07 xG
WSH: Chara, Eller, Jensen, Wilson, ShearyNYR: Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Panarin, Fox, Jones
WSH 2 – 1 NYR

2nd period

2:30
NYRMika ZibanejadPP (Ryan Strome, Artemi Panarin)snap0.19 xG
WSH: Chara, Eller, Jensen, DowdNYR: Strome, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Panarin, Fox
WSH 2 – 2 NYR
4:35
NYRKaapo Kakko (Alexis Lafrenière, Kevin Rooney)wrist0.24 xG
WSH: Chara, Backstrom, Jensen, Mantha, SprongNYR: Rooney, Fox, Miller, Kakko, Lafrenière
WSH 2 – 3 NYR
18:30
WSHGarnet Hathaway (Nic Dowd)wrist0.06 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Dowd, Dillon, van Riemsdyk, HathawayNYR: Smith, Blackwell, Zibanejad, Miller, Kravtsov
WSH 3 – 3 NYR

3rd period

4:37
WSHDaniel Sprongwrist0.09 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Orlov, Jensen, Mantha, SprongNYR: Smith, Rooney, Gauthier, Barron, Jones
WSH 4 – 3 NYR
11:41
WSHNicklas Backstrom (Michael Raffl, Nick Jensen)wrist0.04 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Dillon, Raffl, Mantha, van RiemsdykNYR: Zibanejad, Fox, Miller, Kravtsov, Lafrenière
WSH 5 – 3 NYR
18:34
WSHTom WilsonEN (John Carlson)wrist0.77 xG
WSH: Chara, Eller, Carlson, Wilson, ManthaNYR: Blackwell, Strome, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Jones, Lafrenière
WSH 6 – 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
Nic Dowd C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.15	3	1	0	21:25	—	—	46	61
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	1	0	0	18:02	—	—	48	64
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	1.10	2	0	0	16:25	—	—	42	61
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.36	1	1	0	19:51	—	—	54	46
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	3	0	0	18:49	—	—	58	53
Daniel Sprong R	L2	1	0	1	0	7	0.52	0	0	0	17:25	—	—	62	55
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.38	1	0	2	19:08	—	—	78	68
Conor Sheary L	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.62	2	0	0	18:00	—	—	83	70
Michael Raffl L	L3	0	2	2	+2	3	0.37	0	0	0	15:35	—	—	81	73
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.17	0	3	0	25:00	—	—	70	71
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.10	2	0	0	22:51	—	—	67	71
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.02	2	1	2	18:54	—	—	48	61
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	0	1	0	17:40	—	—	52	62
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	17:23	—	—	61	46
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:46	—	—	56	45
Tom Wilson R	—	1	1	2	+1	2	1.08	1	0	16	11:49	—	—	70	74
Alex Ovechkin L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:39	—	—	0	0

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	26	23	3	.885	3.35	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Rooney C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.26	2	0	0	12:15	—	—	53	64
Julien Gauthier R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:01	—	—	50	41
Morgan Barron C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	3	1	0	10:44	—	—	56	52
Vitali Kravtsov R	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.14	1	0	0	16:29	—	—	33	19
Colin Blackwell C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:18	—	—	27	22
Filip Chytil C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	2	1	0	15:10	—	—	29	29
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	2	0	2	-3	7	0.77	0	1	0	23:47	—	—	42	37
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.16	0	0	2	22:29	—	—	40	39
Artemi Panarin L	L3	0	2	2	0	1	0.19	0	0	2	10:40	—	—	50	37
Ryan Strome C	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.24	0	0	0	16:45	—	—	39	33
Alexis Lafrenière L	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.55	0	0	0	14:30	—	—	25	49
Kaapo Kakko R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.24	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	46	68
Adam Fox D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	0	4	0	27:48	—	—	37	64
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	22:48	—	—	49	57
Zac Jones D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	2	18:34	—	—	50	34
Libor Hajek D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:29	—	—	26	20
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.10	2	0	2	15:23	—	—	30	14
Tarmo Reunanen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:03	—	—	36	52

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	39	34	5	.872	3.65	57:50

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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.