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Washington Capitals vs. New York RangersFeb 24, 2022

Final· Madison Square Garden
Goals123TShots123T
WSH0011WSH1191737
NYR1124NYR79521
WSH 54NYR 38
WSH 3.49NYR 1.88
PP goals
WSH 0NYR 0
Hits
WSH 17NYR 24
Blocks
WSH 10NYR 10
PIM
WSH 8NYR 12
WSH 63%NYR 37%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 4–1

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 4–1 at home. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for WSH: Oshie–Eller–McMichael skated 9:57 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Alexis Lafrenière had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:05.Lafrenière
  2. Points
    Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:03.Zibanejad
  3. New line
    New look for WSH: Oshie–Eller–McMichael skated 9:57 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.OshieEllerMcMichael
  4. Goalie
    Igor Shesterkin (NYR) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +6 against a season average of 30.6; the win.Shesterkin
  5. Luck
    WSH scored 1 goal on 3.49 expected goals (54 attempts), well short of its chances.
  6. Luck
    NYR scored 4 goals on 1.88 expected goals (38 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  7. New line
    New look for NYR: McKegg–Gauthier–Barron skated 7:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McKeggGauthierBarron
  8. Usage
    Tom Wilson (WSH) played 14:57, −3:41 down on his 18:38 season average over 77 games.Wilson

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: 92 attempts, 58 on goal, 5 goals, 5.37 expected goals; best chance Evgeny Kuznetsov at 0.42 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 92 of 92 attempts · NYR 38 · WSH 54

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 1.88 to 3.49 (WSH led the chances), shot attempts 38 to 54, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdNYRWSHZLKGOnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NYR
  • WSH
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NYRWSHcontrol2nd3rdZibanejad · 1st 12:57Lafrenière · 2nd 18:48Kreider · 3rd 6:57Goodrow · 3rd 11:09Ovechkin · 3rd 18:58
  • 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 11%.

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: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Igor Shesterkin (60:00) for NYR and Ilya Samsonov (58:37) for WSH, 5 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
5438
3.181.87
3.051.76
1412
26
1216
+0.114−0.114
41%11%

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.

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
Evgeny Kuznetsov CL1011050.7020020:46——6181
Alex Ovechkin LL1101-150.5012220:09——5875
Conor Sheary LL1000-120.3800415:47——6477
T.J. Oshie RL2000-120.2021020:06——5048
Lars Eller CL2000-130.2311016:25——5445
Connor McMichael LL2000-130.1410011:40——5646
Nic Dowd CL3000030.2430012:52——7592
Carl Hagelin LL3000000.0100012:51——6986
Garnet Hathaway RL3000020.3000011:05——7593
Nicklas Backstrom CL4000-210.0600016:01——4617
Tom Wilson RL4000-210.0100014:57——5026
Joe Snively CL4000020.1700011:22——5657
John Carlson DD1000-240.1800023:05——6358
Martin Fehérváry DD1000-110.0031219:25——6161
Dmitry Orlov DD2000-110.0720019:21——6473
Nick Jensen DD2000010.0411019:09——6184
Justin Schultz DD3000-210.2601017:19——4847
Trevor van Riemsdyk DD3000000.0013015:03——4463
WSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)L21174.8101.8858:37

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Artemi Panarin LL1000000.0000018:05——2952
Ryan Strome CL1000-100.0000416:47——2434
Dryden Hunt LL1000010.3130013:20——2341
Barclay Goodrow CL2101020.1321019:02——3316
Kevin Rooney CL2011010.0100016:44——3719
Ryan Reaves RL2011+110.0450012:54——4223
Mika Zibanejad CL3112+330.0701018:03——5840
Chris Kreider LL3101+330.4002216:35——5640
Alexis Lafrenière LL3112+310.0622014:05——5434
Greg McKegg CL4000010.0310010:23——3841
Julien Gauthier RL4000010.262029:34——4151
Morgan Barron CL4000040.383008:48——4146
Jacob Trouba DD1000010.1411023:42——4345
K'Andre Miller DD1000010.0211023:37——5254
Adam Fox DD2011+310.0301023:09——5550
Ryan Lindgren DD2011+300.0021419:45——5049
Braden Schneider DD3000000.0020014:10——1515
Zac Jones DD3011000.0000013:17——2519
NYR goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)W37361.9733.4960:00