Washington Capitals vs. New York RangersApr 29, 2022

FinalFriday, Apr 29, 2022· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	2	0	2		WSH	12	12	12	36
NYR	0	2	1	3		NYR	10	13	10	33

: WSH 65NYR 52
: WSH 2.82NYR 2.67
PP goals: WSH 1NYR 0
Hits: WSH 15NYR 15
Blocks: WSH 7NYR 16
PIM: WSH 6NYR 12
: WSH 39%NYR 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers edge Washington Capitals 3–2

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 3–2 at home. Kaapo Kakko (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 2A. WSH's first power-play unit (Oshie, Carlson, Schultz, Johansson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 5:24 together.

Points
Braden Schneider had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:57.Schneider
Points
Kaapo Kakko had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:03.Kakko
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Oshie, Carlson, Schultz, Johansson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 5:24 together.Oshie Carlson Schultz Johansson Kuznetsov
New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Johansson–McMichael skated 9:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Johansson McMichael
Goalie
Alexandar Georgiev (NYR) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +10 against a season average of 26.0; the win.Georgiev
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Hathaway–Jonsson-Fjallby skated 8:22 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Hathaway Jonsson-Fjallby
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Larsson–Sheary skated 9:24 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Larsson Sheary
Usage
Alexis Lafrenière (NYR) played 18:09, +4:13 up on his 13:56 season average over 78 games.Lafrenière

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 117 of 117 attempts · NYR 52 · WSH 65

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 28% of the game, NYR 20%.

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	48
	1.98	1.91
	1.96	1.88
	8	13
	10	8
	37	31
	−0.109	+0.109
	28%	20%

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

L1Oshie – Johansson – McMichael
9:3827% CF
L2Kuznetsov – Wilson – Mantha
9:2674% CF
L3Eller – Larsson – Sheary
9:2457% CF
L4Dowd – Hathaway – Jonsson-Fjallby
8:2267% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
11:5273% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
10:4955% CF
D3Schultz – van Riemsdyk
7:0062% CF

PP1Oshie – Carlson – Schultz – Johansson – Kuznetsov
5:2471% CF
PP2Orlov – Wilson – Mantha – Sheary – van Riemsdyk
0:47
PK1FEller – Hathaway
1:14
PK2FOshie – Jonsson-Fjallby
0:37
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
2:12
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
1:02

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Kreider – Zibanejad – Vatrano
8:1961% CF
L2Reaves – Hunt – Rooney
5:1115% CF
L3Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière
4:5860% CF
L4Strome – Goodrow – Brodzinski
3:2550% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
14:5449% CF
D2Nemeth – Schneider
13:4723% CF
D3Fox – Lindgren
13:3367% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Fox – Lafrenière
2:12100% CF
PP2Goodrow – Trouba – Vatrano – Chytil – Kakko
1:1133% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Rooney
2:26
PK2FKreider – Zibanejad
2:19
PK1DFox – Lindgren
2:59
PK2DTrouba – Miller
2:41

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:26
NYRFilip Chytil (Kaapo Kakko, Braden Schneider)wrist0.17 xG
WSH: Eller, Jensen, Larsson, Jonsson-Fjallby, FehérváryNYR: Nemeth, Chytil, Kakko, Schneider, Lafrenière
WSH 0 – 1 NYR
4:01
WSHJustin Schultz (Trevor van Riemsdyk)snap0.05 xG
WSH: Schultz, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Mantha, van RiemsdykNYR: Nemeth, Chytil, Kakko, Schneider, Lafrenière
WSH 1 – 1 NYR
5:13
WSHJohn CarlsonPP (Evgeny Kuznetsov, T.J. Oshie)slap0.06 xG
WSH: Oshie, Carlson, Schultz, Johansson, KuznetsovNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Fox, Lindgren
WSH 2 – 1 NYR
15:44
NYRAlexis Lafrenière (Ryan Strome, Braden Schneider)tip-in0.03 xG
WSH: Carlson, Dowd, Hathaway, Jonsson-Fjallby, FehérváryNYR: Strome, Goodrow, Fox, Schneider, Lafrenière
WSH 2 – 2 NYR

3rd period

6:42
NYRDryden Hunt (Kaapo Kakko, Adam Fox)wrist0.09 xG
WSH: Schultz, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Mantha, van RiemsdykNYR: Nemeth, Hunt, Chytil, Kakko, Schneider
WSH 2 – 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
Marcus Johansson L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.42	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	37	33
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.32	1	1	0	19:12	—	—	32	29
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	11:57	—	—	31	14
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.05	1	0	2	20:14	—	—	75	74
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.65	0	0	0	18:12	—	—	71	75
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:35	—	—	72	67
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.30	0	0	0	15:53	—	—	56	34
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	14:06	—	—	56	39
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:18	—	—	53	28
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	0	4	11:17	—	—	58	78
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	2	1	0	10:10	—	—	63	78
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	9:47	—	—	63	63
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	2	0	21:34	—	—	49	55
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	1	0	20:47	—	—	65	55
John Carlson D	D2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.28	1	2	0	24:52	—	—	50	56
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	3	0	0	16:41	—	—	63	39
Justin Schultz D	D3	1	0	1	0	3	0.16	1	0	0	19:25	—	—	60	55
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	16:50	—	—	46	41

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	2.15	57:38

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.67	1	0	0	16:52	—	—	61	74
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	61	74
Frank Vatrano R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	11:13	—	—	58	70
Kevin Rooney C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	2	14:53	—	—	16	12
Dryden Hunt L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	1	0	0	11:19	—	—	38	31
Ryan Reaves R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	4	1	0	10:40	—	—	17	13
Alexis Lafrenière L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.18	1	0	0	18:09	—	—	54	57
Kaapo Kakko R	L3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.18	1	0	0	14:03	—	—	65	71
Filip Chytil C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.45	0	1	0	12:25	—	—	64	77
Ryan Strome C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	1	0	2	18:52	—	—	44	47
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.18	1	2	2	17:04	—	—	46	50
Jonny Brodzinski C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.24	0	1	0	10:27	—	—	36	51
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.03	0	5	0	22:02	—	—	47	42
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	2	2	0	21:33	—	—	50	45
Patrik Nemeth D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	2	16:57	—	—	23	38
Braden Schneider D	D2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	28	43
Adam Fox D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	22:58	—	—	70	69
Ryan Lindgren D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	0	0	2	18:45	—	—	67	68

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	36	34	2	.944	2.82	60:00

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.