Washington Capitals vs. New York RangersDec 27, 2022

FinalTuesday, Dec 27, 2022· Madison Square Garden

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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New York RangersNYR

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	2	1	4		WSH	8	15	7	30
NYR	0	0	0	0		NYR	13	7	12	32

: WSH 41NYR 71
: WSH 3.20NYR 3.98
PP goals: WSH 1NYR 0
Hits: WSH 19NYR 18
Blocks: WSH 16NYR 5
PIM: WSH 10NYR 4
: WSH 56%NYR 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals rout New York Rangers 4–0

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 4–0 at NYR. Conor Sheary (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Johansson, Kuznetsov, Gustafsson and Strome) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:18 together.

Points
Conor Sheary had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:01.Sheary
Points
Erik Gustafsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:28.Gustafsson
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Johansson, Kuznetsov, Gustafsson and Strome) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:18 together.Ovechkin Johansson Kuznetsov Gustafsson Strome
Luck
NYR scored 0 goals on 3.98 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Vitali Kravtsov (NYR) played 16:28, +5:23 up on his 11:05 season average over 43 games.Kravtsov
Usage
K'Andre Miller (NYR) played 18:46, −3:14 down on his 22:00 season average over 78 games.Miller
PP1
NYR's PP1 (Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) went scoreless in 4:46 of 5v4 time with 16 attempts.Kreider Trocheck 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 112 of 112 attempts · NYR 71 · WSH 41

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 36% of the game, NYR 38%.

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
	40	51
	2.59	2.15
	2.43	1.92
	7	7
	8	4
	23	19
	+0.055	−0.055
	36%	38%

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 – Sheary – Strome
9:4635% CF
L2Eller – Johansson – Aube-Kubel
9:1250% CF
L3Dowd – Hathaway – Protas
9:0433% CF
L4Kuznetsov – Mantha – Milano
8:2359% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
15:5052% CF
D2Irwin – Alexeyev
11:4919% CF
D3Gustafsson – van Riemsdyk
11:4650% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Johansson – Kuznetsov – Gustafsson – Strome
3:1880% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Orlov – Mantha – Sheary – Milano
0:53100% CF
PK1FDowd – Hathaway
2:27
PK2FEller – Sheary
1:31
PK1DOrlov – van Riemsdyk
2:12
PK2DIrwin – Gustafsson
1:33

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Zibanejad – Panarin – Kravtsov
8:5060% CF
L2Kreider – Trocheck – Vesey
6:2547% CF
L3Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière
5:3858% CF
L4Goodrow – Brodzinski – Gauthier
5:3471% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
14:0060% CF
D2Trouba – Miller
13:4152% CF
D3Harpur – Schneider
11:5760% CF

PP1Kreider – Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
4:4694% CF
PP2Trouba – Chytil – Kravtsov – Kakko – Lafrenière
2:53100% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Vesey
1:33
PK2FKreider – Zibanejad
1:27
PK1DTrouba – Miller
0:56
PK2DFox – Lindgren
0:54

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:44
WSHMarcus JohanssonPP (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Erik Gustafsson)wrist0.34 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Johansson, Kuznetsov, Gustafsson, StromeNYR: Zibanejad, Trouba, Fox
WSH 1 – 0 NYR

2nd period

17:01
WSHErik Gustafsson (Conor Sheary, Dylan Strome)wrist0.15 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Gustafsson, Sheary, van Riemsdyk, StromeNYR: Fox, Lindgren, Chytil, Kravtsov, Lafrenière
WSH 2 – 0 NYR
19:23
WSHLars Eller (Anthony Mantha)wrist0.19 xG
WSH: Eller, Orlov, Mantha, Sheary, van RiemsdykNYR: Trocheck, Trouba, Panarin, Miller, Kakko
WSH 3 – 0 NYR

3rd period

16:58
WSHConor ShearyENwrist0.23 xG
WSH: Eller, Orlov, Sheary, van RiemsdykNYR: Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox, Chytil
WSH 4 – 0 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	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	3	0	0	17:32	—	—	37	54
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	0	2	0	16:34	—	—	33	54
Conor Sheary L	L1	1	1	2	+3	2	0.51	1	1	2	16:01	—	—	41	62
Marcus Johansson L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.51	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	46	41
Lars Eller C	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.35	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	53	60
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	1	0	0	10:20	—	—	47	47
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	14:58	—	—	27	47
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	3	3	2	13:43	—	—	29	49
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:30	—	—	31	52
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	0	1	1	0	4	0.42	0	0	0	15:45	—	—	54	54
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	1	1	+1	4	0.38	0	0	0	11:48	—	—	57	66
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	11:23	—	—	58	62
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	3	2	23:27	—	—	56	74
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	2	20:30	—	—	50	60
Matt Irwin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	15:41	—	—	19	31
Alexander Alexeyev D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	2	0	15:39	—	—	18	31
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	+3	1	0.01	0	2	0	21:27	—	—	52	56
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.17	0	1	0	19:28	—	—	48	54

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	32	32	0	.1000	3.98	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.52	1	0	0	22:11	—	—	56	43
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.42	0	0	0	21:02	—	—	59	34
Vitali Kravtsov R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	0	0	0	16:28	—	—	63	34
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.70	1	0	2	19:11	—	—	48	28
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.46	1	0	0	19:00	—	—	48	24
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	2	0	0	13:22	—	—	46	38
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	0	0	-2	5	0.49	1	0	0	15:19	—	—	57	51
Kaapo Kakko R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	65	53
Alexis Lafrenière L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	13:14	—	—	57	51
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	13:02	—	—	56	56
Jonny Brodzinski C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	0	0	10:23	—	—	73	69
Julien Gauthier R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	0	0	9:06	—	—	73	68
Adam Fox D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.10	0	0	0	24:52	—	—	57	27
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	2	17:01	—	—	58	30
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	2	0	19:29	—	—	57	60
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	1	0	18:46	—	—	53	56
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	1	0	15:53	—	—	58	58
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	14:07	—	—	56	46

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.97	58:06

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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.