Washington Capitals vs. New York RangersMar 14, 2023

FinalTuesday, Mar 14, 2023· Madison Square Garden

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Washington CapitalsWSH

3

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New York RangersNYR

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	1	1	3		WSH	9	16	6	31
NYR	3	1	1	5		NYR	19	11	6	36

: WSH 62NYR 62
: WSH 2.57NYR 4.63
PP goals: WSH 0NYR 1
Hits: WSH 16NYR 30
Blocks: WSH 14NYR 20
PIM: WSH 6NYR 10
: WSH 52%NYR 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 5–3

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 5–3 at home. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kane, Trocheck, Panarin, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:28 together.

Points
Mika Zibanejad had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:47.Zibanejad
Points
Matt Irwin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:17.Irwin
Points
Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 13:20.Kane
Points
Vincent Trocheck had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:49.Trocheck
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kane, Trocheck, Panarin, Fox and Lafrenière) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:28 together.Kane Trocheck Panarin Fox Lafrenière
New line
New look for WSH: Kuznetsov–Wilson–Sheary skated 9:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (38.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuznetsov Wilson Sheary
New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Strome–Snively skated 9:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Strome Snively
Usage
Rasmus Sandin (WSH) played 26:43, +7:30 up on his 19:13 season average over 70 games.Sandin

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 124 of 124 attempts · NYR 62 · WSH 62

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 20% of the game, NYR 46%.

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
	64	56
	2.83	3.66
	2.67	3.38
	11	16
	2	5
	13	14
	−0.012	+0.012
	20%	46%

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

L1Kuznetsov – Wilson – Sheary
9:3439% CF
L2Oshie – Strome – Snively
9:3158% CF
L3Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Protas
8:5365% CF
L4Backstrom – Smith – Mantha
8:4539% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Sandin
14:0831% CF
D2Jensen – Fehérváry
12:0938% CF
D3Irwin – Alexeyev
7:4365% CF

PP1Oshie – Backstrom – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Sandin
3:46100% CF
PP2Smith – Mantha – Sheary – van Riemsdyk – Strome
1:22
PK1FKuznetsov – Sheary
1:51
PK2FDowd – Wilson
1:44
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
1:12
PK2DIrwin – Fehérváry
0:46

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Tarasenko – Zibanejad – Panarin
10:1148% CF
L2Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière
9:4954% CF
L3Kane – Kreider – Trocheck
9:1368% CF
L4Goodrow – Vesey – Motte
8:4350% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
13:0858% CF
D2Mikkola – Fox
11:1750% CF
D3Harpur – Schneider
10:3843% CF

PP1Kane – Trocheck – Panarin – Fox – Lafrenière
2:28100% CF
PP2Kreider – Tarasenko – Zibanejad – Fox – Chytil
0:57100% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Vesey
2:46
PK2FKreider – Zibanejad
1:51
PK1DTrouba – Miller
1:50
PK2DMikkola – Schneider
1:10

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:09
NYRMika Zibanejad (Vladimir Tarasenko)snap0.18 xG
WSH: Dowd, van Riemsdyk, Aube-Kubel, Sandin, ProtasNYR: Tarasenko, Zibanejad, Panarin, Mikkola, Fox
WSH 0 – 1 NYR
14:29
WSHNicolas Aube-Kubel (Aliaksei Protas, Matt Irwin)wrist0.08 xG
WSH: Dowd, Irwin, van Riemsdyk, Aube-Kubel, ProtasNYR: Kane, Kreider, Trocheck, Harpur, Schneider
WSH 1 – 1 NYR
14:45
NYRMika Zibanejad (Artemi Panarin, Igor Shesterkin)backhand0.09 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Smith, Mantha, Alexeyev, SandinNYR: Tarasenko, Zibanejad, Panarin, Mikkola, Fox
WSH 1 – 2 NYR
18:46
NYRPatrick KanePP (Adam Fox, Vincent Trocheck)slap0.13 xG
WSH: Irwin, Kuznetsov, Sheary, van RiemsdykNYR: Kane, Trocheck, Panarin, Fox, Lafrenière
WSH 1 – 3 NYR

2nd period

4:09
NYRJacob Trouba (Vincent Trocheck, Patrick Kane)wrist0.08 xG
WSH: Jensen, Aube-Kubel, Strome, Alexeyev, ProtasNYR: Kane, Kreider, Trocheck, Trouba, Schneider
WSH 1 – 4 NYR
12:08
WSHMatt Irwin (T.J. Oshie, Rasmus Sandin)wrist0.12 xG
WSH: Oshie, Irwin, Strome, Sandin, SnivelyNYR: Kane, Mikkola, Fox, Chytil, Lafrenière
WSH 2 – 4 NYR

3rd period

11:48
WSHNic Dowd (Dylan Strome, Trevor van Riemsdyk)wrist0.02 xG
WSH: Dowd, Mantha, van Riemsdyk, Strome, FehérváryNYR: Trocheck, Trouba, Mikkola, Miller, Kakko
WSH 3 – 4 NYR
17:49
NYRJimmy VeseyEN (K'Andre Miller)backhand0.47 xG
WSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Strome, SandinNYR: Goodrow, Trouba, Vesey, Motte, Miller
WSH 3 – 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
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:21	—	—	41	9
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	2	0	2	20:56	—	—	50	11
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:25	—	—	50	10
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.36	0	1	0	18:58	—	—	56	64
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	18:56	—	—	54	56
Joe Snively C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	0	0	0	11:29	—	—	49	53
Nic Dowd C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.80	1	1	0	13:03	—	—	73	74
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.09	3	1	0	11:44	—	—	56	61
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.38	0	0	2	11:15	—	—	65	68
Nicklas Backstrom C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	0	2	17:23	—	—	42	31
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	15:37	—	—	57	43
Craig Smith C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	0	1	0	12:12	—	—	46	27
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.14	3	1	0	26:43	—	—	46	36
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	20:35	—	—	47	38
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	0	0	0	19:03	—	—	45	22
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	3	0	17:41	—	—	53	56
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	0	0	-2	5	0.11	0	2	0	12:53	—	—	69	73
Matt Irwin D	D3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.12	3	3	0	11:17	—	—	71	76

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	35	31	4	.886	3.98	57:50

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	2	0	2	+2	5	0.59	1	1	0	18:47	—	—	41	58
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.21	0	0	2	16:40	—	—	44	35
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.18	1	2	0	13:50	—	—	42	50
Alexis Lafrenière L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	5	0	0	14:02	—	—	44	54
Filip Chytil C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	12:47	—	—	48	36
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	0	0	0	12:46	—	—	47	36
Vincent Trocheck C	L3	0	2	2	-1	2	0.25	4	3	0	17:49	—	—	50	58
Chris Kreider L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.85	1	0	0	14:35	—	—	57	88
Patrick Kane R	L3	1	1	2	-1	6	0.54	1	1	0	13:20	—	—	54	63
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.95	2	0	0	13:25	—	—	52	71
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	0	2	13:06	—	—	50	71
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	3	1	0	11:51	—	—	46	66
Jacob Trouba D	D1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.11	5	1	0	24:44	—	—	49	48
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.27	2	2	2	22:50	—	—	47	46
Adam Fox D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	3	2	22:01	—	—	46	57
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	2	18:27	—	—	50	57
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	6	0	16:51	—	—	41	78
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	0	0	12:09	—	—	45	46

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	31	28	3	.903	2.57	60:00

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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.