Washington Capitals vs. New York RangersDec 27, 2023

FinalWednesday, Dec 27, 2023· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	0	1		WSH	10	10	7	27
NYR	0	3	2	5		NYR	7	11	13	31

: WSH 56NYR 50
: WSH 2.06NYR 3.02
PP goals: WSH 0NYR 1
Hits: WSH 17NYR 28
Blocks: WSH 6NYR 15
PIM: WSH 6NYR 4
: WSH 50%NYR 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers rout Washington Capitals 5–1

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 5–1 at home. K'Andre Miller (NYR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:40 together.

Points
K'Andre Miller had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:20.Miller
Points
Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:02.Panarin
Points
Mika Zibanejad had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:16.Zibanejad
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:40 together.Kreider Trocheck Zibanejad Panarin Fox
Usage
Jacob Trouba (NYR) played 7:23, −14:04 down on his 21:27 season average over 68 games.Trouba
Luck
NYR scored 5 goals on 3.02 expected goals (50 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) played 13:13, −4:24 down on his 17:37 season average over 62 games.Kuznetsov
Usage
John Carlson (WSH) played 21:54, −4:02 down on his 25:56 season average over 81 games.Carlson

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 106 of 106 attempts · NYR 50 · WSH 56

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 22% of the game, NYR 45%.

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
	58	49
	2.05	2.91
	1.88	2.74
	10	14
	8	4
	14	12
	−0.005	+0.005
	22%	45%

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

L1Mantha – McMichael – Protas
11:5362% CF
L2Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
10:1474% CF
L3Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome
6:0145% CF
L4Kuznetsov – Lapierre – Miroshnichenko
4:4025% CF
D1Jensen – Edmundson
13:5648% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Sandin
13:1348% CF
D3Carlson – Fehérváry
11:5163% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Mantha – Strome
2:41100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Sandin – McMichael – Miroshnichenko
0:46100% CF
PK1FDowd – Malenstyn
3:14
PK2FKuznetsov – Wilson
1:45
PK1DJensen – Edmundson
1:24
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
0:50

Current WSH line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière
13:1153% CF
L2Pitlick – Goodrow – Vesey
10:1256% CF
L3Bonino – Brodzinski – Cuylle
9:5130% CF
L4Wheeler – Kreider – Zibanejad
8:2750% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
14:4743% CF
D2Gustafsson – Schneider
9:1231% CF
D3Trouba – Miller
5:2550% CF

PP1Kreider – Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
3:40100% CF
PP2Wheeler – Vesey – Gustafsson – Brodzinski – Lafrenière
0:59100% CF
PK1FKreider – Zibanejad
1:15
PK2FBonino – Trocheck
0:53
PK1DTrouba – Miller
1:39
PK2DFox – Schneider
0:46

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:12
WSHAnthony Mantha (Rasmus Sandin, Aliaksei Protas)wrist0.05 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Jensen, Mantha, Strome, SandinNYR: Pitlick, Goodrow, Vesey, Fox, Lindgren
WSH 1 – 0 NYR
7:03
NYRK'Andre Miller (Mika Zibanejad, Artemi Panarin)backhand0.08 xG
WSH: van Riemsdyk, Strome, Sandin, Protas, MiroshnichenkoNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Panarin, Miller, Schneider
WSH 1 – 1 NYR
12:08
NYRArtemi PanarinPP (Vincent Trocheck, Mika Zibanejad)wrist0.06 xG
WSH: Carlson, Kuznetsov, Edmundson, WilsonNYR: Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox
WSH 1 – 2 NYR
12:48
NYRBraden Schneider (Ryan Lindgren, Jimmy Vesey)wrist0.03 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, van Riemsdyk, Strome, Sandin, LapierreNYR: Pitlick, Goodrow, Vesey, Lindgren, Schneider
WSH 1 – 3 NYR

3rd period

6:54
NYRK'Andre Miller (Chris Kreider, Blake Wheeler)snap0.02 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Sandin, MiroshnichenkoNYR: Wheeler, Kreider, Zibanejad, Miller, Schneider
WSH 1 – 4 NYR
11:15
NYRAlexis Lafrenière (Adam Fox, K'Andre Miller)slap0.16 xG
WSH: Jensen, Edmundson, Mantha, McMichael, ProtasNYR: Trocheck, Panarin, Fox, Miller, Lafrenière
WSH 1 – 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
Anthony Mantha R	L1	1	0	1	0	7	0.32	1	0	0	15:32	—	—	63	34
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.05	0	0	0	15:10	—	—	56	30
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	14:43	—	—	58	31
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:11	—	—	71	81
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	16:05	—	—	70	49
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.36	0	0	0	12:23	—	—	67	47
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.21	0	0	0	16:50	—	—	46	64
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	7	1	0	16:46	—	—	38	38
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	0	1	2	16:40	—	—	39	39
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:13	—	—	43	57
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.36	0	0	2	12:52	—	—	39	37
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:01	—	—	27	6
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	18:10	—	—	50	28
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	54	36
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	0	2	0	19:50	—	—	45	53
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.00	1	0	0	18:57	—	—	52	55
John Carlson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	2	21:54	—	—	65	37
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	1	0	19:46	—	—	59	44

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	31	26	5	.839	3.02	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	3	2	0	19:44	—	—	50	71
Artemi Panarin L	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.11	0	0	0	19:02	—	—	56	75
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.41	1	0	0	16:56	—	—	50	73
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.21	0	0	0	13:51	—	—	53	47
Barclay Goodrow C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	2	13:47	—	—	56	54
Tyler Pitlick C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	4	0	0	11:13	—	—	56	47
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	2	0	14:53	—	—	31	53
Jonny Brodzinski C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	0	0	13:37	—	—	33	56
Will Cuylle L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.49	3	3	0	13:29	—	—	30	52
Mika Zibanejad C	L4	0	2	2	+2	1	0.23	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	52	59
Chris Kreider L	L4	0	1	1	+2	3	0.57	1	0	0	15:55	—	—	54	63
Blake Wheeler R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.25	2	0	0	11:08	—	—	44	56
Adam Fox D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.17	0	2	0	25:39	—	—	48	70
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	21:44	—	—	40	51
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	1	0	19:23	—	—	24	34
Braden Schneider D	D2	1	0	1	+3	1	0.03	2	2	0	18:40	—	—	61	78
K'Andre Miller D	D3	2	1	3	+3	3	0.12	5	1	0	22:20	—	—	53	50
Jacob Trouba D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:23	—	—	43	0

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	2.06	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Anthony Mantha (WSH) 2nd 4:12 · assists Rasmus Sandin, Aliaksei Protas · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 3-on-1 at the blue line · 54.2 mph shot · 3.0 s from entry to goal.

Anthony Mantha · 2nd 4:12 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.2 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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K'Andre Miller · 2nd 7:03 · NYR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.3 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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Artemi Panarin · 2nd 12:08 · NYR PP

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 47.9 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 6.3 s

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Braden Schneider · 2nd 12:48 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 65.0 mph
Distance: 47 ft
Entry to goal: 6.5 s

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K'Andre Miller · 3rd 6:54 · NYR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 70.4 mph
Distance: 51 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Alexis Lafrenière · 3rd 11:15 · NYR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.9 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.