Washington Capitals vs. Detroit Red WingsMar 22, 2018

FinalThursday, Mar 22, 2018· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	0	1	1		WSH	11	10	5	26
DET	0	0	0	0		DET	13	15	11	39

: WSH 48DET 70
: WSH 1.93DET 3.27
PP goals: WSH 0DET 0
Hits: WSH 15DET 14
Blocks: WSH 15DET 9
PIM: WSH 8DET 6
: WSH 49%DET 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Detroit Red Wings 1–0

Washington Capitals beat Detroit Red Wings 1–0 at DET. Brett Connolly (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. DET scored 0 goals on 3.27 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
DET scored 0 goals on 3.27 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Philipp Grubauer (WSH) faced 39 shots and stopped 39 (.1000), +12 against a season average of 27.2; the win.Grubauer
Usage
Jakub Vrana (WSH) played 8:25, −4:08 down on his 12:33 season average over 72 games.Vrana
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Nick Jensen (DET) played 22:22, +6:11 up on his 16:11 season average over 80 games.Jensen
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Lars Eller (WSH) played 20:35, +5:21 up on his 15:14 season average over 80 games.Eller
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Brooks Orpik (WSH) played 14:58, −4:27 down on his 19:25 season average over 80 games.Orpik
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Xavier Ouellet (DET) played 9:13, −4:45 down on his 13:58 season average over 44 games.Ouellet
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Darren Helm (DET) played 12:31, −3:05 down on his 15:36 season average over 74 games.Helm

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)DET attacks right (top on phones) →

DET
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · DET 70 · WSH 48

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

DET
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DET 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 23% of the game, DET 43%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

DET

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	DET
	41	64
	1.19	2.15
	1.17	2.09
	2	6
	4	5
	8	11
	−0.014	+0.014
	23%	43%

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 – Backstrom – Wilson
12:3136% CF
L2Oshie – Eller – Burakovsky
10:1559% CF
L3Beagle – Smith-Pelly – Stephenson
7:2825% CF
L4Connolly – Boyd – Vrana
5:5150% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
16:0550% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
13:5843% CF
D3Orpik – Djoos
8:1632% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Eller – Carlson
4:05100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Orlov – Connolly – Burakovsky – Vrana
1:46100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Stephenson
2:16
PK2FEller – Wilson
0:34
PK1DOrpik – Niskanen
2:26
PK2DCarlson – Orlov
1:09

Current WSH line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Zetterberg – Nyquist – Bertuzzi
8:4140% CF
L2Helm – Mantha – Larkin
5:0660% CF
L3Nielsen – Abdelkader – Athanasiou
3:5871% CF
L4Glendening – Frk – Svechnikov
3:3975% CF
D1Jensen – DeKeyser
15:5655% CF
D2Daley – Ericsson
13:3857% CF
D3Kronwall – Ouellet
8:0882% CF

PP1Zetterberg – Kronwall – Abdelkader – Nyquist – Bertuzzi
2:41100% CF
PP2Zetterberg – Abdelkader – Nyquist – Frk – Mantha
1:42100% CF
PK1FGlendening – Larkin
1:49
PK2FNielsen – Helm
1:32
PK1DDaley – DeKeyser
3:01
PK2DEricsson – Jensen
1:41

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

6:41
WSHBrett Connolly (Jakub Vrana)wrist0.08 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Orlov, Connolly, Boyd, VranaDET: Ericsson, Ouellet, Bertuzzi, Mantha, Larkin
WSH 1 – 0 DET

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	0	4	0.37	1	0	0	23:01	—	—	35	30
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	0	0	22:36	—	—	36	27
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	2	2	17:47	—	—	32	22
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.48	2	0	2	20:35	—	—	58	45
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	19:52	—	—	47	45
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	1	0	0	14:09	—	—	64	47
Jay Beagle C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:36	—	—	18	13
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	2	0	0	11:16	—	—	21	17
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:01	—	—	25	18
Brett Connolly R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	9:17	—	—	33	63
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:25	—	—	50	71
Travis Boyd C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	7:28	—	—	28	61
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	2	0	23:40	—	—	48	47
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	23:04	—	—	43	50
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.29	0	2	0	24:31	—	—	40	38
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	1	0	16:22	—	—	39	39
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	14:58	—	—	27	18
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	3	0	11:23	—	—	30	23

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	39	39	0	.1000	3.27	58:59

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Henrik Zetterberg C	L1	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	20:53	—	—	45	58
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	18:47	—	—	50	58
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L1	-1	2	0.36	2	0	0	16:45	—	—	50	51
Dylan Larkin C	L2	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	20:12	—	—	66	64
Anthony Mantha R	L2	-1	4	0.38	0	1	0	17:51	—	—	58	55
Darren Helm C	L2	0	2	0.12	0	0	2	12:31	—	—	64	67
Justin Abdelkader L	L3	0	5	0.54	1	0	0	16:53	—	—	73	84
Andreas Athanasiou C	L3	0	5	0.27	0	0	0	15:31	—	—	69	72
Frans Nielsen C	L3	0	2	0.28	0	1	0	15:05	—	—	67	78
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	2	0.29	1	0	0	12:26	—	—	75	77
Martin Frk R	L4	0	1	0.19	1	0	0	8:01	—	—	75	47
Evgeny Svechnikov L	L4	0	2	0.01	2	1	0	7:53	—	—	67	67
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	2	0.01	1	0	0	22:22	—	—	57	51
Danny DeKeyser D	D1	0	2	0.19	2	1	0	22:15	—	—	53	48
Trevor Daley D	D2	0	0	0.03	0	3	0	22:05	—	—	56	72
Jonathan Ericsson D	D2	-1	3	0.05	1	0	2	19:29	—	—	59	71
Niklas Kronwall D	D3	0	4	0.17	2	1	2	16:57	—	—	70	72
Xavier Ouellet D	D3	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:13	—	—	81	84

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jimmy Howard(start)	L	26	25	1	.962	1.93	58:51

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.