Washington Capitals vs. Detroit Red WingsDec 31, 2021

FinalFriday, Dec 31, 2021· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	2	3		WSH	5	9	13	27
DET	0	1	0	1		DET	11	4	5	20

: WSH 50DET 40
: WSH 2.83DET 1.89
PP goals: WSH 1DET 0
Hits: WSH 19DET 18
Blocks: WSH 15DET 13
PIM: WSH 8DET 8
: WSH 35%DET 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Detroit Red Wings 3–1

Washington Capitals beat Detroit Red Wings 3–1 at DET. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:41 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 19:54.Ovechkin
Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:09.Kuznetsov
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:41 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
Usage
Michal Kempny (WSH) played 19:52, +4:19 up on his 15:33 season average over 14 games.Kempny
Usage
Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH) played 21:10, +3:45 up on his 17:25 season average over 71 games.van Riemsdyk
Shots
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led everyone with 7 shot on goals, scoring 2 times.Ovechkin

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 90 of 90 attempts · DET 40 · WSH 50

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 40% of the game, DET 31%.

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
	46	34
	1.65	1.50
	1.63	1.44
	5	8
	1	5
	6	7
	−0.072	+0.072
	40%	31%

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

L1Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
9:2850% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
8:3650% CF
L3Oshie – Backstrom – Sheary
4:06100% CF
L4Leason – McMichael – Protas
2:5283% CF
D1Carlson – Orlov
17:4750% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Kempny
14:0848% CF
D3Irwin – Johansen
10:5282% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
4:4182% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Orlov – Wilson – Sheary – Protas
1:00
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
1:15
PK2FKuznetsov – Wilson
0:44
PK1Dvan Riemsdyk – Kempny
3:25
PK2DCarlson – Irwin
0:35

Current WSH line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Bertuzzi – Larkin – Raymond
11:4538% CF
L2Namestnikov – Fabbri – Suter
8:3935% CF
L3Erne – Rasmussen – Zadina
7:1030% CF
L4Gagner – Rowney – Veleno
7:0150% CF
D1Oesterle – Lindstrom
15:1132% CF
D2Staal – Hronek
14:4419% CF
D3DeKeyser – Seider
13:4759% CF

PP1Bertuzzi – Larkin – Fabbri – Seider – Raymond
2:4280% CF
PP2Gagner – Namestnikov – Hronek – Suter – Zadina
0:41
PK1FGagner – Suter
2:52
PK2FNamestnikov – Rasmussen
2:26
PK1DStaal – Hronek
2:42
PK2DDeKeyser – Seider
2:15

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:43
DETPius Suter (Sam Gagner, Vladislav Namestnikov)wrist0.03 xG
WSH: Orlov, Kuznetsov, Wilson, van Riemsdyk, KempnyDET: Gagner, Namestnikov, DeKeyser, Hronek, Suter
WSH 0 – 1 DET
15:53
WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov (Lucas Johansen, Matt Irwin)snap0.16 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Irwin, Kuznetsov, Wilson, JohansenDET: Staal, Bertuzzi, Larkin, Hronek, Raymond
WSH 1 – 1 DET

3rd period

17:09
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom)slap0.06 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovDET: Staal, Namestnikov, Hronek, Rasmussen
WSH 2 – 1 DET
19:19
WSHAlex OvechkinEN (Garnet Hathaway, John Carlson)snap0.74 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Orlov, HathawayDET: Erne, Bertuzzi, Larkin, Fabbri, Seider, Raymond
WSH 3 – 1 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
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	2	14:12	—	—	58	51
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	13:48	—	—	53	43
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	3	2	0	13:12	—	—	47	30
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	1	1	2	0	3	0.38	1	1	0	20:09	—	—	53	61
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	2	0	2	+2	7	1.11	1	0	0	19:54	—	—	53	69
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	0	4	16:34	—	—	50	59
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	1	0	0	18:08	—	—	64	44
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	17:01	—	—	80	63
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.23	1	1	0	16:29	—	—	67	53
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	10:56	—	—	53	44
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	10:09	—	—	59	48
Brett Leason R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:22	—	—	73	41
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.31	0	0	0	26:03	—	—	52	53
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	3	2	22:04	—	—	50	50
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	3	0	21:10	—	—	52	16
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	1	0	19:52	—	—	50	12
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:33	—	—	85	88
Lucas Johansen D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	12:18	—	—	82	88

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	1.89	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	0	0	0	19:38	—	—	44	30
Dylan Larkin C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.42	0	0	0	17:39	—	—	44	41
Lucas Raymond L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:17	—	—	39	23
Robby Fabbri C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	2	0	2	17:56	—	—	41	76
Pius Suter C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	1	1	0	17:40	—	—	35	53
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.31	0	1	0	15:01	—	—	41	70
Michael Rasmussen C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	0	0	14:10	—	—	39	44
Filip Zadina R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:23	—	—	44	50
Adam Erne L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	11:36	—	—	33	18
Sam Gagner C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	0	1	0	14:03	—	—	70	100
Joseph Veleno C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:31	—	—	56	54
Carter Rowney C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:25	—	—	57	100
Gustav Lindstrom D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	17:09	—	—	30	66
Jordan Oesterle D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:03	—	—	35	69
Filip Hronek D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	20:31	—	—	30	12
Marc Staal D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	19:47	—	—	18	1
Moritz Seider D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	3	2	4	22:39	—	—	59	63
Danny DeKeyser D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	2	2	0	18:14	—	—	60	60

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thomas Greiss(start)	L	26	24	2	.923	2.09	58:19

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.