Washington Capitals vs. Detroit Red WingsDec 29, 2024

FinalSunday, Dec 29, 2024· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	0	1	2		WSH	6	9	12	27
DET	4	0	0	4		DET	13	7	7	27

: WSH 67DET 53
: WSH 2.20DET 3.47
PP goals: WSH 0DET 1
Hits: WSH 24DET 12
Blocks: WSH 9DET 18
PIM: WSH 8DET 8
: WSH 47%DET 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Detroit Red Wings beat Washington Capitals 4–2

Detroit Red Wings beat Washington Capitals 4–2 at home. Alex DeBrincat (DET) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for DET: Tarasenko–Compher–Berggren skated 11:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Alex DeBrincat had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:49.DeBrincat
Points
Lucas Raymond had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:42.Raymond
Points
Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:34.Kane
New line
New look for DET: Tarasenko–Compher–Berggren skated 11:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tarasenko Compher Berggren
New line
New look for DET: Motte–Rasmussen–Kasper skated 7:11 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Motte Rasmussen Kasper
Usage
Erik Gustafsson (DET) played 12:21, −4:02 down on his 16:23 season average over 59 games.Gustafsson
Usage
Andrew Mangiapane (WSH) played 8:11, −4:54 down on his 13:05 season average over 80 games.Mangiapane
Usage
Marco Kasper (DET) played 10:35, −4:56 down on his 15:31 season average over 76 games.Kasper

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 120 of 120 attempts · DET 53 · WSH 67

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 26% of the game, DET 40%.

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
	60	44
	1.74	2.28
	1.71	2.16
	7	11
	5	2
	13	14
	−0.023	+0.023
	26%	40%

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 – Strome – McMichael
9:3765% CF
L2Wilson – Dubois – Protas
9:2850% CF
L3Dowd – Raddysh – Duhaime
6:4863% CF
L4Eller – Vrana – Mangiapane
5:3138% CF
D1Carlson – Sandin
13:0371% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
9:2148% CF
D3Roy – Fehérváry
9:1564% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun
3:1475% CF
PK1FDowd – Protas
2:07
PK2FWilson – McMichael
0:25
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
3:19
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
1:23

Current WSH line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Tarasenko – Compher – Berggren
11:0917% CF
L2Larkin – Veleno – Raymond
10:1276% CF
L3Kane – Copp – DeBrincat
9:5944% CF
L4Motte – Rasmussen – Kasper
7:1150% CF
D1Chiarot – Seider
16:0434% CF
D2Petry – Edvinsson
15:5839% CF
D3Holl – Gustafsson
7:5756% CF

PP1Kane – Larkin – DeBrincat – Seider – Raymond
5:21100% CF
PP2Tarasenko – Gustafsson – Compher – Rasmussen – Berggren
0:47100% CF
PK1FCopp – Compher
1:21
PK2FLarkin – Veleno
0:50
PK1DChiarot – Seider
2:11
PK2DPetry – Edvinsson
0:50

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:19
DETAlex DeBrincat (Ben Chiarot, Moritz Seider)wrist0.16 xG
WSH: Carlson, Dowd, Raddysh, Duhaime, SandinDET: Kane, Chiarot, Copp, DeBrincat, Seider
WSH 0 – 1 DET
6:44
DETPatrick KanePP (Erik Gustafsson, Lucas Raymond)wrist0.07 xG
WSH: Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Roy, ProtasDET: Kane, Gustafsson, Larkin, DeBrincat, Raymond
WSH 0 – 2 DET
12:04
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Jakob Chychrun, Connor McMichael)snap0.08 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Strome, Chychrun, Sandin, McMichaelDET: Petry, Motte, Veleno, Edvinsson, Kasper
WSH 1 – 2 DET
12:35
DETAlex DeBrincat (Patrick Kane, Andrew Copp)snap0.28 xG
WSH: Eller, Vrana, Mangiapane, Roy, FehérváryDET: Kane, Chiarot, Copp, DeBrincat, Seider
WSH 1 – 3 DET
14:18
DETLucas Raymond (Dylan Larkin, Joseph Veleno)wrist0.13 xG
WSH: Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Chychrun, Dubois, ProtasDET: Petry, Larkin, Veleno, Raymond, Edvinsson
WSH 1 – 4 DET

3rd period

10:27
WSHNic Dowd (Taylor Raddysh, Brandon Duhaime)backhand0.22 xG
WSH: Dowd, van Riemsdyk, Chychrun, Raddysh, DuhaimeDET: Holl, Gustafsson, Motte, Rasmussen, Kasper
WSH 2 – 4 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
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.09	1	0	2	20:23	—	—	57	37
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	+1	8	0.38	1	0	0	20:22	—	—	68	42
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	15:13	—	—	64	42
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	5	0	0	20:46	—	—	60	60
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	2	18:38	—	—	54	60
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	0	0	16:51	—	—	61	65
Nic Dowd C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.22	1	1	0	12:54	—	—	65	57
Taylor Raddysh R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	2	0	0	11:03	—	—	55	49
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	0	2	10:52	—	—	61	47
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	0	2	10:03	—	—	44	22
Andrew Mangiapane L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	3	0	0	8:11	—	—	47	28
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	7:16	—	—	41	27
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	2	0	26:52	—	—	68	40
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	1	0	20:30	—	—	69	45
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	1	0	0	21:34	—	—	50	36
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	14:44	—	—	41	35
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	5	1	0	19:22	—	—	62	58
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	0	0	17:07	—	—	53	49

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	27	23	4	.852	3.22	58:10

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Compher L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:44	—	—	19	24
Jonatan Berggren R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	1	0	15:30	—	—	21	23
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	1	0	14:09	—	—	20	28
Dylan Larkin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.54	1	0	0	21:42	—	—	59	69
Lucas Raymond L	L2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.41	0	0	2	17:42	—	—	74	82
Joseph Veleno C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	63	77
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	2	0	2	+2	3	0.94	0	1	0	17:49	—	—	45	70
Patrick Kane R	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.12	0	1	0	17:34	—	—	42	69
Andrew Copp C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.15	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	44	77
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.25	4	1	0	11:08	—	—	32	28
Michael Rasmussen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	0	0	0	10:36	—	—	46	43
Marco Kasper C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.18	1	0	0	10:35	—	—	53	47
Moritz Seider D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.07	2	3	0	25:49	—	—	34	48
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	22:20	—	—	34	48
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	3	0	21:07	—	—	39	60
Simon Edvinsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	2	4	20:48	—	—	44	65
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.16	0	0	0	12:21	—	—	59	66
Justin Holl D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	11:18	—	—	52	60

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.20	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Alex DeBrincat (DET) 1st 3:19 · assists Ben Chiarot, Moritz Seider · Deflection · 56.8 mph shot.

Alex DeBrincat · 1st 3:19 · DET

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 56.8 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: deflection

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Patrick Kane · 1st 6:44 · DET PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 58.2 mph
Distance: 40 ft

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Alex Ovechkin · 1st 12:04 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 72.5 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Alex DeBrincat · 1st 12:35 · DET

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.8 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 6.3 s
Type: rebound

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Lucas Raymond · 1st 14:18 · DET

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.7 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: rebound

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Nic Dowd · 3rd 10:27 · WSH

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 4.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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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.