Washington Capitals vs. San Jose SharksMar 10, 2018

FinalSaturday, Mar 10, 2018· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	1	2		WSH	6	12	8	26
SJS	0	0	0	0		SJS	12	3	9	24

: WSH 56SJS 54
: WSH 3.66SJS 2.70
PP goals: WSH 0SJS 0
Hits: WSH 26SJS 24
Blocks: WSH 14SJS 20
PIM: WSH 4SJS 0
: WSH 62%SJS 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat San Jose Sharks 2–0

Washington Capitals beat San Jose Sharks 2–0 at SJS. Lars Eller (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Wilson skated 15:31 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Wilson skated 15:31 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Kuznetsov Wilson
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New look for WSH: Backstrom–Connolly–Burakovsky skated 11:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Backstrom Connolly Burakovsky
Luck
SJS scored 0 goals on 2.70 expected goals (54 attempts), well short of its chances.
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New look for WSH: Beagle–Boyd–Stephenson skated 5:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Beagle Boyd Stephenson
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New look for WSH: Oshie–Eller–Vrana skated 10:50 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Eller Vrana
Luck
WSH scored 2 goals on 3.66 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Joakim Ryan (SJS) played 10:40, −6:11 down on his 16:51 season average over 61 games.Ryan
Usage
Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) played 16:33, −3:09 down on his 19:42 season average over 80 games.Backstrom

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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · SJS 54 · WSH 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS 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 35% of the game, SJS 29%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SJS

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	SJS
	66	56
	3.82	2.30
	3.77	2.23
	14	8
	8	2
	13	7
	+0.073	−0.072
	35%	29%

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 – Kuznetsov – Wilson
15:3153% CF
L2Backstrom – Connolly – Burakovsky
11:0653% CF
L3Oshie – Eller – Vrana
10:5062% CF
L4Beagle – Boyd – Stephenson
5:5022% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
20:2154% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
18:2757% CF
D3Orpik – Jerabek
13:3140% CF

PK1FBeagle – Stephenson
1:58
PK2FOshie – Backstrom
0:56
PK1DOrpik – Niskanen
1:59
PK2DCarlson – Orlov
1:58

Current WSH line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Fehr – Sorensen – Goodrow
9:2655% CF
L2Pavelski – Kane – Donskoi
4:5936% CF
L3Couture – Boedker – Hertl
4:2925% CF
L4Tierney – Labanc – Meier
4:2836% CF
D1Vlasic – Braun
14:4748% CF
D2Dillon – DeMelo
10:0757% CF
D3Burns – Ryan
8:1535% CF

PP1Boedker – Donskoi – DeMelo – Hertl – Meier
2:10100% CF
PP2Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Kane – Labanc
1:37100% CF

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

18:32
WSHNicklas Backstrom (Brett Connolly, John Carlson)slap0.09 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Carlson, Connolly, Burakovsky, KempnySJS: Vlasic, Braun, Boedker, Tierney, Labanc
WSH 1 – 0 SJS

3rd period

18:11
WSHLars EllerEN (Dmitry Orlov, Matt Niskanen)wrist0.47 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Eller, Orlov, Kuznetsov, WilsonSJS: Burns, Pavelski, Vlasic, Couture, Kane, Labanc
WSH 2 – 0 SJS

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	3	0.37	1	1	0	20:05	—	—	54	79
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.53	3	1	4	19:09	—	—	54	79
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.37	2	0	0	16:54	—	—	57	81
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	1	0	0	16:33	—	—	52	41
Brett Connolly R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:28	—	—	53	28
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	2	0	0	13:06	—	—	50	29
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	2	1	0	17:04	—	—	59	83
Lars Eller C	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	1.58	1	1	0	17:04	—	—	53	80
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	1	0	12:38	—	—	64	88
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	0	0	12:26	—	—	50	16
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:39	—	—	42	7
Travis Boyd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:54	—	—	46	11
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	24:22	—	—	58	63
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.18	0	2	0	23:39	—	—	54	55
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	22:40	—	—	62	61
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	18:34	—	—	57	57
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	17:04	—	—	44	70
Jakub Jerabek D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	13:41	—	—	40	68

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	24	24	0	.1000	2.70	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Marcus Sorensen L	L1	0	0	0.00	0	1	11:42	—	—	44	72
Barclay Goodrow C	L1	0	1	0.12	1	1	11:40	—	—	50	74
Eric Fehr C	L1	0	1	0.14	1	1	10:40	—	—	57	78
Evander Kane L	L2	-1	2	0.07	6	0	21:30	—	—	58	37
Joe Pavelski C	L2	-1	1	0.08	2	3	21:01	—	—	53	46
Joonas Donskoi R	L2	0	4	0.36	0	0	18:12	—	—	44	28
Logan Couture C	L3	-1	1	0.10	0	2	18:22	—	—	53	32
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	0	0.10	1	0	14:23	—	—	43	10
Mikkel Boedker L	L3	-1	2	0.16	1	1	13:08	—	—	36	9
Timo Meier R	L4	0	1	0.50	3	1	16:07	—	—	39	27
Chris Tierney C	L4	-1	1	0.11	0	1	15:37	—	—	31	15
Kevin Labanc R	L4	-2	0	0.10	1	0	13:09	—	—	43	30
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	-2	5	0.19	0	2	22:05	—	—	48	38
Justin Braun D	D1	-1	1	0.03	1	1	19:19	—	—	44	25
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	2	0.44	5	2	20:40	—	—	51	61
Dylan DeMelo D	D2	0	1	0.11	2	0	17:13	—	—	48	45
Brent Burns D	D3	-1	1	0.09	0	3	26:01	—	—	43	37
Joakim Ryan D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	1	10:40	—	—	40	19

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	25	24	1	.960	3.19	58:31

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.