Washington Capitals vs. San Jose SharksDec 3, 2019

FinalTuesday, Dec 3, 2019· SAP Center at San Jose

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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San Jose SharksSJS

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	3	2	0	5		WSH	13	10	5	28
SJS	1	0	1	2		SJS	10	7	8	25

: WSH 55SJS 47
: WSH 2.33SJS 1.46
PP goals: WSH 0SJS 0
Hits: WSH 18SJS 22
Blocks: WSH 11SJS 12
PIM: WSH 0SJS 17
: WSH 47%SJS 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat San Jose Sharks 5–2

Washington Capitals beat San Jose Sharks 5–2 at SJS. John Carlson (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for WSH: Hagelin–Panik–Boyd skated 11:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (65% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
John Carlson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:34.Carlson
Points
Garnet Hathaway had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:07.Hathaway
Points
Jakub Vrana had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:17.Vrana
Points
Melker Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:04.Karlsson
Points
Nic Dowd had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:09.Dowd
New line
New look for WSH: Hagelin–Panik–Boyd skated 11:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (65% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hagelin Panik Boyd
Luck
WSH scored 5 goals on 2.33 expected goals (55 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Tomas Hertl (SJS) played 10:15, −8:22 down on his 18:37 season average over 47 games.Hertl

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 102 of 102 attempts · SJS 47 · WSH 55

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 36% of the game, SJS 26%.

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
	54	56
	2.33	1.76
	2.23	1.70
	14	11
	4	6
	22	29
	−0.019	+0.020
	36%	26%

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
11:5553% CF
L2Hagelin – Panik – Boyd
11:3465% CF
L3Oshie – Eller – Vrana
11:1533% CF
L4Dowd – Leipsic – Hathaway
10:1473% CF
D1Carlson – Kempny
16:0547% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
14:2580% CF
D3Gudas – Siegenthaler
11:1050% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Vrana
3:21100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Boyd – Wilson
1:30

Current WSH line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Kane – Goodrow
12:0748% CF
L2Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc
11:4474% CF
L3Marleau – Hertl – Meier
9:2663% CF
L4Karlsson – Gregor – Gambrell
7:2217% CF
D1Vlasic – Karlsson
15:4967% CF
D2Dillon – Ferraro
11:5742% CF
D3Burns – Simek
11:4356% CF

PK1FGoodrow – Karlsson
3:02
PK2FSorensen – Gambrell
1:35
PK1DVlasic – Karlsson
3:29
PK2DBurns – Simek
2:06

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:33
SJSMelker Karlsson (Brenden Dillon, Mario Ferraro)wrist0.02 xG
WSH: Carlson, Dowd, Leipsic, Hathaway, KempnySJS: Burns, Karlsson, Gregor, Gambrell, Simek
WSH 0 – 1 SJS
13:31
WSHGarnet Hathaway (John Carlson, Nic Dowd)tip-in0.08 xG
WSH: Carlson, Dowd, Leipsic, Hathaway, KempnySJS: Dillon, Karlsson, Gregor, Gambrell, Ferraro
WSH 1 – 1 SJS
14:24
WSHJakub Vrana (John Carlson, T.J. Oshie)wrist0.05 xG
WSH: Oshie, Eller, Carlson, Vrana, KempnySJS: Marleau, Burns, Hertl, Meier, Simek
WSH 2 – 1 SJS
16:32
WSHJohn Carlson (Michal Kempny)slap0.00 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Carlson, Panik, Boyd, KempnySJS: Marleau, Burns, Hertl, Meier, Simek
WSH 3 – 1 SJS

2nd period

2:31
WSHGarnet Hathaway (Nic Dowd)wrist0.07 xG
WSH: Dowd, Gudas, Leipsic, Hathaway, SiegenthalerSJS: Thornton, Dillon, Sorensen, Labanc, Simek
WSH 4 – 1 SJS
16:15
WSHJakub Vrana (Lars Eller, Dmitry Orlov)slap0.22 xG
WSH: Oshie, Eller, Orlov, Jensen, VranaSJS: Thornton, Dillon, Sorensen, Labanc, Simek
WSH 5 – 1 SJS

3rd period

13:07
SJSEvander Kane (Melker Karlsson)snap0.02 xG
WSH: Oshie, Eller, Jensen, Vrana, SiegenthalerSJS: Vlasic, Karlsson, Kane, Karlsson, Gregor
WSH 5 – 2 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
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.24	3	0	0	20:10	—	—	48	33
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	0	0	18:30	—	—	46	32
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	16:53	—	—	48	31
Travis Boyd C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.32	2	1	0	16:21	—	—	65	56
Richard Panik R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	1	1	0	13:22	—	—	56	57
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	12:21	—	—	59	54
Lars Eller C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	28	46
Jakub Vrana L	L3	2	0	2	+1	4	0.45	0	0	0	17:17	—	—	32	66
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	2	3	0	17:01	—	—	33	58
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	2	0	2	+1	3	0.40	3	1	0	13:07	—	—	65	75
Brendan Leipsic L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	0	0	0	12:55	—	—	63	71
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	2	2	+1	2	0.26	0	0	0	11:09	—	—	73	79
John Carlson D	D1	1	2	3	+2	2	0.05	0	1	0	22:34	—	—	42	63
Michal Kempny D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.02	1	2	0	19:46	—	—	50	63
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	1	0	0	20:59	—	—	67	50
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	19:33	—	—	59	60
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	15:39	—	—	30	51
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:53	—	—	50	58

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	1.46	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Barclay Goodrow C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	3	0	17:46	—	—	39	30
Evander Kane L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.04	3	1	15	17:18	—	—	40	27
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	14:06	—	—	48	38
Marcus Sorensen L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.08	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	67	52
Joe Thornton C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.26	0	0	0	14:34	—	—	56	49
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.34	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	68	53
Timo Meier R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.26	2	0	0	15:16	—	—	68	69
Patrick Marleau C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:41	—	—	72	58
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:15	—	—	61	38
Melker Karlsson C	L4	1	1	2	+1	1	0.02	0	2	0	14:04	—	—	20	20
Dylan Gambrell C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	0	2	13:42	—	—	48	44
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:35	—	—	27	23
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.03	0	1	0	22:47	—	—	61	49
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	19:54	—	—	67	51
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:49	—	—	42	62
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	1	1	-3	1	0.03	5	1	0	18:40	—	—	34	43
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.05	1	3	0	20:58	—	—	56	39
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	4	1	0	16:52	—	—	48	17

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	23	18	5	.783	1.82	40:00
Aaron Dell	—	5	5	0	.1000	0.51	20:00

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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.