Washington Capitals vs. San Jose SharksNov 20, 2021

FinalSaturday, Nov 20, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	0	2	4		WSH	6	7	8	21
SJS	0	0	0	0		SJS	6	10	6	22

: WSH 34SJS 51
: WSH 2.38SJS 3.09
PP goals: WSH 1SJS 0
Hits: WSH 39SJS 40
Blocks: WSH 10SJS 4
PIM: WSH 8SJS 6
: WSH 45%SJS 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals rout San Jose Sharks 4–0

Washington Capitals beat San Jose Sharks 4–0 at SJS. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Kuznetsov and Sheary) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:55 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:47.Ovechkin
Points
Conor Sheary had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:24.Sheary
Points
John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:01.Carlson
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Kuznetsov and Sheary) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:55 together.Ovechkin Oshie Carlson Kuznetsov Sheary
New line
New look for SJS: Hertl–Gregor–Barabanov skated 14:05 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hertl Gregor Barabanov
New line
New look for WSH: Hagelin–Dowd–Hathaway skated 9:58 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hagelin Dowd Hathaway
Luck
SJS scored 0 goals on 3.09 expected goals (51 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jonathan Dahlen (SJS) played 6:36, −7:19 down on his 13:55 season average over 60 games.Dahlen

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 85 of 85 attempts · SJS 51 · WSH 34

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 26% of the game, SJS 42%.

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
	34	37
	1.53	1.80
	1.51	1.79
	6	8
	4	2
	22	22
	−0.075	+0.075
	26%	42%

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
9:5838% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
8:3344% CF
L3Oshie – Jonsson-Fjallby – McMichael
7:0538% CF
L4Sheary – Sprong – Protas
5:3644% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
15:5962% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
15:3232% CF
D3Schultz – van Riemsdyk
14:1244% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Sheary
2:5583% CF
PK1FKuznetsov – Wilson
1:41
PK2FDowd – Hathaway
1:10
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
3:08
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
1:26

Current WSH line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Hertl – Gregor – Barabanov
14:0571% CF
L2Nieto – Gadjovich – Weatherby
6:1833% CF
L3Couture – Meier – Dahlen
5:5820% CF
L4Cogliano – Bonino – Balcers
3:3467% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
15:4935% CF
D2Karlsson – Middleton
14:3359% CF
D3Vlasic – Simek
12:5769% CF

PP1Burns – Bonino – Couture – Hertl – Meier
2:29100% CF
PP2Karlsson – Hertl – Gregor – Weatherby – Barabanov
1:50100% CF
PK1FNieto – Hertl
1:18
PK2FCogliano – Couture
0:53
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
2:37
PK2DVlasic – Karlsson
0:12

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:17
WSHConor Sheary (Daniel Sprong, Aliaksei Protas)snap0.11 xG
WSH: Carlson, Sheary, Sprong, Fehérváry, ProtasSJS: Burns, Nieto, Gadjovich, Ferraro, Weatherby
WSH 1 – 0 SJS
13:58
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (John Carlson, T.J. Oshie)slap0.12 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Kuznetsov, ShearySJS: Burns, Cogliano, Couture, Ferraro
WSH 2 – 0 SJS

3rd period

15:10
WSHConor Sheary (John Carlson, Alex Ovechkin)wrist0.11 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Sheary, FehérvárySJS: Burns, Couture, Meier, Balcers, Ferraro
WSH 3 – 0 SJS
18:56
WSHAlex OvechkinEN (Nic Dowd)wrist0.54 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Orlov, Jensen, Dowd, HathawaySJS: Burns, Bonino, Couture, Karlsson, Meier, Balcers
WSH 4 – 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
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	16:06	—	—	40	19
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	4	13:05	—	—	47	22
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	9	0	0	12:36	—	—	44	33
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.25	0	0	0	19:39	—	—	56	62
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	2	1	3	+2	4	0.78	1	0	0	18:47	—	—	50	46
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	3	0	0	17:21	—	—	40	49
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.25	8	1	2	14:15	—	—	46	44
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	3	0	0	14:04	—	—	36	43
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	12:55	—	—	42	57
Conor Sheary L	L4	2	0	2	+2	4	0.27	1	2	0	15:24	—	—	59	63
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:51	—	—	50	61
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:40	—	—	57	72
John Carlson D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.03	2	0	0	21:01	—	—	62	72
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.13	6	0	0	19:03	—	—	64	73
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	21:59	—	—	30	24
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	35	37
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	3	0	20:40	—	—	44	34
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	16:39	—	—	47	42

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	W	22	22	0	.1000	3.09	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	2	0.39	5	0	0	22:07	—	—	65	63
Noah Gregor L	L1	0	5	0.38	2	0	4	19:05	—	—	67	61
Alexander Barabanov L	L1	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	19:03	—	—	63	56
Matt Nieto L	L2	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	13:23	—	—	42	69
Jasper Weatherby C	L2	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:00	—	—	38	52
Jonah Gadjovich L	L2	-1	1	0.16	3	0	0	8:32	—	—	43	52
Logan Couture C	L3	-2	3	0.82	1	1	0	20:37	—	—	35	33
Timo Meier R	L3	-2	1	0.12	6	1	0	19:35	—	—	38	41
Jonathan Dahlen C	L3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:36	—	—	17	1
Nick Bonino C	L4	-1	0	0.08	0	1	0	14:17	—	—	67	70
Rudolfs Balcers L	L4	-2	1	0.21	6	0	0	13:53	—	—	44	38
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0.09	4	0	0	11:22	—	—	67	70
Brent Burns D	D1	-3	3	0.23	0	0	0	25:50	—	—	32	13
Mario Ferraro D	D1	-2	0	0.01	0	0	0	20:29	—	—	35	19
Erik Karlsson D	D2	-1	3	0.26	0	1	0	23:17	—	—	59	63
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	17:14	—	—	59	64
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	1	0.05	2	0	2	14:28	—	—	67	75
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0.11	5	0	0	14:09	—	—	67	80

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	20	17	3	.850	1.84	58:34

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.