Washington Capitals vs. San Jose SharksMar 4, 2023

FinalSaturday, Mar 4, 2023· 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	0	4	4	8		WSH	5	15	10	30
SJS	2	0	1	3		SJS	20	9	12	41

: WSH 62SJS 72
: WSH 2.60SJS 3.38
PP goals: WSH 1SJS 1
Hits: WSH 28SJS 23
Blocks: WSH 20SJS 22
PIM: WSH 8SJS 6
: WSH 61%SJS 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals rout San Jose Sharks 8–3

Washington Capitals beat San Jose Sharks 8–3 at SJS. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:06.Ovechkin
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Dylan Strome had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 13:02.Strome
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Rasmus Sandin had 3 assists (3 points) in 21:40.Sandin
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Craig Smith had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:52.Smith
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Nicolas Aube-Kubel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:19.Aube-Kubel
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Erik Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 26:43.Karlsson
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Gabriel Carlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:00.Carlsson
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Sonny Milano had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:17.Milano

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 134 of 134 attempts · SJS 72 · WSH 62

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 34% 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
	58	65
	2.25	1.89
	2.19	1.80
	17	11
	7	2
	30	18
	+0.060	−0.060
	34%	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

L1Dowd – Sheary – Aube-Kubel
10:2636% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
9:1948% CF
L3Smith – Milano – Strome
7:0443% CF
L4Oshie – Backstrom – Mantha
5:4946% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Sandin
12:0554% CF
D2Alexeyev – Iorio
8:5947% CF
D3Irwin – Carlsson
7:5241% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Kuznetsov – Sandin
2:51100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Wilson – Mantha – van Riemsdyk – Strome
1:0450% CF
PK1FKuznetsov – Sheary
3:23
PK2FDowd – Wilson
1:36
PK1DIrwin – van Riemsdyk
4:09
PK2DCarlsson – Alexeyev
3:14

Current WSH line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Hertl – Zetterlund – Eklund
10:5056% CF
L2Couture – Johnsson – Barabanov
9:4650% CF
L3Svechnikov – Gregor – Sturm
8:5862% CF
L4Lindblom – Labanc – Lorentz
6:2769% CF
D1Vlasic – Benning
11:2439% CF
D2MacDonald – Ferraro
9:4247% CF
D3Karlsson – Simek
7:4161% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Barabanov – Eklund
6:2693% CF
PP2Benning – Johnsson – Labanc – Svechnikov – MacDonald
0:38100% CF
PK1FCouture – Sturm
3:19
PK2FLindblom – Lorentz
0:27
PK1DBenning – Ferraro
2:50
PK2DVlasic – Simek
0:27

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:03
SJSTomas HertlPP (Erik Karlsson, William Eklund)wrist0.16 xG
WSH: Oshie, Backstrom, van Riemsdyk, SandinSJS: Karlsson, Hertl, Johnsson, MacDonald, Zetterlund
WSH 0 – 1 SJS
15:30
SJSAlexander Barabanov (Logan Couture, Andreas Johnsson)snap0.23 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Wilson, van Riemsdyk, SandinSJS: Vlasic, Couture, Benning, Johnsson, Barabanov
WSH 0 – 2 SJS

2nd period

8:46
WSHCraig Smith (Dylan Strome, Sonny Milano)wrist0.01 xG
WSH: Smith, Milano, Strome, Alexeyev, IorioSJS: Vlasic, Benning, Lindblom, Labanc, Lorentz
WSH 1 – 2 SJS
11:30
WSHNicolas Aube-Kubel (Conor Sheary, Nic Dowd)wrist0.04 xG
WSH: Dowd, Irwin, Sheary, Aube-Kubel, CarlssonSJS: Vlasic, Benning, Svechnikov, Gregor, Sturm
WSH 2 – 2 SJS
15:28
WSHMatt Irwin (Gabriel Carlsson, Nicolas Aube-Kubel)slap0.07 xG
WSH: Irwin, Sheary, Aube-Kubel, Strome, CarlssonSJS: Karlsson, Hertl, Simek, Zetterlund, Eklund
WSH 3 – 2 SJS
19:02
WSHCraig Smith (Rasmus Sandin, Dylan Strome)other0.13 xG
WSH: Smith, van Riemsdyk, Milano, Strome, SandinSJS: Vlasic, Hertl, Benning, Zetterlund, Eklund
WSH 4 – 2 SJS

3rd period

5:50
WSHT.J. OshiePP (Alex Ovechkin, Rasmus Sandin)wrist0.13 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Kuznetsov, SandinSJS: Couture, Benning, Ferraro, Sturm
WSH 5 – 2 SJS
9:02
SJSNico Sturm (Noah Gregor, Erik Karlsson)slap0.10 xG
WSH: Kuznetsov, Wilson, Mantha, Alexeyev, IorioSJS: Karlsson, Svechnikov, Gregor, Ferraro, Sturm
WSH 5 – 3 SJS
9:11
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Tom Wilson, Gabriel Carlsson)wrist0.05 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Irwin, Kuznetsov, Wilson, CarlssonSJS: Karlsson, Svechnikov, Gregor, Ferraro, Sturm
WSH 6 – 3 SJS
16:05
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Vincent Iorio, Rasmus Sandin)wrist0.17 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Sandin, IorioSJS: Hertl, Benning, MacDonald, Zetterlund, Eklund
WSH 7 – 3 SJS
17:30
WSHDylan Strome (Sonny Milano)wrist0.10 xG
WSH: Smith, Milano, Strome, Alexeyev, IorioSJS: Vlasic, Karlsson, Lindblom, Labanc, Lorentz
WSH 8 – 3 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
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.27	1	0	0	14:50	—	—	39	55
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.20	4	0	2	14:19	—	—	40	62
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	4	13:31	—	—	39	60
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.47	1	1	0	18:00	—	—	48	52
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	2	1	3	+1	4	0.45	0	1	0	17:06	—	—	44	50
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	4	1	0	15:01	—	—	48	49
Dylan Strome C	L3	1	2	3	+4	1	0.10	1	0	0	13:02	—	—	50	55
Craig Smith C	L3	2	0	2	+3	3	0.30	2	2	0	12:52	—	—	54	61
Sonny Milano L	L3	0	2	2	+3	1	0.03	0	2	2	12:17	—	—	46	50
Nicklas Backstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	50	49
T.J. Oshie R	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.23	3	1	0	15:28	—	—	41	35
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	1	0	12:10	—	—	65	67
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	3	3	+1	0	0.02	3	1	0	21:40	—	—	51	62
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.10	0	2	0	19:30	—	—	54	61
Alexander Alexeyev D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	23:07	—	—	44	36
Vincent Iorio D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	0	1	0	14:48	—	—	46	47
Gabriel Carlsson D	D3	0	2	2	+3	1	0.07	2	0	0	19:00	—	—	32	45
Matt Irwin D	D3	1	0	1	+3	2	0.16	3	4	0	18:34	—	—	50	75

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	41	38	3	.927	3.38	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	1	0	1	-3	5	0.72	3	1	2	20:52	—	—	49	25
William Eklund L	L1	0	1	1	-3	4	0.31	1	1	0	19:46	—	—	47	28
Fabian Zetterlund L	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.03	1	0	0	14:47	—	—	55	32
Logan Couture C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.01	2	1	0	22:46	—	—	40	45
Alexander Barabanov L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.82	0	3	0	20:23	—	—	44	46
Andreas Johnsson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	1	0	0	14:38	—	—	54	47
Nico Sturm C	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.17	1	1	0	16:40	—	—	58	68
Evgeny Svechnikov L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.29	2	0	0	12:14	—	—	50	60
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.18	4	0	0	12:01	—	—	60	64
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	3	0	0	10:08	—	—	69	39
Oskar Lindblom L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	0	0	2	9:20	—	—	59	44
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	1	0	2	9:09	—	—	71	48
Matt Benning D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	5	0	22:50	—	—	42	21
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:49	—	—	41	28
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	2	4	0	21:01	—	—	58	69
Jacob MacDonald D	D2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.17	1	2	0	16:28	—	—	56	51
Erik Karlsson D	D3	0	2	2	-2	4	0.12	1	1	0	26:43	—	—	63	63
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	2	0	8:20	—	—	61	48

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	30	22	8	.733	2.60	60:00

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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.