Washington Capitals vs. Dallas StarsJan 28, 2022

FinalFriday, Jan 28, 2022· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	3	2	0	5		WSH	19	8	2	29
DAL	0	0	0	0		DAL	14	8	7	29

: WSH 55DAL 63
: WSH 2.62DAL 2.95
PP goals: WSH 2DAL 0
Hits: WSH 14DAL 17
Blocks: WSH 19DAL 12
PIM: WSH 6DAL 4
: WSH 37%DAL 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals rout Dallas Stars 5–0

Washington Capitals beat Dallas Stars 5–0 at DAL. Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. DAL scored 0 goals on 2.95 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 13:58.Backstrom
Points
Connor McMichael had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:34.McMichael
Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:51.Kuznetsov
Luck
DAL scored 0 goals on 2.95 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
WSH scored 5 goals on 2.62 expected goals (55 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for DAL: Glendening–Faksa–Kero skated 9:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Glendening Faksa Kero
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Snively–McMichael skated 9:39 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Snively McMichael
Usage
Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) played 15:51, −4:29 down on his 20:20 season average over 78 games.Kuznetsov

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)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · DAL 63 · WSH 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DAL 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 32% of the game, DAL 46%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DAL

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	DAL
	60	60
	2.53	2.08
	2.46	2.01
	14	12
	5	5
	18	26
	−0.092	+0.092
	32%	46%

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
11:1846% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
10:2952% CF
L3Backstrom – Sheary – Sprong
10:2963% CF
L4Eller – Snively – McMichael
9:3953% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
15:2047% CF
D2Schultz – Orlov
13:3550% CF
D3Irwin – van Riemsdyk
12:1457% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson
0:43100% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
2:26
PK2FHagelin – Dowd
1:18
PK1DOrlov – van Riemsdyk
3:07
PK2DIrwin – Fehérváry
1:51

Current WSH line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson
12:3864% CF
L2Benn – Seguin – Gurianov
11:5942% CF
L3Radulov – Peterson – Kiviranta
9:3057% CF
L4Glendening – Faksa – Kero
9:0256% CF
D1Suter – Heiskanen
20:3455% CF
D2Hakanpää – Lindell
7:5344% CF
D3Sekera – Klingberg
7:0438% CF

PP1Pavelski – Seguin – Klingberg – Hintz – Robertson
3:0390% CF
PP2Suter – Radulov – Benn – Gurianov – Heiskanen
2:44100% CF
PK1FPavelski – Faksa
0:23
PK2FSeguin – Hintz
0:00
PK1DHakanpää – Lindell
0:43

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:29
WSHTom WilsonPP (Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov)slap0.21 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov, WilsonDAL: Seguin, Hakanpää, Faksa, Lindell
WSH 1 – 0 DAL
7:54
WSHJohn CarlsonPP (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom)slap0.14 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov, WilsonDAL: Pavelski, Hakanpää, Faksa, Lindell
WSH 2 – 0 DAL
13:08
WSHTrevor van Riemsdyk (Connor McMichael, Joe Snively)wrist0.01 xG
WSH: Eller, Irwin, van Riemsdyk, Snively, McMichaelDAL: Sekera, Klingberg, Glendening, Faksa, Kero
WSH 3 – 0 DAL

2nd period

12:03
WSHConnor McMichael (Lars Eller, Justin Schultz)wrist0.18 xG
WSH: Eller, Schultz, Irwin, Snively, McMichaelDAL: Radulov, Sekera, Klingberg, Peterson, Kiviranta
WSH 4 – 0 DAL
16:50
WSHNicklas Backstrom (Dmitry Orlov)wrist0.05 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Schultz, Orlov, Sheary, SprongDAL: Radulov, Klingberg, Lindell, Peterson, Kiviranta
WSH 5 – 0 DAL

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	0	0	0	3	0.13	2	0	0	15:32	—	—	48	41
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	4	0	15:27	—	—	37	37
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	0	0	2	14:32	—	—	46	43
Tom Wilson R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.76	0	0	0	16:51	—	—	54	80
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	0	0	16:20	—	—	59	84
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	2	2	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	48	82
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	1	2	3	+1	2	0.10	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	57	68
Daniel Sprong R	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.44	0	0	0	12:54	—	—	67	74
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	1	0	0	12:33	—	—	55	68
Lars Eller C	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	44	31
Connor McMichael L	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.26	0	1	0	12:34	—	—	39	25
Joe Snively C	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	0	1	0	11:14	—	—	60	48
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	21:10	—	—	50	53
John Carlson D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	0	4	4	20:22	—	—	40	51
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	2	3	0	22:59	—	—	44	43
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:39	—	—	55	63
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	20:38	—	—	52	50
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.04	2	3	0	16:49	—	—	59	69

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	29	29	0	.1000	2.95	59:27

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jason Robertson L	L1	0	3	0.22	1	0	0	19:55	—	—	57	61
Joe Pavelski C	L1	0	2	0.48	0	1	0	18:20	—	—	61	75
Roope Hintz C	L1	0	5	0.52	1	0	2	18:19	—	—	53	57
Denis Gurianov R	L2	0	2	0.32	1	0	0	17:14	—	—	40	31
Tyler Seguin C	L2	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	17:02	—	—	41	31
Jamie Benn L	L2	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	16:55	—	—	42	34
Alexander Radulov R	L3	-2	1	0.03	1	1	0	15:00	—	—	48	22
Jacob Peterson C	L3	-2	2	0.28	1	0	0	12:59	—	—	62	51
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:29	—	—	59	23
Radek Faksa C	L4	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	12:49	—	—	47	38
Tanner Kero C	L4	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:34	—	—	47	50
Luke Glendening C	L4	-1	1	0.27	0	0	0	10:27	—	—	57	47
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	3	0.10	2	1	0	25:51	—	—	54	53
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	0.20	1	1	2	24:46	—	—	50	49
Esa Lindell D	D2	-1	2	0.02	1	3	0	17:02	—	—	50	34
Jani Hakanpää D	D2	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	16:17	—	—	52	58
John Klingberg D	D3	-3	2	0.08	0	2	0	18:57	—	—	49	34
Andrej Sekera D	D3	-2	2	0.02	0	2	0	14:21	—	—	46	43

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	L	27	22	5	.815	2.29	40:00
Jake Oettinger	—	2	2	0	.1000	0.33	20:00

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.