Washington Capitals vs. Minnesota WildFeb 15, 2018

FinalThursday, Feb 15, 2018· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	2	3	5		WSH	6	9	12	27
MIN	0	0	2	2		MIN	8	8	18	34

: WSH 49MIN 55
: WSH 2.88MIN 3.61
PP goals: WSH 0MIN 0
Hits: WSH 12MIN 8
Blocks: WSH 12MIN 11
PIM: WSH 10MIN 4
: WSH 43%MIN 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Minnesota Wild 5–2

Washington Capitals beat Minnesota Wild 5–2 at MIN. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 3A. Gustav Olofsson (MIN) played 19:02, +6:25 up on his 12:37 season average over 40 games.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 7 shots in 17:48.Ovechkin
Points
Tom Wilson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:34.Wilson
Points
Andre Burakovsky had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:31.Burakovsky
Points
Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:00.Backstrom
Usage
Gustav Olofsson (MIN) played 19:02, +6:25 up on his 12:37 season average over 40 games.Olofsson
Luck
WSH scored 5 goals on 2.88 expected goals (49 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
MIN scored 2 goals on 3.61 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Christian Djoos (WSH) played 17:19, +3:20 up on his 13:59 season average over 62 games.Djoos

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)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 104 of 104 attempts · MIN 55 · WSH 49

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MIN 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 21% of the game, MIN 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

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	MIN
	47	55
	2.22	3.25
	2.21	3.14
	6	16
	4	2
	6	8
	−0.049	+0.049
	21%	38%

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 – Backstrom – Wilson
11:4657% CF
L2Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana
10:5030% CF
L3Beagle – Smith-Pelly – Stephenson
9:1044% CF
L4Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky
8:5150% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
16:3539% CF
D2Carlson – Djoos
15:3542% CF
D3Orpik – Chorney
12:1964% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
3:01100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Oshie – Eller – Orlov – Burakovsky
0:04100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Stephenson
2:03
PK2FEller – Wilson
1:00
PK1DOrpik – Niskanen
2:49
PK2DCarlson – Orlov
2:13

Current WSH line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Winnik – Foligno – Eriksson Ek
9:5736% CF
L2Cullen – Parise – Coyle
9:0456% CF
L3Koivu – Zucker – Granlund
6:1260% CF
L4Staal – Ennis – Niederreiter
6:0163% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
18:4958% CF
D2Dumba – Olofsson
16:1748% CF
D3Prosser – Seeler
12:2447% CF

PP1Koivu – Coyle – Granlund – Niederreiter – Dumba
2:2375% CF
PP2Staal – Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Zucker
1:3775% CF
PK1FKoivu – Granlund
2:25
PK2FWinnik – Coyle
0:39
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
2:25
PK2DDumba – Olofsson
0:39

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:59
WSHTom Wilson (Alex Ovechkin, Dmitry Orlov)snap0.01 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, WilsonMIN: Cullen, Spurgeon, Zucker, Granlund, Dumba
WSH 1 – 0 MIN
5:51
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Andre Burakovsky)wrist0.04 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Carlson, Djoos, BurakovskyMIN: Ennis, Prosser, Niederreiter, Seeler, Eriksson Ek
WSH 2 – 0 MIN

3rd period

2:29
WSHAndre Burakovsky (Brett Connolly, Philipp Grubauer)wrist0.02 xG
WSH: Orpik, Chorney, Eller, Connolly, BurakovskyMIN: Cullen, Suter, Ennis, Spurgeon, Coyle
WSH 3 – 0 MIN
4:25
MINNino Niederreiter (Mikko Koivu, Gustav Olofsson)wrist0.19 xG
WSH: Oshie, Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, VranaMIN: Koivu, Suter, Granlund, Niederreiter, Olofsson
WSH 3 – 1 MIN
15:06
WSHNicklas Backstrom (Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson)wrist0.11 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Backstrom, Orlov, WilsonMIN: Koivu, Suter, Spurgeon, Granlund, Niederreiter
WSH 4 – 1 MIN
16:48
MINEric Staal (Mikael Granlund, Ryan Suter)wrist0.06 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Beagle, Orlov, StephensonMIN: Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Zucker, Granlund
WSH 4 – 2 MIN
17:46
WSHTom WilsonEN (Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin)wrist0.58 xG
WSH: Orpik, Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, WilsonMIN: Koivu, Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Granlund
WSH 5 – 2 MIN

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
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.17	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	58	69
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	3	4	+4	7	0.53	0	0	0	17:48	—	—	59	64
Tom Wilson R	L1	2	1	3	+3	3	0.64	2	2	2	16:34	—	—	48	39
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	2	0	0	18:22	—	—	36	21
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	1	0	17:37	—	—	40	42
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	2	0	13:03	—	—	32	20
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	13:26	—	—	46	17
Jay Beagle C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:32	—	—	33	7
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.66	0	1	2	12:28	—	—	50	80
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	+2	2	0.15	1	0	2	14:39	—	—	55	44
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.02	0	0	0	11:31	—	—	50	41
Brett Connolly R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	10:25	—	—	50	43
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	3	1	0	21:43	—	—	40	23
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	1	2	0	21:12	—	—	40	38
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	0	2	0	23:09	—	—	44	37
Christian Djoos D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.01	0	1	0	17:19	—	—	42	37
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	19:26	—	—	57	45
Taylor Chorney D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:51	—	—	64	57

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	3.61	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	11:38	—	—	31	12
Daniel Winnik L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	11:30	—	—	31	15
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	10:59	—	—	31	14
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	18:59	—	—	44	51
Zach Parise L	L2	0	0	0	-1	7	0.94	0	0	0	18:56	—	—	59	58
Matt Cullen C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	39	44
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	1	1	-2	3	0.28	1	1	0	18:51	—	—	67	85
Mikko Koivu C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:12	—	—	72	85
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.46	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	61	77
Eric Staal C	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.07	0	0	2	15:37	—	—	61	42
Nino Niederreiter R	L4	1	0	1	-1	3	1.07	1	0	2	14:35	—	—	65	56
Tyler Ennis R	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.21	2	0	0	11:49	—	—	59	69
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.03	0	2	0	25:57	—	—	62	75
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	-4	0	0.04	2	0	0	24:59	—	—	56	58
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.18	0	0	0	21:53	—	—	48	37
Gustav Olofsson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	1	3	0	19:02	—	—	54	57
Nate Prosser D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:29	—	—	47	72
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	12:26	—	—	47	72

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	2.30	58:58

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.