Washington Capitals vs. Minnesota WildMar 1, 2020

FinalSunday, Mar 1, 2020· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	3	0	1	4		WSH	11	9	10	30
MIN	2	0	1	3		MIN	15	8	17	40

: WSH 50MIN 62
: WSH 3.03MIN 2.41
PP goals: WSH 1MIN 2
Hits: WSH 8MIN 15
Blocks: WSH 15MIN 9
PIM: WSH 19MIN 15
: WSH 38%MIN 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Minnesota Wild 4–3

Washington Capitals beat Minnesota Wild 4–3 at MIN. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon and Fiala) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:17 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:18.Ovechkin
Points
Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:01.Fiala
Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:13.Kuznetsov
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon and Fiala) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:17 together.Staal Suter Parise Spurgeon Fiala
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:52 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
Goalie
Braden Holtby (WSH) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +11 against a season average of 28.9; the win.Holtby
Usage
Carl Hagelin (WSH) played 18:21, +4:06 up on his 14:15 season average over 57 games.Hagelin
Usage
Ilya Kovalchuk (WSH) played 13:11, −3:52 down on his 17:03 season average over 45 games.Kovalchuk

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 112 of 112 attempts · MIN 62 · WSH 50

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 28% of the game, MIN 37%.

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
	53	56
	3.10	2.07
	2.95	2.00
	11	8
	2	4
	11	12
	−0.095	+0.095
	28%	37%

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

L1Oshie – Backstrom – Vrana
12:3644% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
8:1847% CF
L3Kovalchuk – Hagelin – Eller
6:5262% CF
L4Panik – Dowd – Hathaway
4:4043% CF
D1Carlson – Dillon
17:3052% CF
D2Orlov – Kempny
8:0338% CF
D3Jensen – Siegenthaler
5:1450% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
1:52100% CF
PP2Kovalchuk – Eller – Orlov – Kuznetsov – Wilson
0:510% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
2:04
PK2FEller – Wilson
1:14
PK1DJensen – Siegenthaler
2:40
PK2DOrlov – Dillon
0:10

Current WSH line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Parise – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
9:1240% CF
L2Staal – Fiala – Mayhew
9:0153% CF
L3Foligno – Zuccarello – Galchenyuk
8:2050% CF
L4Koivu – Hartman – Donato
5:0560% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
16:0453% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
13:4655% CF
D3Pateryn – Hunt
7:5648% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Fiala
3:17100% CF
PP2Zuccarello – Hunt – Galchenyuk – Dumba – Mayhew
3:0267% CF
PK1FGreenway – Eriksson Ek
0:27
PK2FKoivu – Hartman
0:26
PK1DPateryn – Brodin
0:51
PK2DSuter – Spurgeon
0:43

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:01
MINRyan Donato (Ryan Suter)wrist0.10 xG
WSH: Orlov, Panik, Dowd, Hathaway, KempnyMIN: Koivu, Suter, Spurgeon, Hartman, Donato
WSH 0 – 1 MIN
7:21
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom)slap0.05 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovMIN: Koivu, Suter, Hartman
WSH 1 – 1 MIN
10:28
WSHRichard Panik (Carl Hagelin)wrist0.11 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Eller, Carlson, Panik, KempnyMIN: Koivu, Brodin, Dumba, Hartman, Donato
WSH 2 – 1 MIN
10:59
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Ilya Kovalchuk)slap0.09 xG
WSH: Kovalchuk, Ovechkin, Carlson, Dillon, KuznetsovMIN: Parise, Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
WSH 3 – 1 MIN
13:13
MINKevin FialaPP (Jared Spurgeon, Brad Hunt)slap0.06 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Dowd, Siegenthaler, KempnyMIN: Staal, Parise, Spurgeon, Hunt, Fiala
WSH 3 – 2 MIN

3rd period

0:40
WSHTom Wilson (Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov)wrist0.03 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Dillon, Kuznetsov, WilsonMIN: Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
WSH 4 – 2 MIN
12:53
MINZach ParisePP (Kevin Fiala)wrist0.06 xG
WSH: Orlov, Dowd, Dillon, WilsonMIN: Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Fiala
WSH 4 – 3 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
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.57	1	2	0	18:27	—	—	42	42
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.19	0	1	2	17:01	—	—	44	43
Jakub Vrana L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	46	43
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	2	1	3	+2	4	0.43	1	1	0	17:18	—	—	39	47
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:13	—	—	44	48
Tom Wilson R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	44	54
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.20	0	2	0	18:21	—	—	71	83
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	61	77
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.25	1	0	4	13:11	—	—	58	64
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	2	0	0	10:57	—	—	39	80
Richard Panik R	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.17	0	0	2	8:29	—	—	67	83
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.43	0	1	2	7:13	—	—	42	79
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	+3	3	0.05	0	2	2	27:12	—	—	50	59
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	1	1	5	23:00	—	—	48	51
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	2	0	20:27	—	—	36	41
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:07	—	—	56	54
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	59	86
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	15:15	—	—	39	82

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	40	37	3	.925	2.41	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Zach Parise L	L1	1	0	1	-2	2	0.18	0	1	0	18:22	—	—	43	36
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.33	1	0	0	16:52	—	—	40	42
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.51	1	0	2	14:47	—	—	42	54
Eric Staal C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	19:02	—	—	56	25
Kevin Fiala L	L2	1	1	2	0	4	0.13	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	54	19
Gerry Mayhew C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	59	35
Alex Galchenyuk C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	2	1	0	17:03	—	—	52	46
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	0	0	15:33	—	—	46	27
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	4	0	0	12:50	—	—	52	47
Ryan Donato C	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.40	4	0	0	10:33	—	—	57	47
Mikko Koivu C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:09	—	—	65	46
Ryan Hartman R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	7	8:14	—	—	69	63
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	2	2	22:53	—	—	52	43
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	1	2	0	22:28	—	—	53	46
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.13	0	1	0	23:36	—	—	60	60
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	0	0	19:48	—	—	48	53
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	1	1	0	4	0.09	0	2	0	18:14	—	—	50	24
Greg Pateryn D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	12:25	—	—	46	21

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock(start)	L	30	26	4	.867	3.03	58:55

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.