Washington Capitals vs. Minnesota WildJan 8, 2022

Final / SOSaturday, Jan 8, 2022· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	0	2	0	0	0	2		WSH	10	11	8	2	31
MIN	0	1	1	0	1	3		MIN	9	5	7	2	23

: WSH 56MIN 51
: WSH 2.87MIN 2.54
PP goals: WSH 1MIN 0
Hits: WSH 8MIN 15
Blocks: WSH 17MIN 13
PIM: WSH 2MIN 10
: WSH 51%MIN 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Washington Capitals 3–2 (SO)

Minnesota Wild beat Washington Capitals 3–2 in a shootout at home. Mats Zuccarello (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Eller, Carlson, Kuznetsov and Wilson) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 6:02 together.

PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Eller, Carlson, Kuznetsov and Wilson) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 6:02 together.Ovechkin Eller Carlson Kuznetsov Wilson
Usage
Mats Zuccarello (MIN) played 25:17, +6:47 up on his 18:30 season average over 69 games.Zuccarello
Usage
Rem Pitlick (MIN) played 5:35, −9:33 down on his 15:08 season average over 65 games.Pitlick
Usage
Ryan Hartman (MIN) played 27:22, +9:18 up on his 18:04 season average over 81 games.Hartman
Usage
Lars Eller (WSH) played 20:49, +4:46 up on his 16:03 season average over 71 games.Eller
Usage
Marcus Foligno (MIN) played 21:15, +4:55 up on his 16:20 season average over 73 games.Foligno
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Sheary–McMichael skated 10:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Sheary McMichael
Usage
Mathew Dumba (MIN) played 27:20, +4:18 up on his 23:02 season average over 56 games.Dumba

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 107 of 107 attempts · MIN 51 · WSH 56

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 29% of the game, MIN 33%.

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
	48	42
	2.09	1.84
	2.03	1.80
	10	8
	5	4
	12	6
	+0.010	−0.010
	29%	33%

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
12:4071% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
11:0962% CF
L3Eller – Sheary – McMichael
10:0150% CF
L4Sgarbossa – Sprong – Protas
6:5953% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
12:5467% CF
D2Schultz – van Riemsdyk
11:3854% CF
D3Carlson – Fehérváry
10:5540% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Eller – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson
6:0280% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Schultz – Orlov – Sheary – Sprong
1:52100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
1:07
PK2FEller – Wilson
0:36
PK1Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
1:19
PK2DCarlson – Orlov
0:36

Current WSH line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Hartman – Fiala
7:5045% CF
L2Foligno – Boldy – Rossi
5:5550% CF
L3Gaudreau – Dewar – Sturm
4:5578% CF
L4Rau – Rask – Pitlick
3:2540% CF
D1Benn – Dumba
15:5836% CF
D2Kulikov – Merrill
14:0950% CF
D3Mermis – Addison
10:1945% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Hartman – Fiala – Addison – Boldy
2:0080% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Sturm
2:44
PK2FFoligno – Hartman
2:01
PK1DBenn – Dumba
4:01
PK2DKulikov – Merrill
3:59

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:41
WSHConnor McMichael (Nick Jensen, Conor Sheary)tip-in0.07 xG
WSH: Eller, Jensen, Sheary, Fehérváry, McMichaelMIN: Benn, Rau, Dumba, Pitlick, Rossi
WSH 1 – 0 MIN
5:48
WSHEvgeny KuznetsovPP (Alex Ovechkin, Lars Eller)slap0.08 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Carlson, Kuznetsov, WilsonMIN: Kulikov, Merrill, Gaudreau, Sturm
WSH 2 – 0 MIN
13:55
MINMarcus FolignoENwrist0.46 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Hagelin, Orlov, Kuznetsov, van Riemsdyk, HathawayMIN: Foligno, Hartman, Mermis, Addison, Boldy
WSH 2 – 1 MIN

3rd period

19:25
MINMats Zuccarello (Mathew Dumba, Kevin Fiala)tip-in0.01 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Carlson, Orlov, Dowd, HathawayMIN: Foligno, Zuccarello, Dumba, Hartman, Fiala, Boldy
WSH 2 – 2 MIN

Decided in the shootout: WSH 2 – 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
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	1	0	17:48	—	—	65	39
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:36	—	—	65	32
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:40	—	—	71	44
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.35	0	0	0	23:17	—	—	59	71
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.39	0	1	0	21:37	—	—	56	57
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	0	0	21:00	—	—	47	62
Lars Eller C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.23	0	0	0	20:49	—	—	54	60
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.30	0	1	0	15:22	—	—	55	59
Connor McMichael L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	0	0	0	11:44	—	—	46	47
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.65	0	0	0	13:00	—	—	45	46
Michael Sgarbossa C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	8:24	—	—	42	55
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:01	—	—	47	59
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	1	2	0	23:20	—	—	64	53
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.15	0	1	2	19:06	—	—	61	60
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	3	0	18:14	—	—	48	69
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	2	0	14:38	—	—	54	88
John Carlson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	26:37	—	—	36	5
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:11	—	—	55	29

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Zach Fucale(start)	O	22	21	1	.955	2.08	64:36

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.31	0	1	2	27:22	—	—	40	46
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.31	0	1	0	25:17	—	—	40	47
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.36	0	0	6	17:49	—	—	52	62
Marcus Foligno L	L2	1	0	1	+2	0	0.46	2	1	0	21:15	—	—	48	73
Matt Boldy L	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.06	0	1	0	20:54	—	—	45	71
Marco Rossi C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	0	1	2	14:51	—	—	48	66
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	16:03	—	—	53	33
Nico Sturm C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	0	0	12:03	—	—	50	41
Connor Dewar C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	1	1	0	11:47	—	—	65	55
Kyle Rau C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	7:41	—	—	27	8
Victor Rask C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:40	—	—	50	38
Rem Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:35	—	—	50	29
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	4	1	0	27:20	—	—	42	53
Jordie Benn D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	3	1	0	20:54	—	—	39	49
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	1	0	23:03	—	—	54	46
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:37	—	—	52	46
Calen Addison D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:57	—	—	45	37
Dakota Mermis D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	12:54	—	—	50	46

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.87	63:54

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.