Washington Capitals vs. Minnesota WildMar 19, 2023

FinalSunday, Mar 19, 2023· Xcel Energy Center

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Minnesota WildMIN

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	2	3		WSH	12	10	14	36
MIN	2	1	2	5		MIN	11	17	12	40

: WSH 53MIN 60
: WSH 2.18MIN 3.64
PP goals: WSH 2MIN 0
Hits: WSH 28MIN 13
Blocks: WSH 9MIN 11
PIM: WSH 40MIN 22
: WSH 57%MIN 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Washington Capitals 5–3

Minnesota Wild beat Washington Capitals 5–3 at home. Matt Boldy (MIN) led the scoring with 3G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Strome and Sandin) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:49 together.

Points
Matt Boldy had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 19:53.Boldy
Points
Alex Ovechkin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 8 shots in 17:56.Ovechkin
Points
Dylan Strome had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:36.Strome
Points
Marcus Johansson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:10.Johansson
Points
Tom Wilson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:01.Wilson
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Strome and Sandin) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:49 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Strome Sandin
Goalie
Charlie Lindgren (WSH) faced 40 shots and stopped 35 (.875), +12 against a season average of 27.5; the loss.Lindgren
New line
New look for MIN: Sundqvist–Gaudreau–Duhaime skated 9:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sundqvist Gaudreau Duhaime

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 113 of 113 attempts · MIN 60 · WSH 53

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 27% of the game, MIN 47%.

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
	37	52
	0.95	2.59
	0.95	2.47
	1	13
	2	4
	11	13
	+0.027	−0.027
	27%	47%

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 – Aube-Kubel – Protas
9:5527% CF
L2Backstrom – Smith – Milano
8:4459% CF
L3Oshie – Kuznetsov – Wilson
8:0527% CF
L4Ovechkin – Sheary – Strome
5:2650% CF
D1Fehérváry – Alexeyev
14:2645% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Sandin
12:4628% CF
D3Irwin – Carlsson
7:4057% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Strome – Sandin
2:49100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Sheary – van Riemsdyk
0:56100% CF
PK1FDowd – Wilson
0:58
PK2FSheary – Aube-Kubel
0:47
PK1Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
1:24
PK2DIrwin – Alexeyev
1:03

Current WSH line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Hartman – Steel
9:1571% CF
L2Sundqvist – Gaudreau – Duhaime
9:0267% CF
L3Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
8:0170% CF
L4Reaves – Shaw – Dewar
6:2327% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
14:1782% CF
D2Goligoski – Klingberg
13:0843% CF
D3Spurgeon – Middleton
9:5438% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Klingberg – Hartman – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
3:3288% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Brodin – Sundqvist – Gaudreau
0:48
PK1FShaw – Dewar
1:17
PK2FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
0:47
PK1DSpurgeon – Brodin
1:46
PK2DDumba – Middleton
1:31

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:50
MINMatt Boldy (Marcus Johansson, Frederick Gaudreau)wrist0.21 xG
WSH: Oshie, Kuznetsov, Wilson, van Riemsdyk, SandinMIN: Johansson, Brodin, Dumba, Gaudreau, Boldy
WSH 0 – 1 MIN
4:36
MINMatt Boldy (Marcus Johansson, Joel Eriksson Ek)slap0.03 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Dowd, Irwin, Carlsson, ProtasMIN: Spurgeon, Johansson, Middleton, Eriksson Ek, Boldy
WSH 0 – 2 MIN

2nd period

5:34
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (Rasmus Sandin)slap0.04 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Strome, SandinMIN: Spurgeon, Middleton, Shaw, Dewar
WSH 1 – 2 MIN
10:14
MINRyan Reaves (Ryan Hartman, Mason Shaw)tip-in0.06 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Smith, Irwin, Sandin, ProtasMIN: Reaves, Brodin, Dumba, Hartman, Steel
WSH 1 – 3 MIN

3rd period

3:46
MINBrandon Duhaime (Oskar Sundqvist)backhand0.02 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Milano, Fehérváry, Sandin, ProtasMIN: Goligoski, Sundqvist, Gaudreau, Middleton, Duhaime
WSH 1 – 4 MIN
12:33
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (Tom Wilson, Dylan Strome)snap0.04 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Wilson, Strome, SandinMIN: Spurgeon, Brodin, Gaudreau, Eriksson Ek
WSH 2 – 4 MIN
13:58
MINMatt Boldysnap0.22 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Wilson, Strome, Fehérváry, AlexeyevMIN: Reaves, Brodin, Dumba, Eriksson Ek, Boldy
WSH 2 – 5 MIN
16:26
WSHDylan Strome (Tom Wilson, Alex Ovechkin)wrist0.05 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Wilson, Sheary, Strome, SandinMIN: Reaves, Spurgeon, Brodin, Eriksson Ek, Boldy
WSH 3 – 5 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	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:00	—	—	27	13
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.04	1	0	0	13:35	—	—	25	23
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	3	0	0	12:34	—	—	31	23
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	0	1	2	18:18	—	—	52	35
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	1	1	0	13:00	—	—	54	35
Sonny Milano L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	12:46	—	—	46	29
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	2	2	-1	3	0.29	2	0	10	20:01	—	—	35	16
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	5	1	19	14:43	—	—	31	11
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	1	2	2	13:41	—	—	23	9
Alex Ovechkin L	L4	2	1	3	-1	8	0.38	6	0	0	17:56	—	—	53	34
Dylan Strome C	L4	1	1	2	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	17:36	—	—	52	38
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.34	1	0	0	13:49	—	—	50	91
Alexander Alexeyev D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	22:14	—	—	58	50
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:11	—	—	38	42
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.05	3	0	0	24:38	—	—	28	13
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	2	0	21:58	—	—	39	19
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.01	1	0	7	11:41	—	—	57	30
Gabriel Carlsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:43	—	—	63	27

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	40	35	5	.875	3.22	56:23

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	0	1	0	19:32	—	—	63	81
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.53	0	0	2	19:20	—	—	68	87
Sam Steel C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	1	0	2	14:58	—	—	65	84
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	0	1	0	16:13	—	—	65	76
Oskar Sundqvist C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	2	0	0	11:42	—	—	60	55
Brandon Duhaime L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.04	1	0	0	11:38	—	—	60	58
Matt Boldy L	L3	3	0	3	+2	6	1.53	0	0	0	19:53	—	—	70	91
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	3	0	0	19:20	—	—	61	88
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	2	2	+2	3	0.29	0	0	0	13:10	—	—	71	90
Mason Shaw C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	2	2	5	11:27	—	—	35	36
Ryan Reaves R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.15	1	0	0	10:18	—	—	48	69
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	1	4	9:32	—	—	35	32
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.06	0	0	2	23:59	—	—	77	88
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	+3	2	0.08	2	1	7	20:03	—	—	77	89
John Klingberg D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	0	1	0	18:26	—	—	46	70
Alex Goligoski D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	0	1	0	16:32	—	—	47	73
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	19:48	—	—	53	46
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	0	2	0	17:43	—	—	41	39

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	36	33	3	.917	2.18	59:18

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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.