Washington Capitals vs. Minnesota WildJan 23, 2024

FinalTuesday, Jan 23, 2024· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	2	3		WSH	9	12	12	33
MIN	2	1	2	5		MIN	8	14	8	30

: WSH 58MIN 54
: WSH 2.66MIN 3.18
PP goals: WSH 1MIN 0
Hits: WSH 16MIN 16
Blocks: WSH 13MIN 11
PIM: WSH 4MIN 8
: WSH 50%MIN 50%

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. Anthony Mantha (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Pacioretty, Carlson and Strome) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:49 together.

Points
Anthony Mantha had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:59.Mantha
Points
Marcus Johansson had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:14.Johansson
Points
Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:54.Eriksson Ek
Points
Marcus Foligno had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:35.Foligno
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Pacioretty, Carlson and Strome) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:49 together.Ovechkin Oshie Pacioretty Carlson Strome
New line
New look for WSH: Kuznetsov–Wilson–Mantha skated 8:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuznetsov Wilson Mantha
New line
New look for MIN: Gaudreau–Duhaime–Lucchini skated 4:57 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaudreau Duhaime Lucchini
Luck
MIN scored 5 goals on 3.18 expected goals (54 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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

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MIN
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · MIN 54 · WSH 58

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 35%.

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
	2.24	3.25
	2.13	3.14
	12	10
	4	5
	7	14
	+0.010	−0.010
	28%	35%

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

L1Kuznetsov – Wilson – Mantha
8:5258% CF
L2Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
8:4538% CF
L3Ovechkin – McMichael – Protas
3:3850% CF
L4Oshie – Pacioretty – Strome
3:1211% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
15:4639% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Sandin
12:3541% CF
D3Jensen – Edmundson
11:5562% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Pacioretty – Carlson – Strome
4:49100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Mantha – Sandin
2:14100% CF
PK1FKuznetsov – Wilson
1:44
PK2FDowd – Malenstyn
1:05
PK1DEdmundson – Fehérváry
2:00
PK2DCarlson – Jensen
1:53

Current WSH line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Rossi
12:2455% CF
L2Maroon – Johansson – Hartman
10:3847% CF
L3Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
10:2373% CF
L4Gaudreau – Duhaime – Lucchini
4:5755% CF
D1Brodin – Faber
16:1857% CF
D2Mermis – Middleton
13:1264% CF
D3Goligoski – Bogosian
12:1546% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy – Faber
2:4186% CF
PP2Goligoski – Johansson – Hartman – Gaudreau – Rossi
1:09100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
4:16
PK2FHartman – Duhaime
1:36
PK1DBrodin – Faber
2:57
PK2DBogosian – Middleton
2:53

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	2	0	0	19:32	—	—	46	42
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	17:43	—	—	57	61
Anthony Mantha R	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.70	0	1	0	16:59	—	—	64	79
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	1	2	15:20	—	—	57	69
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.29	2	0	0	14:12	—	—	43	59
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	4	1	0	11:57	—	—	39	51
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.09	1	0	0	18:51	—	—	39	22
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.13	0	0	0	13:56	—	—	45	40
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	65	44
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.19	0	2	0	16:43	—	—	32	17
T.J. Oshie R	L4	1	0	1	-3	1	0.13	1	1	0	15:03	—	—	24	6
Max Pacioretty L	L4	0	1	1	-2	4	0.22	1	0	0	14:07	—	—	33	15
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.20	0	3	0	26:41	—	—	43	27
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.01	4	0	0	20:07	—	—	39	17
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	17:29	—	—	47	27
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.16	0	1	2	15:13	—	—	37	15
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	62	92
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	0	3	0	14:53	—	—	57	84

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	30	25	5	.833	3.18	58:46

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	0	1	0	18:36	—	—	46	63
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	17:51	—	—	48	57
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	4	15:44	—	—	57	71
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.34	0	0	2	17:03	—	—	42	51
Marcus Johansson L	L2	2	0	2	+1	3	0.24	0	0	0	14:14	—	—	52	56
Patrick Maroon L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	1	0	0	12:03	—	—	45	54
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.15	0	3	0	19:54	—	—	70	77
Marcus Foligno L	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.72	2	0	0	17:35	—	—	73	78
Matt Boldy L	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.39	1	0	0	15:54	—	—	70	77
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	5	0	0	10:14	—	—	44	30
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	0	0	8:29	—	—	58	38
Jake Lucchini C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:32	—	—	47	33
Brock Faber D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.42	2	4	0	24:50	—	—	57	63
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.16	0	0	2	24:20	—	—	52	62
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.05	1	0	0	18:56	—	—	64	68
Dakota Mermis D	D2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.07	1	0	0	14:58	—	—	60	65
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	3	2	0	18:54	—	—	46	50
Alex Goligoski D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	1	0	14:56	—	—	48	50

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	33	30	3	.909	2.66	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Brock Faber (MIN) 1st 1:37 · assists Mats Zuccarello, Marco Rossi · Rebound · 46.0 mph shot.

Brock Faber · 1st 1:37 · MIN

Play: rebound
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 46.0 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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Marcus Foligno · 1st 4:42 · MIN

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 5.1 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s
Type: rebound

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Marcus Johansson · 2nd 6:28 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.0 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Anthony Mantha · 2nd 10:00 · WSH

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 24.5 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s

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Joel Eriksson Ek · 3rd 1:37 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 77.4 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Marcus Johansson · 3rd 13:39 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 53.9 mph
Distance: 30 ft

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T.J. Oshie · 3rd 17:03 · WSH PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.9 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Type: deflection

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Anthony Mantha · 3rd 18:24 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 14.8 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Entry to goal: 5.1 s

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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.

Washington Capitals vs. Minnesota WildJan 23, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat Washington Capitals 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Minnesota Wild

Goal anatomy

Brock Faber · 1st 1:37 · MIN

Marcus Foligno · 1st 4:42 · MIN

Marcus Johansson · 2nd 6:28 · MIN

Anthony Mantha · 2nd 10:00 · WSH

Joel Eriksson Ek · 3rd 1:37 · MIN

Marcus Johansson · 3rd 13:39 · MIN

T.J. Oshie · 3rd 17:03 · WSH PP

Anthony Mantha · 3rd 18:24 · WSH