New Jersey Devils vs. Washington CapitalsDec 30, 2017

FinalSaturday, Dec 30, 2017· Capital One Arena

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Washington CapitalsWSH

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	0	1	2		NJD	12	7	8	27
WSH	2	1	2	5		WSH	12	10	13	35

: NJD 60WSH 67
: NJD 1.95WSH 4.24
PP goals: NJD 0WSH 1
Hits: NJD 20WSH 23
Blocks: NJD 22WSH 19
PIM: NJD 4WSH 4
: NJD 45%WSH 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 5–2

Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 5–2 at home. John Carlson (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:49 together.

Points
John Carlson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 25:58.Carlson
Points
Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:48.Backstrom
Points
Alex Ovechkin had 3 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 20:00.Ovechkin
Points
Christian Djoos had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:02.Djoos
Points
Travis Zajac had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:56.Zajac
Points
Marcus Johansson had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:24.Johansson
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:49 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
Usage
Devante Smith-Pelly (WSH) played 16:25, +4:07 up on his 12:18 season average over 74 games.Smith-Pelly

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

← NJD attacks left (bottom on phones)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · WSH 67 · NJD 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH pressure
NJD pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NJD 19% of the game, WSH 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

NJD

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	NJD	WSH
	60	67
	2.01	3.31
	1.92	2.99
	13	12
	7	4
	22	10
	−0.029	+0.029
	19%	27%

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.

New Jersey Devils

L1Zajac – Johansson – Palmieri
12:3255% CF
L2Hall – Bratt – Hischier
11:3646% CF
L3Noesen – Wood – Zacha
8:5268% CF
L4Boyle – Gibbons – Coleman
6:4950% CF
D1Greene – Santini
15:0744% CF
D2Moore – Vatanen
13:3045% CF
D3Severson – Butcher
12:3062% CF

PP1Boyle – Zajac – Palmieri – Hall – Butcher
1:34100% CF
PP2Zajac – Johansson – Vatanen – Wood – Hischier
1:28100% CF
PK1FZajac – Gibbons
1:32
PK2FColeman – Bratt
0:33
PK1DGreene – Santini
2:05
PK2DMoore – Vatanen
0:39

Current NJD line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Smith-Pelly
13:3159% CF
L2Beagle – Chiasson – Stephenson
12:1438% CF
L3Eller – Connolly – Wilson
9:0062% CF
L4Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana
7:2133% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
17:3555% CF
D2Carlson – Djoos
13:4262% CF
D3Orpik – Chorney
12:3638% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
2:4986% CF
PP2Niskanen – Eller – Orlov – Connolly – Vrana
0:32100% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
1:59
PK2FBeagle – Chiasson
1:47
PK1DNiskanen – Carlson
1:27
PK2DChorney – Orlov
0:33

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:26
WSHTom Wilson (Christian Djoos, John Carlson)snap0.14 xG
NJD: Gibbons, Severson, Butcher, Wood, ZachaWSH: Eller, Carlson, Connolly, Wilson, Djoos
NJD 0 – 1 WSH
11:09
WSHChristian Djoos (Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin)wrist0.09 xG
NJD: Zajac, Johansson, Palmieri, Severson, ButcherWSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Backstrom, Smith-Pelly, Djoos
NJD 0 – 2 WSH
17:35
NJDJohn Moore (Travis Zajac, Marcus Johansson)snap0.07 xG
NJD: Zajac, Johansson, Palmieri, Moore, VatanenWSH: Orpik, Chorney, Eller, Connolly, Wilson
NJD 1 – 2 WSH

2nd period

7:01
WSHJohn CarlsonPP (Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin)slap0.06 xG
NJD: Moore, Vatanen, Coleman, BrattWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov
NJD 1 – 3 WSH

3rd period

4:25
WSHMatt Niskanen (Devante Smith-Pelly, Alex Ovechkin)wrist0.06 xG
NJD: Moore, Vatanen, Noesen, Wood, HischierWSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Smith-Pelly
NJD 1 – 4 WSH
9:00
NJDTravis Zajac (Marcus Johansson, Sami Vatanen)tip-in0.04 xG
NJD: Zajac, Johansson, Palmieri, Moore, VatanenWSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Smith-Pelly, Djoos
NJD 2 – 4 WSH
19:19
WSHNicklas BackstromEN (John Carlson)wrist0.73 xG
NJD: Boyle, Johansson, Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall, ButcherWSH: Orpik, Oshie, Backstrom, Beagle, Carlson
NJD 2 – 5 WSH

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Travis Zajac C	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	18:56	—	—	45	32
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	1	0	18:49	—	—	47	32
Marcus Johansson L	L1	0	2	2	0	0	0.18	0	0	0	17:24	—	—	47	42
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	1	0	18:30	—	—	39	22
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	0	2	0	17:27	—	—	38	29
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:52	—	—	39	29
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	1	0	0	13:52	—	—	52	44
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	0	0	0	12:31	—	—	61	67
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	3	0	2	12:15	—	—	59	56
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	0	0	12:41	—	—	54	48
Blake Coleman L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	0	0	11:47	—	—	50	48
Brian Gibbons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	11:14	—	—	36	44
Steven Santini D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	5	3	0	20:22	—	—	44	33
Andy Greene D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	5	0	19:24	—	—	44	37
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	5	0	21:04	—	—	42	37
John Moore D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.18	2	3	0	19:21	—	—	42	34
Damon Severson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	0	2	18:11	—	—	56	48
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.07	0	1	0	17:41	—	—	60	40

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cory Schneider(start)	L	34	30	4	.882	3.52	59:12

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	3	3	+1	6	0.89	0	0	0	20:00	—	—	65	75
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	1	2	3	+1	3	0.78	1	1	0	19:48	—	—	59	74
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.76	3	1	0	16:25	—	—	58	66
Jay Beagle C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:28	—	—	37	41
Alex Chiasson R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.60	2	2	0	14:52	—	—	44	66
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	14:39	—	—	39	49
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	15:18	—	—	71	67
Tom Wilson R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.17	3	0	0	14:38	—	—	58	57
Brett Connolly R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	10:48	—	—	62	55
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	1	0	14:05	—	—	44	42
T.J. Oshie R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	12:10	—	—	37	44
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:38	—	—	30	34
Matt Niskanen D	D1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.06	2	2	0	22:11	—	—	53	67
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	3	3	0	21:27	—	—	57	68
John Carlson D	D2	1	2	3	+1	4	0.19	0	3	0	25:58	—	—	61	71
Christian Djoos D	D2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.26	0	1	0	15:02	—	—	60	75
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	3	2	2	19:08	—	—	42	35
Taylor Chorney D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:25	—	—	38	37

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	1.95	60:00

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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.