New Jersey Devils vs. Washington CapitalsNov 30, 2018

FinalFriday, Nov 30, 2018· Capital One Arena

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Washington CapitalsWSH

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	1	2	3		NJD	9	17	10	36
WSH	1	1	4	6		WSH	8	10	13	31

: NJD 62WSH 50
: NJD 2.61WSH 3.42
PP goals: NJD 0WSH 1
Hits: NJD 12WSH 6
Blocks: NJD 11WSH 14
PIM: NJD 8WSH 18
: NJD 53%WSH 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 6–3

Washington Capitals beat New Jersey Devils 6–3 at home. Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) led the scoring with 3G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov and Connolly) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:26 together.

Points
Nicklas Backstrom had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 5 shots in 21:48.Backstrom
Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 21:29.Ovechkin
Points
Nico Hischier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:25.Hischier
Points
Michal Kempny had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:44.Kempny
Points
Taylor Hall had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:38.Hall
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov and Connolly) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:26 together.Ovechkin Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov Connolly
New line
New look for NJD: Zajac–Coleman–Seney skated 8:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zajac Coleman Seney
New line
New look for WSH: Kuznetsov–Connolly–Vrana skated 10:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuznetsov Connolly Vrana

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 112 of 112 attempts · WSH 50 · NJD 62

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 37% of the game, WSH 32%.

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
	53	43
	2.22	1.59
	2.12	1.54
	13	5
	6	4
	16	12
	+0.019	−0.019
	37%	32%

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 – Coleman – Seney
8:4350% CF
L2Hall – Bratt – Hischier
6:2957% CF
L3Johansson – Palmieri – Zacha
6:0110% CF
L4Boyle – Wood – McLeod
4:3650% CF
D1Greene – Severson
11:4348% CF
D2Vatanen – Mueller
9:1253% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
5:4386% CF

PP1Johansson – Palmieri – Hall – Butcher – Hischier
6:2586% CF
PP2Boyle – Vatanen – Severson – Zacha – Bratt
4:12100% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
2:31
PK2FBoyle – Zacha
2:18
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
3:33
PK2DVatanen – Mueller
1:04

Current NJD line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Kuznetsov – Connolly – Vrana
10:5146% CF
L2Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
8:1147% CF
L3Dowd – Jaskin – Stephenson
5:4056% CF
L4Eller – Smith-Pelly – Burakovsky
5:2467% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
14:5936% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
11:4258% CF
D3Djoos – Bowey
8:5446% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Connolly
4:26100% CF
PP2Niskanen – Eller – Orlov – Burakovsky – Vrana
1:03100% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
2:31
PK2FDowd – Smith-Pelly
1:38
PK1DCarlson – Kempny
5:26
PK2DNiskanen – Orlov
4:15

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:51
WSHNicklas Backstrom (Alex Ovechkin, Michal Kempny)wrist0.14 xG
NJD: Vatanen, Hall, Severson, Bratt, HischierWSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Wilson, Kempny
NJD 0 – 1 WSH

2nd period

0:08
WSHTom WilsonSH (Matt Niskanen, Lars Eller)wrist0.03 xG
NJD: Johansson, Palmieri, Hall, Butcher, HischierWSH: Niskanen, Eller, Carlson, Wilson
NJD 0 – 2 WSH
9:23
NJDTravis ZajacSH (Blake Coleman)wrist0.07 xG
NJD: Zajac, Lovejoy, Coleman, MuellerWSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Orlov, Connolly, Vrana
NJD 1 – 2 WSH

3rd period

5:45
WSHAndre Burakovsky (Michal Kempny, Nicklas Backstrom)wrist0.18 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Coleman, Severson, SeneyWSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Burakovsky, Kempny
NJD 1 – 3 WSH
10:57
WSHNicklas BackstromPP (Evgeny Kuznetsov, John Carlson)wrist0.14 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, LovejoyWSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Connolly
NJD 1 – 4 WSH
12:35
NJDNico Hischier (Taylor Hall)wrist0.03 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Hall, Severson, Butcher, HischierWSH: Niskanen, Orlov, Dowd, Jaskin, Stephenson
NJD 2 – 4 WSH
18:10
NJDMarcus Johansson (Taylor Hall, Nico Hischier)wrist0.20 xG
NJD: Johansson, Palmieri, Hall, Butcher, HischierWSH: Carlson, Kuznetsov, Smith-Pelly, Stephenson, Kempny
NJD 3 – 4 WSH
18:30
WSHAlex OvechkinENwrist0.24 xG
NJD: Boyle, Johansson, Palmieri, Hall, Butcher, HischierWSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Eller, Carlson, Kempny
NJD 3 – 5 WSH
19:37
WSHNicklas BackstromEN (Alex Ovechkin)wrist0.84 xG
NJD: Boyle, Zajac, Johansson, Palmieri, Vatanen, HallWSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Eller, Carlson, Kempny
NJD 3 – 6 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	0	1	-1	2	0.45	0	0	0	16:54	—	—	55	58
Blake Coleman L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.17	3	0	0	13:38	—	—	55	63
Brett Seney L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	0	0	0	9:45	—	—	47	60
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	2	2	-2	4	0.34	0	2	2	21:38	—	—	65	59
Nico Hischier C	L2	1	1	2	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	21:25	—	—	65	68
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	62	52
Kyle Palmieri C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.23	0	0	0	19:34	—	—	48	70
Marcus Johansson L	L3	1	0	1	-2	4	0.44	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	48	70
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:59	—	—	38	47
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:50	—	—	60	35
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	4	0	4	7:40	—	—	57	22
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:36	—	—	67	35
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.21	1	2	0	20:56	—	—	49	45
Andy Greene D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	3	0	19:17	—	—	54	61
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	0	1	2	21:59	—	—	56	45
Mirco Mueller D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	46	53
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:10	—	—	80	91
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	0	2	0	14:36	—	—	50	52

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	2.34	59:14

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.30	0	0	0	17:37	—	—	43	40
Brett Connolly R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.30	0	0	0	16:07	—	—	43	45
Jakub Vrana L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	0	0	13:12	—	—	39	41
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	3	1	4	+4	5	1.27	0	0	0	21:48	—	—	46	47
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	2	3	+3	4	0.37	2	0	0	21:29	—	—	48	49
Tom Wilson R	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.03	1	2	10	13:25	—	—	44	42
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	0	0	0	12:58	—	—	50	26
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:53	—	—	50	55
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:51	—	—	42	40
Lars Eller C	L4	0	1	1	+2	3	0.14	0	0	2	16:38	—	—	44	35
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	12:16	—	—	50	66
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	2	2	11:43	—	—	54	31
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	0	2	0	22:58	—	—	38	41
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	21:45	—	—	35	40
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	+4	2	0.39	0	3	0	25:12	—	—	54	40
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	2	2	+3	3	0.12	0	1	0	21:44	—	—	56	48
Madison Bowey D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	4	12:56	—	—	42	44
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:24	—	—	41	31

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	36	33	3	.917	2.61	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.