New Jersey Devils vs. Washington CapitalsJan 11, 2020

FinalSaturday, Jan 11, 2020· Capital One Arena

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	3	1	5		NJD	8	9	5	22
WSH	0	1	0	1		WSH	12	9	13	34

: NJD 45WSH 71
: NJD 2.60WSH 4.40
PP goals: NJD 2WSH 0
Hits: NJD 13WSH 19
Blocks: NJD 18WSH 14
PIM: NJD 10WSH 2
: NJD 55%WSH 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils rout Washington Capitals 5–1

New Jersey Devils beat Washington Capitals 5–1 at WSH. Nico Hischier (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NJD's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Vatanen, Severson, Bratt and Hischier) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:17 together.

Points
Nico Hischier had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:18.Hischier
Points
Will Butcher had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:16.Butcher
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Vatanen, Severson, Bratt and Hischier) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:17 together.Palmieri Vatanen Severson Bratt Hischier
Luck
WSH scored 1 goal on 4.40 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
NJD scored 5 goals on 2.60 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Richard Panik (WSH) played 4:00, −7:28 down on his 11:28 season average over 58 games.Panik
Usage
Connor Carrick (NJD) played 18:34, +4:18 up on his 14:16 season average over 28 games.Carrick
Goalie
Louis Domingue (NJD) faced 34 shots and stopped 33 (.971), +9 against a season average of 25.5; the win.Domingue

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 116 of 116 attempts · WSH 71 · NJD 45

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 16% of the game, WSH 49%.

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
	35	76
	1.58	4.00
	1.53	3.86
	8	12
	5	2
	21	14
	+0.051	−0.051
	16%	49%

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 – Gusev
10:5356% CF
L2Palmieri – Bratt – Hischier
10:5143% CF
L3Simmonds – Wood – Zacha
9:2031% CF
L4Hayden – Rooney – Boqvist
8:2929% CF
D1Greene – Subban
16:2638% CF
D2Carrick – Butcher
14:3224% CF
D3Vatanen – Severson
13:1744% CF

PP1Palmieri – Vatanen – Severson – Bratt – Hischier
1:1767% CF
PP2Subban – Simmonds – Gusev – Butcher – Zacha
0:36
PK1FZajac – Coleman
2:14
PK2FZacha – Rooney
1:00
PK1DGreene – Severson
3:21
PK2DSubban – Vatanen
0:48

Current NJD line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
9:3450% CF
L2Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana
8:3450% CF
L3Dowd – Leipsic – Hathaway
6:5178% CF
L4Hagelin – Eller – Panik
3:3360% CF
D1Carlson – Kempny
9:4858% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
9:2950% CF
D3Gudas – Siegenthaler
7:3750% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Vrana
4:12
PP2Eller – Orlov – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Leipsic
2:30
PK1FEller – Hathaway
0:59
PK2FHagelin – Dowd
0:54
PK1DGudas – Siegenthaler
1:23
PK2DJensen – Kempny
0:30

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:27
NJDNico HischierPP (Will Butcher, Connor Carrick)wrist0.22 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Carrick, Butcher, Bratt, HischierWSH: Hagelin, Eller, Orlov, Panik, Jensen
NJD 1 – 0 WSH

2nd period

3:28
NJDNikita GusevSH (Will Butcher, Wayne Simmonds)slap0.04 xG
NJD: Subban, Simmonds, Gusev, Butcher, ZachaWSH: Hagelin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Kempny
NJD 2 – 0 WSH
6:48
NJDBlake Coleman (Travis Zajac, Andy Greene)backhand0.19 xG
NJD: Zajac, Greene, Coleman, SeversonWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Vrana
NJD 3 – 0 WSH
8:28
WSHJakub Vrana (John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom)wrist0.08 xG
NJD: Zajac, Vatanen, Coleman, SeversonWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Vrana
NJD 3 – 1 WSH
12:11
NJDNico HischierPP (Kyle Palmieri)slap0.09 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Vatanen, Severson, Bratt, HischierWSH: Hagelin, Gudas, Kuznetsov, Vrana, Siegenthaler
NJD 4 – 1 WSH

3rd period

15:04
NJDMiles Woodwrist0.00 xG
NJD: Simmonds, Vatanen, Severson, Wood, ZachaWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson
NJD 5 – 1 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
Blake Coleman L	L1	1	0	1	+1	8	1.12	2	1	0	18:56	—	—	40	54
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	17:58	—	—	33	40
Nikita Gusev L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.30	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	53	25
Nico Hischier C	L2	2	0	2	+2	2	0.31	1	1	2	17:18	—	—	33	26
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:35	—	—	38	46
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.05	0	1	0	14:28	—	—	40	33
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.21	0	1	0	16:53	—	—	29	24
Miles Wood L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	1	0	4	12:56	—	—	27	9
Wayne Simmonds R	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.29	1	0	0	12:32	—	—	33	19
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	11:08	—	—	22	11
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:10	—	—	29	16
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:34	—	—	29	16
Andy Greene D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	3	0	22:08	—	—	29	36
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	1	2	21:07	—	—	38	33
Connor Carrick D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	2	4	0	18:34	—	—	25	8
Will Butcher D	D2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.07	3	0	0	17:16	—	—	24	8
Damon Severson D	D3	0	0	0	+3	1	0.00	3	1	0	21:22	—	—	34	43
Sami Vatanen D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:36	—	—	41	29

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Louis Domingue(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	4.40	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	2	1	0	21:43	—	—	70	64
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.66	0	1	0	20:04	—	—	74	71
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.91	2	1	2	19:56	—	—	53	48
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.39	2	1	0	20:30	—	—	84	80
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.69	0	0	0	19:12	—	—	56	74
Jakub Vrana L	L2	1	0	1	-2	6	0.46	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	78	77
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:35	—	—	83	86
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.33	0	0	0	11:28	—	—	56	37
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	1	0	10:53	—	—	79	62
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	59	68
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.20	0	0	0	12:43	—	—	56	79
Richard Panik R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:00	—	—	60	95
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	-3	1	0.07	0	3	0	23:06	—	—	70	62
Michal Kempny D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	3	0	0	19:29	—	—	67	81
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:56	—	—	67	69
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:37	—	—	64	73
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.15	4	1	0	17:54	—	—	66	80
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	13:08	—	—	55	61

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	L	21	17	4	.810	2.60	59:47

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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.