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New Jersey Devils vs. Washington CapitalsJan 16, 2020

Final· Capital One Arena
Goals123TShots123T
NJD0112NJD9131234
WSH2125WSH1515838
NJD 60WSH 66
NJD 3.92WSH 3.78
PP goals
NJD 0WSH 1
Hits
NJD 18WSH 11
Blocks
NJD 18WSH 13
PIM
NJD 10WSH 8
NJD 41%WSH 59%

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. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for NJD: Hayden–McLeod–Boqvist skated 6:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (18.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Alex Ovechkin had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:55.Ovechkin
  2. Points
    John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:26.Carlson
  3. Points
    Nicklas Backstrom had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:12.Backstrom
  4. New line
    New look for NJD: Hayden–McLeod–Boqvist skated 6:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (18.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HaydenMcLeodBoqvist
  5. New line
    New look for NJD: Simmonds–Zacha–Hughes skated 5:53 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (12.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SimmondsZachaHughes
  6. New line
    New look for NJD: Wood–Bratt–Hischier skated 4:38 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.WoodBrattHischier
  7. Luck
    NJD scored 2 goals on 3.92 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
  8. Usage
    Dmitry Orlov (WSH) played 18:08, −4:06 down on his 22:14 season average over 68 games.Orlov

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.

Shot map, NJD at WSH: 126 attempts, 72 on goal, 7 goals, 7.70 expected goals; best chance Miles Wood at 0.33 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← NJD attacks left (bottom on phones)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →
  • WSH
  • NJD
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · WSH 66 · NJD 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, NJD at WSH: expected goals 3.78 to 3.92 (NJD led the chances), shot attempts 66 to 60, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdWSHNJDOOHSCVOnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • WSH
  • NJD
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
WSHNJDcontrol2nd3rdOvechkin · 1st 15:17Ovechkin · 1st 19:08Hagelin · 2nd 0:16Simmonds · 2nd 1:08Coleman · 3rd 3:34Vrana · 3rd 6:42Ovechkin · 3rd 15:42
  • 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 32% of the game, WSH 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, NJD at WSH: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Ilya Samsonov (59:50) for WSH and Cory Schneider (39:49) for NJD, 7 goals.

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
StatNJDWSH
4964
3.073.60
2.983.40
1116
46
2616
−0.097+0.097
32%30%

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

Current NJD line combinations →

Washington Capitals

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 15:17
    NJD 0 – 1 WSH
  2. 19:08
    NJD 0 – 2 WSH

2nd period

  1. 0:16
    NJD 0 – 3 WSH
  2. 1:08
    NJD 1 – 3 WSH

3rd period

  1. 3:34
    NJD 2 – 3 WSH
  2. 6:42
    NJD 2 – 4 WSH
  3. 15:42
    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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Blake Coleman LL1101060.6611018:57——5450
Travis Zajac CL1011010.1901218:47——5044
Nikita Gusev LL1000-130.1400015:02——4832
Jesper Boqvist CL2000000.0011010:35——2627
John Hayden CL2000010.220228:03——3248
Michael McLeod CL2000010.051006:55——2847
Pavel Zacha CL3000-110.1531018:44——3636
Jack Hughes CL3000010.2710016:00——5029
Wayne Simmonds RL3101-120.3720014:50——3839
Nico Hischier CL4011-210.3712017:59——4156
Jesper Bratt LL4000-110.1500013:35——6581
Miles Wood LL4000-120.4410010:52——4848
Damon Severson DD1000-130.3321023:07——4840
Sami Vatanen DD1000-130.2003420:06——5246
P.K. Subban DD2000-150.2420023:30——4657
Andy Greene DD2000010.0304022:08——3747
Will Butcher DD3011-110.0402217:26——4538
Connor Carrick DD3000010.0630013:51——3645
NJD goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Cory SchneiderL23203.8702.8439:49
Louis Domingue(start)—15132.8670.9420:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov CL1000+120.2900017:55——5043
Jakub Vrana LL1101010.3101016:09——4836
T.J. Oshie RL1000000.0601015:42——5045
Lars Eller CL2011+100.0000017:26——4445
Carl Hagelin LL2101+140.4010015:55——6555
Richard Panik RL2011+110.0700413:56——4138
Tom Wilson RL3011+160.8020219:00——5857
Alex Ovechkin LL3303050.7600017:55——6059
Nicklas Backstrom CL3022020.0901217:12——5960
Nic Dowd CL4000020.1510010:28——7772
Garnet Hathaway RL4000010.281009:53——7485
Brendan Leipsic LL4000000.000108:42——5968
John Carlson DD1022+120.0701022:26——5758
Michal Kempny DD1000+120.0601020:36——5857
Dmitry Orlov DD2000+140.3032018:08——5850
Nick Jensen DD2000-110.0211017:03——5348
Jonas Siegenthaler DD3000020.0401017:18——5252
Radko Gudas DD3000+330.0623016:26——5959
WSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)W34322.9413.9259:50