New Jersey Devils vs. Washington CapitalsMar 9, 2023

Final / SOThursday, Mar 9, 2023· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NJD	0	2	0	0	1	3		NJD	9	16	14	1	40
WSH	1	1	0	0	0	2		WSH	7	7	4	4	22

: NJD 67WSH 45
: NJD 4.26WSH 2.23
PP goals: NJD 1WSH 0
Hits: NJD 12WSH 18
Blocks: NJD 15WSH 15
PIM: NJD 4WSH 6
: NJD 55%WSH 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Washington Capitals 3–2 (SO)

New Jersey Devils beat Washington Capitals 3–2 in a shootout at WSH. Dawson Mercer (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Rasmus Sandin (WSH) played 29:58, +10:48 up on his 19:10 season average over 70 games.

Points
Dawson Mercer had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:34.Mercer
Usage
Rasmus Sandin (WSH) played 29:58, +10:48 up on his 19:10 season average over 70 games.Sandin
Usage
Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH) played 27:23, +8:26 up on his 18:57 season average over 74 games.van Riemsdyk
Goalie
Darcy Kuemper (WSH) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +11 against a season average of 29.4; the overtime loss.Kuemper
New line
New look for NJD: Meier–Boqvist–Hughes skated 11:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Meier Boqvist Hughes
Luck
NJD scored 2 goals on 4.26 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NJD: Haula–Palat–Bratt skated 11:15 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (52.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Haula Palat Bratt
Usage
Matt Irwin (WSH) played 19:29, +6:33 up on his 12:56 season average over 60 games.Irwin

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 45 · NJD 67

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 43% of the game, WSH 18%.

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
	65	46
	4.25	1.87
	3.94	1.84
	14	6
	10	2
	22	13
	+0.048	−0.048
	43%	18%

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

L1Tatar – Hischier – Mercer
12:5067% CF
L2Meier – Boqvist – Hughes
11:5383% CF
L3Haula – Palat – Bratt
11:1552% CF
L4Wood – Bastian – McLeod
4:4350% CF
D1Graves – Marino
15:2847% CF
D2Hamilton – Siegenthaler
14:0565% CF
D3Smith – Severson
13:2157% CF

PP1Hamilton – Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
3:37100% CF
PP2Tatar – Haula – Palat – Severson – Mercer
1:04100% CF
PK1FHaula – Bastian
0:48
PK2FHischier – Mercer
0:18
PK1DGraves – Marino
1:14
PK2DSmith – Siegenthaler
0:30

Current NJD line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
11:3258% CF
L2Backstrom – Smith – Mantha
11:1453% CF
L3Oshie – Milano – Strome
10:2935% CF
L4Dowd – Sheary – Aube-Kubel
8:4338% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Sandin
21:2359% CF
D2Irwin – Carlsson
13:2333% CF
D3Alexeyev – Iorio
10:4832% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Kuznetsov – Sandin
1:15100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Wilson – Mantha – van Riemsdyk – Strome
0:30
PK1FDowd – Wilson
1:48
PK2FSheary – Aube-Kubel
0:56
PK1DIrwin – van Riemsdyk
3:12
PK2DCarlsson – Alexeyev
2:05

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

19:50
WSHTrevor van Riemsdykwrist0.03 xG
NJD: Haula, Palat, Graves, Marino, BrattWSH: Backstrom, Smith, Mantha, van Riemsdyk, Sandin
NJD 0 – 1 WSH

2nd period

6:55
NJDErik HaulaPP (Dawson Mercer, Damon Severson)wrist0.06 xG
NJD: Tatar, Haula, Palat, Severson, MercerWSH: Dowd, Kuznetsov, Carlsson, Alexeyev
NJD 1 – 1 WSH
7:32
NJDDawson Mercer (Nico Hischier, Tomas Tatar)wrist0.06 xG
NJD: Tatar, Hamilton, Siegenthaler, Hischier, MercerWSH: Oshie, Milano, Strome, Alexeyev, Iorio
NJD 2 – 1 WSH
9:50
WSHDylan Strome (T.J. Oshie, Sonny Milano)other0.14 xG
NJD: Hamilton, Wood, Siegenthaler, Bastian, McLeodWSH: Oshie, van Riemsdyk, Milano, Strome, Sandin
NJD 2 – 2 WSH

Decided in the shootout: NJD 3 – 2 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
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.93	0	1	0	21:39	—	—	59	76
Dawson Mercer C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.23	1	1	0	19:34	—	—	66	78
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.54	0	1	0	16:29	—	—	67	82
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.64	0	0	0	22:56	—	—	68	89
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.59	1	0	2	20:29	—	—	73	90
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	15:31	—	—	65	69
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.30	0	0	0	18:24	—	—	52	49
Erik Haula L	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.34	2	0	0	17:11	—	—	52	60
Ondrej Palat L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	15:05	—	—	52	50
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	3	1	0	10:02	—	—	42	51
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	0	0	8:27	—	—	50	59
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	2	7:02	—	—	27	13
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	23:15	—	—	49	64
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.19	0	2	0	20:14	—	—	54	72
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	23:16	—	—	70	71
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	2	0	18:19	—	—	63	70
Damon Severson D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	0	2	0	19:54	—	—	67	76
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	2	0	15:28	—	—	54	68

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Akira Schmid(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	2.23	64:45

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	2	20:31	—	—	44	28
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.36	1	1	2	20:12	—	—	43	26
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	3	1	2	18:28	—	—	59	43
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.24	1	0	0	16:17	—	—	46	32
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	55	49
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	1	0	0	14:00	—	—	52	42
Dylan Strome C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.26	0	1	0	15:25	—	—	36	39
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.28	2	1	0	15:09	—	—	33	43
Sonny Milano L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:56	—	—	35	43
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	16:39	—	—	26	7
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	12:15	—	—	35	14
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	11:20	—	—	37	14
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.06	2	0	0	29:58	—	—	51	49
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.22	0	2	0	27:23	—	—	59	56
Matt Irwin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	2	0	19:29	—	—	31	7
Gabriel Carlsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	16:16	—	—	33	8
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:48	—	—	29	19
Vincent Iorio D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:17	—	—	35	26

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	O	40	38	2	.950	4.26	65:00

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.