Anaheim Ducks vs. Washington CapitalsDec 6, 2021

Final / SOMonday, Dec 6, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
ANA	0	3	0	0	0	3		ANA	10	13	10	1	34
WSH	1	2	0	0	1	4		WSH	11	10	8	0	29

: ANA 52WSH 63
: ANA 2.32WSH 3.12
PP goals: ANA 0WSH 0
Hits: ANA 24WSH 27
Blocks: ANA 15WSH 10
PIM: ANA 7WSH 7
: ANA 51%WSH 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Anaheim Ducks 4–3 (SO)

Washington Capitals beat Anaheim Ducks 4–3 in a shootout at home. Sonny Milano (ANA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for WSH: Oshie–Hagelin–Eller skated 8:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Sonny Milano had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:23.Milano
Points
Alex Ovechkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 7 shots in 23:25.Ovechkin
Points
Trevor Zegras had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:49.Zegras
New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Hagelin–Eller skated 8:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Hagelin Eller
Usage
Sonny Milano (ANA) played 22:23, +7:13 up on his 15:10 season average over 65 games.Milano
Usage
Rickard Rakell (ANA) played 23:21, +5:27 up on his 17:54 season average over 69 games.Rakell
New line
New look for ANA: Deslauriers–Carrick–Robinson skated 5:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Deslauriers Carrick Robinson
New line
New look for ANA: Terry–Steel–Lettieri skated 9:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Terry Steel Lettieri

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

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

WSH
ANA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · WSH 63 · ANA 52

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
ANA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: ANA 23% of the game, WSH 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

ANA

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	ANA	WSH
	58	67
	2.66	3.54
	2.56	3.36
	12	16
	6	1
	14	13
	−0.005	+0.005
	23%	41%

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.

Anaheim Ducks

L1Rakell – Milano – Zegras
17:1959% CF
L2Grant – Silfverberg – Lundeström
14:0432% CF
L3Terry – Steel – Lettieri
9:4250% CF
L4Deslauriers – Carrick – Robinson
5:2458% CF
D1Fowler – Manson
19:2544% CF
D2Lindholm – Drysdale
16:2262% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Benoit
11:0330% CF

PP1Shattenkirk – Silfverberg – Fowler – Terry – Steel
1:01
PP2Rakell – Milano – Lettieri – Zegras – Drysdale
0:590% CF
PK1FGrant – Silfverberg
0:56
PK2FDeslauriers – Lundeström
0:56
PK1DFowler – Manson
1:28
PK2DShattenkirk – Lindholm
0:24

Current ANA line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
13:0947% CF
L2Oshie – Hagelin – Eller
8:2261% CF
L3Malenstyn – Leason – Protas
7:02100% CF
L4Sheary – Sprong – McMichael
5:3158% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
20:4548% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
18:0647% CF
D3Schultz – Irwin
13:2258% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Sheary
1:34100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Orlov – Wilson – Protas
0:22
PK1FHagelin – Eller
0:56
PK2FKuznetsov – Wilson
0:37
PK1DOrlov – Jensen
1:02
PK2DCarlson – Irwin
0:54

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:34
WSHTom Wilson (Justin Schultz, Alex Ovechkin)wrist0.17 xG
ANA: Shattenkirk, Terry, Steel, Lettieri, BenoitWSH: Ovechkin, Schultz, Irwin, Kuznetsov, Wilson
ANA 0 – 1 WSH

2nd period

0:09
ANAJosh Manson (Sonny Milano, Trevor Zegras)wrist0.02 xG
ANA: Fowler, Manson, Rakell, Milano, ZegrasWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Fehérváry
ANA 1 – 1 WSH
3:58
WSHCarl Hagelin (Lars Eller, T.J. Oshie)wrist0.15 xG
ANA: Fowler, Lindholm, Terry, Steel, LettieriWSH: Oshie, Hagelin, Eller, Orlov, Jensen
ANA 1 – 2 WSH
13:35
ANASonny Milano (Trevor Zegras, Rickard Rakell)backhand0.22 xG
ANA: Rakell, Lindholm, Milano, Zegras, DrysdaleWSH: Hagelin, Eller, Orlov, Jensen, Leason
ANA 2 – 2 WSH
15:29
ANAVinni Lettieri (Cam Fowler, Troy Terry)wrist0.21 xG
ANA: Fowler, Manson, Terry, Steel, LettieriWSH: Ovechkin, Schultz, Irwin, Kuznetsov, Sheary
ANA 3 – 2 WSH
19:37
WSHJohn Carlson (Alex Ovechkin)wrist0.08 xG
ANA: Grant, Silfverberg, Fowler, Manson, LundeströmWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Fehérváry
ANA 3 – 3 WSH

Decided in the shootout: ANA 3 – 4 WSH.

Box score

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

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.36	0	1	0	23:21	—	—	54	59
Trevor Zegras C	L1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.44	1	0	0	22:49	—	—	57	58
Sonny Milano L	L1	1	1	2	+2	5	0.46	0	3	0	22:23	—	—	55	58
Jakob Silfverberg R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	0	0	20:25	—	—	29	12
Isac Lundeström C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	20:02	—	—	39	21
Derek Grant C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.04	4	1	0	17:32	—	—	38	15
Troy Terry R	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.10	0	0	0	14:35	—	—	38	28
Vinni Lettieri C	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.23	1	0	0	12:15	—	—	47	34
Sam Steel C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:36	—	—	45	35
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	9:39	—	—	41	46
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	3	0	0	8:09	—	—	40	46
Buddy Robinson R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	3	1	0	6:12	—	—	64	73
Cam Fowler D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	27:44	—	—	47	31
Josh Manson D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.02	4	0	0	23:14	—	—	46	34
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	0	0	0	25:38	—	—	55	66
Jamie Drysdale D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	1	0	19:39	—	—	63	71
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	1	1	0	16:02	—	—	29	29
Simon Benoit D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	2	7	11:45	—	—	29	33

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	O	29	26	3	.897	3.12	65:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	24:14	—	—	41	56
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	2	2	0	7	0.81	0	0	0	23:25	—	—	55	60
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	2	0	5	18:37	—	—	47	66
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.08	2	1	0	21:43	—	—	63	61
Lars Eller C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	66	56
Carl Hagelin L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.81	0	0	0	15:22	—	—	50	49
Brett Leason R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.22	0	0	0	9:40	—	—	62	46
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:23	—	—	90	95
Beck Malenstyn L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	8:51	—	—	88	83
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	2	2	0	17:17	—	—	42	39
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	11:12	—	—	52	63
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	10:40	—	—	44	47
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	5	1	0	26:48	—	—	56	37
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	22:49	—	—	47	31
John Carlson D	D2	1	0	1	0	5	0.24	2	2	0	23:40	—	—	47	75
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	3	2	19:45	—	—	54	77
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	15:52	—	—	59	57
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	14:54	—	—	59	55

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	W	34	31	3	.912	2.32	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.