Anaheim Ducks vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 23, 2023

FinalThursday, Feb 23, 2023· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ANA	0	2	2	4		ANA	6	10	5	21
WSH	1	1	0	2		WSH	12	15	16	43

: ANA 51WSH 78
: ANA 2.62WSH 3.51
PP goals: ANA 0WSH 1
Hits: ANA 6WSH 21
Blocks: ANA 19WSH 20
PIM: ANA 16WSH 16
: ANA 50%WSH 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Anaheim Ducks beat Washington Capitals 4–2

Anaheim Ducks beat Washington Capitals 4–2 at WSH. Cam Fowler (ANA) led the scoring with 0G 2A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Kuznetsov and Gustafsson) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:19 together.

Points
Cam Fowler had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:33.Fowler
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Kuznetsov and Gustafsson) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:19 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Kuznetsov Gustafsson
New line
New look for ANA: Grant–Carrick–Comtois skated 8:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grant Carrick Comtois
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Dowd–Aube-Kubel skated 8:45 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Dowd Aube-Kubel
Goalie
John Gibson (ANA) faced 43 shots and stopped 41 (.953), +6 against a season average of 37.4; the win.Gibson
New line
New look for ANA: Vatrano–Lundeström–Leason skated 7:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vatrano Lundeström Leason
Usage
Erik Gustafsson (WSH) played 24:56, +5:14 up on his 19:42 season average over 69 games.Gustafsson
New line
New look for ANA: Silfverberg–Strome–Zegras skated 5:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Silfverberg Strome Zegras

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 129 of 129 attempts · WSH 78 · ANA 51

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 17% of the game, WSH 43%.

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
	46	77
	1.96	3.08
	1.94	2.98
	5	18
	7	5
	23	18
	+0.020	−0.020
	17%	43%

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

L1Grant – Carrick – Comtois
8:0635% CF
L2Vatrano – Lundeström – Leason
7:0231% CF
L3Silfverberg – Strome – Zegras
5:1730% CF
L4Terry – Jones – McTavish
4:5971% CF
D1Beaulieu – White
12:1538% CF
D2Kulikov – Fowler
12:0943% CF
D3Shattenkirk – Benoit
10:5430% CF

PP1Fowler – Strome – Terry – Zegras – McTavish
3:0880% CF
PP2Shattenkirk – Grant – Silfverberg – Vatrano – Comtois
2:45100% CF
PK1FGrant – Silfverberg
1:40
PK2FCarrick – Vatrano
1:01
PK1DKulikov – Benoit
3:45
PK2DFowler – Beaulieu
0:36

Current ANA line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Eller – Dowd – Aube-Kubel
8:4571% CF
L2Backstrom – Johansson – Sheary
8:0656% CF
L3Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
7:5739% CF
L4Oshie – Milano – Strome
5:4670% CF
D1Jensen – Fehérváry
15:2861% CF
D2Gustafsson – van Riemsdyk
14:5256% CF
D3Irwin – McIlrath
8:2263% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Kuznetsov – Gustafsson
3:19100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Johansson – Wilson – van Riemsdyk – Strome
1:16100% CF
PK1FDowd – Wilson
1:55
PK2FEller – Sheary
1:15
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
4:35
PK2DIrwin – Fehérváry
1:19

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Derek Grant C	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.66	0	1	2	18:37	—	—	44	49
Sam Carrick C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	5	14:29	—	—	40	42
Maxime Comtois L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	14:04	—	—	44	42
Frank Vatrano R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	0	0	0	15:49	—	—	38	62
Isac Lundeström C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	40	74
Brett Leason R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	0	1	0	9:34	—	—	30	32
Trevor Zegras C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.25	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	27	24
Jakob Silfverberg R	L3	1	0	1	+3	1	0.10	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	45	51
Ryan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	2	15:53	—	—	28	20
Troy Terry R	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	17:31	—	—	39	34
Mason McTavish C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:19	—	—	32	30
Max Jones L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	11:42	—	—	47	39
Nathan Beaulieu D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	4	0	15:52	—	—	32	47
Colton White D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.28	0	2	0	14:23	—	—	36	49
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.23	0	2	0	21:34	—	—	43	36
Cam Fowler D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	21:33	—	—	41	33
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	3	0	21:36	—	—	32	31
Simon Benoit D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	5	19:20	—	—	36	42

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	W	43	41	2	.953	3.51	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.21	3	0	0	13:55	—	—	59	80
Lars Eller C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	2	0	11:52	—	—	63	80
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.13	1	0	2	10:06	—	—	75	90
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.21	0	2	0	17:31	—	—	56	67
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	0	0	0	15:30	—	—	47	59
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	0	0	12:50	—	—	52	55
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	0	0	-2	5	0.34	1	1	0	21:36	—	—	56	39
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.24	1	0	0	19:30	—	—	50	29
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.21	5	0	5	18:42	—	—	61	33
T.J. Oshie R	L4	1	0	1	-1	6	0.61	4	0	2	17:07	—	—	85	92
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	1	0	0	15:45	—	—	83	82
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	8:43	—	—	82	89
Nick Jensen D	D1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.23	2	3	0	23:28	—	—	67	72
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.03	2	3	0	20:39	—	—	61	71
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.11	0	3	0	24:56	—	—	59	54
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	0	6	0	22:37	—	—	60	53
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	12:08	—	—	71	55
Dylan McIlrath D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	7	9:08	—	—	60	60

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	20	17	3	.850	1.94	57:57

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.

Anaheim Ducks vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 23, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Anaheim Ducks beat Washington Capitals 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Anaheim Ducks

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Anaheim Ducks

Washington Capitals