Philadelphia Flyers vs. Washington CapitalsMar 4, 2020

FinalWednesday, Mar 4, 2020· Capital One Arena

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Philadelphia FlyersPHI

5

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Washington CapitalsWSH

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	0	3	2	5		PHI	7	18	4	29
WSH	1	1	0	2		WSH	7	8	12	27

: PHI 50WSH 56
: PHI 3.28WSH 2.92
PP goals: PHI 1WSH 0
Hits: PHI 30WSH 23
Blocks: PHI 15WSH 11
PIM: PHI 20WSH 18
: PHI 47%WSH 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers beat Washington Capitals 5–2

Philadelphia Flyers beat Washington Capitals 5–2 at WSH. Kevin Hayes (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. James van Riemsdyk (PHI) played 2:04, −13:02 down on his 15:06 season average over 65 games.

Points
Ivan Provorov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 26:16.Provorov
Points
Kevin Hayes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:36.Hayes
Points
Derek Grant had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:40.Grant
Usage
James van Riemsdyk (PHI) played 2:04, −13:02 down on his 15:06 season average over 65 games.van Riemsdyk
Usage
Tom Wilson (WSH) played 12:19, −6:03 down on his 18:22 season average over 67 games.Wilson
Luck
PHI scored 5 goals on 3.28 expected goals (50 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Nick Jensen (WSH) played 22:43, +4:58 up on his 17:45 season average over 67 games.Jensen
Usage
Radko Gudas (WSH) played 12:24, −4:24 down on his 16:48 season average over 62 games.Gudas

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

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

WSH
PHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · WSH 56 · PHI 50

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
PHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PHI 26% of the game, WSH 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

PHI

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	PHI	WSH
	41	53
	2.49	2.86
	2.39	2.71
	12	11
	6	4
	25	18
	−0.013	+0.013
	26%	37%

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – Voracek – Couturier
9:2850% CF
L2Hayes – Laughton – Konecny
8:3053% CF
L3Thompson – Raffl – Aube-Kubel
6:4642% CF
L4van Riemsdyk – Grant – Pitlick
1:5433% CF
D1Sanheim – Myers
14:2850% CF
D2Niskanen – Provorov
11:1450% CF
D3Braun – Hagg
10:4129% CF

PP1Giroux – Voracek – Couturier – Konecny – Provorov
5:52100% CF
PP2Niskanen – Grant – Hayes – Sanheim – Aube-Kubel
3:00100% CF
PK1FThompson – Couturier
2:15
PK2FGrant – Pitlick
1:34
PK1DNiskanen – Provorov
6:05
PK2DBraun – Sanheim
1:13

Current PHI line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Backstrom – Vrana
5:4544% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
4:2955% CF
L3Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
3:0733% CF
L4Kovalchuk – Eller – Panik
0:43100% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
13:5762% CF
D2Carlson – Dillon
10:4663% CF
D3Gudas – Siegenthaler
7:0458% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson
5:20
PP2Kovalchuk – Ovechkin – Orlov – Kuznetsov – Vrana
2:03
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
4:42
PK2FEller – Hathaway
1:41
PK1DJensen – Siegenthaler
3:34
PK2DDillon – Gudas
1:37

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:09
WSHLars Eller (Richard Panik, Carl Hagelin)snap0.14 xG
PHI: Braun, Grant, Raffl, Hagg, KonecnyWSH: Hagelin, Eller, Panik, Jensen, Dillon
PHI 0 – 1 WSH

2nd period

7:06
PHITravis KonecnyPP (Ivan Provorov, Claude Giroux)snap0.06 xG
PHI: Giroux, Voracek, Grant, Konecny, ProvorovWSH: Eller, Gudas, Wilson, Siegenthaler
PHI 1 – 1 WSH
14:48
PHIKevin Hayes (Derek Grant, Nicolas Aube-Kubel)wrist0.11 xG
PHI: Niskanen, Grant, Hayes, Sanheim, Aube-KubelWSH: Eller, Carlson, Dillon, Gudas, Wilson
PHI 2 – 1 WSH
17:05
PHITyler Pitlick (Michael Raffl, Derek Grant)wrist0.17 xG
PHI: Grant, Pitlick, Raffl, Sanheim, MyersWSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Gudas, Vrana, Siegenthaler
PHI 3 – 1 WSH
18:32
WSHGarnet Hathaway (Tom Wilson, Nic Dowd)wrist0.21 xG
PHI: Grant, Laughton, Sanheim, Konecny, MyersWSH: Orlov, Jensen, Dowd, Wilson, Hathaway
PHI 3 – 2 WSH

3rd period

6:36
PHIIvan Provorov (Jakub Voracek)snap0.19 xG
PHI: Niskanen, Giroux, Voracek, Couturier, ProvorovWSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Dillon, Wilson
PHI 4 – 2 WSH
14:15
PHIScott Laughton (Kevin Hayes)wrist0.03 xG
PHI: Hayes, Laughton, Sanheim, Konecny, MyersWSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Orlov, Wilson
PHI 5 – 2 WSH

Box score

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

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.33	2	0	0	21:21	—	—	42	52
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.55	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	47	62
Jakub Voracek R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.25	0	0	0	17:58	—	—	40	52
Kevin Hayes R	L2	1	1	2	+2	5	0.82	0	0	2	17:36	—	—	61	64
Scott Laughton C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.03	3	2	4	16:35	—	—	47	39
Travis Konecny R	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.13	0	1	0	15:07	—	—	48	39
Michael Raffl L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	2	1	2	14:20	—	—	30	32
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	3	0	0	12:55	—	—	55	66
Nate Thompson C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	4	1	5	12:06	—	—	32	36
Derek Grant C	L4	0	2	2	0	1	0.13	4	0	0	15:40	—	—	39	43
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.24	3	1	0	12:06	—	—	35	33
James van Riemsdyk L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	2:04	—	—	33	0
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	2	2	0	21:31	—	—	49	53
Philippe Myers D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.16	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	47	48
Ivan Provorov D	D2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.24	2	2	0	26:16	—	—	50	58
Matt Niskanen D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	22:06	—	—	52	67
Justin Braun D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	1	2	14:27	—	—	26	12
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	5	13:02	—	—	26	11

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brian Elliott(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.92	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	1	1	0	17:56	—	—	57	40
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.02	0	0	0	15:19	—	—	53	24
Jakub Vrana L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	13:53	—	—	59	47
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.36	3	0	0	20:38	—	—	54	54
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.40	1	0	2	18:55	—	—	48	48
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.23	3	0	12	12:19	—	—	60	70
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	0	0	0	13:19	—	—	55	45
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.09	1	1	0	13:08	—	—	62	79
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.51	2	0	2	10:19	—	—	62	79
Lars Eller C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.30	0	0	0	17:18	—	—	64	52
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:14	—	—	50	50
Richard Panik R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	4	0	0	11:44	—	—	63	56
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.06	0	3	0	22:43	—	—	58	53
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	2	0	21:10	—	—	58	50
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	-3	4	0.26	1	1	0	22:18	—	—	52	54
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	17:41	—	—	64	65
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	2	0	14:10	—	—	45	37
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:24	—	—	57	46

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	L	29	24	5	.828	3.28	60:00

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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.