Philadelphia Flyers vs. Washington CapitalsMay 8, 2021

Final / OTSaturday, May 8, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PHI	0	0	1	0	1		PHI	8	12	7	2	29
WSH	0	0	1	1	2		WSH	13	6	18	3	40

: PHI 56WSH 71
: PHI 1.76WSH 3.39
PP goals: PHI 0WSH 0
Hits: PHI 17WSH 14
Blocks: PHI 16WSH 14
PIM: PHI 14WSH 12
: PHI 62%WSH 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Philadelphia Flyers 2–1 (OT)

Washington Capitals beat Philadelphia Flyers 2–1 in overtime at home. Lars Eller (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Lars Eller (WSH) played 25:49, +9:42 up on his 16:07 season average over 43 games.

Usage
Lars Eller (WSH) played 25:49, +9:42 up on his 16:07 season average over 43 games.Eller
Goalie
Alex Lyon (PHI) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +12 against a season average of 28.2; the overtime loss.Lyon
New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Mantha–Sprong skated 6:04 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Mantha Sprong
Usage
Conor Sheary (WSH) played 20:38, +7:03 up on his 13:35 season average over 52 games.Sheary
Usage
Justin Schultz (WSH) played 24:48, +5:55 up on his 18:53 season average over 45 games.Schultz
Usage
Anthony Mantha (WSH) played 21:54, +3:51 up on his 18:03 season average over 55 games.Mantha
Usage
Dmitry Orlov (WSH) played 23:04, +3:19 up on his 19:45 season average over 50 games.Orlov
Usage
T.J. Oshie (WSH) played 12:29, −5:41 down on his 18:10 season average over 52 games.Oshie

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 127 of 127 attempts · WSH 71 · PHI 56

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 15% of the game, WSH 33%.

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
	56	55
	1.64	2.06
	1.59	2.00
	5	11
	7	4
	14	8
	+0.117	−0.117
	15%	33%

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

L1Voracek – Hayes – Farabee
8:2532% CF
L2Giroux – Couturier – Konecny
7:2483% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Aube-Kubel
6:5255% CF
L4Lindblom – Allison – Patrick
5:3030% CF
D1Sanheim – Provorov
13:2038% CF
D2Braun – York
10:5350% CF

PP1Voracek – Hayes – Provorov – Allison – Farabee
2:30100% CF
PP2Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Konecny – York
1:370% CF
PK1FGiroux – Couturier
1:09
PK2FLindblom – Farabee
0:36
PK1DBraun – Sanheim
2:04

Current PHI line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
11:3154% CF
L2Oshie – Mantha – Sprong
6:0436% CF
L3Eller – Sheary – Pilon
2:3160% CF
D1Dillon – van Riemsdyk
14:4642% CF
D2Schultz – Orlov
12:4135% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
10:3570% CF

PP1Oshie – Schultz – Wilson – Mantha – Sprong
2:5960% CF
PP2Chara – Eller – Orlov – Sheary – Pilon
0:38
PK1FEller – Wilson
1:09
PK2FRaffl – Pilon
0:50
PK1DChara – Jensen
2:13
PK2DDillon – van Riemsdyk
1:34

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

3:42
PHIScott Laughton (James van Riemsdyk)wrist0.05 xG
PHI: van Riemsdyk, Laughton, Morin, Aube-Kubel, MyersWSH: Chara, Hagelin, Jensen, Dowd, Hathaway
PHI 1 – 0 WSH
19:20
WSHLars Eller (Anthony Mantha, Justin Schultz)slap0.04 xG
PHI: Voracek, Laughton, Sanheim, Provorov, PatrickWSH: Eller, Schultz, Orlov, Wilson, Mantha, Sheary
PHI 1 – 1 WSH

OT period

4:00
WSHConor Sheary (Nic Dowd, Dmitry Orlov)wrist0.21 xG
PHI: van Riemsdyk, Sanheim, PatrickWSH: Orlov, Dowd, Sheary
PHI 1 – 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
Kevin Hayes R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:48	—	—	32	10
Joel Farabee L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	2	2	17:23	—	—	32	10
Jakub Voracek R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.19	0	0	2	17:13	—	—	31	12
Sean Couturier C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	1	1	0	18:26	—	—	64	66
Claude Giroux R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	17:31	—	—	68	90
Travis Konecny R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	13:04	—	—	70	89
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	54	48
Scott Laughton C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.24	2	1	0	15:11	—	—	65	54
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	1	1	0	11:28	—	—	67	59
Nolan Patrick C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:01	—	—	47	71
Wade Allison R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	12:34	—	—	33	52
Oskar Lindblom L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.24	1	0	0	11:50	—	—	52	74
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	6	25:36	—	—	40	23
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.22	0	0	0	25:12	—	—	41	29
Justin Braun D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	0	4	0	22:51	—	—	56	72
Cam York D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	20:34	—	—	53	54
Philippe Myers D	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	1	2	15:22	—	—	71	59
Samuel Morin L	—	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	3	2	2	10:31	—	—	54	56

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	O	40	38	2	.950	3.39	64:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.24	2	0	2	16:20	—	—	50	51
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.30	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	52	55
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	0	2	12:51	—	—	50	51
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.30	0	0	2	21:54	—	—	42	37
Daniel Sprong R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	2	14:53	—	—	38	38
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	1	0	0	12:29	—	—	33	33
Lars Eller C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.56	1	1	0	25:49	—	—	60	71
Conor Sheary L	L3	1	0	1	+2	4	0.36	1	1	0	20:38	—	—	58	72
Garrett Pilon C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:40	—	—	50	75
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	7	0.11	0	3	0	20:51	—	—	47	57
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	1	2	19:27	—	—	41	50
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.23	0	4	0	24:48	—	—	41	38
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.10	1	0	0	23:04	—	—	43	39
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.10	1	3	0	18:17	—	—	65	67
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	70	83
Michael Raffl L	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	2	1	0	16:42	—	—	52	73
Tom Wilson R	—	0	0	0	+1	3	0.68	0	0	2	16:42	—	—	47	81

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	1.76	61:15

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.