Philadelphia Flyers vs. Washington CapitalsNov 6, 2021

FinalSaturday, Nov 6, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	0	2	0	2		PHI	12	14	6	32
WSH	0	0	1	1		WSH	6	11	15	32

: PHI 62WSH 57
: PHI 2.01WSH 3.54
PP goals: PHI 0WSH 0
Hits: PHI 15WSH 19
Blocks: PHI 12WSH 20
PIM: PHI 6WSH 2
: PHI 53%WSH 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers edge Washington Capitals 2–1

Philadelphia Flyers beat Washington Capitals 2–1 at WSH. Sean Couturier (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. WSH scored 1 goal on 3.54 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
WSH scored 1 goal on 3.54 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Justin Braun (PHI) played 24:16, +4:47 up on his 19:29 season average over 68 games.Braun
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Sprong–Lapierre skated 6:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Sprong Lapierre
Usage
Cam Atkinson (PHI) played 14:11, −4:07 down on his 18:18 season average over 72 games.Atkinson
Usage
Daniel Sprong (WSH) played 17:54, +5:00 up on his 12:54 season average over 62 games.Sprong
Usage
Joel Farabee (PHI) played 13:36, −4:03 down on his 17:39 season average over 62 games.Farabee
Usage
Patrick Brown (PHI) played 8:18, −4:14 down on his 12:32 season average over 43 games.Brown
Luck
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) generated 1.21 xG on 9 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Ovechkin

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 119 of 119 attempts · WSH 57 · PHI 62

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 30% of the game, WSH 40%.

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
	68	50
	2.13	2.63
	2.08	2.49
	11	8
	7	2
	16	10
	−0.008	+0.008
	30%	40%

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 – Couturier – Konecny
14:3478% CF
L2van Riemsdyk – Laughton – Lindblom
10:3175% CF
L3Brassard – Atkinson – Farabee
7:4375% CF
L4Thompson – Brown – MacEwen
6:4757% CF
D1Braun – Provorov
16:0652% CF
D2Ristolainen – Sanheim
15:3663% CF
D3Yandle – Seeler
8:3465% CF

PP1Giroux – Atkinson – Couturier – Konecny – Provorov
0:5667% CF
PP2Yandle – Brassard – van Riemsdyk – Ristolainen – Farabee
0:37
PK1FAtkinson – Farabee
1:57
PK2FThompson – Couturier
1:43
PK1DBraun – Provorov
3:07
PK2DRistolainen – Sanheim
2:17

Current PHI line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
9:4715% CF
L2Sheary – Leason – McMichael
7:3354% CF
L3Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
7:3042% CF
L4Eller – Sprong – Lapierre
6:4325% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
13:2256% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
13:1924% CF
D3Schultz – van Riemsdyk
12:3425% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Sheary
4:0092% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Schultz – Sprong – Lapierre
2:00100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Hathaway
1:04
PK2FDowd – Wilson
0:35
PK1DOrlov – van Riemsdyk
1:04
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
0:50

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

11:18
PHIDerick Brassard (Cam Atkinson, Justin Braun)wrist0.08 xG
PHI: Brassard, Braun, Atkinson, Provorov, FarabeeWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Fehérváry
PHI 1 – 0 WSH
15:44
PHISean Couturier (Rasmus Ristolainen, Claude Giroux)snap0.04 xG
PHI: Giroux, Couturier, Ristolainen, Sanheim, KonecnyWSH: Hagelin, Orlov, Jensen, Dowd, Hathaway
PHI 2 – 0 WSH

3rd period

6:02
WSHBrett Leason (Connor McMichael, John Carlson)wrist0.12 xG
PHI: Thompson, Yandle, Seeler, Brown, MacEwenWSH: Carlson, Fehérváry, Leason, McMichael, Lapierre
PHI 2 – 1 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	1	0	1	+1	5	0.14	1	0	0	21:16	—	—	71	58
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.20	1	2	0	19:26	—	—	62	55
Travis Konecny R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	19:03	—	—	67	49
Oskar Lindblom L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:03	—	—	56	61
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	0	0	15:56	—	—	54	49
Scott Laughton C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	0	0	2	14:07	—	—	60	67
Cam Atkinson R	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.24	0	1	0	14:11	—	—	50	32
Joel Farabee L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:36	—	—	67	50
Derick Brassard C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	2	0	2	13:06	—	—	40	26
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:08	—	—	39	7
Patrick Brown C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	0	0	8:18	—	—	59	10
Zack MacEwen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	1	0	7:53	—	—	63	14
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	1	3	0	26:39	—	—	46	36
Justin Braun D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	1	2	0	24:16	—	—	55	52
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.15	4	0	0	22:48	—	—	62	64
Travis Sanheim D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.24	0	0	0	21:49	—	—	58	61
Keith Yandle D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	0	0	12:05	—	—	67	21
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	2	11:23	—	—	63	19

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	3.54	59:57

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	1	0	12:59	—	—	15	27
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:00	—	—	18	33
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.42	0	0	0	11:59	—	—	29	46
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	0	1	0	18:38	—	—	54	48
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	12:15	—	—	58	64
Brett Leason R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.32	1	1	0	10:16	—	—	50	51
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	6	1.21	2	0	0	22:16	—	—	45	53
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	0	0	20:08	—	—	48	54
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.46	2	1	0	19:33	—	—	49	52
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.33	1	1	0	17:54	—	—	50	80
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	41	72
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:32	—	—	39	89
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.10	0	4	0	23:04	—	—	54	72
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	19:03	—	—	56	73
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	0	18:49	—	—	31	40
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	1	2	17:42	—	—	38	44
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:56	—	—	33	36
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	16:05	—	—	28	35

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	32	30	2	.938	2.01	57:51

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.