Vegas Golden Knights vs. Washington CapitalsNov 14, 2023

FinalTuesday, Nov 14, 2023· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	0	0		VGK	14	11	10	35
WSH	1	0	2	3		WSH	10	11	10	31

: VGK 67WSH 54
: VGK 3.68WSH 3.94
PP goals: VGK 0WSH 0
Hits: VGK 11WSH 23
Blocks: VGK 7WSH 17
PIM: VGK 24WSH 9
: VGK 69%WSH 31%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0

Washington Capitals beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0 at home. Dylan Strome (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. VGK scored 0 goals on 3.68 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
VGK scored 0 goals on 3.68 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Charlie Lindgren (WSH) faced 35 shots and stopped 35 (.1000), +6 against a season average of 28.6; the win.Lindgren
New line
New look for WSH: Milano–Strome–Phillips skated 7:20 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Milano Strome Phillips
New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–McMichael–Protas skated 8:35 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie McMichael Protas
Usage
Rasmus Sandin (WSH) played 25:53, +4:50 up on his 21:03 season average over 67 games.Sandin
Usage
Dylan Strome (WSH) played 13:35, −4:25 down on his 18:00 season average over 81 games.Strome
Usage
Paul Cotter (VGK) played 6:05, −6:44 down on his 12:49 season average over 75 games.Cotter
Usage
Ben Hutton (VGK) played 11:53, −4:29 down on his 16:22 season average over 40 games.Hutton

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

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

WSH
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 121 of 121 attempts · WSH 54 · VGK 67

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VGK 52% of the game, WSH 17%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

VGK

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	VGK	WSH
	71	49
	3.76	2.26
	3.59	2.18
	18	6
	11	6
	23	18
	+0.152	−0.152
	52%	17%

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Marchessault – Barbashev – Eichel
10:1458% CF
L2Stone – Carrier – Amadio
8:1970% CF
L3Karlsson – Cotter – Dorofeyev
5:1153% CF
L4Kolesar – Howden – Rondbjerg
4:5683% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
14:4359% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
13:3658% CF
D3Hutton – Whitecloud
11:3557% CF

PP1Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Eichel
3:06100% CF
PP2Martinez – Pietrangelo – Barbashev – Amadio – Dorofeyev
0:29100% CF
PK1FKarlsson – Eichel
2:37
PK2FStone – Howden
0:53
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
4:58
PK2DMartinez – Whitecloud
3:05

Current VGK line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
12:4529% CF
L2Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
8:5656% CF
L3Oshie – McMichael – Protas
8:3545% CF
L4Milano – Strome – Phillips
7:2044% CF
D1Carlson – Johansen
10:1227% CF
D2Jensen – Sandin
9:5737% CF
D3McIlrath – Alexeyev
5:3967% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Phillips – McMichael
3:58100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Oshie – Milano – Strome – Sandin
3:4780% CF
PK1FDowd – Malenstyn
2:10
PK2FWilson – McMichael
0:47
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
2:10
PK2DAlexeyev – Sandin
1:18

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

16:39
WSHDylan Strome (Sonny Milano)wrist0.11 xG
VGK: Stone, Hutton, Carrier, Amadio, WhitecloudWSH: Milano, Strome, Phillips, Alexeyev, Sandin
VGK 0 – 1 WSH

3rd period

19:11
WSHConnor McMichaelEN (John Carlson, Rasmus Sandin)wrist0.87 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, EichelWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Sandin, McMichael
VGK 0 – 2 WSH
19:27
WSHBeck Malenstynwrist0.39 xG
VGK: Hutton, Barbashev, Amadio, Whitecloud, DorofeyevWSH: Carlson, Jensen, Dowd, Aube-Kubel, Malenstyn
VGK 0 – 3 WSH

Box score

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

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	-1	3	0.30	0	0	0	23:29	—	—	50	78
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	-1	2	0.03	1	0	2	19:20	—	—	58	72
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	-1	3	0.39	0	1	0	16:03	—	—	57	48
Mark Stone R	L2	-2	7	0.41	0	1	0	21:17	—	—	60	70
Michael Amadio R	L2	-2	5	0.61	0	0	0	13:12	—	—	58	51
William Carrier L	L2	-1	1	0.36	4	0	0	11:52	—	—	68	77
William Karlsson C	L3	-1	3	0.63	0	0	0	20:11	—	—	56	63
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	-1	1	0.42	0	0	0	13:54	—	—	57	49
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	1	0.03	4	0	17	6:05	—	—	58	65
Brett Howden C	L4	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:45	—	—	85	95
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:38	—	—	47	33
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	1	0.10	0	0	5	8:10	—	—	86	87
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	-1	1	0.07	0	3	0	25:05	—	—	60	85
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	19:46	—	—	60	79
Shea Theodore D	D2	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	22:48	—	—	60	70
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	19:47	—	—	57	59
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	-2	1	0.10	1	1	0	17:16	—	—	62	52
Ben Hutton D	D3	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:53	—	—	54	36

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	30	28	2	.933	3.07	58:29

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.12	4	2	0	21:59	—	—	30	16
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	0	2	20:42	—	—	32	16
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.14	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	36	19
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	2	2	0	15:42	—	—	48	53
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.46	2	0	0	15:06	—	—	46	39
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	4	1	0	10:41	—	—	52	67
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.44	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	42	18
Connor McMichael L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	1.01	0	1	0	15:57	—	—	41	21
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	1	1	0	9:41	—	—	46	52
Matthew Phillips R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	0	1	0	13:52	—	—	43	51
Dylan Strome C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.47	1	2	0	13:35	—	—	48	63
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.22	0	0	0	12:43	—	—	43	63
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.12	0	2	0	28:35	—	—	40	34
Lucas Johansen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	0	2	17:51	—	—	29	21
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.19	1	3	0	25:53	—	—	43	34
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	2	1	0	21:56	—	—	33	42
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:05	—	—	53	63
Dylan McIlrath D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	5	6:22	—	—	67	90

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	35	35	0	.1000	3.68	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Dylan Strome (WSH) 1st 16:39 · assists Sonny Milano · Odd-man rush · passed in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 61.6 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.

Dylan Strome · 1st 16:39 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 61.6 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Connor McMichael · 3rd 19:11 · WSH EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 3
Shot: 49.8 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Beck Malenstyn · 3rd 19:27 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.2 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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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.