Vegas Golden Knights vs. Washington CapitalsOct 15, 2024

FinalTuesday, Oct 15, 2024· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	1	0	2		VGK	7	7	12	26
WSH	1	3	0	4		WSH	7	12	3	22

: VGK 54WSH 56
: VGK 2.23WSH 4.57
PP goals: VGK 1WSH 1
Hits: VGK 9WSH 24
Blocks: VGK 15WSH 13
PIM: VGK 6WSH 8
: VGK 45%WSH 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2

Washington Capitals beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 2A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Olofsson and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:35 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:55.Ovechkin
Points
Mark Stone had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:50.Stone
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Olofsson and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:35 together.Stone Hertl Theodore Olofsson Eichel
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Dubois) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:05 together.Ovechkin Carlson Wilson Strome Dubois
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Strome–Protas skated 9:24 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Strome Protas
New line
New look for WSH: Vrana–Mangiapane–Lapierre skated 5:52 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vrana Mangiapane Lapierre
Usage
John Carlson (WSH) played 27:56, +4:26 up on his 23:30 season average over 78 games.Carlson
Usage
Tomas Hertl (VGK) played 20:08, +3:04 up on his 17:04 season average over 72 games.Hertl

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 110 of 110 attempts · WSH 56 · VGK 54

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 21% of the game, WSH 41%.

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
	50	50
	1.79	3.69
	1.71	3.47
	8	13
	1	1
	16	12
	−0.032	+0.032
	21%	41%

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

L1Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
10:5448% CF
L2Roy – Howden – Holtz
10:0039% CF
L3Hertl – Olofsson – Dorofeyev
9:0769% CF
L4Pearson – Kolesar – Schwindt
7:3633% CF
D1Hanifin – Hague
14:4259% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Theodore
13:1559% CF
D3McNabb – Whitecloud
12:5938% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Theodore – Olofsson – Eichel
5:3588% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Barbashev – Hanifin – Roy – Holtz
1:03100% CF
PK1FStone – Eichel
1:50
PK2FHertl – Howden
1:36
PK1DPietrangelo – Hanifin
2:13
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
0:50

Current VGK line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Dowd – Raddysh – Duhaime
11:1063% CF
L2Wilson – Dubois – McMichael
10:2540% CF
L3Ovechkin – Strome – Protas
9:2450% CF
L4Vrana – Mangiapane – Lapierre
5:5229% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Sandin
12:0836% CF
D2Carlson – Chychrun
9:1263% CF
D3McIlrath – Fehérváry
7:4345% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Dubois
3:0590% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Mangiapane – Chychrun – McMichael – Lapierre
0:50100% CF
PK1FWilson – McMichael
2:38
PK2FDowd – Duhaime
1:42
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
4:01
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
1:28

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:02
WSHJakub Vrana (Andrew Mangiapane)snap0.36 xG
VGK: McNabb, Roy, Howden, Whitecloud, HoltzWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Vrana, Mangiapane, Chychrun
VGK 0 – 1 WSH
17:49
VGKVictor OlofssonPP (Tomas Hertl, Mark Stone)snap0.12 xG
VGK: Stone, Hertl, Theodore, Olofsson, EichelWSH: Wilson, Chychrun, Duhaime, Sandin
VGK 1 – 1 WSH

2nd period

3:06
WSHTom WilsonPP (Dylan Strome, Alex Ovechkin)snap0.24 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Hertl, Hanifin, HowdenWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome, Dubois
VGK 1 – 2 WSH
5:16
WSHAliaksei Protas (Alex Ovechkin)snap0.22 xG
VGK: McNabb, Pearson, Kolesar, Whitecloud, SchwindtWSH: Ovechkin, McIlrath, Strome, Chychrun, Protas
VGK 1 – 3 WSH
6:13
WSHJakob Chychrun (Nic Dowd, John Carlson)other0.40 xG
VGK: Stone, Theodore, Barbashev, Hanifin, EichelWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Wilson, Chychrun, McMichael
VGK 1 – 4 WSH
7:17
VGKJack Eichel (Mark Stone, Ivan Barbashev)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Theodore, Barbashev, EichelWSH: Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Dubois, Sandin, McMichael
VGK 2 – 4 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.22	0	1	0	22:44	—	—	56	61
Mark Stone R	L1	0	2	2	0	3	0.55	0	0	0	20:50	—	—	54	59
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	14:46	—	—	46	47
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	17:18	—	—	41	18
Brett Howden C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.15	0	1	0	15:55	—	—	46	19
Alexander Holtz R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	39	18
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.23	2	0	0	20:08	—	—	74	50
Victor Olofsson L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.31	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	70	53
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	13:51	—	—	68	56
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	1	0	9:39	—	—	40	12
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	1	0	0	9:36	—	—	39	13
Cole Schwindt R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:40	—	—	29	12
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	21:07	—	—	52	25
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:21	—	—	61	39
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:33	—	—	55	61
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	20:53	—	—	58	81
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.05	1	3	0	17:51	—	—	36	6
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.01	0	2	2	15:30	—	—	40	7

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	22	18	4	.818	4.10	57:26

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.83	1	0	0	17:57	—	—	63	86
Brandon Duhaime L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	5	0	4	15:37	—	—	63	78
Taylor Raddysh R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.41	0	1	0	12:39	—	—	64	80
Tom Wilson R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.24	3	2	0	21:41	—	—	43	58
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.54	0	1	2	15:36	—	—	46	54
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.43	1	1	0	15:30	—	—	44	47
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.18	0	0	0	17:23	—	—	52	61
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	2	2	+1	6	0.35	6	0	0	16:55	—	—	45	64
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.22	0	0	0	15:12	—	—	42	57
Andrew Mangiapane L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.14	0	0	0	11:27	—	—	60	84
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	8:53	—	—	20	26
Jakub Vrana L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.42	1	0	0	8:46	—	—	27	64
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	1	0	18:48	—	—	42	62
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	2	0	18:05	—	—	42	65
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	27:56	—	—	66	85
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	1	0	1	+3	2	0.42	1	1	0	19:37	—	—	59	78
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	2	2	19:56	—	—	50	49
Dylan McIlrath D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:23	—	—	39	47

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	2.23	59:34

Goal anatomy

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

Jakub Vrana (WSH) 1st 6:02 · assists Andrew Mangiapane · Forecheck turnover · 57.7 mph shot.

Jakub Vrana · 1st 6:02 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 57.7 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Type: one-timer

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Victor Olofsson · 1st 17:49 · VGK PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 53.4 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: one-timer

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Tom Wilson · 2nd 3:06 · WSH PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 2
Shot: 41.6 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Aliaksei Protas · 2nd 5:16 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.8 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jakob Chychrun · 2nd 6:13 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.3 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Jack Eichel · 2nd 7:17 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 42.9 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 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.