Carolina Hurricanes vs. Washington CapitalsMay 8, 2025

FinalPlayoffsThursday, May 8, 2025· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CAR	0	0	1	1		CAR	7	4	17	28
WSH	0	1	2	3		WSH	5	9	7	21

: CAR 86WSH 50
: CAR 2.49WSH 3.12
PP goals: CAR 1WSH 1
Hits: CAR 36WSH 26
Blocks: CAR 10WSH 33
PIM: CAR 6WSH 6
: CAR 50%WSH 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–1

Washington Capitals beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–1 at home. Tom Wilson (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CAR's first power-play unit (Gostisbehere, Aho, Svechnikov, Jarvis and Blake) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:24 together.

Points
Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:34.Wilson
PP1
CAR's first power-play unit (Gostisbehere, Aho, Svechnikov, Jarvis and Blake) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:24 together.Gostisbehere Aho Svechnikov Jarvis Blake
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:40 together.Ovechkin Carlson Wilson Strome Chychrun
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Mangiapane–Raddysh skated 7:27 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (17.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Mangiapane Raddysh
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Beauvillier–Duhaime skated 7:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Beauvillier Duhaime
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Strome–Protas skated 6:30 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Strome Protas
Usage
Seth Jarvis (CAR) played 16:26, −3:41 down on his 20:07 season average over 14 games.Jarvis
Usage
Eric Robinson (CAR) played 6:58, −4:47 down on his 11:45 season average over 14 games.Robinson

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

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

WSH
CAR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 136 of 136 attempts · WSH 50 · CAR 86

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
CAR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CAR 45% of the game, WSH 22%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

CAR

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	CAR	WSH
	84	48
	1.72	2.05
	1.55	1.98
	11	11
	8	4
	26	18
	−0.006	+0.006
	45%	22%

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Aho – Svechnikov – Blake
11:2950% CF
L2Staal – Martinook – Jarvis
9:1371% CF
L3Hall – Kotkaniemi – Stankoven
6:5058% CF
L4Carrier – Roslovic – Robinson
5:1079% CF
D1Orlov – Chatfield
15:0979% CF
D2Burns – Slavin
13:0745% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Walker
12:2659% CF

PP1Gostisbehere – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis – Blake
3:24100% CF
PP2Burns – Hall – Roslovic – Kotkaniemi – Stankoven
1:1650% CF
PK1FStaal – Martinook
2:39
PK2FAho – Jarvis
0:54
PK1DBurns – Slavin
2:32
PK2DChatfield – Walker
0:45

Current CAR line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Dubois – McMichael
9:2347% CF
L2Eller – Mangiapane – Raddysh
7:2717% CF
L3Dowd – Beauvillier – Duhaime
7:2646% CF
L4Ovechkin – Strome – Protas
6:3033% CF
D1Roy – Sandin
11:4440% CF
D2Carlson – Chychrun
10:4154% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Alexeyev
7:0716% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun
3:40100% CF
PP2Mangiapane – Roy – Dubois – Sandin – McMichael
0:21100% CF
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
2:35
PK2FWilson – Protas
1:55
PK1DCarlson – Roy
3:22
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
1:08

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:16
WSHConnor McMichaelwrist0.18 xG
CAR: Hall, Gostisbehere, Walker, Kotkaniemi, StankovenWSH: Mangiapane, Roy, Dubois, Sandin, McMichael
CAR 0 – 1 WSH

3rd period

1:54
WSHJohn CarlsonPP (Tom Wilson, Dylan Strome)snap0.13 xG
CAR: Staal, Orlov, Martinook, ChatfieldWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome, Chychrun
CAR 0 – 2 WSH
9:26
CARShayne GostisbeherePP (Seth Jarvis, Sebastian Aho)slap0.17 xG
CAR: Gostisbehere, Aho, Svechnikov, Jarvis, BlakeWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Roy, Duhaime
CAR 1 – 2 WSH
19:00
WSHTom WilsonEN (Aliaksei Protas)slap0.90 xG
CAR: Burns, Gostisbehere, Aho, Svechnikov, Jarvis, BlakeWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Wilson, Roy, Protas
CAR 1 – 3 WSH

Box score

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

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sebastian Aho C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.08	3	2	0	19:22	—	—	52	31
Jackson Blake R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.39	0	0	0	19:05	—	—	54	37
Andrei Svechnikov R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	5	0	0	18:45	—	—	43	25
Jordan Martinook L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	2	0	0	17:02	—	—	70	91
Jordan Staal C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	1	0	16:47	—	—	71	72
Seth Jarvis R	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.14	6	0	0	16:26	—	—	71	90
Logan Stankoven C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	0	0	16:43	—	—	63	39
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	0	0	15:08	—	—	72	58
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.21	3	1	0	12:05	—	—	59	47
Jack Roslovic C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	14:40	—	—	71	38
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	8:20	—	—	80	55
Eric Robinson L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	6:58	—	—	80	46
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	2	2	2	19:20	—	—	79	71
Jalen Chatfield D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	2	18:14	—	—	81	66
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	2	0	20:46	—	—	50	28
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	0	1	2	20:26	—	—	49	29
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	1	0	1	-2	6	0.41	1	0	0	18:29	—	—	59	44
Sean Walker D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.28	1	1	0	18:27	—	—	63	49

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	L	20	18	2	.900	2.23	58:35

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	1.13	5	2	0	19:34	—	—	48	61
Connor McMichael L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.43	1	1	2	17:37	—	—	52	75
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	4	17:18	—	—	46	65
Andrew Mangiapane L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	2	0	0	11:28	—	—	21	35
Taylor Raddysh R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	9:43	—	—	15	20
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:06	—	—	24	26
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	1	3	0	15:17	—	—	46	74
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	2	0	15:02	—	—	41	75
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	3	0	0	11:28	—	—	50	81
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0	3	0	17:31	—	—	24	36
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:20	—	—	18	2
Alex Ovechkin L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	1	0	0	14:36	—	—	36	48
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.06	2	1	0	22:46	—	—	43	70
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	3	0	21:11	—	—	30	66
John Carlson D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.36	3	2	0	25:07	—	—	47	55
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	5	0	24:23	—	—	50	73
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	6	0	17:01	—	—	22	35
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	4	0	9:42	—	—	25	16

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	2.49	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Connor McMichael (WSH) 2nd 2:16 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-0 at the blue line · 64.0 mph shot · 2.2 s from entry to goal.

Connor McMichael · 2nd 2:16 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.0 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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John Carlson · 3rd 1:54 · WSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.0 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: one-timer

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Shayne Gostisbehere · 3rd 9:26 · CAR PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 77.1 mph
Distance: 23 ft

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Tom Wilson · 3rd 19:00 · WSH EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 62.5 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 4.9 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.