Los Angeles Kings vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 11, 2019

FinalMonday, Feb 11, 2019· Capital One Arena

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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Washington CapitalsWSH

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	2	1	1	4		LAK	10	10	13	33
WSH	2	3	1	6		WSH	12	10	9	31

: LAK 70WSH 56
: LAK 3.10WSH 3.16
PP goals: LAK 1WSH 1
Hits: LAK 18WSH 14
Blocks: LAK 16WSH 23
PIM: LAK 8WSH 6
: LAK 42%WSH 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Los Angeles Kings 6–4

Washington Capitals beat Los Angeles Kings 6–4 at home. Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 2A. LAK's first power-play unit (Kovalchuk, Brown, Kopitar, Doughty and Toffoli) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:44 together.

Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 16:49.Kuznetsov
Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 8 shots in 16:21.Ovechkin
Points
Austin Wagner had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 7:25.Wagner
Points
Kyle Clifford had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 10:04.Clifford
Points
T.J. Oshie had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:31.Oshie
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Kovalchuk, Brown, Kopitar, Doughty and Toffoli) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:44 together.Kovalchuk Brown Kopitar Doughty Toffoli
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:51 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
New line
New look for LAK: Lewis–Clifford–Wagner skated 6:42 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (81% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lewis Clifford Wagner

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

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

WSH
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · WSH 56 · LAK 70

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: LAK 37% of the game, WSH 29%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

LAK

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	LAK	WSH
	67	47
	3.09	1.88
	2.85	1.84
	12	11
	5	2
	26	13
	−0.068	+0.068
	37%	29%

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.

Los Angeles Kings

L1Toffoli – Leipsic – Amadio
8:2655% CF
L2Lewis – Clifford – Wagner
6:4281% CF
L3Kovalchuk – Brown – Kopitar
6:3936% CF
L4Hagelin – Kempe – Iafallo
5:0350% CF
D1Doughty – Forbort
11:2652% CF
D2Martinez – Fantenberg
11:2140% CF
D3Phaneuf – LaDue
8:3768% CF

PP1Kovalchuk – Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Toffoli
3:4475% CF
PP2Martinez – Leipsic – Kempe – Amadio – Iafallo
2:00100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Kempe
2:12
PK2FBrown – Kopitar
1:06
PK1DDoughty – Forbort
4:19
PK2DMartinez – Fantenberg
1:27

Current LAK line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Backstrom – Vrana
10:3125% CF
L2Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky
8:1438% CF
L3Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
7:1663% CF
L4Dowd – Smith-Pelly – Stephenson
7:1350% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
12:1552% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
11:1654% CF
D3Orpik – Djoos
8:4427% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
4:5190% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Carlson – Wilson – Vrana
1:34100% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
3:11
PK2FDowd – Stephenson
1:41
PK1DOrpik – Carlson
1:31
PK2DNiskanen – Kempny
1:26

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:07
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (Evgeny Kuznetsov, T.J. Oshie)snap0.14 xG
LAK: Lewis, Doughty, Clifford, ForbortWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov
LAK 0 – 1 WSH
4:50
LAKAustin Wagner (Derek Forbort, Kyle Clifford)wrist0.10 xG
LAK: Lewis, Doughty, Clifford, Forbort, WagnerWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Kempny
LAK 1 – 1 WSH
15:17
WSHBrett Connolly (Andre Burakovsky, Matt Niskanen)wrist0.14 xG
LAK: Kovalchuk, Brown, Kopitar, Martinez, FantenbergWSH: Niskanen, Eller, Orlov, Connolly, Burakovsky
LAK 1 – 2 WSH
17:22
LAKTyler ToffoliPP (Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty)wrist0.13 xG
LAK: Kovalchuk, Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, ToffoliWSH: Niskanen, Dowd, Stephenson, Kempny
LAK 2 – 2 WSH

2nd period

3:42
LAKOscar Fantenberg (Alec Martinez, Adrian Kempe)slap0.08 xG
LAK: Martinez, Hagelin, Kempe, Iafallo, FantenbergWSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Orlov, Vrana
LAK 3 – 2 WSH
6:39
WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov (Tom Wilson)wrist0.13 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Martinez, Iafallo, FantenbergWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Wilson
LAK 3 – 3 WSH
10:31
WSHChristian Djoos (Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov)wrist0.04 xG
LAK: Doughty, Toffoli, Forbort, Leipsic, AmadioWSH: Orpik, Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Djoos
LAK 3 – 4 WSH
13:09
WSHJakub Vrana (Michal Kempny, T.J. Oshie)slap0.09 xG
LAK: Phaneuf, Hagelin, LaDue, Kempe, IafalloWSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Vrana, Kempny
LAK 3 – 5 WSH

3rd period

10:25
LAKAustin Wagner (Trevor Lewis, Kyle Clifford)wrist0.31 xG
LAK: Lewis, Martinez, Clifford, LaDue, WagnerWSH: Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Djoos, Kempny
LAK 4 – 5 WSH
15:13
WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov (Alex Ovechkin)wrist0.16 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Iafallo, FantenbergWSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Wilson
LAK 4 – 6 WSH

Box score

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

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.16	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	58	24
Michael Amadio R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	1	0	2	14:41	—	—	60	6
Brendan Leipsic L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:11	—	—	65	29
Trevor Lewis C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.13	0	0	0	11:54	—	—	78	96
Kyle Clifford L	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.24	1	0	0	10:04	—	—	81	97
Austin Wagner L	L2	2	0	2	+2	2	0.48	2	1	0	7:25	—	—	78	96
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	0	0	0	21:45	—	—	52	48
Anze Kopitar C	L3	0	1	1	-3	1	0.01	1	0	4	20:40	—	—	44	40
Dustin Brown R	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.32	2	1	0	19:53	—	—	39	34
Adrian Kempe R	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.34	2	0	0	17:45	—	—	63	74
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:01	—	—	54	73
Alex Iafallo L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	1	2	0	14:00	—	—	48	55
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.23	1	2	0	26:31	—	—	65	63
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	18:45	—	—	54	80
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.47	2	3	2	21:28	—	—	47	60
Oscar Fantenberg D	D2	1	0	1	-2	4	0.15	3	1	0	19:10	—	—	55	43
Paul LaDue D	D3	0	0	0	0	5	0.17	2	2	0	13:58	—	—	61	80
Dion Phaneuf D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:14	—	—	75	78

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	31	25	6	.806	2.73	57:42

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	19:52	—	—	27	17
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.18	2	2	0	19:31	—	—	31	18
Jakub Vrana L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.21	0	1	0	14:15	—	—	32	18
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	44	36
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	2	0	13:09	—	—	48	48
Brett Connolly R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	0	1	2	11:35	—	—	32	45
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	2	2	4	+1	3	0.95	0	0	2	16:49	—	—	54	56
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.37	2	1	0	16:40	—	—	58	54
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	1	2	3	+1	8	0.70	0	0	0	16:21	—	—	52	52
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	39	43
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	1	0	11:01	—	—	36	62
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:58	—	—	44	62
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.04	1	2	0	21:40	—	—	52	69
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	2	17:36	—	—	42	50
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	4	0	25:59	—	—	46	33
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	4	2	0	18:18	—	—	46	29
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	5	0	17:02	—	—	27	11
Christian Djoos D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.06	1	1	0	12:56	—	—	17	6

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley(start)	W	33	29	4	.879	3.10	59:56

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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.