Los Angeles Kings vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 4, 2020

FinalTuesday, Feb 4, 2020· Capital One Arena

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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Washington CapitalsWSH

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	1	0	1	2		LAK	8	10	13	31
WSH	0	1	3	4		WSH	6	6	12	24

: LAK 56WSH 37
: LAK 2.40WSH 1.93
PP goals: LAK 0WSH 0
Hits: LAK 14WSH 22
Blocks: LAK 6WSH 12
PIM: LAK 2WSH 4
: LAK 56%WSH 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2

Washington Capitals beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2 at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for LAK: Carter–Toffoli–Grundstrom skated 10:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 18:11.Ovechkin
Points
John Carlson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 23:00.Carlson
Points
Jeff Carter had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:10.Carter
New line
New look for LAK: Carter–Toffoli–Grundstrom skated 10:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter Toffoli Grundstrom
Luck
WSH scored 4 goals on 1.93 expected goals (37 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Nick Jensen (WSH) played 12:14, −5:40 down on his 17:54 season average over 67 games.Jensen
Usage
T.J. Oshie (WSH) played 15:20, −3:00 down on his 18:20 season average over 68 games.Oshie
Usage
Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) played 12:46, −5:09 down on his 17:55 season average over 62 games.Kuznetsov

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 93 of 93 attempts · WSH 37 · LAK 56

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 41% of the game, WSH 25%.

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
	62	43
	2.82	2.04
	2.67	1.97
	13	8
	5	2
	18	16
	+0.004	−0.004
	41%	25%

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

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
14:2348% CF
L2Lewis – Clifford – Amadio
11:2371% CF
L3Carter – Toffoli – Grundstrom
10:0475% CF
L4Kempe – Wagner – Lizotte
8:3650% CF
D1Martinez – Doughty
18:0452% CF
D2Hutton – Roy
17:5356% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Toffoli – Kempe – Iafallo
2:20100% CF
PP2Carter – Brown – Martinez – Amadio – Lizotte
1:17100% CF
PK1FCarter – Toffoli
0:45
PK2FKopitar – Iafallo
0:26
PK1DMartinez – Doughty
1:10
PK2DHutton – Roy
0:42

Current LAK line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Hagelin – Eller – Panik
11:2048% CF
L2Dowd – Leipsic – Hathaway
10:5425% CF
L3Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
8:3225% CF
L4Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana
6:3240% CF
D1Carlson – Kempny
16:4857% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
10:0817% CF
D3Gudas – Fehérváry
8:4430% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Vrana
1:05
PP2Eller – Orlov – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Leipsic
0:34
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
1:21
PK2FEller – Hathaway
0:39
PK1DJensen – Kempny
1:29
PK2DCarlson – Gudas
0:38

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

15:03
LAKJeff Carter (Tyler Toffoli, Matt Roy)snap0.02 xG
LAK: Carter, Toffoli, Hutton, Roy, GrundstromWSH: Hagelin, Eller, Orlov, Panik, Jensen
LAK 1 – 0 WSH

2nd period

7:25
WSHJohn Carlson (Nicklas Backstrom, Carl Hagelin)wrist0.06 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, MacDermid, Iafallo, WalkerWSH: Backstrom, Hagelin, Carlson, Wilson, Kempny
LAK 1 – 1 WSH

3rd period

11:33
LAKJeff Carter (Drew Doughty)tip-in0.03 xG
LAK: Carter, Martinez, Doughty, Toffoli, GrundstromWSH: Orlov, Jensen, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Vrana
LAK 2 – 1 WSH
13:50
WSHAlex Ovechkin (T.J. Oshie)wrist0.14 xG
LAK: Hutton, Kempe, Amadio, Wagner, RoyWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kempny
LAK 2 – 2 WSH
15:00
WSHAlex Ovechkin (John Carlson)wrist0.14 xG
LAK: Martinez, Doughty, Kempe, Wagner, LizotteWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Orlov, Fehérváry
LAK 2 – 3 WSH
18:14
WSHAlex OvechkinEN (John Carlson)wrist0.23 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, Roy, IafalloWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kempny
LAK 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.

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.18	0	1	0	19:56	—	—	47	38
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.11	0	1	0	18:09	—	—	48	40
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	1	0	0	18:06	—	—	49	37
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	1	0	15:27	—	—	67	64
Kyle Clifford L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	0	0	0	15:17	—	—	70	70
Trevor Lewis C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.29	1	0	0	14:38	—	—	73	75
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.19	0	0	0	15:19	—	—	67	73
Jeff Carter C	L3	2	0	2	+2	3	0.07	3	0	0	14:10	—	—	67	65
Carl Grundstrom R	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:36	—	—	71	91
Adrian Kempe R	L4	0	0	0	-3	3	0.12	0	0	0	14:06	—	—	50	54
Austin Wagner L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.20	0	0	0	12:26	—	—	53	61
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	1	0	0	11:57	—	—	62	73
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	23:56	—	—	53	53
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	0	0	0	22:35	—	—	50	50
Matt Roy D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.05	2	1	0	20:40	—	—	59	56
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:59	—	—	58	55
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	2	15:28	—	—	65	62
Sean Walker D	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	2	1	0	15:08	—	—	67	63

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	1.70	59:07

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Lars Eller C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	41	63
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	1	2	15:19	—	—	41	59
Richard Panik R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.39	1	1	0	14:04	—	—	43	53
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	15:51	—	—	33	20
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	13:06	—	—	32	6
Brendan Leipsic L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:01	—	—	32	27
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	3	0	3	+3	5	0.64	1	0	0	18:11	—	—	50	40
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:21	—	—	29	30
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	0	1	1	+4	2	0.03	0	1	0	16:15	—	—	57	51
T.J. Oshie R	L4	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:20	—	—	62	59
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	0	0	0	12:46	—	—	33	33
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	1	0	11:19	—	—	36	41
Michal Kempny D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.20	1	1	0	23:10	—	—	50	60
John Carlson D	D1	1	2	3	+3	2	0.08	0	2	0	23:00	—	—	55	64
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	2	0	0	25:04	—	—	38	36
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:14	—	—	17	21
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	4	2	2	19:55	—	—	39	32
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	3	0	0	14:56	—	—	30	22

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.40	60:00

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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.