Los Angeles Kings vs. Washington CapitalsJan 7, 2024

FinalSunday, Jan 7, 2024· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	2	1	3		LAK	11	18	12	41
WSH	0	2	2	4		WSH	12	11	11	34

: LAK 77WSH 59
: LAK 4.27WSH 2.23
PP goals: LAK 2WSH 0
Hits: LAK 27WSH 39
Blocks: LAK 17WSH 13
PIM: LAK 2WSH 6
: LAK 49%WSH 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Los Angeles Kings 4–3

Washington Capitals beat Los Angeles Kings 4–3 at home. Nicolas Aube-Kubel (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Doughty, Fiala, Kempe and Byfield) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 1:48 together.

Points
Nicolas Aube-Kubel had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 13:27.Aube-Kubel
Points
Kevin Fiala had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:27.Fiala
Points
John Carlson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:16.Carlson
Points
Nic Dowd had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:07.Dowd
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Doughty, Fiala, Kempe and Byfield) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 1:48 together.Kopitar Doughty Fiala Kempe Byfield
Goalie
Darcy Kuemper (WSH) faced 41 shots and stopped 38 (.927), +13 against a season average of 28.5; the win.Kuemper
Luck
WSH scored 4 goals on 2.23 expected goals (59 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Dylan Strome (WSH) played 14:28, −3:32 down on his 18:00 season average over 81 games.Strome

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 136 of 136 attempts · WSH 59 · LAK 77

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 22%.

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
	82	68
	4.06	2.55
	3.55	2.49
	14	16
	12	7
	28	20
	−0.037	+0.037
	41%	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.

Los Angeles Kings

L1Danault – Fiala – Kaliyev
12:2864% CF
L2Kempe – Dubois – Laferriere
11:0838% CF
L3Kopitar – Moore – Byfield
10:4244% CF
L4Lewis – Grundstrom – Lizotte
8:3064% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
21:2956% CF
D2Englund – Roy
14:4153% CF
D3Gavrikov – Clarke
12:2847% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Byfield
1:48100% CF
PP2Danault – Dubois – Moore – Kaliyev – Clarke
1:12100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Kempe
0:42
PK2FDanault – Moore
0:36
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
1:06
PK2DEnglund – Roy
0:42

Current LAK line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Mantha – McMichael – Protas
13:0762% CF
L2Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
11:3342% CF
L3Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
6:2932% CF
L4Pacioretty – Strome – Lapierre
4:2540% CF
D1Jensen – van Riemsdyk
16:4458% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
15:4541% CF
D3Edmundson – Bear
12:2946% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Strome
1:15100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Pacioretty – Mantha – Bear – McMichael
0:36100% CF
PK1FDowd – Malenstyn
1:49
PK2FKuznetsov – Wilson
0:54
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:17
PK2DJensen – van Riemsdyk
0:38

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:22
WSHNic Dowd (Nicolas Aube-Kubel, John Carlson)backhand0.08 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Englund, Roy, Moore, ByfieldWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Aube-Kubel, Malenstyn, Fehérváry
LAK 0 – 1 WSH
7:12
LAKAdrian KempePP (Drew Doughty, Anze Kopitar)slap0.04 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Fiala, Kempe, ByfieldWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Wilson, Fehérváry
LAK 1 – 1 WSH
13:02
LAKKevin Fiala (Phillip Danault, Mikey Anderson)wrist0.39 xG
LAK: Doughty, Danault, Fiala, Anderson, KaliyevWSH: Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Bear, Fehérváry
LAK 2 – 1 WSH
15:35
WSHDylan Strome (Alex Ovechkin, Max Pacioretty)wrist0.27 xG
LAK: Kempe, Gavrikov, Dubois, Laferriere, ClarkeWSH: Ovechkin, Pacioretty, Carlson, Edmundson, Strome
LAK 2 – 2 WSH

3rd period

1:01
LAKKevin FialaPP (Quinton Byfield)backhand0.35 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Fiala, Kempe, ByfieldWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Malenstyn, Fehérváry
LAK 3 – 2 WSH
8:36
WSHNicolas Aube-Kubel (Nic Dowd)wrist0.04 xG
LAK: Kempe, Englund, Roy, Dubois, LaferriereWSH: Jensen, Dowd, van Riemsdyk, Aube-Kubel, Malenstyn
LAK 3 – 3 WSH
19:07
WSHJohn Carlson (Beck Malenstyn, Nicolas Aube-Kubel)wrist0.01 xG
LAK: Danault, Fiala, Gavrikov, Roy, KaliyevWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Aube-Kubel, Malenstyn, Fehérváry
LAK 3 – 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
Kevin Fiala L	L1	2	0	2	0	5	1.15	0	1	0	16:27	—	—	71	90
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.14	1	1	0	15:57	—	—	55	68
Arthur Kaliyev R	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.73	2	0	0	15:31	—	—	70	90
Adrian Kempe R	L2	1	0	1	-2	4	0.14	0	2	0	17:50	—	—	37	23
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:18	—	—	51	46
Alex Laferriere R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.19	4	0	0	13:30	—	—	35	23
Anze Kopitar C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.07	1	1	0	18:31	—	—	48	41
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	0	1	0	17:16	—	—	49	45
Quinton Byfield R	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	17:03	—	—	44	40
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.97	1	0	0	11:43	—	—	68	79
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	0	0	11:36	—	—	71	70
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	1	0	10:55	—	—	64	67
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.11	1	4	0	27:13	—	—	58	84
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.17	3	2	0	23:00	—	—	56	82
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.05	3	2	0	19:03	—	—	56	57
Andreas Englund D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:13	—	—	52	69
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	1	2	15:58	—	—	51	35
Brandt Clarke D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	0	0	15:43	—	—	50	33

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	L	34	30	4	.882	2.23	59:13

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.51	1	0	2	17:22	—	—	55	68
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	67	77
Anthony Mantha R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	1	0	16:06	—	—	57	75
Nic Dowd C	L2	1	1	2	+3	1	0.09	3	4	0	17:07	—	—	46	59
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	0	1	1	+3	2	0.05	4	0	0	16:55	—	—	48	58
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L2	1	2	3	+3	1	0.04	7	1	0	13:27	—	—	42	44
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.29	4	0	0	17:29	—	—	40	22
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.09	2	0	0	15:13	—	—	32	15
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:46	—	—	29	15
Dylan Strome C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.49	0	1	0	14:28	—	—	52	49
Max Pacioretty L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	3	0	0	12:54	—	—	49	46
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	7:55	—	—	33	43
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	20:57	—	—	54	57
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	20:24	—	—	58	71
John Carlson D	D2	1	1	2	+3	4	0.14	0	1	0	24:16	—	—	41	70
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	4	1	0	21:28	—	—	39	34
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.03	5	1	2	16:24	—	—	42	24
Ethan Bear D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	2	15:05	—	—	42	12

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	41	38	3	.927	4.27	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Nic Dowd (WSH) 2nd 4:22 · assists Nicolas Aube-Kubel, John Carlson · Rush · carried in · 45.2 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.

Nic Dowd · 2nd 4:22 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.2 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Adrian Kempe · 2nd 7:12 · LAK PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 64.5 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Type: one-timer

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Kevin Fiala · 2nd 13:02 · LAK

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 37.4 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s
Type: rebound

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Dylan Strome · 2nd 15:35 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.9 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Nicolas Aube-Kubel · 3rd 8:36 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 54.1 mph
Distance: 45 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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John Carlson · 3rd 19:07 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 55.8 mph
Distance: 56 ft

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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.