Los Angeles Kings vs. Washington CapitalsNov 17, 2025

FinalMonday, Nov 17, 2025· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	1	0	1		LAK	8	12	11	31
WSH	1	1	0	2		WSH	14	4	7	25

: LAK 66WSH 53
: LAK 3.45WSH 3.10
PP goals: LAK 1WSH 0
Hits: LAK 18WSH 17
Blocks: LAK 16WSH 21
PIM: LAK 4WSH 6
: LAK 53%WSH 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Los Angeles Kings 2–1

Washington Capitals beat Los Angeles Kings 2–1 at home. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for LAK: Fiala–Kempe–Byfield skated 7:14 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for LAK: Fiala–Kempe–Byfield skated 7:14 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Fiala Kempe Byfield
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Beauvillier–Leonard skated 10:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Beauvillier Leonard
Luck
LAK scored 1 goal on 3.45 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for LAK: Kopitar–Armia–Laferriere skated 5:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kopitar Armia Laferriere
New line
New look for WSH: Duhaime–Lapierre–Frank skated 5:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Duhaime Lapierre Frank
Usage
Nic Dowd (WSH) played 19:21, +4:52 up on his 14:29 season average over 74 games.Dowd
Usage
Alex Laferriere (LAK) played 13:52, −4:30 down on his 18:22 season average over 81 games.Laferriere
Usage
Ethen Frank (WSH) played 8:51, −3:27 down on his 12:18 season average over 61 games.Frank

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 119 of 119 attempts · WSH 53 · LAK 66

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 39% of the game, WSH 30%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

WSH skaters (rows) against LAK skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the WSH side.

Matchup matrix

WSH xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

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	58
	3.05	2.78
	2.89	2.67
	12	17
	2	5
	17	13
	+0.030	−0.030
	39%	30%

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 – Foegele – Moore
11:3143% CF
L2Fiala – Kempe – Byfield
7:1475% CF
L3Perry – Turcotte – Malott
5:1736% CF
L4Kopitar – Armia – Laferriere
5:1644% CF
D1Dumoulin – Anderson
13:5137% CF
D2Edmundson – Clarke
13:2850% CF
D3Ceci – Moverare
9:5461% CF

PP1Perry – Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe – Byfield
4:01100% CF
PP2Danault – Foegele – Moore – Laferriere – Clarke
0:51
PK1FFoegele – Byfield
1:03
PK2FMoore – Laferriere
0:56
PK1DEdmundson – Ceci
0:48

Current LAK line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Strome – McMichael
10:4732% CF
L2Dowd – Beauvillier – Leonard
10:0061% CF
L3Wilson – Protas – Sourdif
9:2571% CF
L4Duhaime – Lapierre – Frank
5:3650% CF
D1Roy – Chychrun
14:1679% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
11:0017% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Sandin
9:3637% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun
1:2567% CF
PP2Beauvillier – Sandin – McMichael – Frank – Leonard
0:48100% CF
PK1FDowd – Wilson
1:52
PK2FMcMichael – Protas
1:02
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
1:40
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
0:43

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:41
WSHMatt Roy (Aliaksei Protas, Tom Wilson)tip-in0.09 xG
LAK: Edmundson, Fiala, Byfield, Laferriere, ClarkeWSH: Wilson, Roy, Chychrun, Protas, Sourdif
LAK 0 – 1 WSH

2nd period

1:51
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Connor McMichael, Jakob Chychrun)snap0.24 xG
LAK: Ceci, Fiala, Kempe, Moverare, ByfieldWSH: Ovechkin, Strome, Roy, Chychrun, McMichael
LAK 0 – 2 WSH
13:27
LAKAnze KopitarPP (Corey Perry, Kevin Fiala)tip-in0.18 xG
LAK: Perry, Kopitar, Fiala, Kempe, ClarkeWSH: Dowd, Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Roy
LAK 1 – 2 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
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	1	1	0	16:53	—	—	42	57
Warren Foegele L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.39	1	0	0	16:32	—	—	38	49
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.57	0	1	0	16:18	—	—	50	68
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.40	4	1	2	21:44	—	—	63	50
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.20	1	1	0	20:48	—	—	73	71
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	0	0	-2	7	0.71	0	1	0	19:38	—	—	73	67
Corey Perry R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	40	40
Alex Turcotte C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	1	0	9:28	—	—	50	36
Jeff Malott L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	2	1	0	9:12	—	—	38	36
Anze Kopitar C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	0	1	0	19:43	—	—	46	42
Alex Laferriere R	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.56	3	1	0	13:52	—	—	56	42
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	59	41
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	3	2	17:57	—	—	52	48
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:35	—	—	37	33
Brandt Clarke D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	22:53	—	—	55	60
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:16	—	—	42	41
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	18:06	—	—	57	56
Jacob Moverare D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	10:19	—	—	63	67

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	2.60	58:07

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	18:36	—	—	31	27
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.21	1	0	0	18:12	—	—	34	28
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.81	2	1	0	15:00	—	—	26	17
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	2	1	0	19:21	—	—	52	53
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.41	2	0	0	15:17	—	—	52	52
Ryan Leonard R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	1	0	13:40	—	—	56	56
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.21	1	2	0	20:07	—	—	71	85
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.29	0	1	0	17:05	—	—	71	84
Justin Sourdif C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.11	1	1	0	12:40	—	—	65	74
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	3	1	0	9:55	—	—	45	65
Ethen Frank R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	0	1	0	8:51	—	—	44	58
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	0	0	6:44	—	—	56	92
Matt Roy D	D1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.09	0	2	0	22:46	—	—	69	73
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.12	1	0	0	21:30	—	—	68	60
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	23:06	—	—	29	26
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	4	2	20:28	—	—	26	15
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	16:21	—	—	45	54
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	15:10	—	—	39	43

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	3.45	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Matt Roy (WSH) 1st 3:41 · assists Aliaksei Protas, Tom Wilson · Deflection · carried in · 38.6 mph shot · 6.5 s from entry to goal.

Matt Roy · 1st 3:41 · WSH

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 4
Shot: 38.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 6.5 s
Type: deflection

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Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 1:51 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.0 mph
Distance: 35 ft

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Anze Kopitar · 2nd 13:27 · LAK PP

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 15.4 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 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.