Seattle Kraken vs. Washington CapitalsMar 5, 2022

FinalSaturday, Mar 5, 2022· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SEA	1	1	0	2		SEA	10	9	12	31
WSH	2	1	2	5		WSH	6	13	6	25

: SEA 64WSH 42
: SEA 2.25WSH 2.78
PP goals: SEA 0WSH 2
Hits: SEA 18WSH 35
Blocks: SEA 12WSH 22
PIM: SEA 4WSH 6
: SEA 50%WSH 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Seattle Kraken 5–2

Washington Capitals beat Seattle Kraken 5–2 at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:13 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 15:04.Ovechkin
Points
Conor Sheary had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:23.Sheary
Points
Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:43.Wilson
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:13 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
New line
New look for SEA: Eberle–Jarnkrok–McCann skated 10:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eberle Jarnkrok McCann
Usage
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 15:04, −5:35 down on his 20:39 season average over 76 games.Ovechkin
Luck
WSH scored 5 goals on 2.78 expected goals (42 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for SEA: Johansson–Schwartz–Wennberg skated 10:16 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Schwartz Wennberg

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

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

WSH
SEA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · WSH 42 · SEA 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
SEA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SEA 45% of the game, WSH 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

SEA

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	SEA	WSH
	60	36
	2.20	1.57
	2.14	1.56
	8	10
	4	1
	20	8
	+0.038	−0.038
	45%	26%

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.

Seattle Kraken

L1Blackwell – Gourde – Appleton
11:2053% CF
L2Eberle – Jarnkrok – McCann
10:2960% CF
L3Johansson – Schwartz – Wennberg
10:1653% CF
L4Sheahan – Donskoi – Geekie
8:4181% CF
D1Larsson – Oleksiak
17:2369% CF
D2Giordano – Soucy
12:1043% CF
D3Dunn – Lauzon
10:2744% CF

PP1Giordano – Eberle – Johansson – Schwartz – McCann
3:3189% CF
PP2Jarnkrok – Gourde – Wennberg – Dunn – Geekie
2:2975% CF
PK1FSheahan – Donskoi
1:56
PK2FBlackwell – Gourde
1:00
PK1DGiordano – Larsson
1:47
PK2DOleksiak – Lauzon
1:09

Current SEA line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Backstrom – Mantha
11:5733% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
11:0448% CF
L3Eller – Sheary – McMichael
9:5737% CF
L4Dowd – Hathaway – Jonsson-Fjallby
9:5543% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
15:4050% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
14:5022% CF
D3Schultz – van Riemsdyk
12:5844% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
2:13100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Mantha – Sheary
0:46100% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
1:33
PK2FKuznetsov – Jonsson-Fjallby
1:07
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
3:42
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
1:18

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Yanni Gourde C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	2	0	17:18	—	—	59	59
Mason Appleton C	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:46	—	—	56	58
Colin Blackwell C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	13:46	—	—	53	51
Jordan Eberle R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:04	—	—	65	77
Calle Jarnkrok C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	16:28	—	—	55	32
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	2	1	0	16:21	—	—	62	65
Jaden Schwartz L	L3	0	0	0	-1	6	0.31	3	1	2	18:12	—	—	58	58
Alexander Wennberg C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:25	—	—	54	49
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	0	0	0	17:03	—	—	52	55
Morgan Geekie C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	0	0	0	13:25	—	—	83	65
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	12:22	—	—	80	69
Joonas Donskoi R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	12:02	—	—	79	69
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.17	2	2	0	22:43	—	—	72	71
Jamie Oleksiak D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.27	0	0	0	19:24	—	—	71	70
Mark Giordano D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	20:51	—	—	46	37
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	3	2	16:14	—	—	55	45
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.20	1	1	0	17:59	—	—	63	50
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	16:03	—	—	57	47

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Chris Driedger(start)	L	24	20	4	.833	1.81	58:35

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	0	0	0	17:51	—	—	28	38
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:44	—	—	32	44
Anthony Mantha R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	1	0	14:27	—	—	33	50
Tom Wilson R	L2	1	1	2	0	3	0.25	8	0	0	17:43	—	—	48	42
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:28	—	—	42	37
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	2	3	0	4	0.33	2	0	0	15:04	—	—	48	42
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	14:18	—	—	33	36
Conor Sheary L	L3	2	0	2	+1	3	1.26	1	2	0	13:23	—	—	32	39
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	2	1	0	11:37	—	—	30	34
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	1	1	+2	3	0.02	4	1	0	14:01	—	—	41	59
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	12:16	—	—	47	59
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	3	4	12:03	—	—	35	58
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:45	—	—	43	43
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.07	3	1	0	19:54	—	—	51	55
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.23	2	2	2	21:47	—	—	30	31
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	5	3	0	20:12	—	—	17	18
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:43	—	—	39	78
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	3	2	0	15:44	—	—	44	47

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.25	60:00

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.

Seattle Kraken vs. Washington CapitalsMar 5, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals beat Seattle Kraken 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Seattle Kraken

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Seattle Kraken

Washington Capitals