Seattle Kraken vs. Washington CapitalsDec 9, 2022

FinalFriday, Dec 9, 2022· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SEA	1	0	0	1		SEA	6	6	14	26
WSH	0	2	2	4		WSH	12	15	11	38

: SEA 54WSH 62
: SEA 1.47WSH 5.58
PP goals: SEA 0WSH 1
Hits: SEA 29WSH 19
Blocks: SEA 10WSH 20
PIM: SEA 19WSH 4
: SEA 43%WSH 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Seattle Kraken 4–1

Washington Capitals beat Seattle Kraken 4–1 at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for SEA: Bjorkstrand–Burakovsky–Wennberg skated 10:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 9 shots in 23:50.Ovechkin
Points
Anthony Mantha had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 11:06.Mantha
New line
New look for SEA: Bjorkstrand–Burakovsky–Wennberg skated 10:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bjorkstrand Burakovsky Wennberg
Usage
Alexander Alexeyev (WSH) played 7:42, −9:02 down on his 16:44 season average over 31 games.Alexeyev
Usage
Jamie Oleksiak (SEA) played 8:52, −10:32 down on his 19:24 season average over 74 games.Oleksiak
Usage
Karson Kuhlman (SEA) played 4:06, −7:55 down on his 12:01 season average over 46 games.Kuhlman
Goalie
Philipp Grubauer (SEA) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +12 against a season average of 23.8; the loss.Grubauer
New line
New look for SEA: Gourde–Donato–Tanev skated 5:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gourde Donato Tanev

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 116 of 116 attempts · WSH 62 · SEA 54

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 22% of the game, WSH 51%.

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
	52	60
	1.05	4.51
	1.04	3.99
	6	19
	6	5
	12	6
	−0.055	+0.054
	22%	51%

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

L1Bjorkstrand – Burakovsky – Wennberg
10:1333% CF
L2Eberle – McCann – Beniers
9:3735% CF
L3Gourde – Donato – Tanev
5:5450% CF
L4Sprong – Geekie – Kuhlman
3:4913% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
16:5236% CF
D2Soucy – Borgen
9:5448% CF
D3Schultz – Oleksiak
8:3137% CF

PP1Schultz – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – Sprong – Beniers
1:47100% CF
PP2Eberle – Burakovsky – McCann – Donato – Dunn
1:42100% CF
PK1FTanev – Geekie
3:07
PK2FGourde – Wennberg
1:59
PK1DLarsson – Soucy
3:22
PK2DDunn – Borgen
2:15

Current SEA line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Sheary – Strome
11:5175% CF
L2Eller – Johansson – Mantha
9:0140% CF
L3Oshie – Kuznetsov – Milano
8:1050% CF
L4Dowd – Hathaway – Protas
6:2473% CF
D1Jensen – van Riemsdyk
16:1143% CF
D2Carlson – Gustafsson
14:2869% CF
D3Irwin – Alexeyev
6:2063% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Strome
5:3980% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Johansson – Gustafsson – Sheary – Milano
3:0467% CF
PK1FDowd – Hathaway
1:52
PK2FEller – Sheary
1:37
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
2:10
PK2DCarlson – Irwin
1:42

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
Alexander Wennberg C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	1	0	20:43	—	—	54	29
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	1	0	0	20:18	—	—	47	25
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	3	1	0	15:45	—	—	52	26
Matty Beniers C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	4	1	0	19:06	—	—	41	12
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	40	5
Jordan Eberle R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	15:19	—	—	33	4
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	1	1	0	14:58	—	—	60	30
Yanni Gourde C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	2	13:29	—	—	46	15
Ryan Donato C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	2	0	0	11:36	—	—	55	28
Morgan Geekie C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	2	0	0	12:10	—	—	42	15
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	0	0	0	12:01	—	—	47	24
Karson Kuhlman C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:06	—	—	13	2
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	3	0	26:09	—	—	41	17
Adam Larsson D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.06	6	2	2	25:54	—	—	43	17
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	1	0	19:16	—	—	53	34
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	16:18	—	—	56	30
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.11	0	0	0	19:12	—	—	49	14
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	15	8:52	—	—	40	7

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	36	34	2	.944	4.53	58:44

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	1	2	+1	9	1.44	3	0	0	23:50	—	—	73	91
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	+1	7	0.89	0	0	0	21:22	—	—	60	88
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.59	0	0	2	20:03	—	—	67	88
Marcus Johansson L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	35	59
Lars Eller C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.66	1	0	0	14:22	—	—	42	65
Anthony Mantha R	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.52	1	0	0	11:06	—	—	46	74
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	0	1	0	17:59	—	—	40	69
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	0	0	17:37	—	—	57	73
Sonny Milano L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	2	0	2	15:13	—	—	31	43
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	1	1	0	10:22	—	—	62	100
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	0	0	9:36	—	—	62	91
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	1	0	7:57	—	—	53	91
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	5	0	22:20	—	—	42	56
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	2	0	20:30	—	—	40	45
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	4	2	0	24:51	—	—	67	84
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	21:50	—	—	64	85
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.15	0	4	0	13:56	—	—	57	97
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	4	0	7:42	—	—	55	97

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	1.47	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 CapitalsDec 9, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals beat Seattle Kraken 4–1

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