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Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Washington CapitalsMay 17, 2018

FinalPlayoffs· Verizon Center
Goals123TShots123T
TBL2024TBL76720
WSH1102WSH1514938
TBL 45WSH 65
TBL 2.43WSH 3.12
PP goals
TBL 1WSH 0
Hits
TBL 21WSH 31
Blocks
TBL 16WSH 18
PIM
TBL 8WSH 4
TBL 42%WSH 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Washington Capitals 4–2

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Washington Capitals 4–2 at WSH. Brayden Point (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TBL's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Miller and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:22 together.

  1. Points
    Brayden Point had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:24.Point
  2. PP1
    TBL's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Miller and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:22 together.StamkosHedmanKucherovMillerPoint
  3. New line
    New look for WSH: Backstrom–Connolly–Stephenson skated 10:17 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BackstromConnollyStephenson
  4. Goalie
    Andrei Vasilevskiy (TBL) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +7 against a season average of 30.8; the win.Vasilevskiy
  5. New line
    New look for WSH: Beagle–Smith-Pelly–Burakovsky skated 5:13 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BeagleSmith-PellyBurakovsky
  6. Usage
    Alex Killorn (TBL) played 12:02, −3:59 down on his 16:01 season average over 16 games.Killorn
  7. Luck
    TBL scored 4 goals on 2.43 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  8. Usage
    J.T. Miller (TBL) played 13:14, −3:26 down on his 16:40 season average over 16 games.Miller

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.

Shot map, TBL at WSH: 110 attempts, 58 on goal, 6 goals, 5.55 expected goals; best chance Anthony Cirelli at 0.58 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← TBL attacks left (bottom on phones)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →
  • WSH
  • TBL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · WSH 65 · TBL 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, TBL at WSH: expected goals 3.12 to 2.43 (WSH led the chances), shot attempts 65 to 45, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdWSHTBLOPSKKCnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • WSH
  • TBL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
WSHTBLcontrol2nd3rdOrlov · 1st 4:28Point · 1st 5:38Stamkos · 1st 8:32Kuznetsov · 2nd 5:18Killorn · 3rd 11:57Cirelli · 3rd 19:58
  • WSH pressure
  • TBL pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TBL 34% of the game, WSH 49%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, TBL at WSH: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Braden Holtby (57:27) for WSH and Andrei Vasilevskiy (59:57) for TBL, 6 goals.

WSH
TBL
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
StatTBLWSH
4754
1.932.15
1.852.11
1211
111
1412
−0.043+0.043
34%49%

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Current TBL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 4:28
    TBL 0 – 1 WSH
  2. 5:38
    TBL 1 – 1 WSH
  3. 8:32
    TBL 2 – 1 WSH

2nd period

  1. 5:18
    TBL 2 – 2 WSH

3rd period

  1. 11:57
    TBL 3 – 2 WSH
  2. 19:58
    TBL 4 – 2 WSH

Box score

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

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Steven Stamkos CL1101040.4110016:18——5044
Nikita Kucherov RL1000030.1301215:23——5241
Ondrej Palat LL1011+100.0010014:33——6359
Tyler Johnson CL2011010.1010018:45——2955
Brayden Point CL2112-120.3901016:24——2659
Yanni Gourde CL2011000.0600213:15——3261
Cedric Paquette CL3000000.0012014:52——6441
Ryan Callahan RL3000+110.0262014:37——5644
Chris Kunitz LL3000010.0120011:20——5644
Anthony Cirelli CL4101+110.5811013:49——506
J.T. Miller CL4011000.0000013:14——467
Alex Killorn LL4101+220.1310012:02——6743
Ryan McDonagh DD1000+210.0414024:06——4334
Anton Stralman DD1000-110.0711020:35——3719
Victor Hedman DD2000-110.0101426:16——4749
Dan Girardi DD2000020.0121022:10——5349
Braydon Coburn DD3000000.4721014:16——5070
Mikhail Sergachev DD3011+100.0011010:08——4342
TBL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)W38362.9473.1259:57

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Alex Ovechkin LL1011030.6341023:44——5277
Evgeny Kuznetsov CL1101040.6702022:50——5274
Tom Wilson RL1011010.0452016:36——5065
Nicklas Backstrom CL2000-140.1410018:51——6992
Chandler Stephenson CL2000030.2020015:30——6378
Brett Connolly RL2000010.1400014:44——7494
T.J. Oshie RL3011-140.2841020:05——4825
Lars Eller CL3000-120.2400417:56——5537
Jakub Vrana LL3000+130.1310012:42——6236
Jay Beagle CL4000-100.002209:27——272
Devante Smith-Pelly RL4000-100.006008:42——270
Andre Burakovsky LL4000-110.011108:30——4457
Matt Niskanen DD1011+130.1903024:18——6777
Dmitry Orlov DD1101030.0912022:54——6770
John Carlson DD2000-340.2400023:24——4624
Michal Kempny DD2000-110.0911013:53——4833
Brooks Orpik DD3000+100.0033015:14——3852
Christian Djoos DD3000+110.0200010:08——3762
WSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Braden Holtby(start)L19163.8421.8557:27