Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Washington CapitalsMay 21, 2018

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TBL	0	0	0	0		TBL	6	8	10	24
WSH	0	1	2	3		WSH	8	15	11	34

: TBL 59WSH 61
: TBL 1.83WSH 3.71
PP goals: TBL 0WSH 1
Hits: TBL 19WSH 39
Blocks: TBL 13WSH 20
PIM: TBL 7WSH 9
: TBL 46%WSH 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–0

Washington Capitals beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–0 at home. T.J. Oshie (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 1:23 together.

Points
T.J. Oshie had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:44.Oshie
Points
Nicklas Backstrom had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:22.Backstrom
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 1:23 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Backstrom–Vrana skated 13:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (74.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Backstrom Vrana
New line
New look for WSH: Beagle–Smith-Pelly–Stephenson skated 7:48 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (12.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Beagle Smith-Pelly Stephenson
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Connolly–Burakovsky skated 5:56 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Connolly Burakovsky
Luck
TBL scored 0 goals on 1.83 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Chandler Stephenson (WSH) played 11:38, −3:37 down on his 15:15 season average over 23 games.Stephenson

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

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

WSH
TBL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · WSH 61 · TBL 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
TBL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 28% of the game, WSH 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

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
Stat	TBL	WSH
	64	60
	1.52	2.56
	1.49	2.45
	10	11
	2	14
	18	25
	−0.015	+0.016
	28%	42%

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

L1Kunitz – Callahan – Paquette
10:4950% CF
L2Stamkos – Palat – Kucherov
7:3620% CF
L3Killorn – Miller – Cirelli
6:3560% CF
L4Johnson – Gourde – Point
6:1550% CF
D1Stralman – McDonagh
17:1744% CF
D2Girardi – Hedman
13:2127% CF
D3Coburn – Sergachev
7:1764% CF

PP1Stamkos – Hedman – Kucherov – Miller – Point
3:2825% CF
PP2Killorn – Johnson – Palat – Gourde – Sergachev
0:29
PK1FCallahan – Paquette
0:58
PK2FKillorn – Cirelli
0:25
PK1DStralman – McDonagh
0:25
PK2DGirardi – Hedman
0:22

Current TBL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Backstrom – Vrana
13:3974% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
12:4346% CF
L3Beagle – Smith-Pelly – Stephenson
7:4813% CF
L4Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky
5:5667% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
19:4667% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
15:2446% CF
D3Orpik – Djoos
10:0629% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
1:2386% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
1:55
PK2FBeagle – Stephenson
0:25
PK1DOrpik – Niskanen
1:41
PK2DCarlson – Orlov
0:00

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

15:12
WSHT.J. OshiePP (Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov)slap0.18 xG
TBL: Stralman, Killorn, McDonagh, CirelliWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov
TBL 0 – 1 WSH

3rd period

10:02
WSHDevante Smith-Pelly (Chandler Stephenson, Jay Beagle)wrist0.15 xG
TBL: Coburn, Hedman, Palat, Kucherov, PointWSH: Niskanen, Beagle, Orlov, Smith-Pelly, Stephenson
TBL 0 – 2 WSH
19:10
WSHT.J. OshieEN (Nicklas Backstrom)wrist0.77 xG
TBL: Stamkos, Johnson, Hedman, Palat, Kucherov, PointWSH: Orpik, Oshie, Backstrom, Beagle, Carlson
TBL 0 – 3 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
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cedric Paquette C	L1	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	13:42	—	—	53	29
Ryan Callahan R	L1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:13	—	—	41	10
Chris Kunitz L	L1	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:10	—	—	44	20
Nikita Kucherov R	L2	-2	1	0.15	0	1	0	21:16	—	—	33	16
Steven Stamkos C	L2	-1	1	0.09	2	0	0	19:27	—	—	40	19
Ondrej Palat L	L2	-2	2	0.07	1	1	0	15:19	—	—	39	20
J.T. Miller C	L3	0	3	0.32	1	1	5	14:43	—	—	59	59
Anthony Cirelli C	L3	0	0	0.09	0	1	0	13:30	—	—	72	71
Alex Killorn L	L3	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	72	59
Brayden Point C	L4	-2	3	0.45	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	46	22
Yanni Gourde C	L4	0	1	0.06	3	0	0	14:12	—	—	65	65
Tyler Johnson C	L4	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	48	20
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	23:57	—	—	50	41
Anton Stralman D	D1	0	3	0.22	1	2	0	22:49	—	—	48	44
Victor Hedman D	D2	-2	1	0.14	2	1	0	24:07	—	—	46	19
Dan Girardi D	D2	0	2	0.01	4	1	0	18:27	—	—	35	17
Mikhail Sergachev D	D3	0	1	0.00	2	1	0	12:50	—	—	73	55
Braydon Coburn D	D3	-1	1	0.02	0	1	2	12:49	—	—	65	63

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	L	33	31	2	.939	2.94	58:56

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
T.J. Oshie R	L1	2	0	2	+1	5	1.19	2	1	0	20:44	—	—	66	81
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.05	4	0	2	18:22	—	—	74	85
Jakub Vrana L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.51	0	1	0	16:05	—	—	63	82
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.30	1	0	0	20:43	—	—	42	49
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.36	6	0	0	17:32	—	—	45	56
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	4	1	0	16:55	—	—	46	55
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.16	5	2	0	12:01	—	—	20	32
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:38	—	—	23	33
Jay Beagle C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.16	0	2	2	11:30	—	—	15	29
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	3	0	0	16:00	—	—	52	61
Brett Connolly R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	8:22	—	—	54	78
Andre Burakovsky L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	1	0	7:31	—	—	63	70
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	3	1	0	24:12	—	—	67	81
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.15	2	3	0	22:15	—	—	66	81
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	1	1	0	25:17	—	—	38	60
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	16:18	—	—	48	69
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	6	1	5	19:38	—	—	28	29
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:57	—	—	24	27

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	24	24	0	.1000	1.83	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.