Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Washington CapitalsDec 23, 2023

Final / SOSaturday, Dec 23, 2023· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
TBL	1	0	0	0	1	2		TBL	11	5	2	2	20
WSH	0	1	0	0	0	1		WSH	13	10	6	5	34

: TBL 63WSH 65
: TBL 2.81WSH 2.26
PP goals: TBL 0WSH 0
Hits: TBL 19WSH 24
Blocks: TBL 21WSH 17
PIM: TBL 2WSH 4
: TBL 63%WSH 37%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning edge Washington Capitals 2–1 (SO)

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Washington Capitals 2–1 in a shootout at WSH. Anthony Mantha (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for WSH: Kuznetsov–Lapierre–Miroshnichenko skated 6:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for WSH: Kuznetsov–Lapierre–Miroshnichenko skated 6:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuznetsov Lapierre Miroshnichenko
Luck
TBL scored 1 goal on 2.81 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Haydn Fleury (TBL) played 21:48, +5:55 up on his 15:53 season average over 23 games.Fleury
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Erik Cernak (TBL) played 23:40, +4:33 up on his 19:07 season average over 68 games.Cernak
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Tom Wilson (WSH) played 22:06, +4:03 up on his 18:03 season average over 73 games.Wilson
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Alex Barré-Boulet (TBL) played 7:57, −3:20 down on his 11:17 season average over 35 games.Barré-Boulet
Usage
Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) played 13:53, −3:44 down on his 17:37 season average over 62 games.Kuznetsov
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Hendrix Lapierre (WSH) played 8:09, −3:21 down on his 11:30 season average over 50 games.Lapierre

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 128 of 128 attempts · WSH 65 · TBL 63

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 40% of the game, WSH 28%.

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
	59	65
	2.44	1.65
	2.17	1.61
	10	12
	4	4
	22	22
	+0.077	−0.077
	40%	28%

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

L1Stamkos – Cirelli – Hagel
15:0060% CF
L2Kucherov – Paul – Point
13:5550% CF
L3Glendening – Eyssimont – Jeannot
4:1829% CF
L4Motte – Sheary – Barré-Boulet
3:2933% CF
D1Fleury – Cernak
17:5348% CF
D2Hedman – Perbix
16:5146% CF
D3de Haan – Raddysh
12:3150% CF

PP1Stamkos – Hedman – Kucherov – Paul – Point
2:53100% CF
PP2Kucherov – Raddysh – Cirelli – Hagel – Jeannot
0:530% CF
PK1FCirelli – Hagel
1:21
PK2FGlendening – Motte
0:29
PK1DHedman – Cernak
1:08
PK2Dde Haan – Fleury
0:49

Current TBL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome
13:5465% CF
L2Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
10:3563% CF
L3Mantha – McMichael – Protas
9:5340% CF
L4Kuznetsov – Lapierre – Miroshnichenko
6:0546% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
16:0661% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Sandin
15:5239% CF
D3Jensen – Edmundson
12:0948% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Mantha – Strome
1:10100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Sandin – McMichael – Miroshnichenko
0:450% CF
PK1FKuznetsov – Wilson
1:53
PK2FDowd – Malenstyn
1:47
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
1:56
PK2DJensen – Edmundson
1:44

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:29
TBLLuke Glendening (Victor Hedman)tip-in0.06 xG
TBL: Hedman, Glendening, Sheary, Cernak, JeannotWSH: Ovechkin, van Riemsdyk, Strome, Sandin, Protas
TBL 1 – 0 WSH

2nd period

2:01
WSHAnthony Mantha (Nick Jensen, Aliaksei Protas)deflected0.04 xG
TBL: de Haan, Motte, Raddysh, Jeannot, Barré-BouletWSH: Jensen, Edmundson, Mantha, McMichael, Protas
TBL 1 – 1 WSH

Decided in the shootout: TBL 2 – 1 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brandon Hagel L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.37	0	2	0	21:31	—	—	53	63
Steven Stamkos C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	1	2	21:23	—	—	54	63
Anthony Cirelli C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	2	0	20:28	—	—	53	63
Nikita Kucherov R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	24:17	—	—	49	63
Brayden Point C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	1	0	21:11	—	—	48	56
Nick Paul L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.88	3	0	0	19:41	—	—	49	56
Tanner Jeannot L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	4	1	0	13:27	—	—	35	47
Luke Glendening C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	0	1	0	11:22	—	—	39	65
Michael Eyssimont C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	8:54	—	—	40	48
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	3	0	0	11:06	—	—	43	61
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	0	1	0	10:23	—	—	50	77
Alex Barré-Boulet C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:57	—	—	40	43
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	3	2	0	23:40	—	—	50	63
Haydn Fleury D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	21:48	—	—	45	53
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	0	3	0	27:32	—	—	50	67
Nick Perbix D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	5	0	17:13	—	—	47	67
Darren Raddysh D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	16:36	—	—	47	53
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	46	56

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	2.26	65:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.31	5	1	0	22:06	—	—	56	48
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.41	0	2	0	21:00	—	—	60	55
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	2	0	0	19:43	—	—	62	56
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	17:22	—	—	56	30
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	4	2	0	16:23	—	—	50	30
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	0	0	2	13:26	—	—	67	51
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.43	0	1	2	16:43	—	—	44	40
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:10	—	—	44	37
Anthony Mantha R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.17	0	0	0	14:22	—	—	40	31
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:53	—	—	52	36
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	1	0	8:48	—	—	39	41
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:09	—	—	47	31
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	0	1	0	24:55	—	—	61	57
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	7	2	0	22:11	—	—	62	56
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	21:54	—	—	43	27
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	0	1	0	18:12	—	—	46	12
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	0	1	0	19:01	—	—	47	44
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.07	0	1	0	16:42	—	—	55	34

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	O	20	19	1	.950	2.81	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Luke Glendening (TBL) 1st 7:29 · assists Victor Hedman · Deflection · 20.0 mph shot.

Luke Glendening · 1st 7:29 · TBL

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 20.0 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: deflection

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Anthony Mantha · 2nd 2:01 · WSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 5
Shot: 20.9 mph
Distance: 6 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.