Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Washington CapitalsMar 20, 2024

FinalWednesday, Mar 20, 2024· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TOR	1	3	3	7		TOR	8	14	7	29
WSH	0	2	1	3		WSH	10	7	4	21

: TOR 62WSH 60
: TOR 2.11WSH 3.09
PP goals: TOR 1WSH 1
Hits: TOR 34WSH 37
Blocks: TOR 20WSH 18
PIM: TOR 2WSH 8
: TOR 52%WSH 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Toronto Maple Leafs rout Washington Capitals 7–3

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Washington Capitals 7–3 at WSH. Auston Matthews (TOR) led the scoring with 2G 3A. TOR scored 7 goals on 2.11 expected goals (62 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Auston Matthews had two goals and 3 assists (5 points) on 5 shots in 19:35.Matthews
Points
Max Domi had 4 assists (4 points) in 17:35.Domi
Points
John Tavares had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:43.Tavares
Points
William Nylander had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:01.Nylander
Points
Alex Ovechkin had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:06.Ovechkin
Luck
TOR scored 7 goals on 2.11 expected goals (62 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Sgarbossa–McMichael skated 5:55 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Sgarbossa McMichael
Usage
Bobby McMann (TOR) played 15:47, +4:18 up on his 11:29 season average over 55 games.McMann

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

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

WSH
TOR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · WSH 60 · TOR 62

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
TOR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TOR 30% of the game, WSH 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

TOR

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	TOR	WSH
	56	67
	1.89	3.49
	1.83	3.23
	8	12
	6	2
	17	14
	+0.004	−0.004
	30%	38%

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Gregor – Kampf – Dewar
11:0942% CF
L2Bertuzzi – Domi – Matthews
8:3063% CF
L3Tavares – Nylander – Knies
7:4730% CF
L4Holmberg – Robertson – McMann
3:5950% CF
D1Edmundson – Liljegren
15:1822% CF
D2Rielly – McCabe
14:3952% CF
D3Timmins – Benoit
14:3263% CF

PP1Tavares – Bertuzzi – Nylander – Matthews – Liljegren
5:1686% CF
PP2Rielly – Domi – Robertson – McMann – Knies
3:43100% CF
PK1FKampf – Dewar
0:52
PK1DMcCabe – Benoit
0:52

Current TOR line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
7:5444% CF
L2Wilson – Strome – Miroshnichenko
6:1467% CF
L3Ovechkin – Sgarbossa – McMichael
5:5543% CF
L4Pacioretty – Milano – Lapierre
5:3567% CF
D1Jensen – Sandin
10:4344% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
9:4759% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Alexeyev
6:5573% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Lapierre
0:52100% CF
PK1FDowd – Malenstyn
4:03
PK2FWilson – McMichael
2:06
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
4:36
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
2:39

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor Dewar C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	1	1	0	15:19	—	—	41	32
David Kampf C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	0	14:52	—	—	38	26
Noah Gregor L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	5	0	0	14:27	—	—	42	23
Auston Matthews C	L2	2	3	5	+4	5	0.41	1	1	0	19:35	—	—	65	64
Max Domi C	L2	0	4	4	+4	0	0.09	1	0	0	17:35	—	—	62	63
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.20	0	1	0	14:19	—	—	63	51
William Nylander R	L3	1	2	3	+2	3	0.13	0	0	0	20:01	—	—	38	27
John Tavares C	L3	1	2	3	+1	3	0.32	3	0	0	17:43	—	—	37	24
Matthew Knies L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	2	1	2	16:02	—	—	38	23
Bobby McMann C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.25	2	0	0	15:47	—	—	44	45
Nick Robertson L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	1	0	14:11	—	—	40	38
Pontus Holmberg R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	3	0	8:49	—	—	50	68
Timothy Liljegren D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	6	0	22:38	—	—	23	14
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:00	—	—	29	13
Morgan Rielly D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.06	1	2	0	20:54	—	—	51	45
Jake McCabe D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	2	1	0	17:01	—	—	50	47
Simon Benoit D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	10	1	0	17:22	—	—	60	41
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	0	0	16:33	—	—	62	47

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joseph Woll(start)	W	21	18	3	.857	3.09	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Beck Malenstyn L	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.09	6	2	0	17:42	—	—	46	20
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:22	—	—	47	23
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	10	1	0	13:06	—	—	32	20
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.42	0	0	0	17:10	—	—	70	85
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.20	4	2	4	16:30	—	—	67	77
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.09	0	0	0	12:00	—	—	54	60
Connor McMichael L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.22	0	0	0	16:00	—	—	47	61
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	2	0	2	+1	2	0.29	6	0	2	15:06	—	—	58	68
Michael Sgarbossa C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	11:40	—	—	45	68
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.40	0	0	0	12:56	—	—	68	75
Max Pacioretty L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	1	0	12:46	—	—	55	74
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:57	—	—	50	58
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.04	1	1	0	22:16	—	—	46	30
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.34	2	1	0	21:10	—	—	54	59
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	-4	4	0.71	0	4	2	24:29	—	—	58	66
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.04	3	1	0	20:20	—	—	48	67
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	4	0	20:29	—	—	53	85
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:28	—	—	71	71

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	29	22	7	.759	2.11	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Auston Matthews (TOR) 1st 0:16 · assists Max Domi · Rebound · 41.6 mph shot.

Auston Matthews · 1st 0:16 · TOR

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.6 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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William Nylander · 2nd 0:56 · TOR

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 62.3 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 9:57 · WSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 83.7 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Type: one-timer

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Auston Matthews · 2nd 12:59 · TOR

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2
Shot: 59.4 mph
Distance: 59 ft

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Connor McMichael · 2nd 13:34 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.5 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s

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Jake McCabe · 2nd 19:35 · TOR

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 35.4 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: deflection

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Bobby McMann · 3rd 7:58 · TOR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.2 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Tyler Bertuzzi · 3rd 8:36 · TOR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 27.3 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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John Tavares · 3rd 16:02 · TOR PP

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 28.6 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 5.2 s

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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.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Washington CapitalsMar 20, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Toronto Maple Leafs rout Washington Capitals 7–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Toronto Maple Leafs

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

Washington Capitals

Goal anatomy

Auston Matthews · 1st 0:16 · TOR

William Nylander · 2nd 0:56 · TOR

Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 9:57 · WSH PP

Auston Matthews · 2nd 12:59 · TOR

Connor McMichael · 2nd 13:34 · WSH

Jake McCabe · 2nd 19:35 · TOR

Bobby McMann · 3rd 7:58 · TOR

Tyler Bertuzzi · 3rd 8:36 · TOR

John Tavares · 3rd 16:02 · TOR PP