Edmonton Oilers vs. Washington CapitalsNov 5, 2018

FinalMonday, Nov 5, 2018· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
EDM	1	1	0	2		EDM	12	10	11	33
WSH	2	2	0	4		WSH	11	10	2	23

: EDM 73WSH 48
: EDM 3.16WSH 3.39
PP goals: EDM 1WSH 1
Hits: EDM 16WSH 25
Blocks: EDM 10WSH 23
PIM: EDM 4WSH 8
: EDM 58%WSH 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Edmonton Oilers 4–2

Washington Capitals beat Edmonton Oilers 4–2 at home. Devante Smith-Pelly (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:21 together.

Points
Devante Smith-Pelly had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:20.Smith-Pelly
Points
John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:45.Carlson
Points
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:46.Nugent-Hopkins
Points
Travis Boyd had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 9:14.Boyd
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:21 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Jaskin skated 12:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Kuznetsov Jaskin
Usage
Jakub Vrana (WSH) played 8:09, −5:58 down on his 14:07 season average over 81 games.Vrana
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Connolly–Burakovsky skated 9:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Connolly Burakovsky

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

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

WSH
EDM
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 121 of 121 attempts · WSH 48 · EDM 73

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
EDM
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: EDM 39% of the game, WSH 12%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

EDM

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	EDM	WSH
	71	50
	2.72	1.86
	2.64	1.82
	16	14
	6	6
	23	18
	+0.052	−0.052
	39%	12%

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.

Edmonton Oilers

L1Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid – Caggiula
12:3868% CF
L2Chiasson – Rieder – Draisaitl
12:2254% CF
L3Lucic – Strome – Puljujarvi
10:3765% CF
L4Brodziak – Kassian – Khaira
7:0347% CF
D1Russell – Nurse
19:0159% CF
D2Larsson – Klefbom
17:5659% CF
D3Garrison – Benning
9:2464% CF

PP1Chiasson – Nugent-Hopkins – Klefbom – Draisaitl – McDavid
3:1588% CF
PP2Lucic – Garrison – Rieder – Strome – Caggiula
1:54100% CF
PK1FBrodziak – Kassian
0:55
PK2FStrome – Khaira
0:51
PK1DRussell – Nurse
1:19
PK2DLarsson – Klefbom
0:49

Current EDM line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Backstrom – Stephenson
12:4946% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Jaskin
12:3267% CF
L3Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky
9:1230% CF
L4Smith-Pelly – Boyd – Vrana
7:3125% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
17:4536% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
15:2255% CF
D3Djoos – Bowey
12:4726% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
2:21100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Backstrom – Carlson – Connolly – Vrana
0:120% CF
PK1FOshie – Backstrom
1:44
PK2FEller – Stephenson
1:41
PK1DCarlson – Kempny
1:59
PK2DNiskanen – Orlov
1:15

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:44
WSHJakub Vrana (Devante Smith-Pelly, Travis Boyd)wrist0.09 xG
EDM: Brodziak, Kassian, Larsson, Klefbom, KhairaWSH: Niskanen, Orlov, Smith-Pelly, Boyd, Vrana
EDM 0 – 1 WSH
5:44
WSHDevante Smith-Pelly (Travis Boyd)wrist0.12 xG
EDM: Brodziak, Kassian, Larsson, Klefbom, KhairaWSH: Carlson, Smith-Pelly, Boyd, Vrana, Kempny
EDM 0 – 2 WSH
10:24
EDMConnor McDavidPP (Oscar Klefbom, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins)snap0.13 xG
EDM: Lucic, Nugent-Hopkins, Klefbom, Draisaitl, McDavidWSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kempny
EDM 1 – 2 WSH

2nd period

8:11
WSHT.J. Oshie (Nicklas Backstrom, John Carlson)wrist0.10 xG
EDM: Nugent-Hopkins, Larsson, Klefbom, McDavid, CaggiulaWSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Stephenson, Kempny
EDM 1 – 3 WSH
10:41
EDMLeon Draisaitl (Adam Larsson, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins)tip-in0.07 xG
EDM: Nugent-Hopkins, Larsson, Klefbom, Draisaitl, McDavidWSH: Niskanen, Eller, Orlov, Smith-Pelly, Burakovsky
EDM 2 – 3 WSH
13:09
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (John Carlson, Evgeny Kuznetsov)slap0.02 xG
EDM: Brodziak, Russell, Kassian, NurseWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov
EDM 2 – 4 WSH

Box score

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

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor McDavid C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	1	0	0	22:54	—	—	64	68
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L1	0	2	2	0	5	0.41	0	0	0	22:46	—	—	69	74
Drake Caggiula L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	2	0	0	17:09	—	—	67	67
Leon Draisaitl C	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.45	0	0	2	21:25	—	—	56	73
Alex Chiasson R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	17:51	—	—	54	67
Tobias Rieder L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	50	54
Ryan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	2	0	0	14:38	—	—	61	61
Milan Lucic L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.30	3	0	0	13:29	—	—	65	72
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	11:47	—	—	61	61
Zack Kassian R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:08	—	—	47	27
Kyle Brodziak C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.09	2	0	0	8:54	—	—	50	22
Jujhar Khaira L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	0	0	0	8:39	—	—	44	24
Darnell Nurse D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	3	0	22:52	—	—	57	58
Kris Russell D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	4	0	21:22	—	—	59	59
Oscar Klefbom D	D2	0	1	1	-2	5	0.31	0	0	0	25:49	—	—	59	47
Adam Larsson D	D2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.02	0	0	2	20:12	—	—	59	47
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	3	1	0	11:41	—	—	58	84
Jason Garrison D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	11:40	—	—	64	90

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	L	23	19	4	.826	1.72	57:45

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	1	0	2	20:13	—	—	41	29
T.J. Oshie R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.13	1	0	0	19:20	—	—	45	28
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	1	1	0	17:35	—	—	39	29
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.88	3	0	2	19:52	—	—	67	88
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	3	0	0	19:07	—	—	63	86
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	6	1	0	13:39	—	—	70	88
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	2	0	14:04	—	—	33	28
Brett Connolly R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	11:24	—	—	31	24
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	0	1	0	10:16	—	—	28	21
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L4	1	1	2	+1	1	1.09	0	2	2	13:20	—	—	19	45
Travis Boyd C	L4	0	2	2	+2	1	0.04	0	0	0	9:14	—	—	23	44
Jakub Vrana L	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.09	0	0	0	8:09	—	—	23	44
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	2	0	21:50	—	—	40	37
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	6	2	2	21:10	—	—	35	28
John Carlson D	D2	0	2	2	+2	5	0.08	0	3	0	24:45	—	—	55	53
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	6	0	20:35	—	—	54	51
Madison Bowey D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	15:05	—	—	31	42
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:59	—	—	25	32

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	3.16	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.