Nashville Predators vs. Washington CapitalsJan 29, 2020

FinalWednesday, Jan 29, 2020· Capital One Arena

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

5

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Washington CapitalsWSH

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	3	0	2	5		NSH	7	7	10	24
WSH	2	2	0	4		WSH	15	15	4	34

: NSH 46WSH 67
: NSH 2.15WSH 3.24
PP goals: NSH 1WSH 1
Hits: NSH 18WSH 30
Blocks: NSH 19WSH 12
PIM: NSH 12WSH 10
: NSH 48%WSH 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Washington Capitals 5–4

Nashville Predators beat Washington Capitals 5–4 at WSH. Richard Panik (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NSH's first power-play unit (Turris, Ekholm, Smith, Granlund and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:41 together.

Points
Richard Panik had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 10:32.Panik
Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:27.Ovechkin
Points
Ryan Johansen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:05.Johansen
Points
Filip Forsberg had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:42.Forsberg
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Turris, Ekholm, Smith, Granlund and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:41 together.Turris Ekholm Smith Granlund Forsberg
New line
New look for NSH: Duchene–Johansen–Granlund skated 10:45 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Duchene Johansen Granlund
New line
New look for NSH: Turris–Forsberg–Arvidsson skated 9:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Turris Forsberg Arvidsson
Luck
NSH scored 5 goals on 2.15 expected goals (46 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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

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

WSH
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · WSH 67 · NSH 46

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NSH 19% of the game, WSH 45%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

NSH

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	NSH	WSH
	38	47
	1.90	2.05
	1.78	2.01
	12	6
	1	4
	22	11
	−0.028	+0.029
	19%	45%

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.

Nashville Predators

L1Duchene – Johansen – Granlund
10:4555% CF
L2Turris – Forsberg – Arvidsson
9:3653% CF
L3Bonino – Smith – Grimaldi
7:1246% CF
L4Jarnkrok – Watson – Blackwell
7:090% CF
D1Ekholm – Tinordi
15:3852% CF
D2Josi – Fabbro
14:0754% CF
D3Hamhuis – Weber
6:0538% CF

PP1Turris – Ekholm – Smith – Granlund – Forsberg
3:41100% CF
PP2Josi – Duchene – Jarnkrok – Johansen – Arvidsson
3:0867% CF
PK1FBonino – Jarnkrok
3:53
PK2FTurris – Granlund
1:08
PK1DHamhuis – Ekholm
4:40
PK2DJosi – Fabbro
1:55

Current NSH line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana
8:3354% CF
L2Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
8:0564% CF
L3Hagelin – Eller – Panik
6:5638% CF
L4Dowd – Leipsic – Hathaway
6:2182% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
10:0550% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
8:4653% CF
D3Gudas – Siegenthaler
6:2273% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Vrana
4:30100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Kuznetsov – Wilson
2:36100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Eller
2:57
PK2FDowd – Wilson
1:44
PK1DJensen – Kempny
3:14
PK2DGudas – Siegenthaler
2:57

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:28
WSHRichard Panik (Carl Hagelin)wrist0.02 xG
NSH: Weber, Josi, Duchene, Johansen, GranlundWSH: Backstrom, Hagelin, Panik, Jensen, Kempny
NSH 0 – 1 WSH
10:15
NSHJarred Tinordi (Filip Forsberg)slap0.00 xG
NSH: Turris, Ekholm, Tinordi, Forsberg, ArvidssonWSH: Dowd, Gudas, Leipsic, Hathaway, Siegenthaler
NSH 1 – 1 WSH
12:52
NSHMikael GranlundPP (Filip Forsberg, Kyle Turris)wrist0.09 xG
NSH: Turris, Ekholm, Smith, Granlund, ForsbergWSH: Panik, Gudas, Hathaway, Siegenthaler
NSH 2 – 1 WSH
16:02
NSHRocco Grimaldi (Roman Josi, Nick Bonino)backhand0.14 xG
NSH: Bonino, Josi, Smith, Grimaldi, FabbroWSH: Hagelin, Eller, Carlson, Panik, Kempny
NSH 3 – 1 WSH
16:26
WSHAlex Ovechkinwrist0.21 xG
NSH: Duchene, Ekholm, Johansen, Tinordi, GranlundWSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Orlov, Jensen, Wilson
NSH 3 – 2 WSH

2nd period

6:01
WSHRichard Panikunknown0.00 xG
NSH: Bonino, Josi, Smith, Grimaldi, FabbroWSH: Backstrom, Hagelin, Panik, Gudas, Siegenthaler
NSH 3 – 3 WSH
11:06
WSHTom WilsonPP (Lars Eller, Alex Ovechkin)wrist0.08 xG
NSH: Hamhuis, Bonino, Josi, JarnkrokWSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Wilson
NSH 3 – 4 WSH

3rd period

3:00
NSHRyan JohansenSHsnap0.06 xG
NSH: Josi, Jarnkrok, Johansen, TinordiWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Eller, Carlson, Kuznetsov
NSH 4 – 4 WSH
15:23
NSHYannick Weber (Dan Hamhuis, Ryan Johansen)wrist0.01 xG
NSH: Hamhuis, Weber, Duchene, Johansen, GranlundWSH: Backstrom, Panik, Gudas, Wilson, Kempny
NSH 5 – 4 WSH

Box score

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

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.29	0	0	0	19:59	—	—	55	56
Ryan Johansen C	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.13	0	1	2	16:05	—	—	52	52
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	0	0	2	14:23	—	—	52	52
Kyle Turris C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.21	0	1	2	20:46	—	—	50	43
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.29	0	0	2	15:43	—	—	48	39
Filip Forsberg L	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.03	2	0	0	15:42	—	—	53	43
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	3	0	16:45	—	—	50	75
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	10:14	—	—	46	71
Rocco Grimaldi R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.36	0	0	0	9:05	—	—	50	74
Calle Jarnkrok C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:19	—	—	0	0
Austin Watson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	2	0	0	10:41	—	—	27	31
Colin Blackwell C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	7:45	—	—	0	0
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	2	2	29:19	—	—	48	53
Jarred Tinordi D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.02	8	2	2	17:42	—	—	50	54
Roman Josi D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	25:31	—	—	48	48
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	4	0	18:40	—	—	54	52
Dan Hamhuis D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	2	0	14:52	—	—	30	40
Yannick Weber D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	7:39	—	—	37	46

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	33	29	4	.879	3.24	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	0	1	0	19:12	—	—	61	45
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	4	0	0	18:57	—	—	48	37
Jakub Vrana L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	0	2	14:40	—	—	48	49
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	1	2	0	5	0.63	1	1	0	24:27	—	—	58	54
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	0	0	+2	4	0.31	0	1	0	20:17	—	—	46	49
Tom Wilson R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.43	8	0	0	19:24	—	—	53	62
Lars Eller C	L3	0	1	1	-2	2	0.30	1	0	2	15:57	—	—	38	28
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:57	—	—	50	37
Richard Panik R	L3	2	0	2	0	2	0.19	3	0	2	10:32	—	—	42	25
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	3	0	0	10:40	—	—	83	100
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	2	8:04	—	—	85	100
Brendan Leipsic L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:01	—	—	82	100
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	1	1	2	21:30	—	—	57	45
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.09	2	0	0	17:31	—	—	46	47
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.14	0	0	0	23:44	—	—	52	56
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	2	1	0	17:59	—	—	50	57
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	4	0	14:15	—	—	65	51
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	13:20	—	—	67	70

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	L	24	19	5	.792	2.15	58:43

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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.