Nashville Predators vs. Washington CapitalsJan 6, 2023

FinalFriday, Jan 6, 2023· Capital One Arena

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Washington CapitalsWSH

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	2	0	1	3		NSH	9	8	4	21
WSH	1	1	0	2		WSH	14	7	11	32

: NSH 50WSH 61
: NSH 2.14WSH 2.01
PP goals: NSH 0WSH 0
Hits: NSH 28WSH 32
Blocks: NSH 21WSH 17
PIM: NSH 6WSH 4
: NSH 60%WSH 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Washington Capitals 3–2

Nashville Predators beat Washington Capitals 3–2 at WSH. Yakov Trenin (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for WSH: Dowd–Mantha–Hathaway skated 6:46 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (70.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Yakov Trenin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:36.Trenin
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Mantha–Hathaway skated 6:46 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (70.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Mantha Hathaway
Usage
Erik Gustafsson (WSH) played 23:29, +3:46 up on his 19:43 season average over 69 games.Gustafsson
Usage
Tommy Novak (NSH) played 10:53, −3:51 down on his 14:44 season average over 50 games.Novak
Usage
Anthony Mantha (WSH) played 9:48, −4:29 down on his 14:17 season average over 66 games.Mantha
Usage
Martin Fehérváry (WSH) played 16:40, −3:23 down on his 20:03 season average over 66 games.Fehérváry
Usage
Dante Fabbro (NSH) played 14:16, −3:13 down on his 17:29 season average over 78 games.Fabbro
PP1
WSH's PP1 (Ovechkin, Oshie, Kuznetsov, Gustafsson and Strome) went scoreless in 3:49 of 5v4 time with 7 attempts.Ovechkin Oshie Kuznetsov Gustafsson Strome

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 111 of 111 attempts · WSH 61 · NSH 50

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 38% 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

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
	52	55
	2.17	1.30
	2.10	1.27
	16	10
	4	5
	12	13
	+0.087	−0.087
	38%	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.

Nashville Predators

L1Granlund – Niederreiter – Glass
9:0753% CF
L2Forsberg – Sissons – Parssinen
7:4328% CF
L3Duchene – Johansen – Jankowski
6:3367% CF
L4Novak – Trenin – Jeannot
6:1754% CF
D1McDonagh – Josi
15:2861% CF
D2Ekholm – Carrier
11:5542% CF
D3Lauzon – Fabbro
9:5857% CF

PP1Josi – Johansen – Forsberg – Novak – Parssinen
2:04100% CF
PP2Duchene – Ekholm – Granlund – Niederreiter – Glass
1:4575% CF
PK1FJankowski – Jeannot
2:07
PK2FGranlund – Sissons
1:41
PK1DMcDonagh – Lauzon
3:30
PK2DEkholm – Carrier
1:53

Current NSH line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Sheary
10:2035% CF
L2Oshie – Milano – Strome
9:4861% CF
L3Eller – Johansson – Aube-Kubel
8:1480% CF
L4Dowd – Mantha – Hathaway
6:4671% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
15:1448% CF
D2Gustafsson – van Riemsdyk
14:0643% CF
D3Irwin – Fehérváry
9:1843% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Kuznetsov – Gustafsson – Strome
3:49100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Johansson – Orlov – Sheary – Milano
1:38100% CF
PK1FEller – Sheary
1:16
PK2FDowd – Hathaway
1:10
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
1:51
PK2DOrlov – Fehérváry
0:40

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:10
NSHTommy Novak (Yakov Trenin)snap0.13 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Josi, Novak, Trenin, JeannotWSH: Dowd, Gustafsson, Mantha, van Riemsdyk, Hathaway
NSH 1 – 0 WSH
9:52
WSHSonny Milano (Conor Sheary, Dmitry Orlov)wrist0.06 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Granlund, Sissons, Trenin, CarrierWSH: Ovechkin, Johansson, Orlov, Sheary, Milano
NSH 1 – 1 WSH
15:09
NSHYakov Trenin (Jeremy Lauzon, Juuso Parssinen)other0.05 xG
NSH: Forsberg, Lauzon, Trenin, Fabbro, ParssinenWSH: Orlov, Jensen, Mantha, Hathaway, Strome
NSH 2 – 1 WSH

2nd period

11:07
WSHNicolas Aube-Kubel (Erik Gustafsson, Trevor van Riemsdyk)snap0.17 xG
NSH: Josi, Ekholm, Johansen, Granlund, NiederreiterWSH: Eller, Johansson, Gustafsson, van Riemsdyk, Aube-Kubel
NSH 2 – 2 WSH

3rd period

16:44
NSHRyan McDonagh (Ryan Johansen, Matt Duchene)backhand0.13 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Josi, Duchene, Johansen, JankowskiWSH: Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Gustafsson, Sheary, van Riemsdyk
NSH 3 – 2 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	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	36	27
Nino Niederreiter R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	0	0	16:39	—	—	46	44
Cody Glass C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	2	0	0	14:45	—	—	53	56
Filip Forsberg L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	3	0	0	16:06	—	—	48	53
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	2	14:51	—	—	23	24
Juuso Parssinen C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	2	0	0	14:21	—	—	38	60
Matt Duchene C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.31	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	60	84
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:06	—	—	65	76
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:30	—	—	50	97
Tanner Jeannot L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.42	3	1	0	14:54	—	—	57	87
Yakov Trenin C	L4	1	1	2	+1	2	0.17	4	0	2	14:36	—	—	54	79
Tommy Novak C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	2	0	0	10:53	—	—	60	71
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	1	5	0	23:51	—	—	58	60
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.16	0	3	0	22:29	—	—	56	72
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.07	1	1	0	20:47	—	—	41	41
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	7	2	18:54	—	—	38	64
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	3	2	0	15:50	—	—	52	75
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:16	—	—	48	64

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.01	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	5	1	0	22:29	—	—	39	15
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	1	0	19:38	—	—	36	23
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	16:07	—	—	32	15
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	19:15	—	—	52	26
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.78	1	0	0	19:07	—	—	65	69
Sonny Milano L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.18	0	0	0	15:15	—	—	63	61
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	77	85
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	1	0	0	12:52	—	—	69	60
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	3	0	4	11:25	—	—	64	57
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	3	1	0	12:03	—	—	52	41
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:41	—	—	50	33
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	2	2	0	9:48	—	—	57	26
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	2	1	0	22:22	—	—	57	47
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	1	0	19:33	—	—	48	34
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.07	2	1	0	23:29	—	—	57	31
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.04	0	1	0	18:56	—	—	40	25
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	6	0	16:40	—	—	50	50
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	0	0	11:21	—	—	54	47

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	21	18	3	.857	2.14	58:23

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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.