New York Rangers vs. Washington CapitalsDec 8, 2017

FinalFriday, Dec 8, 2017· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	1	1	2		NYR	9	13	7	29
WSH	1	1	2	4		WSH	17	8	15	40

: NYR 55WSH 67
: NYR 1.99WSH 3.97
PP goals: NYR 0WSH 0
Hits: NYR 20WSH 21
Blocks: NYR 16WSH 15
PIM: NYR 8WSH 6
: NYR 37%WSH 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 4–2

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 4–2 at home. Tom Wilson (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Henrik Lundqvist (NYR) faced 40 shots and stopped 36 (.900), +8 against a season average of 32.3; the loss.

Points
Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:56.Backstrom
Points
Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:58.Wilson
Goalie
Henrik Lundqvist (NYR) faced 40 shots and stopped 36 (.900), +8 against a season average of 32.3; the loss.Lundqvist
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Connolly–Burakovsky skated 10:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Connolly Burakovsky
Usage
Christian Djoos (WSH) played 9:21, −4:46 down on his 14:07 season average over 62 games.Djoos
Luck
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) generated 1.37 xG on 10 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Ovechkin
Usage
Brett Connolly (WSH) played 15:38, +3:41 up on his 11:57 season average over 69 games.Connolly
Usage
Brooks Orpik (WSH) played 22:26, +3:06 up on his 19:20 season average over 80 games.Orpik

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

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

WSH
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · WSH 67 · NYR 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 29% of the game, WSH 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

NYR

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	NYR	WSH
	53	62
	2.00	2.83
	1.94	2.69
	5	18
	5	5
	14	18
	−0.044	+0.045
	29%	41%

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.

New York Rangers

L1Grabner – Zuccarello – Miller
11:3848% CF
L2Carey – Fast – Nieves
8:5950% CF
L3Desharnais – Kreider – Buchnevich
8:5453% CF
L4Nash – Hayes – Vesey
8:4638% CF
D1McDonagh – Holden
15:0641% CF
D2Shattenkirk – Skjei
14:3252% CF
D3Staal – Smith
11:3532% CF

PP1Nash – McDonagh – Hayes – Miller – Vesey
2:3133% CF
PP2Desharnais – Shattenkirk – Kreider – Zuccarello – Buchnevich
1:39100% CF
PK1FNash – Hayes
2:49
PK2FGrabner – Fast
2:09
PK1DStaal – McDonagh
2:23
PK2DSmith – Holden
0:54

Current NYR line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
12:0675% CF
L2Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky
10:2055% CF
L3Beagle – Smith-Pelly – Stephenson
9:3344% CF
L4Chiasson – Kuznetsov – Vrana
8:3147% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
15:0853% CF
D2Orpik – Bowey
7:0550% CF
D3Carlson – Djoos
5:2680% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Connolly
4:5678% CF
PP2Niskanen – Eller – Orlov – Burakovsky – Vrana
1:27100% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
1:37
PK2FBeagle – Chiasson
0:53
PK1DOrpik – Carlson
2:08
PK2DNiskanen – Orlov
1:51

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.

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.46	2	0	2	18:26	—	—	44	43
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.21	0	1	2	17:51	—	—	46	44
Michael Grabner L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.18	0	2	0	15:43	—	—	48	48
Jesper Fast R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	11:58	—	—	53	64
Paul Carey C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	0	0	2	11:47	—	—	50	62
Boo Nieves C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	2	0	11:22	—	—	50	65
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.00	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	48	32
Chris Kreider L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	3	1	0	14:01	—	—	44	26
David Desharnais C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	13:06	—	—	48	32
Rick Nash L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	0	0	17:39	—	—	42	33
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	43	27
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	4	0	0	13:04	—	—	35	9
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.05	2	4	0	24:47	—	—	44	43
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	2	0	19:17	—	—	49	50
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	1	0	0	20:34	—	—	59	69
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.18	1	1	0	19:43	—	—	54	61
Marc Staal D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.09	0	1	0	16:27	—	—	37	27
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	1	1	2	15:55	—	—	35	26

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Henrik Lundqvist(start)	L	40	36	4	.900	3.38	59:08

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	1	1	+3	5	1.37	1	0	0	20:31	—	—	69	69
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	1	1	2	+3	2	0.41	0	0	0	18:56	—	—	76	73
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	1	2	+3	3	0.30	6	0	0	15:58	—	—	65	66
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.33	0	1	0	17:57	—	—	45	45
Brett Connolly R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	1	0	15:38	—	—	57	66
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	14:08	—	—	57	67
Jay Beagle C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.07	2	1	0	13:57	—	—	31	22
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:10	—	—	40	37
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	0	1	0	11:10	—	—	42	35
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	0	0	0	-2	6	0.48	0	2	2	15:59	—	—	41	43
Alex Chiasson R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	2	12:48	—	—	44	48
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	0	0	0	11:12	—	—	46	57
Matt Niskanen D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.10	1	2	0	24:04	—	—	57	47
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	1	2	0	22:40	—	—	55	46
Brooks Orpik D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	4	1	0	22:26	—	—	44	58
Madison Bowey D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	2	2	10:34	—	—	53	64
John Carlson D	D3	0	0	0	+2	7	0.53	0	1	0	25:52	—	—	53	65
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:21	—	—	78	85

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	1.99	59:39

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.

New York Rangers vs. Washington CapitalsDec 8, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Rangers

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New York Rangers

Washington Capitals