New York Rangers vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 20, 2021

FinalSaturday, Feb 20, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	2	1	4		NYR	6	13	5	24
WSH	0	1	0	1		WSH	8	11	8	27

: NYR 47WSH 54
: NYR 3.54WSH 1.90
PP goals: NYR 1WSH 0
Hits: NYR 12WSH 19
Blocks: NYR 12WSH 13
PIM: NYR 8WSH 10
: NYR 57%WSH 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 4–1

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 4–1 at WSH. Ryan Strome (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:28 together.

Points
Ryan Strome had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:49.Strome
Points
Artemi Panarin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:17.Panarin
Points
Pavel Buchnevich had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:05.Buchnevich
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:28 together.Kreider Strome Zibanejad Panarin Fox
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New look for NYR: Kreider–Strome–Buchnevich skated 9:15 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kreider Strome Buchnevich
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New look for NYR: Zibanejad–Panarin–Lafrenière skated 8:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zibanejad Panarin Lafrenière
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New look for NYR: Blackwell–Di Giuseppe–Rooney skated 7:41 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blackwell Di Giuseppe Rooney
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New look for NYR: Lemieux–Gauthier–Howden skated 6:39 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lemieux Gauthier Howden

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 101 of 101 attempts · WSH 54 · NYR 47

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 31% of the game, WSH 32%.

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
	42	48
	2.07	1.63
	1.97	1.57
	8	6
	1	2
	10	11
	+0.049	−0.049
	31%	32%

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

L1Kreider – Strome – Buchnevich
9:1563% CF
L2Zibanejad – Panarin – Lafrenière
8:0859% CF
L3Blackwell – Di Giuseppe – Rooney
7:4150% CF
L4Lemieux – Gauthier – Howden
6:3920% CF
D1Smith – Miller
13:2729% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
12:5952% CF
D3Bitetto – Hajek
9:5959% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
3:28100% CF
PP2Blackwell – Buchnevich – Lemieux – Miller – Lafrenière
2:4460% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
2:55
PK2FStrome – Rooney
1:21
PK1DFox – Lindgren
4:41
PK2DSmith – Miller
1:34

Current NYR line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Oshie – Kuznetsov
10:0623% CF
L2Backstrom – Wilson – Vrana
9:1567% CF
L3Eller – Panik – Sheary
6:5267% CF
L4Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
6:0380% CF
D1Carlson – Dillon
15:1338% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
8:1292% CF
D3Chara – Schultz
7:2662% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Vrana
3:52100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Schultz – Kuznetsov – Wilson
1:51100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
3:12
PK2FEller – Hathaway
1:22
PK1DChara – Jensen
3:49
PK2DCarlson – Dillon
2:15

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
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	2	2	+2	4	0.32	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	59	80
Ryan Strome C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.21	0	0	0	16:49	—	—	55	78
Chris Kreider L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.63	1	2	0	16:07	—	—	57	84
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.91	0	0	0	18:18	—	—	48	58
Artemi Panarin L	L2	0	2	2	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	44	55
Alexis Lafrenière L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.48	1	0	0	14:40	—	—	50	53
Kevin Rooney C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	2	1	0	18:09	—	—	43	41
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	14:39	—	—	57	47
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	13:05	—	—	50	44
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:47	—	—	23	15
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:04	—	—	27	16
Julien Gauthier R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	2	9:03	—	—	33	20
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	20:25	—	—	33	14
Brendan Smith D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	18:47	—	—	30	12
Adam Fox D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.09	0	1	0	24:20	—	—	43	55
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.24	0	4	0	21:51	—	—	58	73
Anthony Bitetto D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	1	0	2	14:23	—	—	52	68
Libor Hajek D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	2	14:11	—	—	50	60

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	1.90	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.10	3	1	0	22:25	—	—	33	32
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	1	0	18:24	—	—	31	25
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	18:19	—	—	36	20
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.16	0	1	0	17:20	—	—	65	60
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	2	17:06	—	—	65	66
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.37	0	0	0	15:20	—	—	72	74
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	0	0	2	16:11	—	—	59	52
Richard Panik R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	4	10:42	—	—	56	33
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	10:22	—	—	57	33
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	71	94
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:12	—	—	82	97
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.13	1	0	2	10:19	—	—	67	92
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.19	2	2	0	25:16	—	—	41	34
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	4	1	0	20:11	—	—	39	31
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.18	3	1	0	16:47	—	—	78	90
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.07	2	2	0	16:39	—	—	67	54
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	50	30
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	16:41	—	—	56	53

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	2.96	58:36

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 CapitalsFeb 20, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 4–1

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

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Washington Capitals