New York Rangers vs. Washington CapitalsMar 19, 2021

FinalFriday, Mar 19, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	0	0	1		NYR	8	11	14	33
WSH	0	0	2	2		WSH	5	6	7	18

: NYR 60WSH 49
: NYR 2.75WSH 1.98
PP goals: NYR 1WSH 0
Hits: NYR 23WSH 32
Blocks: NYR 16WSH 9
PIM: NYR 4WSH 8
: NYR 43%WSH 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge New York Rangers 2–1

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 2–1 at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:03 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:34.Ovechkin
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:03 together.Kreider Strome Zibanejad Panarin Fox
Usage
Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH) played 0:00, −17:59 down on his 17:59 season average over 19 games.van Riemsdyk
New line
New look for WSH: Backstrom–Sheary–Vrana skated 5:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Backstrom Sheary Vrana
Luck
NYR scored 1 goal on 2.76 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) played 19:49, +3:20 up on his 16:29 season average over 40 games.Kuznetsov
Usage
Brett Howden (NYR) played 8:16, −4:24 down on his 12:40 season average over 41 games.Howden
Usage
Kevin Rooney (NYR) played 8:01, −4:25 down on his 12:26 season average over 53 games.Rooney

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 109 of 109 attempts · WSH 49 · NYR 60

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 22%.

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
	60	55
	2.13	2.34
	2.06	2.25
	6	8
	6	2
	16	23
	−0.046	+0.046
	31%	22%

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 – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
13:3550% CF
L2Blackwell – Strome – Panarin
12:5782% CF
L3Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière
9:2947% CF
L4Lemieux – Rooney – Howden
6:0727% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
17:4251% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
14:0663% CF
D3Smith – Hajek
9:2950% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
4:03100% CF
PP2Trouba – Buchnevich – Chytil – Miller – Lafrenière
1:18100% CF
PK1FRooney – Howden
0:47
PK2FKreider – Strome
0:42
PK1DFox – Lindgren
1:13
PK2DTrouba – Miller
0:47

Current NYR line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
10:3552% CF
L2Ovechkin – Oshie – Kuznetsov
8:1238% CF
L3Backstrom – Sheary – Vrana
5:0636% CF
D1Schultz – Orlov
15:5840% CF
D2Carlson – Dillon
13:2846% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
11:3762% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Vrana
1:17100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Sheary – Sprong
0:43
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
3:38
PK2FOshie – Hathaway
1:05
PK1DChara – Jensen
3:38
PK2DCarlson – Dillon
1:12

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

16:42
NYRArtemi PanarinPP (Ryan Strome, Adam Fox)wrist0.13 xG
NYR: Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin, FoxWSH: Carlson, Panik, Dillon, Hathaway
NYR 1 – 0 WSH

3rd period

13:18
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Justin Schultz)wrist0.22 xG
NYR: Lemieux, Rooney, Fox, Lindgren, HowdenWSH: Ovechkin, Schultz, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Sprong
NYR 1 – 1 WSH
16:27
WSHAlex Ovechkin (John Carlson, Zdeno Chara)backhand0.20 xG
NYR: Lemieux, Rooney, Fox, Lindgren, HowdenWSH: Chara, Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Hathaway
NYR 1 – 2 WSH

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
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	0	2	0	22:57	—	—	43	29
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	1	0	21:18	—	—	45	30
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	4	1	0	21:13	—	—	51	42
Artemi Panarin L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.34	0	0	0	21:59	—	—	69	72
Ryan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.26	1	0	0	20:42	—	—	80	91
Colin Blackwell C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	0	13:50	—	—	79	90
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	2	13:09	—	—	47	53
Alexis Lafrenière L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:50	—	—	47	51
Kaapo Kakko R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	0	0	0	11:14	—	—	53	62
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	1	0	8:16	—	—	25	15
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:01	—	—	27	15
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	5	0	2	7:50	—	—	33	22
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	2	3	0	23:31	—	—	56	56
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	2	0	23:21	—	—	49	52
Adam Fox D	D2	0	1	1	-2	4	0.32	0	1	0	26:05	—	—	49	38
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	1	0	0	17:27	—	—	62	46
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	3	2	0	12:58	—	—	46	45
Libor Hajek D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	11:06	—	—	56	72

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	18	16	2	.889	1.98	59:13

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	17:31	—	—	46	59
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	1	0	16:17	—	—	44	61
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	4	0	0	13:45	—	—	58	79
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	20:15	—	—	45	23
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.18	0	0	0	19:49	—	—	52	52
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	2	0	2	+2	2	0.51	4	0	0	19:34	—	—	54	53
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	0	1	2	19:41	—	—	50	62
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	0	0	14:15	—	—	52	63
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	0	0	14:09	—	—	37	39
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	5	1	0	21:49	—	—	42	42
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	0	1	0	20:31	—	—	38	39
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	3	2	0	23:24	—	—	46	46
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	4	17:41	—	—	41	28
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.22	0	0	0	17:38	—	—	67	88
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	62	84
Richard Panik R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	9:55	—	—	38	13
Daniel Sprong R	—	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	9:11	—	—	53	67
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:00	—	—	—	—

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	2.75	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.