New York Rangers vs. Washington CapitalsMar 20, 2021

FinalSaturday, Mar 20, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	0	2	3		NYR	7	8	10	25
WSH	0	0	1	1		WSH	10	7	12	29

: NYR 41WSH 71
: NYR 2.91WSH 2.19
PP goals: NYR 0WSH 0
Hits: NYR 14WSH 31
Blocks: NYR 23WSH 7
PIM: NYR 8WSH 6
: NYR 43%WSH 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 3–1

New York Rangers beat Washington Capitals 3–1 at WSH. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Richard Panik (WSH) played 4:28, −8:04 down on his 12:32 season average over 47 games.

Points
Mika Zibanejad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:30.Zibanejad
Points
Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:59.Buchnevich
Usage
Richard Panik (WSH) played 4:28, −8:04 down on his 12:32 season average over 47 games.Panik
New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Panik–Sprong skated 4:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Panik Sprong
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New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Wilson skated 5:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Kuznetsov Wilson
Usage
John Carlson (WSH) played 27:38, +3:56 up on his 23:42 season average over 51 games.Carlson
Usage
Libor Hajek (NYR) played 8:42, −6:43 down on his 15:25 season average over 43 games.Hajek
Usage
Ryan Strome (NYR) played 22:06, +3:54 up on his 18:12 season average over 55 games.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

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

WSH
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · WSH 71 · NYR 41

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 28% of the game, WSH 40%.

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
	36	64
	1.40	1.64
	1.39	1.47
	5	11
	1	5
	11	14
	−0.086	+0.086
	28%	40%

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

L1Blackwell – Strome – Panarin
10:5836% CF
L2Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
10:5835% CF
L3Chytil – Kakko – Lafrenière
5:3767% CF
L4Lemieux – Rooney – Howden
2:4333% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
15:2453% CF
D2Trouba – Miller
12:2828% CF
D3Smith – Hajek
6:5443% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
5:05100% CF
PP2Trouba – Buchnevich – Chytil – Miller – Kakko
1:02
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
3:07
PK2FRooney – Howden
2:45
PK1DFox – Lindgren
3:40
PK2DTrouba – Miller
2:27

Current NYR line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
11:3075% CF
L2Backstrom – Sheary – Vrana
5:3856% CF
L3Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
5:3162% CF
L4Oshie – Panik – Sprong
4:1450% CF
D1Carlson – Dillon
16:0173% CF
D2Schultz – Orlov
15:0062% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
8:0944% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Vrana
5:27100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Schultz – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Sheary
2:11100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
3:07
PK2FOshie – Wilson
0:46
PK1DChara – Jensen
3:53
PK2DCarlson – Dillon
1:03

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

17:49
NYRPavel Buchnevich (Adam Fox, Mika Zibanejad)tip-in0.11 xG
NYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Buchnevich, Fox, LindgrenWSH: Chara, Ovechkin, Jensen, Kuznetsov, Wilson
NYR 1 – 0 WSH

3rd period

5:55
WSHJohn Carlson (Tom Wilson, Nicklas Backstrom)backhand0.02 xG
NYR: Smith, Blackwell, Strome, Trouba, HowdenWSH: Backstrom, Carlson, Dillon, Wilson, Vrana
NYR 1 – 1 WSH
17:28
NYRMika Zibanejadwrist0.13 xG
NYR: Blackwell, Zibanejad, Panarin, Fox, LindgrenWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Dillon, Hathaway, Vrana
NYR 2 – 1 WSH
19:32
NYRBrett HowdenEN (Ryan Strome, Pavel Buchnevich)backhand0.97 xG
NYR: Strome, Buchnevich, Fox, Lindgren, HowdenWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Vrana, Sprong
NYR 3 – 1 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
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	22:06	—	—	29	45
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.51	0	0	2	19:34	—	—	40	54
Colin Blackwell C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	4	0	15:38	—	—	28	48
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.65	1	3	0	21:30	—	—	38	58
Chris Kreider L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	20:45	—	—	39	53
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.29	2	0	0	19:59	—	—	36	51
Kaapo Kakko R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	12:42	—	—	61	91
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	9:57	—	—	55	38
Alexis Lafrenière L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	2	7:53	—	—	44	35
Brett Howden C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.97	1	4	2	13:04	—	—	6	0
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:31	—	—	14	0
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	2	4:27	—	—	29	14
Adam Fox D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.11	0	2	0	28:00	—	—	53	65
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.00	0	2	0	23:28	—	—	52	58
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	1	0	22:13	—	—	22	34
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:44	—	—	26	29
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	2	0	13:47	—	—	20	48
Libor Hajek D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	8:42	—	—	42	21

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.19	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	5	0	0	17:00	—	—	68	61
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	1	2	15:58	—	—	65	54
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	4	0	0	13:49	—	—	74	75
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	1	0	0	19:14	—	—	63	43
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	56	33
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	10:26	—	—	54	28
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	0	0	-2	6	0.51	1	0	0	23:19	—	—	70	60
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.17	1	0	0	18:07	—	—	64	59
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	16:33	—	—	65	55
T.J. Oshie R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	2	0	0	18:10	—	—	67	63
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	0	0	9:59	—	—	50	7
Richard Panik R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:28	—	—	50	1
John Carlson D	D1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.45	2	1	0	27:38	—	—	74	71
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	0	2	17:38	—	—	73	58
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	2	0	0	18:34	—	—	62	58
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	1	0	18:34	—	—	64	49
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	2	0	14:32	—	—	46	36
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:44	—	—	52	46

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	L	24	22	2	.917	1.94	58:24

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.