New York Rangers vs. Washington CapitalsMar 28, 2021

FinalSunday, Mar 28, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	0	4	4		NYR	6	5	9	20
WSH	0	3	2	5		WSH	11	8	3	22

: NYR 48WSH 39
: NYR 2.06WSH 1.98
PP goals: NYR 1WSH 0
Hits: NYR 21WSH 36
Blocks: NYR 7WSH 20
PIM: NYR 6WSH 8
: NYR 45%WSH 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge New York Rangers 5–4

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 5–4 at home. T.J. Oshie (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:20 together.

Points
T.J. Oshie had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:54.Oshie
Points
Colin Blackwell had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 9:28.Blackwell
Points
Tom Wilson had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:58.Wilson
Points
Adam Fox had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 27:09.Fox
Points
Dmitry Orlov had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:47.Orlov
Points
Kevin Rooney had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:43.Rooney
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:20 together.Kreider Strome Zibanejad Panarin Fox
Luck
WSH scored 5 goals on 1.98 expected goals (39 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 87 of 87 attempts · WSH 39 · NYR 48

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 27% of the game, WSH 37%.

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
	50	40
	2.17	2.02
	1.99	1.94
	11	13
	2	12
	14	13
	−0.032	+0.032
	27%	37%

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
12:0142% CF
L2Strome – Panarin – Kakko
11:0474% CF
L3Blackwell – Di Giuseppe – Rooney
6:3563% CF
L4Gauthier – Chytil – Lafrenière
4:5640% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
15:3970% CF
D2Trouba – Miller
14:2962% CF
D3Smith – Hajek
11:0537% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
4:2080% CF
PP2Blackwell – Trouba – Buchnevich – Miller – Kakko
1:06
PK1FZibanejad – Buchnevich
2:52
PK2FStrome – Rooney
2:48
PK1DTrouba – Miller
3:07
PK2DFox – Lindgren
2:46

Current NYR line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
11:3157% CF
L2Backstrom – Wilson – Sheary
10:0645% CF
L3Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Sprong
6:3920% CF
L4Oshie – Panik – Vrana
4:2645% CF
D1Carlson – Dillon
15:1261% CF
D2Schultz – Orlov
14:5135% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
12:2325% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
3:12100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Schultz – Wilson – Sheary – Vrana
1:56100% CF
PK1FOshie – Hathaway
1:45
PK2FHagelin – Dowd
0:45
PK1DChara – Jensen
3:25
PK2DCarlson – Dillon
2:32

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:43
WSHTom Wilson (Jakub Vrana)backhand0.13 xG
NYR: Smith, Blackwell, Di Giuseppe, Rooney, LindgrenWSH: Backstrom, Schultz, Orlov, Wilson, Vrana
NYR 0 – 1 WSH
12:29
WSHAlex Ovechkin (T.J. Oshie, Dmitry Orlov)wrist0.02 xG
NYR: Strome, Panarin, Fox, Lindgren, KakkoWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Schultz, Orlov, Kuznetsov
NYR 0 – 2 WSH
15:07
WSHTom Wilson (Nicklas Backstrom, T.J. Oshie)backhand0.03 xG
NYR: Di Giuseppe, Trouba, Chytil, Miller, KakkoWSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Dillon, Wilson
NYR 0 – 3 WSH

3rd period

5:10
WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov (Carl Hagelin, Garnet Hathaway)snap0.14 xG
NYR: Blackwell, Trouba, Panarin, Hajek, LafrenièreWSH: Chara, Hagelin, Dillon, Kuznetsov, Hathaway
NYR 0 – 4 WSH
6:42
NYRColin Blackwell (Adam Fox)wrist0.07 xG
NYR: Blackwell, Di Giuseppe, Rooney, Fox, LindgrenWSH: Oshie, Carlson, Panik, Dillon, Vrana
NYR 1 – 4 WSH
9:41
NYRColin Blackwell (Kevin Rooney, Phillip Di Giuseppe)snap0.14 xG
NYR: Smith, Blackwell, Di Giuseppe, Rooney, HajekWSH: Oshie, Schultz, Orlov, Panik, Vrana
NYR 2 – 4 WSH
11:46
WSHT.J. Oshie (Justin Schultz, Dmitry Orlov)tip-in0.07 xG
NYR: Smith, Blackwell, Zibanejad, Hajek, ChytilWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Schultz, Orlov, Kuznetsov
NYR 2 – 5 WSH
12:18
NYRAlexis Lafrenière (Julien Gauthier, Kevin Rooney)snap0.03 xG
NYR: Trouba, Rooney, Gauthier, Miller, LafrenièreWSH: Ovechkin, Schultz, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Wilson
NYR 3 – 5 WSH
16:08
NYRChris KreiderPP (Ryan Strome, Adam Fox)tip-in0.08 xG
NYR: Kreider, Strome, Zibanejad, Panarin, FoxWSH: Chara, Backstrom, Hagelin, Jensen
NYR 4 – 5 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	-1	1	0.34	1	0	0	23:36	—	—	46	46
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	3	0	0	22:09	—	—	48	59
Chris Kreider L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.30	2	1	0	21:47	—	—	48	49
Artemi Panarin L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	3	0	0	21:27	—	—	68	39
Ryan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:15	—	—	75	48
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	65	51
Kevin Rooney C	L3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:43	—	—	77	63
Colin Blackwell C	L3	2	0	2	-1	2	0.20	0	0	2	9:28	—	—	46	28
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:46	—	—	55	38
Filip Chytil C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.20	1	1	0	11:55	—	—	40	64
Alexis Lafrenière L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	8:13	—	—	53	56
Julien Gauthier R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.35	2	0	0	6:53	—	—	53	77
Adam Fox D	D1	0	2	2	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	27:09	—	—	70	41
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:35	—	—	67	34
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	1	0	22:06	—	—	57	55
K'Andre Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	19:01	—	—	63	63
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	2	13:03	—	—	39	55
Libor Hajek D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	2	12:29	—	—	36	50

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	L	22	17	5	.773	1.98	57:59

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	4	1	0	15:43	—	—	57	56
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.19	1	1	2	15:20	—	—	52	49
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	3	2	2	14:59	—	—	50	43
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.13	1	0	0	21:42	—	—	50	55
Tom Wilson R	L2	2	0	2	+1	2	0.21	2	1	4	19:58	—	—	53	69
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:05	—	—	39	22
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.12	2	1	0	17:07	—	—	30	30
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.27	3	2	0	15:00	—	—	33	42
Daniel Sprong R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:29	—	—	17	2
T.J. Oshie R	L4	1	2	3	+1	3	0.29	3	1	0	16:54	—	—	46	64
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.10	1	1	0	10:13	—	—	50	70
Richard Panik R	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	3	0	0	8:06	—	—	39	38
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	4	3	0	22:52	—	—	60	55
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:33	—	—	63	65
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	1	1	0	18:04	—	—	35	46
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	16:47	—	—	36	50
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:47	—	—	24	15
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	18:25	—	—	32	31

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	W	20	16	4	.800	2.06	59:45

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.