New York Rangers vs. Washington CapitalsDec 9, 2023

FinalSaturday, Dec 9, 2023· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	0	0	0		NYR	8	15	8	31
WSH	1	3	0	4		WSH	12	7	10	29

: NYR 58WSH 51
: NYR 2.46WSH 2.69
PP goals: NYR 0WSH 0
Hits: NYR 21WSH 19
Blocks: NYR 9WSH 12
PIM: NYR 11WSH 7
: NYR 40%WSH 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals rout New York Rangers 4–0

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 4–0 at home. Nicolas Aube-Kubel (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for WSH: Oshie–Kuznetsov–Milano skated 11:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Kuznetsov–Milano skated 11:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Kuznetsov Milano
Luck
NYR scored 0 goals on 2.46 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NYR: Nash–Pitlick–Vesey skated 8:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nash Pitlick Vesey
Usage
John Carlson (WSH) played 22:03, −3:53 down on his 25:56 season average over 81 games.Carlson
Usage
Nick Bonino (NYR) played 17:02, +4:53 up on his 12:09 season average over 44 games.Bonino
PP1
WSH's PP1 (Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Wilson and Strome) went scoreless in 3:53 of 5v4 time with 6 attempts.Ovechkin Oshie Carlson Wilson Strome
Cats
Will Cuylle (NYR) threw 6 hits, a night for hits leagues.Cuylle

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 51 · NYR 58

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 31%.

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
	62	52
	2.65	2.64
	2.58	2.50
	7	7
	4	7
	17	13
	−0.087	+0.087
	28%	31%

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

L1Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière
13:3161% CF
L2Wheeler – Bonino – Cuylle
10:4347% CF
L3Kreider – Zibanejad – Brodzinski
10:1850% CF
L4Nash – Pitlick – Vesey
8:1655% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
17:3159% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
14:1344% CF
D3Gustafsson – Schneider
13:3252% CF

PP1Kreider – Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
0:56100% CF
PP2Wheeler – Vesey – Gustafsson – Brodzinski – Lafrenière
0:54100% CF
PK1FKreider – Zibanejad
2:28
PK2FBonino – Trocheck
2:15
PK1DTrouba – Lindgren
3:21
PK2DFox – Schneider
0:51

Current NYR line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Kuznetsov – Milano
11:0441% CF
L2Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
10:5340% CF
L3Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome
10:5268% CF
L4Mantha – McMichael – Protas
10:2638% CF
D1Jensen – Edmundson
15:3955% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
12:4944% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Sandin
12:1433% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Wilson – Strome
3:53100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Mantha – Sandin – McMichael
1:3050% CF
PK1FDowd – Malenstyn
0:38
PK2FKuznetsov – Wilson
0:35
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
0:59
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
0:33

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:43
WSHSonny Milano (Martin Fehérváry, John Carlson)snap0.20 xG
NYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Trouba, Brodzinski, MillerWSH: Oshie, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Milano, Fehérváry
NYR 0 – 1 WSH

2nd period

1:43
WSHAnthony Mantha (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Rasmus Sandin)tip-in0.11 xG
NYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Trouba, Brodzinski, MillerWSH: Kuznetsov, Mantha, Sandin, McMichael, Protas
NYR 0 – 2 WSH
5:35
WSHTom Wilsonsnap0.15 xG
NYR: Trocheck, Trouba, Panarin, Miller, LafrenièreWSH: Ovechkin, Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Strome, Sandin
NYR 0 – 3 WSH
11:52
WSHNicolas Aube-Kubel (Beck Malenstyn)snap0.10 xG
NYR: Trocheck, Gustafsson, Panarin, Schneider, LafrenièreWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Aube-Kubel, Malenstyn, Fehérváry
NYR 0 – 4 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	-2	1	0.18	0	2	2	19:26	—	—	59	47
Artemi Panarin L	L1	-2	1	0.25	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	68	50
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	-2	3	0.37	4	0	0	16:00	—	—	66	49
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	17:02	—	—	39	37
Blake Wheeler R	L2	0	2	0.29	1	0	0	13:00	—	—	50	41
Will Cuylle L	L2	0	1	0.01	6	0	0	12:25	—	—	43	39
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	-2	3	0.10	0	0	0	17:09	—	—	61	40
Chris Kreider L	L3	-2	2	0.10	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	59	38
Jonny Brodzinski C	L3	-2	1	0.00	0	0	2	12:56	—	—	43	24
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	3	0.37	1	0	7	12:15	—	—	60	95
Riley Nash C	L4	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	11:05	—	—	40	85
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	2	0.30	4	0	0	11:03	—	—	47	85
Jacob Trouba D	D1	-3	2	0.05	1	1	0	23:30	—	—	57	31
K'Andre Miller D	D1	-3	2	0.07	1	1	0	20:03	—	—	59	33
Adam Fox D	D2	0	2	0.06	0	3	0	20:36	—	—	54	79
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	3	0.15	2	1	0	19:41	—	—	44	73
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	59	55
Braden Schneider D	D3	-1	0	0.02	0	1	0	16:59	—	—	53	51

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	2.69	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.49	1	2	0	16:44	—	—	46	54
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:32	—	—	39	62
Sonny Milano L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.20	1	0	0	14:17	—	—	42	45
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:16	—	—	37	43
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	1	0	0	13:57	—	—	38	52
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.45	2	1	5	11:58	—	—	39	48
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.28	3	0	0	19:14	—	—	55	59
Tom Wilson R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.20	3	0	0	18:21	—	—	58	80
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.40	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	59	67
Anthony Mantha R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	39	19
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	14:06	—	—	45	29
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:25	—	—	44	24
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	1	0	20:00	—	—	53	40
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	0	0	17:41	—	—	49	23
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.14	0	2	0	22:03	—	—	52	76
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	4	0	18:18	—	—	39	70
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	2	1	2	18:24	—	—	47	67
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:32	—	—	29	35

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	31	31	0	.1000	2.46	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Sonny Milano (WSH) 1st 0:43 · assists Martin Fehérváry, John Carlson · Forecheck turnover · 41.4 mph shot.

Sonny Milano · 1st 0:43 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.4 mph
Distance: 16 ft

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Anthony Mantha · 2nd 1:43 · WSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.3 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Tom Wilson · 2nd 5:35 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 75.3 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Nicolas Aube-Kubel · 2nd 11:52 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 71.8 mph
Distance: 29 ft

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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.