New York Rangers vs. Washington CapitalsApr 26, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	2	1	0	3		NYR	10	7	5	22
WSH	1	0	0	1		WSH	9	7	14	30

: NYR 51WSH 60
: NYR 3.23WSH 3.32
PP goals: NYR 1WSH 0
Hits: NYR 38WSH 48
Blocks: NYR 21WSH 16
PIM: NYR 14WSH 10
: NYR 59%WSH 41%

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. Vincent Trocheck (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:53 together.

Points
Vincent Trocheck had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:14.Trocheck
Points
Mika Zibanejad had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:38.Zibanejad
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin and Fox) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:53 together.Kreider Trocheck Zibanejad Panarin Fox
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Malenstyn–Miroshnichenko skated 5:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Malenstyn Miroshnichenko
Luck
WSH scored 1 goal on 3.32 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Artemi Panarin (NYR) played 17:14, −3:41 down on his 20:55 season average over 15 games.Panarin
Usage
Erik Gustafsson (NYR) played 15:12, −3:09 down on his 18:21 season average over 15 games.Gustafsson
PP1
WSH's PP1 (Ovechkin, Oshie, Pacioretty, Carlson and Strome) went scoreless in 7:00 of 5v4 time with 9 attempts.Ovechkin Oshie Pacioretty Carlson 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 111 of 111 attempts · WSH 60 · NYR 51

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 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
	37	48
	0.87	2.18
	0.86	1.99
	2	11
	6	1
	18	16
	+0.055	−0.055
	27%	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

L1Trocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière
10:2642% CF
L2Kreider – Zibanejad – Roslovic
8:2347% CF
L3Wennberg – Kakko – Cuylle
6:3067% CF
L4Goodrow – Vesey – Rempe
3:4633% CF
D1Miller – Schneider
14:1727% CF
D2Trouba – Gustafsson
10:5450% CF
D3Fox – Lindgren
9:5456% CF

PP1Kreider – Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
3:53100% CF
PP2Trouba – Gustafsson – Wennberg – Roslovic – Lafrenière
1:27100% CF
PK1FKreider – Zibanejad
3:30
PK2FTrocheck – Goodrow
3:24
PK1DTrouba – Lindgren
4:46
PK2DFox – Miller
2:58

Current NYR line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Oshie – McMichael
5:2645% CF
L2Dowd – Malenstyn – Miroshnichenko
5:1183% CF
L3Wilson – Strome – Protas
4:5625% CF
L4Pacioretty – Milano – Lapierre
4:3747% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
8:3040% CF
D2McIlrath – Alexeyev
5:0960% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Johansen
2:270% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Pacioretty – Carlson – Strome
7:0082% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – McMichael – Lapierre
3:21100% CF
PK1FWilson – McMichael
1:47
PK2FDowd – Malenstyn
1:43
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:35
PK2DMcIlrath – Alexeyev
1:12

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:34
WSHJohn Carlson (T.J. Oshie, Martin Fehérváry)snap0.02 xG
NYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Roslovic, Fox, SchneiderWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Dowd, Fehérváry
NYR 0 – 1 WSH
6:08
NYRChris Kreider (Mika Zibanejad, Jack Roslovic)tip-in0.08 xG
NYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Roslovic, Fox, LindgrenWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Fehérváry, McMichael
NYR 1 – 1 WSH
8:08
NYRBarclay GoodrowSH (Vincent Trocheck, Jacob Trouba)snap0.43 xG
NYR: Trocheck, Goodrow, Trouba, FoxWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Pacioretty, Carlson, Strome
NYR 2 – 1 WSH

2nd period

15:22
NYRVincent TrocheckPP (Mika Zibanejad, Adam Fox)snap0.20 xG
NYR: Kreider, Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin, FoxWSH: Carlson, Dowd, McIlrath, Malenstyn
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
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.56	5	0	0	25:14	—	—	32	25
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	39	35
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.44	1	2	0	15:03	—	—	46	42
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	2	2	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	19:38	—	—	47	31
Chris Kreider L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.31	2	0	0	17:49	—	—	47	30
Jack Roslovic C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.01	1	1	0	11:31	—	—	45	30
Alexander Wennberg C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	2	16:02	—	—	63	43
Kaapo Kakko R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	0	0	10:03	—	—	64	39
Will Cuylle L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	3	0	2	9:47	—	—	61	44
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.43	1	3	2	13:48	—	—	14	0
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.62	1	0	0	12:03	—	—	27	0
Matt Rempe C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	2	5:16	—	—	30	1
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	2	20:43	—	—	30	29
Braden Schneider D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	3	2	0	17:11	—	—	28	25
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	2	7	0	20:27	—	—	50	35
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	2	15:12	—	—	50	34
Adam Fox D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	3	2	0	21:26	—	—	57	25
Ryan Lindgren D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	3	1	2	19:33	—	—	52	29

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	3.32	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	0.45	3	1	0	24:06	—	—	53	73
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.14	4	1	0	20:32	—	—	67	91
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.24	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	47	64
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	6	1	4	13:00	—	—	80	100
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	2	10:19	—	—	58	31
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	3	0	0	9:31	—	—	86	100
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	-1	6	0.80	4	1	0	22:19	—	—	52	80
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.73	6	2	2	18:11	—	—	50	52
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	2	0	12:54	—	—	39	58
Max Pacioretty L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	2	1	0	15:24	—	—	58	50
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	3	0	0	13:46	—	—	58	50
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:49	—	—	44	58
John Carlson D	D1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.20	0	1	0	30:30	—	—	61	83
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	4	2	0	21:58	—	—	59	68
Alexander Alexeyev D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	3	1	2	20:56	—	—	68	84
Dylan McIlrath D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:49	—	—	60	24
Lucas Johansen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	16:05	—	—	47	67
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	3:27	—	—	0	0

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	2.24	58:47

Goal anatomy

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

John Carlson (WSH) 1st 5:34 · assists T.J. Oshie, Martin Fehérváry · Rush · carried in · 56.8 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.

John Carlson · 1st 5:34 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 56.8 mph
Distance: 48 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Chris Kreider · 1st 6:08 · NYR

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 26.8 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: deflection

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Barclay Goodrow · 1st 8:08 · NYR SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.7 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Vincent Trocheck · 2nd 15:22 · NYR PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 39.1 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.