New York Rangers vs. Washington CapitalsJan 4, 2025

FinalSaturday, Jan 4, 2025· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	1	2	4		NYR	11	8	14	33
WSH	1	3	3	7		WSH	10	8	10	28

: NYR 72WSH 60
: NYR 3.54WSH 4.34
PP goals: NYR 0WSH 2
Hits: NYR 15WSH 20
Blocks: NYR 13WSH 22
PIM: NYR 8WSH 8
: NYR 52%WSH 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 7–4

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 7–4 at home. Dylan Strome (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:33 together.

Points
Dylan Strome had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 14:52.Strome
Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 17:44.Ovechkin
Points
Andrew Mangiapane had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:03.Mangiapane
Points
Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:43.Wilson
Points
Jakob Chychrun had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:24.Chychrun
Points
Martin Fehérváry had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:50.Fehérváry
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:33 together.Ovechkin Carlson Wilson Strome Chychrun
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Mangiapane–Duhaime skated 7:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Mangiapane Duhaime

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 132 of 132 attempts · WSH 60 · NYR 72

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 30% of the game, WSH 30%.

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
	61	52
	2.50	2.14
	2.44	2.10
	6	11
	0	7
	11	22
	+0.025	−0.025
	30%	30%

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
11:4467% CF
L2Chytil – Berard – Cuylle
8:1965% CF
L3Kreider – Smith – Zibanejad
7:5046% CF
L4Carrick – Vesey – Edstrom
7:0146% CF
D1Borgen – Miller
13:5948% CF
D2Vaakanainen – Schneider
12:3250% CF
D3Fox – Lindgren
12:2461% CF

PP1Kreider – Trocheck – Panarin – Fox – Lafrenière
5:4586% CF
PP2Smith – Zibanejad – Chytil – Miller – Cuylle
1:26100% CF
PK1FSmith – Trocheck
2:46
PK2FKreider – Zibanejad
1:32
PK1DFox – Lindgren
3:00
PK2DMiller – Schneider
1:13

Current NYR line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Dubois – Protas
11:0756% CF
L2Dowd – Mangiapane – Duhaime
7:1644% CF
L3Eller – Vrana – McMichael
7:0423% CF
L4Ovechkin – Strome – Raddysh
6:1375% CF
D1Roy – Chychrun
10:3247% CF
D2Carlson – Sandin
8:0653% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
6:0933% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun
4:3382% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Mangiapane – Dubois – Sandin – McMichael
1:08100% CF
PK1FWilson – Protas
1:55
PK2FDowd – Duhaime
1:20
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
4:21
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
2:52

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	0	0	0	-2	3	0.47	3	2	0	25:10	—	—	58	56
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.29	0	0	0	22:02	—	—	66	71
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.36	0	0	0	21:17	—	—	66	70
Filip Chytil C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.36	0	0	0	14:26	—	—	63	52
Will Cuylle L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	13:40	—	—	62	52
Brett Berard L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	2	9:48	—	—	60	53
Chris Kreider L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.38	0	1	0	19:42	—	—	40	70
Mika Zibanejad C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.56	0	0	0	17:49	—	—	37	52
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	44	70
Sam Carrick C	L4	1	0	1	-1	1	0.23	2	0	0	9:25	—	—	47	49
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	9:13	—	—	42	48
Adam Edstrom C	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.37	0	0	0	8:10	—	—	38	45
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.13	2	1	0	20:28	—	—	51	50
Will Borgen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	4	2	15:53	—	—	47	48
Braden Schneider D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	1	1	0	16:08	—	—	53	62
Urho Vaakanainen D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.02	0	0	0	13:56	—	—	50	62
Adam Fox D	D3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.20	1	1	0	27:34	—	—	64	46
Ryan Lindgren D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	2	2	2	16:22	—	—	60	42

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	27	21	6	.778	3.26	57:49

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.95	5	1	0	22:43	—	—	44	44
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.38	1	1	0	18:50	—	—	40	32
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.63	1	2	2	18:44	—	—	53	47
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	1	2	14:13	—	—	32	47
Brandon Duhaime L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	2	2	2	12:48	—	—	46	63
Andrew Mangiapane L	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.20	2	0	0	11:03	—	—	43	65
Connor McMichael L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.30	1	1	0	12:41	—	—	41	60
Lars Eller C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	1	1	0	12:36	—	—	40	52
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	0	1	0	8:29	—	—	24	30
Alex Ovechkin L	L4	1	1	2	-1	7	0.39	0	0	2	17:44	—	—	63	50
Dylan Strome C	L4	1	2	3	-2	4	0.68	0	1	0	14:52	—	—	60	39
Taylor Raddysh R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	0	0	0	8:55	—	—	67	47
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	2	2	0	3	0.19	1	1	0	22:24	—	—	52	39
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	3	0	21:01	—	—	38	43
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	3	0	24:24	—	—	57	48
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:45	—	—	45	40
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:50	—	—	41	57
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:21	—	—	43	68

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	33	29	4	.879	3.54	59:37

Goal anatomy

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

Chris Kreider (NYR) 1st 7:00 · unassisted · Rebound · loose puck · 71.0 mph shot · 3.6 s from entry to goal.

Chris Kreider · 1st 7:00 · NYR

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 71.0 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Dylan Strome · 1st 18:46 · WSH PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 37.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Lars Eller · 2nd 2:29 · WSH

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 33.2 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 7.2 s
Type: deflection

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Andrew Mangiapane · 2nd 10:08 · WSH

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 29.5 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: one-timer

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Sam Carrick · 2nd 16:26 · NYR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.1 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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Connor McMichael · 2nd 18:13 · WSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.9 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: one-timer

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Filip Chytil · 3rd 8:32 · NYR

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 32.7 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 10:50 · WSH

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Mika Zibanejad · 3rd 13:04 · NYR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.7 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Aliaksei Protas · 3rd 14:00 · WSH

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 20.1 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 4.7 s
Type: rebound

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Tom Wilson · 3rd 19:22 · WSH EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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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.

New York Rangers vs. Washington CapitalsJan 4, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals beat New York Rangers 7–4

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Rangers

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New York Rangers

Washington Capitals

Goal anatomy

Chris Kreider · 1st 7:00 · NYR

Dylan Strome · 1st 18:46 · WSH PP

Lars Eller · 2nd 2:29 · WSH

Andrew Mangiapane · 2nd 10:08 · WSH

Sam Carrick · 2nd 16:26 · NYR

Connor McMichael · 2nd 18:13 · WSH PP

Filip Chytil · 3rd 8:32 · NYR

Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 10:50 · WSH

Mika Zibanejad · 3rd 13:04 · NYR

Aliaksei Protas · 3rd 14:00 · WSH

Tom Wilson · 3rd 19:22 · WSH EN