Detroit Red Wings vs. Washington CapitalsDec 11, 2018

FinalTuesday, Dec 11, 2018· Capital One Arena

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Detroit Red WingsDET

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Washington CapitalsWSH

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DET	0	0	2	2		DET	11	10	16	37
WSH	3	2	1	6		WSH	10	7	8	25

: DET 61WSH 53
: DET 2.38WSH 2.19
PP goals: DET 0WSH 2
Hits: DET 18WSH 12
Blocks: DET 13WSH 11
PIM: DET 4WSH 2
: DET 52%WSH 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals rout Detroit Red Wings 6–2

Washington Capitals beat Detroit Red Wings 6–2 at home. Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 4A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:05 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:38.Ovechkin
Points
Nicklas Backstrom had 4 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 18:39.Backstrom
Points
Gustav Nyquist had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:01.Nyquist
Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:50.Kuznetsov
Points
John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) in 22:25.Carlson
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:05 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Oshie–Backstrom skated 14:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom
Luck
WSH scored 6 goals on 2.19 expected goals (53 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

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

WSH
DET
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · WSH 53 · DET 61

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
DET
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH pressure
DET pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DET 30% of the game, WSH 24%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

WSH

DET

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	DET	WSH
	66	54
	2.36	1.96
	2.29	1.89
	16	8
	4	4
	28	18
	+0.019	−0.018
	30%	24%

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.

Detroit Red Wings

L1Abdelkader – Nyquist – Larkin
11:5768% CF
L2Glendening – Bertuzzi – Rasmussen
8:4670% CF
L3Nielsen – Vanek – Athanasiou
8:1033% CF
D1Daley – Ericsson
13:4343% CF
D2Kronwall – Jensen
11:4568% CF
D3Green – Cholowski
10:3236% CF

PP1Nielsen – Vanek – Nyquist – Larkin – Cholowski
1:13100% CF
PP2Green – Frk – Athanasiou – Bertuzzi – Rasmussen
0:47100% CF
PK1FGlendening – Larkin
1:30
PK2FAbdelkader – de la Rose
0:19
PK1DDaley – Ericsson
1:11
PK2DKronwall – Jensen
0:54

Current DET line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom
14:4936% CF
L2Eller – Smith-Pelly – Stephenson
12:1854% CF
L3Kuznetsov – Connolly – Vrana
11:3927% CF
L4Dowd – Boyd – Jaskin
9:4365% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
19:0741% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
17:3543% CF
D3Djoos – Bowey
14:5450% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
2:0586% CF
PK1FEller – Smith-Pelly
1:13
PK2FBoyd – Stephenson
0:46
PK1DNiskanen – Kempny
1:13
PK2DCarlson – Bowey
0:46

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:39
WSHBrett ConnollyPP (John Carlson, Evgeny Kuznetsov)tip-in0.11 xG
DET: Kronwall, Jensen, Glendening, LarkinWSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Connolly
DET 0 – 1 WSH
10:50
WSHTravis Boyd (Nic Dowd, Dmitrij Jaskin)wrist0.11 xG
DET: Nielsen, Vanek, Green, Athanasiou, CholowskiWSH: Niskanen, Orlov, Dowd, Boyd, Jaskin
DET 0 – 2 WSH
12:59
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Nicklas Backstrom, Michal Kempny)slap0.02 xG
DET: Kronwall, Abdelkader, Nyquist, Jensen, LarkinWSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Smith-Pelly, Kempny
DET 0 – 3 WSH

2nd period

9:05
WSHAlex Ovechkin (John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom)wrist0.06 xG
DET: Kronwall, Jensen, Glendening, Bertuzzi, RasmussenWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kempny
DET 0 – 4 WSH
10:06
WSHT.J. OshiePP (Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov)wrist0.15 xG
DET: Daley, Ericsson, Glendening, LarkinWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov
DET 0 – 5 WSH

3rd period

1:03
DETDylan Larkin (Gustav Nyquist, Nick Jensen)wrist0.07 xG
DET: Kronwall, Abdelkader, Nyquist, Jensen, LarkinWSH: Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Connolly, Vrana
DET 1 – 5 WSH
9:33
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Christian Djoos, Nicklas Backstrom)slap0.03 xG
DET: Vanek, Witkowski, Frk, de la Rose, CholowskiWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Djoos, Bowey
DET 1 – 6 WSH
16:42
DETGustav Nyquist (Justin Abdelkader)wrist0.19 xG
DET: Daley, Ericsson, Abdelkader, Nyquist, LarkinWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Boyd, Jaskin, Kempny
DET 2 – 6 WSH

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Larkin C	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.74	1	0	0	21:10	—	—	60	70
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.39	0	0	0	20:01	—	—	55	61
Justin Abdelkader L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	2	1	0	18:15	—	—	66	73
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	1	0	16:44	—	—	70	59
Luke Glendening C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	1	1	0	16:13	—	—	57	40
Michael Rasmussen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	15:16	—	—	62	68
Andreas Athanasiou C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	0	0	18:38	—	—	41	36
Frans Nielsen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.00	1	1	4	15:13	—	—	35	28
Thomas Vanek L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	39	38
Trevor Daley D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	20:17	—	—	65	60
Jonathan Ericsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	17:18	—	—	40	46
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.06	3	0	0	18:29	—	—	70	83
Niklas Kronwall D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	1	0	18:09	—	—	59	73
Dennis Cholowski D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	4	0	16:05	—	—	42	21
Mike Green D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	1	0	0	15:46	—	—	44	24
Martin Frk R	—	0	0	0	-1	3	0.31	3	0	0	12:14	—	—	55	38
Luke Witkowski D	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	2	0	11:56	—	—	52	52
Jacob de la Rose L	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	0	0	11:38	—	—	65	39

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Bernier(start)	L	15	10	5	.667	1.30	30:06
Jimmy Howard	—	10	9	1	.900	0.89	29:54

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	3	0	3	+3	4	0.28	1	0	0	19:38	—	—	40	38
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	4	4	+3	2	0.13	0	0	0	18:39	—	—	42	38
T.J. Oshie R	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.29	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	35	32
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	54	54
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	58	56
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	14:14	—	—	54	54
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	2	2	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:50	—	—	28	15
Brett Connolly R	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.17	0	0	0	14:27	—	—	29	19
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	13:49	—	—	26	14
Travis Boyd C	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.27	0	0	0	12:01	—	—	60	62
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.43	1	0	0	11:44	—	—	63	63
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.08	0	1	0	11:20	—	—	52	62
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	7	0	0	21:16	—	—	41	31
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	21:11	—	—	44	36
John Carlson D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	22:25	—	—	46	38
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	1	3	0	19:56	—	—	42	27
Madison Bowey D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	16:49	—	—	47	60
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	50	64

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	37	35	2	.946	2.38	60:00

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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.