Ottawa Senators vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 27, 2018

FinalTuesday, Feb 27, 2018· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	0	1	1	2		OTT	12	8	10	30
WSH	1	2	0	3		WSH	10	5	7	22

: OTT 69WSH 49
: OTT 3.25WSH 2.46
PP goals: OTT 1WSH 0
Hits: OTT 20WSH 20
Blocks: OTT 12WSH 22
PIM: OTT 9WSH 19
: OTT 40%WSH 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Ottawa Senators 3–2

Washington Capitals beat Ottawa Senators 3–2 at home. Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Mark Borowiecki (OTT) played 1:53, −13:01 down on his 14:54 season average over 51 games.

Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:39.Kuznetsov
Points
Erik Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 27:49.Karlsson
Points
Matt Niskanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:57.Niskanen
Usage
Mark Borowiecki (OTT) played 1:53, −13:01 down on his 14:54 season average over 51 games.Borowiecki
New line
New look for OTT: Gaborik–Smith–Dzingel skated 9:21 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaborik Smith Dzingel
Usage
Fredrik Claesson (OTT) played 20:06, +4:50 up on his 15:16 season average over 63 games.Claesson
New line
New look for OTT: Pyatt–O'Brien–McCormick skated 6:27 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pyatt O'Brien McCormick
New line
New look for OTT: Ryan–Stone–Pageau skated 6:58 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ryan Stone Pageau

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

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

WSH
OTT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · WSH 49 · OTT 69

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
OTT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: OTT 43% of the game, WSH 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

OTT

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	OTT	WSH
	64	49
	2.25	2.40
	2.22	2.34
	14	14
	5	4
	22	11
	−0.083	+0.083
	43%	27%

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.

Ottawa Senators

L1Gaborik – Smith – Dzingel
9:2144% CF
L2Hoffman – Duchene – Paajarvi
8:3125% CF
L3Ryan – Stone – Pageau
6:5880% CF
L4Pyatt – O'Brien – McCormick
6:2746% CF
D1Karlsson – Claesson
13:4072% CF
D2Ceci – Chabot
11:0539% CF

PP1Ryan – Karlsson – Hoffman – Duchene – Stone
3:58100% CF
PP2Smith – Hoffman – Duchene – Dzingel – Chabot
3:08100% CF
PK1FPyatt – Stone
1:23
PK2FPaajarvi – Pageau
1:02
PK1DCeci – Harpur
1:48
PK2DKarlsson – Claesson
1:38

Current OTT line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
11:1628% CF
L2Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana
8:4586% CF
L3Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky
7:2538% CF
L4Beagle – Smith-Pelly – Stephenson
6:2830% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
14:1358% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
11:5026% CF
D3Orpik – Jerabek
11:5040% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
2:34100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Connolly – Burakovsky
1:26100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Stephenson
3:29
PK2FSmith-Pelly – Wilson
1:19
PK1DOrpik – Carlson
2:38
PK2DOrlov – Kempny
1:48

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.

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Dzingel C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.28	1	1	0	18:25	—	—	63	80
Zack Smith C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	1	0	2	17:16	—	—	46	69
Marian Gaborik R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	0	0	15:50	—	—	45	39
Matt Duchene C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.85	0	1	0	22:36	—	—	47	38
Mike Hoffman C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.50	0	1	0	22:30	—	—	42	41
Magnus Paajarvi L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	0	0	12:19	—	—	46	35
Mark Stone R	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.33	2	2	0	19:22	—	—	81	78
Bobby Ryan R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.30	1	0	0	18:30	—	—	73	72
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	0	0	17:43	—	—	75	71
Tom Pyatt L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:15	—	—	47	11
Max McCormick L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	2	8:11	—	—	43	2
Jim O'Brien C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	7:29	—	—	53	13
Erik Karlsson D	D1	1	1	2	-1	3	0.18	0	1	0	27:49	—	—	67	63
Fredrik Claesson D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	3	1	0	20:06	—	—	73	83
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.06	0	3	0	22:12	—	—	50	44
Thomas Chabot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	1	0	17:56	—	—	43	38
Ben Harpur D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	17:19	—	—	52	31
Mark Borowiecki D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	5	1:53	—	—	17	31

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mike Condon(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	2.46	58:19

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	1	3	0	20:27	—	—	29	27
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	1	0	18:27	—	—	27	26
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.36	3	1	7	16:50	—	—	30	27
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.19	3	1	2	17:53	—	—	69	94
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	2	0	2	+2	6	0.41	0	0	0	16:39	—	—	67	82
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.54	0	0	0	9:23	—	—	88	95
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:22	—	—	29	31
Brett Connolly R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	1	0	10:12	—	—	35	40
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	3	1	0	9:43	—	—	35	40
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:08	—	—	27	65
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:17	—	—	33	60
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.20	2	0	0	10:30	—	—	33	46
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.12	1	1	4	22:57	—	—	56	66
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:05	—	—	57	65
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	1	4	0	24:01	—	—	30	41
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	2	15:58	—	—	27	39
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.02	2	4	4	19:59	—	—	45	47
Jakub Jerabek D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	2	0	12:35	—	—	41	42

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	3.25	60:00

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.

Ottawa Senators vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 27, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals edge Ottawa Senators 3–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Ottawa Senators

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Ottawa Senators

Washington Capitals