Ottawa Senators vs. Washington CapitalsJan 22, 2022

Final / OTSaturday, Jan 22, 2022· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
OTT	1	1	0	0	2		OTT	3	10	9	0	22
WSH	0	0	2	1	3		WSH	5	16	10	2	33

: OTT 55WSH 69
: OTT 2.06WSH 3.71
PP goals: OTT 0WSH 0
Hits: OTT 26WSH 33
Blocks: OTT 17WSH 16
PIM: OTT 4WSH 4
: OTT 28%WSH 72%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Ottawa Senators 3–2 (OT)

Washington Capitals beat Ottawa Senators 3–2 in overtime at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Justin Schultz (WSH) played 24:59, +8:10 up on his 16:49 season average over 73 games.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:46.Ovechkin
Points
Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:42.Backstrom
Usage
Justin Schultz (WSH) played 24:59, +8:10 up on his 16:49 season average over 73 games.Schultz
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Sheary–McMichael skated 4:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Sheary McMichael
Usage
Michal Kempny (WSH) played 22:24, +7:02 up on his 15:22 season average over 14 games.Kempny
Usage
Thomas Chabot (OTT) played 22:02, −4:14 down on his 26:16 season average over 58 games.Chabot
Usage
Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH) played 21:02, +3:37 up on his 17:25 season average over 71 games.van Riemsdyk
Usage
Austin Watson (OTT) played 15:08, +3:11 up on his 11:57 season average over 66 games.Watson

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 124 of 124 attempts · WSH 69 · OTT 55

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 15% of the game, WSH 42%.

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
	58	67
	1.84	2.95
	1.79	2.86
	10	11
	6	1
	24	11
	−0.161	+0.161
	15%	42%

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

L1Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk
13:2254% CF
L2Watson – Paul – Gambrell
12:1432% CF
L3Sanford – Formenton – Stützle
11:3553% CF
L4Tierney – Bishop – Gaudette
8:0543% CF
D1Holden – Zub
18:5644% CF
D2Chabot – Bernard-Docker
12:0452% CF
D3Brown – Brannstrom
11:1550% CF

PP1Chabot – Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle
2:4971% CF
PP2Tierney – Sanford – Gaudette – Formenton – Brannstrom
0:58
PK1FGambrell – Formenton
1:50
PK2FWatson – Paul
1:14
PK1DHolden – Zub
2:26
PK2DBrown – Brannstrom
1:19

Current OTT line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Hathaway
7:5271% CF
L2Backstrom – Wilson – Protas
4:3145% CF
L3Eller – Sheary – McMichael
4:2977% CF
L4Hagelin – Dowd – Leason
3:5650% CF
D1Schultz – Fehérváry
20:2655% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Kempny
17:5261% CF
D3Irwin – Cholowski
10:1335% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Schultz – Kuznetsov – Wilson
2:26100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Sheary – Cholowski – Protas
0:550% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
1:37
PK2FEller – Wilson
1:30
PK1Dvan Riemsdyk – Kempny
1:18
PK2DIrwin – Fehérváry
0:42

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
Josh Norris C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.13	0	0	0	19:41	—	—	45	27
Drake Batherson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	2	0	2	18:54	—	—	55	30
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.40	1	1	0	17:23	—	—	54	25
Nick Paul L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	16:27	—	—	36	30
Dylan Gambrell C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	15:45	—	—	36	24
Austin Watson L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	3	3	2	15:08	—	—	32	21
Tim Stützle C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.24	3	0	0	18:13	—	—	52	60
Alex Formenton L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	0	1	0	16:22	—	—	57	61
Zachary Sanford L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	3	2	0	15:23	—	—	50	62
Chris Tierney C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	10:24	—	—	46	47
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	3	0	0	9:55	—	—	50	67
Clark Bishop C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	1	1	0	8:40	—	—	46	57
Artem Zub D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	0	0	24:30	—	—	44	30
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	22:17	—	—	44	35
Thomas Chabot D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.03	1	2	0	22:02	—	—	44	18
Jacob Bernard-Docker D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:33	—	—	50	37
Erik Brannstrom D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:18	—	—	53	73
Joshua Brown D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	2	1	0	14:44	—	—	43	70

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	O	33	30	3	.909	3.71	61:13

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	2	0	2	+3	5	0.97	4	0	0	21:46	—	—	61	84
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	1	1	+1	7	0.62	2	0	0	20:36	—	—	64	80
Garnet Hathaway R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	4	0	0	15:53	—	—	50	54
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.67	4	1	0	20:22	—	—	52	57
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.38	0	0	2	18:42	—	—	51	69
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	1	0	9:28	—	—	38	29
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	2	1	0	16:54	—	—	67	74
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:24	—	—	62	71
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	0	0	5:50	—	—	73	52
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	2	0	0	14:49	—	—	35	34
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	13:32	—	—	36	37
Brett Leason R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	7:34	—	—	40	24
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	3	2	24:59	—	—	54	57
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	3	2	0	24:14	—	—	57	64
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	4	1	0	22:24	—	—	58	73
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.24	0	2	0	21:02	—	—	65	78
Dennis Cholowski D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:05	—	—	39	26
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	2	4	0	12:05	—	—	33	22

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	2.06	61:13

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 CapitalsJan 22, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals edge Ottawa Senators 3–2 (OT)

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

OT period

Box score

Ottawa Senators

Washington Capitals