San Jose Sharks vs. Washington CapitalsDec 4, 2017

FinalMonday, Dec 4, 2017· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	1	0	1		SJS	8	8	9	25
WSH	1	2	1	4		WSH	10	7	12	29

: SJS 57WSH 57
: SJS 3.12WSH 3.55
PP goals: SJS 0WSH 2
Hits: SJS 18WSH 16
Blocks: SJS 12WSH 16
PIM: SJS 39WSH 20
: SJS 41%WSH 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat San Jose Sharks 4–1

Washington Capitals beat San Jose Sharks 4–1 at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov and Connolly) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 6:36 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:29.Ovechkin
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov and Connolly) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 6:36 together.Ovechkin Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov Connolly
New line
New look for SJS: Couture–Hertl–Labanc skated 8:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (76% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Couture Hertl Labanc
Luck
SJS scored 1 goal on 3.12 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
T.J. Oshie (WSH) played 10:21, −8:10 down on his 18:31 season average over 73 games.Oshie
New line
New look for SJS: Hansen–Goodrow–O'Regan skated 5:13 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hansen Goodrow O'Regan
New line
New look for SJS: Ward–Sorensen–Tierney skated 8:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ward Sorensen Tierney
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Connolly–Boyd skated 7:08 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Connolly Boyd

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

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

WSH
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · WSH 57 · SJS 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SJS 34% of the game, WSH 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

SJS

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	SJS	WSH
	55	48
	2.68	2.35
	2.53	2.28
	10	11
	7	7
	28	19
	−0.065	+0.065
	34%	38%

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.

San Jose Sharks

L1Thornton – Pavelski – Meier
8:4769% CF
L2Couture – Hertl – Labanc
8:4376% CF
L3Ward – Sorensen – Tierney
8:0133% CF
L4Hansen – Goodrow – O'Regan
5:1350% CF
D1Burns – Dillon
16:1250% CF
D2Vlasic – Braun
12:4252% CF
D3DeMelo – Ryan
9:4250% CF

PP1Pavelski – Vlasic – Braun – Hertl – Meier
0:46100% CF
PP2Thornton – Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Labanc
0:440% CF
PK1FCouture – Hertl
3:11
PK2FWard – Tierney
2:36
PK1DVlasic – Braun
4:35
PK2DBurns – Dillon
2:11

Current SJS line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
10:1565% CF
L2Beagle – Chiasson – Smith-Pelly
7:5240% CF
L3Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana
7:2856% CF
L4Eller – Connolly – Boyd
7:0835% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
16:1348% CF
D2Carlson – Djoos
7:3862% CF
D3Orpik – Bowey
6:3758% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Connolly
6:3690% CF
PP2Niskanen – Eller – Orlov – Wilson – Vrana
1:46100% CF
PK1FOvechkin – Backstrom
0:46
PK2FBeagle – Chiasson
0:45
PK1DOrpik – Carlson
1:29
PK2DNiskanen – Orlov
1:17

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.

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Timo Meier R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.40	2	0	4	15:13	—	—	54	62
Joe Pavelski C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	1	0	13:46	—	—	55	57
Joe Thornton C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	7	11:39	—	—	58	43
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.84	1	0	0	17:32	—	—	73	78
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	1	0	0	16:35	—	—	69	87
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	0	0	14:17	—	—	67	77
Chris Tierney C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:23	—	—	26	8
Joel Ward R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	2	1	0	15:01	—	—	37	15
Marcus Sorensen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	36	14
Danny O'Regan C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	1	0	12:41	—	—	44	59
Jannik Hansen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.66	0	0	0	11:03	—	—	47	61
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	7	10:20	—	—	40	64
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	1	0	25:16	—	—	58	51
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	19	21:51	—	—	50	40
Justin Braun D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	2	2	2	23:34	—	—	56	42
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.24	1	2	0	22:10	—	—	53	38
Dylan DeMelo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	3	1	0	13:40	—	—	50	74
Joakim Ryan D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	11:49	—	—	52	76

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	3.55	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.56	0	0	0	22:29	—	—	71	74
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	1	0	21:56	—	—	58	62
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.47	2	0	7	16:18	—	—	52	68
Alex Chiasson R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	5	12:43	—	—	43	24
Jay Beagle C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	2	12:25	—	—	39	10
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	1	2	0	10:34	—	—	41	21
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	0	1	2	22:31	—	—	41	44
Jakub Vrana L	L3	1	0	1	0	4	1.18	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	50	72
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:21	—	—	45	46
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	2	0	0	15:13	—	—	41	41
Brett Connolly R	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.38	0	1	0	13:47	—	—	35	30
Travis Boyd C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	9:10	—	—	42	31
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.06	0	2	0	22:27	—	—	38	26
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	22:12	—	—	46	37
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.22	1	3	0	27:34	—	—	43	39
Christian Djoos D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:08	—	—	61	64
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	3	2	16:28	—	—	50	54
Madison Bowey D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	2	10:46	—	—	53	69

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	3.12	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.

San Jose Sharks vs. Washington CapitalsDec 4, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals beat San Jose Sharks 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

San Jose Sharks

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

San Jose Sharks

Washington Capitals