San Jose Sharks vs. Washington CapitalsJan 26, 2022

FinalWednesday, Jan 26, 2022· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	1	1	2	4		SJS	14	7	9	30
WSH	0	0	1	1		WSH	8	11	14	33

: SJS 53WSH 74
: SJS 3.69WSH 3.95
PP goals: SJS 0WSH 0
Hits: SJS 35WSH 40
Blocks: SJS 23WSH 11
PIM: SJS 11WSH 7
: SJS 54%WSH 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Washington Capitals 4–1

San Jose Sharks beat Washington Capitals 4–1 at WSH. Daniel Sprong (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for SJS: Hertl–Gregor–Barabanov skated 12:36 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for SJS: Hertl–Gregor–Barabanov skated 12:36 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hertl Gregor Barabanov
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New look for WSH: Backstrom–Sheary–Sprong skated 11:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Backstrom Sheary Sprong
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New look for SJS: Couture–Meier–Dahlen skated 11:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Couture Meier Dahlen
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New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Wilson skated 10:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Kuznetsov Wilson
Luck
WSH scored 1 goal on 3.95 expected goals (74 attempts), well short of its chances.
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New look for SJS: Viel–Gadjovich–Weatherby skated 6:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Viel Gadjovich Weatherby
Usage
Mario Ferraro (SJS) played 27:07, +4:11 up on his 22:56 season average over 62 games.Ferraro
Usage
Aliaksei Protas (WSH) played 8:12, −3:45 down on his 11:57 season average over 32 games.Protas

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 127 of 127 attempts · WSH 74 · SJS 53

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 21% of the game, WSH 45%.

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
	62	64
	3.25	2.75
	3.10	2.59
	19	11
	1	5
	20	16
	+0.012	−0.012
	21%	45%

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

L1Hertl – Gregor – Barabanov
12:3644% CF
L2Couture – Meier – Dahlen
11:4759% CF
L3Cogliano – Bonino – Nieto
8:1346% CF
L4Viel – Gadjovich – Weatherby
6:3536% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
19:2854% CF
D2Megna – Meloche
14:4344% CF
D3Vlasic – Simek
12:3155% CF

PP1Burns – Couture – Hertl – Meier – Barabanov
1:140% CF
PP2Bonino – Dahlen – Gregor – Ferraro – Weatherby
0:36
PK1FBonino – Nieto
2:31
PK2FCogliano – Couture
2:23
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
4:06
PK2DVlasic – Megna
1:54

Current SJS line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Backstrom – Sheary – Sprong
11:1468% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
10:2367% CF
L3Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
8:0750% CF
L4Eller – Leason – Protas
3:0471% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
16:0047% CF
D2Schultz – Orlov
14:1870% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Kempny
14:1650% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson
4:13100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Schultz – Orlov – Sheary
1:47100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
0:43
PK2FEller – Wilson
0:34
PK1Dvan Riemsdyk – Kempny
1:08
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
0:44

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
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	1	2	17:52	—	—	42	54
Alexander Barabanov L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	16:02	—	—	48	62
Noah Gregor L	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.37	3	2	0	14:48	—	—	42	62
Timo Meier R	L2	0	1	1	+1	9	0.86	0	0	2	20:57	—	—	61	60
Logan Couture C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	4	3	0	19:32	—	—	55	55
Jonathan Dahlen C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.47	0	0	2	15:27	—	—	57	54
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.14	0	3	0	15:46	—	—	50	62
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:08	—	—	44	51
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	1.13	1	0	0	13:49	—	—	47	53
Jasper Weatherby C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:14	—	—	44	37
Jeffrey Viel L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:08	—	—	39	33
Jonah Gadjovich L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	3	2	5	7:13	—	—	44	35
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	+3	3	0.07	1	1	0	27:22	—	—	53	53
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	+3	0	0.03	3	2	0	27:07	—	—	56	53
Jaycob Megna D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	3	0	18:30	—	—	38	55
Nicolas Meloche D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.07	5	1	0	15:45	—	—	50	65
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	15:57	—	—	46	50
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	6	1	0	13:22	—	—	57	47

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	3.95	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.25	0	0	0	20:24	—	—	61	52
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.40	1	0	0	16:40	—	—	64	49
Daniel Sprong R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.26	3	0	0	13:34	—	—	61	46
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	-2	8	1.02	7	0	0	22:56	—	—	62	56
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.41	0	1	0	20:36	—	—	54	51
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.49	6	0	0	20:31	—	—	54	50
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	8	3	5	14:25	—	—	33	28
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:50	—	—	33	45
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	4	1	0	13:30	—	—	36	52
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	-3	0	0.17	2	0	0	14:52	—	—	46	25
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:12	—	—	35	14
Brett Leason R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	7:40	—	—	53	55
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	0	0	24:44	—	—	46	42
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	1	0	19:12	—	—	46	54
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	0	0	2	18:07	—	—	60	35
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	1	0	16:25	—	—	67	38
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	17:31	—	—	50	56
Michal Kempny D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.21	2	2	0	17:06	—	—	48	35

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.71	57:44

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 CapitalsJan 26, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

San Jose Sharks beat Washington Capitals 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