Dallas Stars vs. Washington CapitalsMar 20, 2018

FinalTuesday, Mar 20, 2018· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DAL	1	2	0	3		DAL	4	13	10	27
WSH	0	3	1	4		WSH	5	16	11	32

: DAL 59WSH 51
: DAL 2.76WSH 2.53
PP goals: DAL 1WSH 1
Hits: DAL 29WSH 36
Blocks: DAL 11WSH 21
PIM: DAL 6WSH 10
: DAL 43%WSH 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Dallas Stars 4–3

Washington Capitals beat Dallas Stars 4–3 at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. DAL's first power-play unit (Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg and Shore) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:59 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 22:13.Ovechkin
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Alexander Radulov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:10.Radulov
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Jamie Benn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:05.Benn
Points
John Carlson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:17.Carlson
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T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:00.Oshie
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John Klingberg had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:57.Klingberg
Points
Lars Eller had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:18.Eller
PP1
DAL's first power-play unit (Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg and Shore) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:59 together.Radulov Benn Seguin Klingberg Shore

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

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

WSH
DAL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · WSH 51 · DAL 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
DAL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DAL 34% of the game, WSH 36%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

DAL

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	DAL	WSH
	50	46
	2.08	2.41
	1.98	2.18
	11	7
	5	2
	28	25
	−0.067	+0.067
	34%	36%

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.

Dallas Stars

L1Radulov – Faksa – Janmark
12:0757% CF
L2McKenzie – Smith – Dickinson
6:3833% CF
L3Benn – Pitlick – Seguin
4:3967% CF
L4Roussel – Shore – Elie
4:3564% CF
D1Klingberg – Lindell
15:3752% CF
D2Hamhuis – Pateryn
13:5461% CF
D3Johns – Honka
10:4056% CF

PP1Radulov – Benn – Seguin – Klingberg – Shore
4:5985% CF
PP2Radulov – Klingberg – Faksa – Lindell – Janmark
1:06100% CF
PK1FBenn – Seguin
1:56
PK2FPitlick – Faksa
0:42
PK1DHamhuis – Pateryn
2:59
PK2DJohns – Lindell
0:41

Current DAL line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
13:4552% CF
L2Oshie – Eller – Burakovsky
7:3860% CF
L3Beagle – Smith-Pelly – Stephenson
6:4520% CF
L4Connolly – Boyd – Vrana
5:3375% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
16:3748% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
12:5241% CF
D3Orpik – Djoos
7:2973% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Eller – Carlson
3:18100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Orlov – Connolly – Burakovsky – Vrana
0:23100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Stephenson
3:04
PK2FSmith-Pelly – Wilson
1:54
PK1DOrpik – Niskanen
4:58
PK2DCarlson – Orlov
1:51

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.

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexander Radulov R	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.37	1	1	4	23:10	—	—	55	59
Mattias Janmark C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.38	0	0	0	20:30	—	—	48	43
Radek Faksa C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	2	1	2	19:48	—	—	56	65
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:52	—	—	27	37
Curtis McKenzie L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	2	0	0	7:47	—	—	40	40
Gemel Smith C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:08	—	—	33	39
Tyler Seguin C	L3	1	0	1	+1	7	0.53	0	0	0	22:12	—	—	64	44
Jamie Benn L	L3	1	1	2	+2	5	0.60	2	1	0	20:05	—	—	75	65
Tyler Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:27	—	—	47	54
Devin Shore C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	2	1	0	15:59	—	—	44	18
Remi Elie L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:57	—	—	60	28
Antoine Roussel L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	0	0	10:01	—	—	44	37
John Klingberg D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.17	0	1	0	25:57	—	—	56	45
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	4	1	0	22:39	—	—	49	33
Greg Pateryn D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:09	—	—	63	75
Dan Hamhuis D	D2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:35	—	—	50	43
Stephen Johns D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	2	0	16:23	—	—	46	51
Julius Honka D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:25	—	—	52	48

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kari Lehtonen(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	2.53	59:39

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	2	3	+1	6	0.49	1	0	2	22:13	—	—	55	71
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	1	4	22:12	—	—	48	45
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.48	9	3	0	21:06	—	—	50	62
T.J. Oshie R	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.31	2	1	0	17:00	—	—	53	62
Lars Eller C	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	50	59
Andre Burakovsky L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:50	—	—	46	52
Jay Beagle C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:12	—	—	24	47
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	2	1	0	13:24	—	—	18	22
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	2	0	11:52	—	—	17	19
Travis Boyd C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	2	1	0	8:54	—	—	68	92
Brett Connolly R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	3	0	0	8:11	—	—	69	68
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	0	0	0	7:05	—	—	77	96
Matt Niskanen D	D1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.04	4	2	0	25:29	—	—	44	47
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	24:33	—	—	48	47
John Carlson D	D2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.12	0	3	0	21:17	—	—	42	49
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	2	17:36	—	—	38	48
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	4	1	2	16:09	—	—	56	43
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	2	0	12:47	—	—	65	87

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	27	24	3	.889	2.76	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.

Dallas Stars vs. Washington CapitalsMar 20, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals edge Dallas Stars 4–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Dallas Stars

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Dallas Stars

Washington Capitals