Minnesota Wild vs. Washington CapitalsMar 22, 2019

FinalFriday, Mar 22, 2019· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	0	1	2		MIN	6	15	6	27
WSH	0	1	0	1		WSH	6	9	7	22

: MIN 57WSH 64
: MIN 2.51WSH 2.10
PP goals: MIN 0WSH 0
Hits: MIN 16WSH 15
Blocks: MIN 22WSH 13
PIM: MIN 8WSH 4
: MIN 48%WSH 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Washington Capitals 2–1

Minnesota Wild beat Washington Capitals 2–1 at WSH. Ryan Donato (MIN) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for MIN: Zucker–Read–Rask skated 7:20 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Ryan Donato had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:20.Donato
New line
New look for MIN: Zucker–Read–Rask skated 7:20 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zucker Read Rask
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Boyd–Stephenson skated 7:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Boyd Stephenson
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Connolly–Burakovsky skated 8:11 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (73.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Connolly Burakovsky
Usage
Nick Jensen (WSH) played 15:29, −4:25 down on his 19:54 season average over 79 games.Jensen
Usage
Luke Kunin (MIN) played 19:21, +3:32 up on his 15:49 season average over 48 games.Kunin
Usage
Eric Fehr (MIN) played 15:34, +4:35 up on his 10:59 season average over 71 games.Fehr
Usage
Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) played 23:16, +4:32 up on his 18:44 season average over 75 games.Kuznetsov

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

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

WSH
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 121 of 121 attempts · WSH 64 · MIN 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 33% of the game, WSH 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

MIN

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	MIN	WSH
	56	64
	1.93	1.69
	1.83	1.61
	11	6
	2	4
	19	18
	−0.004	+0.004
	33%	32%

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.

Minnesota Wild

L1Staal – Parise – Fiala
12:0058% CF
L2Donato – Greenway – Kunin
9:1362% CF
L3Fehr – Foligno – Brown
7:5620% CF
L4Zucker – Read – Rask
7:2033% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
17:5840% CF
D2Brodin – Hunt
13:4163% CF
D3Pateryn – Bitetto
10:1546% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Fiala
1:40
PP2Zucker – Hunt – Donato – Greenway – Kunin
0:13
PK1FBrown – Kunin
1:29
PK2FFehr – Foligno
1:21
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
3:35
PK2DPateryn – Brodin
2:11

Current MIN line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
10:3663% CF
L2Oshie – Kuznetsov – Vrana
10:0840% CF
L3Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky
8:1174% CF
L4Dowd – Boyd – Stephenson
7:0458% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
14:0243% CF
D2Carlson – Djoos
12:3868% CF
D3Orpik – Jensen
10:5277% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
4:0367% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Carlson – Wilson – Vrana
1:430% CF
PK1FEller – Dowd
1:02
PK2FBackstrom – Stephenson
0:20
PK1DNiskanen – Carlson
0:58
PK2DOrpik – Jensen
0:46

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.

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Zach Parise L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.50	0	0	0	18:38	—	—	57	64
Eric Staal C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	3	0	0	18:11	—	—	57	60
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	1	2	15:46	—	—	60	64
Luke Kunin C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.32	0	1	0	19:21	—	—	50	73
Jordan Greenway L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	3	1	0	13:22	—	—	68	93
Ryan Donato C	L2	0	2	2	+1	3	0.40	1	1	0	12:20	—	—	63	88
Eric Fehr C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	15:34	—	—	26	19
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	2	13:07	—	—	29	19
JT Brown R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	10:23	—	—	25	16
Jason Zucker L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.49	0	1	2	13:44	—	—	36	28
Victor Rask C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	10:48	—	—	44	46
Matt Read R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:43	—	—	29	27
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	27:22	—	—	39	54
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	2	0	26:58	—	—	40	49
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.01	2	4	0	19:27	—	—	59	56
Brad Hunt D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.20	1	0	2	17:09	—	—	62	61
Greg Pateryn D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	4	0	17:27	—	—	41	43
Anthony Bitetto D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	11:41	—	—	48	57

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	2.10	59:59

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.23	2	0	0	22:42	—	—	61	25
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	20:36	—	—	60	31
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.18	4	4	2	18:00	—	—	52	21
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	23:16	—	—	34	21
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	0	1	0	19:54	—	—	45	28
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	14:40	—	—	35	11
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.38	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	65	70
Brett Connolly R	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.38	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	75	93
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	12:07	—	—	61	75
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	0	0	9:46	—	—	60	39
Travis Boyd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:33	—	—	47	32
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:10	—	—	58	36
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	2	0	20:53	—	—	26	9
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	19:34	—	—	47	36
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	0	3	0	24:50	—	—	69	74
Christian Djoos D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	56	67
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	0	1	0	15:29	—	—	58	55
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	0	2	14:27	—	—	67	62

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	2.51	57:42

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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Washington CapitalsMar 22, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild edge Washington Capitals 2–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Washington Capitals