Minnesota Wild vs. Washington CapitalsJan 17, 2023

FinalTuesday, Jan 17, 2023· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	3	1	4		MIN	3	14	5	22
WSH	1	1	0	2		WSH	13	9	14	36

: MIN 48WSH 73
: MIN 1.91WSH 3.55
PP goals: MIN 0WSH 0
Hits: MIN 33WSH 31
Blocks: MIN 15WSH 18
PIM: MIN 6WSH 6
: MIN 51%WSH 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Washington Capitals 4–2

Minnesota Wild beat Washington Capitals 4–2 at WSH. Jared Spurgeon (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Aube-Kubel–Strome skated 8:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jared Spurgeon had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:26.Spurgeon
Points
Martin Fehérváry had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:30.Fehérváry
Points
Alex Ovechkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:41.Ovechkin
Points
Connor Dewar had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:28.Dewar
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Aube-Kubel–Strome skated 8:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Aube-Kubel Strome
Goalie
Filip Gustavsson (MIN) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +6 against a season average of 30.1; the win.Gustavsson
Luck
MIN scored 4 goals on 1.91 expected goals (48 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for WSH: Johansson–Kuznetsov–Hathaway skated 6:19 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Kuznetsov Hathaway

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 73 · MIN 48

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 18% of the game, WSH 60%.

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
	50	71
	0.94	3.29
	0.91	3.11
	5	20
	1	6
	11	18
	+0.022	−0.022
	18%	60%

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

L1Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Steel
11:5740% CF
L2Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
9:1044% CF
L3Hartman – Gaudreau – Boldy
7:0947% CF
L4Reaves – Duhaime – Dewar
6:1236% CF
D1Spurgeon – Middleton
17:2438% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
12:3629% CF
D3Merrill – Addison
9:4357% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Addison – Boldy
2:22100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Hartman – Gaudreau – Eriksson Ek – Steel
0:23100% CF
PK1FDuhaime – Dewar
1:36
PK2FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
1:35
PK1DDumba – Middleton
1:37
PK2DSpurgeon – Brodin
1:35

Current MIN line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Backstrom – Wilson – Milano
10:2126% CF
L2Ovechkin – Aube-Kubel – Strome
8:4565% CF
L3Oshie – Eller – Sheary
8:0761% CF
L4Johansson – Kuznetsov – Hathaway
6:1953% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
12:3785% CF
D2Gustafsson – van Riemsdyk
11:2763% CF
D3Irwin – Fehérváry
5:0550% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Kuznetsov – Gustafsson
3:0775% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Johansson – Orlov – Wilson – Strome
1:33100% CF
PK1FSheary – Hathaway
1:13
PK2FJohansson – Kuznetsov
0:55
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
1:57
PK2DOrlov – Fehérváry
0:55

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
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.16	0	1	0	19:34	—	—	36	13
Sam Steel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	0	0	18:52	—	—	41	15
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	18:21	—	—	39	20
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.97	3	0	2	17:45	—	—	50	35
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.07	4	1	0	16:41	—	—	40	33
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	3	2	2	15:01	—	—	46	35
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	13:38	—	—	48	15
Matt Boldy L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	12:48	—	—	38	11
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	1	0	0	11:10	—	—	39	8
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:28	—	—	33	37
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	5	0	2	10:19	—	—	43	40
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:36	—	—	56	45
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	2	0	2	+2	5	0.16	1	2	0	24:26	—	—	44	21
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	3	4	0	22:44	—	—	40	19
Jonas Brodin D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.02	4	2	0	21:28	—	—	35	12
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:22	—	—	32	22
Calen Addison D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:04	—	—	52	32
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	13:56	—	—	45	29

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	36	34	2	.944	3.55	59:47

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.06	2	2	0	17:42	—	—	26	31
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.24	3	1	0	17:36	—	—	39	45
Sonny Milano L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:31	—	—	33	33
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	2	2	0	3	0.37	0	0	0	21:41	—	—	72	82
Dylan Strome C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.28	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	68	81
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	4	1	2	11:02	—	—	65	84
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.38	1	0	0	17:34	—	—	64	77
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.41	1	0	0	13:45	—	—	64	83
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.44	1	1	2	13:21	—	—	63	84
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	0	2	18:15	—	—	65	94
Marcus Johansson L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.23	1	0	0	14:18	—	—	64	94
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	4	1	0	9:55	—	—	59	90
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	8	0.58	1	1	0	25:10	—	—	77	96
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	4	0	0	20:02	—	—	71	85
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	0	1	0	23:22	—	—	55	68
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.04	0	4	0	18:11	—	—	51	68
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.14	4	5	0	18:30	—	—	38	61
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	6:58	—	—	46	56

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	21	18	3	.857	0.94	57:21

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 CapitalsJan 17, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat Washington Capitals 4–2

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