Minnesota Wild vs. Washington CapitalsOct 27, 2023

Final / SOFriday, Oct 27, 2023· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MIN	1	0	1	0	0	2		MIN	13	8	15	5	41
WSH	2	0	0	0	1	3		WSH	8	6	18	1	33

: MIN 71WSH 56
: MIN 4.14WSH 2.79
PP goals: MIN 0WSH 1
Hits: MIN 13WSH 9
Blocks: MIN 15WSH 16
PIM: MIN 8WSH 12
: MIN 47%WSH 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Minnesota Wild 3–2 (SO)

Washington Capitals beat Minnesota Wild 3–2 in a shootout at home. Marco Rossi (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Kuznetsov and Strome) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:01 together.

PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Kuznetsov and Strome) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:01 together.Ovechkin Oshie Carlson Kuznetsov Strome
Goalie
Darcy Kuemper (WSH) faced 41 shots and stopped 39 (.951), +13 against a season average of 28.5; the win.Kuemper
Usage
Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) played 25:22, +7:56 up on his 17:26 season average over 62 games.Kuznetsov
Usage
Aliaksei Protas (WSH) played 5:21, −8:30 down on his 13:51 season average over 77 games.Protas
Usage
Marcus Johansson (MIN) played 21:39, +5:50 up on his 15:49 season average over 77 games.Johansson
Usage
Daemon Hunt (MIN) played 4:12, −7:58 down on his 12:10 season average over 11 games.Hunt
Luck
MIN scored 2 goals on 4.14 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Matthew Phillips (WSH) played 3:18, −7:07 down on his 10:25 season average over 30 games.Phillips

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 127 of 127 attempts · WSH 56 · MIN 71

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 37% of the game, WSH 22%.

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
	42	53
	1.90	1.77
	1.86	1.74
	8	5
	7	7
	28	23
	−0.037	+0.037
	37%	22%

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

L1Duhaime – Lettieri – Dewar
7:5023% CF
L2Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
7:3153% CF
L3Maroon – Johansson – Eriksson Ek
4:1233% CF
D1Brodin – Faber
12:4954% CF
D2Mermis – Middleton
12:3746% CF
D3Merrill – Addison
5:5880% CF

PP1Johansson – Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Addison
5:18100% CF
PP2Maroon – Foligno – Brodin – Hartman – Rossi
3:03100% CF
PK1FHartman – Eriksson Ek
2:16
PK2FDewar – Rossi
0:57
PK1DBrodin – Faber
3:13
PK2DMerrill – Mermis
0:25

Current MIN line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome
11:4765% CF
L2Oshie – Kuznetsov – Milano
11:2757% CF
L3Backstrom – Mantha – McMichael
9:0150% CF
L4Malenstyn – Phillips – Protas
2:1850% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Sandin
15:3261% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
12:4255% CF
D3Jensen – Alexeyev
6:5838% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Strome
4:0182% CF
PK1FKuznetsov – Malenstyn
2:44
PK2FMcMichael – Protas
1:28
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
3:20
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
1:57

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:17
MINMarco Rossi (Marcus Foligno, Marcus Johansson)snap0.19 xG
MIN: Johansson, Foligno, Merrill, Addison, RossiWSH: Backstrom, Jensen, Mantha, Alexeyev, McMichael
MIN 1 – 0 WSH
9:49
WSHTom WilsonSH (Connor McMichael, Trevor van Riemsdyk)wrist0.16 xG
MIN: Maroon, Johansson, Zuccarello, Kaprizov, AddisonWSH: Carlson, Wilson, van Riemsdyk, McMichael
MIN 1 – 1 WSH
17:14
WSHDylan StromePP (Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov)wrist0.15 xG
MIN: Merrill, Mermis, Duhaime, DewarWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Strome
MIN 1 – 2 WSH

3rd period

1:16
MINRyan Hartmanbackhand0.21 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Brodin, Hartman, Kaprizov, FaberWSH: Oshie, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Milano, Fehérváry
MIN 2 – 2 WSH

Decided in the shootout: MIN 2 – 3 WSH.

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
Connor Dewar C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.38	3	3	0	12:06	—	—	25	39
Vinni Lettieri C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	1	0	11:38	—	—	30	33
Brandon Duhaime L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	9:54	—	—	20	28
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.76	0	0	0	24:56	—	—	40	50
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	0	0	0	19:35	—	—	52	52
Ryan Hartman R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.56	0	0	0	17:40	—	—	57	55
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	1	0	0	22:34	—	—	39	43
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	1	1	0	5	0.59	1	1	0	21:39	—	—	52	65
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.27	2	1	4	17:58	—	—	41	43
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	3	0	26:38	—	—	44	51
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	0	0	0	25:32	—	—	47	39
Dakota Mermis D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:40	—	—	44	51
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	4	17:01	—	—	42	56
Calen Addison D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:48	—	—	67	91
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	10:46	—	—	33	64
Marco Rossi C	—	1	0	1	+1	4	0.39	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	62	72
Marcus Foligno L	—	0	1	1	+1	3	0.46	2	0	0	18:22	—	—	64	66
Daemon Hunt D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:12	—	—	38	0

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	O	33	31	2	.939	2.79	64:13

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.11	0	0	0	22:23	—	—	68	61
Dylan Strome C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.27	0	0	2	21:55	—	—	74	72
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.29	3	1	2	19:56	—	—	65	56
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	1	1	-1	5	0.27	0	0	4	25:22	—	—	50	50
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.67	1	2	0	20:26	—	—	52	51
Sonny Milano L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.38	0	1	0	13:33	—	—	57	55
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	15:30	—	—	47	28
Anthony Mantha R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:54	—	—	53	31
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	11:55	—	—	47	29
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	10:20	—	—	30	32
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:21	—	—	38	32
Matthew Phillips R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	3:18	—	—	38	37
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	2	0	0	25:16	—	—	63	60
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	0	2	0	22:00	—	—	63	63
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	0	2	27:11	—	—	58	55
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	0	2	0	20:50	—	—	57	59
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	5	0	18:10	—	—	33	16
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:40	—	—	38	8

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	41	39	2	.951	4.14	65:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Marco Rossi (MIN) 1st 2:17 · assists Marcus Foligno, Marcus Johansson · Odd-man rush · passed in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 50.1 mph shot · 1.9 s from entry to goal.

Marco Rossi · 1st 2:17 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 50.1 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Tom Wilson · 1st 9:49 · WSH SH

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.2 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Dylan Strome · 1st 17:14 · WSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.8 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Ryan Hartman · 3rd 1:16 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.6 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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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.