Minnesota Wild vs. Washington CapitalsJan 2, 2025

Final / SOThursday, Jan 2, 2025· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MIN	2	0	1	0	1	4		MIN	11	7	14	1	33
WSH	1	1	1	0	0	3		WSH	13	7	10	1	31

: MIN 63WSH 69
: MIN 3.22WSH 2.27
PP goals: MIN 0WSH 1
Hits: MIN 10WSH 16
Blocks: MIN 14WSH 16
PIM: MIN 6WSH 4
: MIN 36%WSH 64%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Washington Capitals 4–3 (SO)

Minnesota Wild beat Washington Capitals 4–3 in a shootout at WSH. Ryan Hartman (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:52 together.

Points
Ryan Hartman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:01.Hartman
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome and Chychrun) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:52 together.Ovechkin Carlson Wilson Strome Chychrun
Usage
Jonas Brodin (MIN) played 27:15, +4:23 up on his 22:52 season average over 49 games.Brodin
Usage
Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) played 23:28, +3:47 up on his 19:41 season average over 45 games.Eriksson Ek
Usage
Brock Faber (MIN) played 31:29, +6:02 up on his 25:27 season average over 77 games.Faber
Usage
Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH) played 20:50, +3:35 up on his 17:15 season average over 81 games.Dubois
Usage
Tom Wilson (WSH) played 21:53, +3:12 up on his 18:41 season average over 80 games.Wilson
Usage
Declan Chisholm (MIN) played 20:17, +3:20 up on his 16:57 season average over 65 games.Chisholm

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 132 of 132 attempts · WSH 69 · MIN 63

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 41% of the game, WSH 35%.

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
	64	72
	2.63	2.12
	2.53	2.07
	16	4
	4	6
	24	20
	−0.065	+0.065
	41%	35%

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 – Boldy – Rossi
9:5043% CF
L2Johansson – Hartman – Eriksson Ek
9:4048% CF
L3Foligno – Gaudreau – Trenin
9:1961% CF
L4Shore – Jones – Khusnutdinov
6:1258% CF
D1Brodin – Faber
19:5040% CF
D2Bogosian – Chisholm
14:3453% CF
D3Merrill – Dermott
8:3558% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Boldy – Rossi – Faber
3:4667% CF
PK1FEriksson Ek – Trenin
1:06
PK2FFoligno – Gaudreau
0:56
PK1DBrodin – Faber
3:13
PK2DBogosian – Merrill
0:56

Current MIN line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Dubois – Protas
10:4570% CF
L2Dowd – Raddysh – Duhaime
9:5350% CF
L3Ovechkin – Strome – McMichael
8:5546% CF
L4Eller – Mangiapane – Miroshnichenko
7:2950% CF
D1Carlson – Sandin
13:0662% CF
D2Roy – Fehérváry
12:4852% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
12:3854% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun
2:52100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Mangiapane – Dubois – Sandin – McMichael
1:52100% CF
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
1:35
PK2FWilson – McMichael
0:55
PK1Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
2:09
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
1:45

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: MIN 4 – 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
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	1	0	21:00	—	—	47	42
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.44	0	0	0	20:10	—	—	43	40
Marco Rossi C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.69	0	0	0	19:16	—	—	47	57
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.29	1	1	0	23:28	—	—	45	37
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.06	0	0	0	18:30	—	—	40	44
Ryan Hartman R	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.16	0	1	0	17:01	—	—	42	48
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.45	1	0	0	15:23	—	—	46	74
Yakov Trenin C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.41	3	1	0	12:58	—	—	55	74
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	2	0	0	12:10	—	—	65	82
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	0	4	10:54	—	—	47	62
Devin Shore C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:49	—	—	47	66
Ben Jones C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	1	1	0	8:33	—	—	56	70
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	0	0	0	31:29	—	—	47	53
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	27:15	—	—	41	48
Declan Chisholm D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	3	0	20:17	—	—	50	65
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.04	0	3	2	18:29	—	—	48	61
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:03	—	—	35	35
Travis Dermott D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:32	—	—	65	85

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	31	28	3	.903	2.27	64:39

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.42	0	0	2	21:53	—	—	64	92
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.40	0	0	0	20:50	—	—	68	91
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.29	0	1	0	18:35	—	—	65	76
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	2	16:01	—	—	50	25
Brandon Duhaime L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	15:21	—	—	46	29
Taylor Raddysh R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	2	0	0	12:05	—	—	46	19
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	1	0	1	-2	4	0.16	1	0	0	20:10	—	—	47	31
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.15	0	1	0	17:05	—	—	39	14
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	2	0	0	16:08	—	—	50	28
Andrew Mangiapane L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:33	—	—	44	39
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	10:20	—	—	60	63
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	1	0	8:58	—	—	41	37
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.20	1	2	0	24:49	—	—	56	51
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.05	2	1	0	21:49	—	—	56	45
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	4	0	18:55	—	—	49	41
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	16:58	—	—	53	52
Jakob Chychrun D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	1	0	21:56	—	—	51	36
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	1	0	18:49	—	—	53	40

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	O	33	30	3	.909	3.22	64:45

Goal anatomy

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

Tom Wilson (WSH) 1st 10:19 · assists Rasmus Sandin · Forecheck turnover · 50.2 mph shot.

Tom Wilson · 1st 10:19 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Ryan Hartman · 1st 11:24 · MIN

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 36.0 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: deflection

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Yakov Trenin · 1st 19:07 · MIN SH

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 2.1 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 7.2 s

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Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 15:08 · WSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 62.3 mph
Distance: 45 ft

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Martin Fehérváry · 3rd 5:34 · WSH

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 22.0 mph
Distance: 100 ft

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Marco Rossi · 3rd 11:19 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 14.7 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Washington CapitalsJan 2, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild edge Washington Capitals 4–3 (SO)

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

Goal anatomy

Tom Wilson · 1st 10:19 · WSH

Ryan Hartman · 1st 11:24 · MIN

Yakov Trenin · 1st 19:07 · MIN SH

Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 15:08 · WSH PP

Martin Fehérváry · 3rd 5:34 · WSH

Marco Rossi · 3rd 11:19 · MIN