Sun, Feb 4, 2018·Capital One Arena, Washington
Vegas Golden Knights 4, Washington Capitals 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Vegas Golden Knights win this game 72% of the time.
19%
9%
65%
WSH winsVGK wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
WSH forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against VGK's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Neal–Perron–Haula | Smith–Karlsson–Marchessault | Eakin–Lindberg–Tuch | Carpenter–Bellemare–Tuch | Eakin–Lindberg–Carpenter | Marchessault–Carpenter–Bellemare | McNabb–Schmidt | Miller–Hunt | Engelland–Theodore | Engelland–Miller | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Wilson | 5:440.48–0.14 | 5:080.03–0.24 | 1:290.00–0.01 | 1:250.00–0.28 | 12:070.53–0.63 | 1:370.00–0.04 | ||||
| Oshie–Backstrom–Burakovsky | 3:510.29–0.11 | 3:220.00–0.05 | 1:190.00–0.02 | 1:320.00–0.14 | 3:020.00–0.07 | 3:020.02–0.08 | 5:040.11–0.21 | |||
| Eller–Connolly–Vrana | 1:300.00–0.00 | 1:320.00–0.22 | 3:010.05–0.08 | 0:390.00–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.09 | 4:590.00–0.15 | 2:580.08–0.01 | |||
| Beagle–Smith-Pelly–Stephenson | 2:130.05–0.05 | 1:230.00–0.03 | 1:130.00–0.00 | 1:130.00–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 3:490.00–0.01 | 3:260.10–0.09 | 0:410.05–0.03 | ||
| Beagle–Kuznetsov–Wilson | 0:480.00–0.01 | 0:480.00–0.01 | ||||||||
| Niskanen–Orlov | 6:450.25–0.27 | 6:330.03–0.26 | 2:360.00–0.02 | 0:530.00–0.19 | 7:170.23–0.34 | 5:150.02–0.06 | 5:410.09–0.23 | |||
| Carlson–Djoos | 3:450.49–0.14 | 4:220.07–0.11 | 2:500.00–0.12 | 1:150.00–0.29 | 1:130.00–0.00 | 7:540.24–0.54 | 4:230.07–0.11 | 2:370.08–0.11 | ||
| Orpik–Bowey | 3:590.07–0.00 | 2:020.00–0.12 | 2:290.05–0.00 | 1:420.00–0.01 | 0:440.00–0.00 | 2:480.06–0.10 | 5:070.00–0.08 | 5:540.12–0.01 | ||
| Carlson–Orlov | 0:330.00–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
WSHVGKFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Nate SchmidtVGK | 22 | 24:54 | 1:08 | 2:42 | 5 | 2 |
 Brayden McNabbVGK | 22 | 23:23 | 1:04 | 2:42 | 3 | 4 |
 John CarlsonWSH | 27 | 22:59 | 0:51 | 1:47 | 2 | 6 |
 Evgeny KuznetsovWSH | 21 | 22:19 | 1:04 | 1:47 | 3 | 5 |
 Matt NiskanenWSH | 25 | 22:01 | 0:53 | 1:46 | 2 | 5 |
 Dmitry OrlovWSH | 24 | 21:57 | 0:55 | 1:46 | 1 | 4 |
 Alex OvechkinWSH | 23 | 21:14 | 0:55 | 1:42 | 3 | 5 |
 Deryk EngellandVGK | 24 | 19:54 | 0:50 | 1:42 | 2 | 3 |
 William KarlssonVGK | 22 | 19:52 | 0:54 | 1:13 | 3 | 1 |
 David PerronVGK | 21 | 19:27 | 0:56 | 1:29 | 5 | 1 |
 James NealVGK | 21 | 18:31 | 0:53 | 1:13 | 5 | 1 |
 T.J. OshieWSH | 18 | 18:14 | 1:01 | 1:41 | 2 | 2 |
 Jonathan MarchessaultVGK | 22 | 18:14 | 0:50 | 1:16 | 4 | 1 |
 Reilly SmithVGK | 22 | 18:08 | 0:49 | 1:08 | 3 | 1 |
 Colin MillerVGK | 21 | 17:25 | 0:50 | 1:15 | 3 | 1 |
 Nicklas BackstromWSH | 18 | 17:22 | 0:58 | 1:47 | 2 | 2 |
 Brad HuntVGK | 19 | 17:06 | 0:54 | 1:16 | 3 | 0 |
 Erik HaulaVGK | 19 | 16:58 | 0:54 | 1:27 | 5 | 1 |
 Tom WilsonWSH | 18 | 16:54 | 0:56 | 1:52 | 2 | 4 |
 Shea TheodoreVGK | 21 | 16:50 | 0:48 | 1:30 | 2 | 0 |
 Alex TuchVGK | 21 | 16:24 | 0:47 | 1:22 | 2 | 0 |
 Brooks OrpikWSH | 16 | 16:05 | 1:00 | 1:53 | 0 | 1 |
 Madison BoweyWSH | 16 | 15:49 | 0:59 | 1:29 | 0 | 1 |
 Christian DjoosWSH | 21 | 15:46 | 0:45 | 1:06 | 0 | 4 |
 Andre BurakovskyWSH | 17 | 15:26 | 0:54 | 1:26 | 0 | 2 |
 Brett ConnollyWSH | 15 | 14:04 | 0:56 | 1:27 | 0 | 1 |
 Jay BeagleWSH | 16 | 13:40 | 0:51 | 1:27 | 0 | 3 |
 Lars EllerWSH | 16 | 12:40 | 0:48 | 1:37 | 0 | 2 |
 Ryan CarpenterVGK | 15 | 12:27 | 0:50 | 1:29 | 1 | 0 |
 Oscar LindbergVGK | 15 | 12:22 | 0:49 | 1:18 | 3 | 0 |
 Cody EakinVGK | 15 | 11:35 | 0:46 | 1:24 | 2 | 1 |
 Devante Smith-PellyWSH | 14 | 11:29 | 0:49 | 1:03 | 0 | 1 |
 Pierre-Edouard BellemareVGK | 16 | 11:27 | 0:43 | 1:09 | 1 | 1 |
 Chandler StephensonWSH | 14 | 11:26 | 0:49 | 1:27 | 0 | 2 |
 Jakub VranaWSH | 14 | 11:25 | 0:49 | 1:25 | 0 | 0 |
 William CarrierVGK | 2 | 1:03 | 0:32 | 0:49 | 0 | 0 |