Wed, Oct 10, 2018·Capital One Arena, Washington
Vegas Golden Knights 2, Washington Capitals 5
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 68% of the time.
61%
8%
24%
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.
| Smith–Karlsson–Marchessault | Pacioretty–Haula–Nosek | Reaves–Carrier–Bellemare | Eakin–Lindberg–Carpenter | Holden–Merrill | Engelland–Theodore | McNabb–Miller | Miller–Theodore | Engelland–McNabb | Holden–Miller | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oshie–Backstrom–Vrana | 8:340.27–0.51 | 1:340.00–0.25 | 1:310.16–0.00 | 2:410.25–0.02 | 3:510.04–0.23 | 4:180.12–0.39 | 0:440.04–0.12 | |||
| Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Connolly | 0:530.07–0.01 | 6:310.09–0.41 | 1:200.16–0.09 | 1:370.38–0.00 | 2:390.06–0.26 | 5:340.52–0.09 | 1:300.05–0.07 | 1:190.07–0.08 | ||
| Eller–Stephenson–Burakovsky | 0:370.00–0.00 | 1:110.00–0.09 | 0:490.00–0.03 | 3:250.10–0.16 | 4:210.10–0.20 | 0:420.00–0.00 | 0:550.00–0.08 | |||
| Dowd–Smith-Pelly–Jaskin | 3:020.06–0.33 | 0:550.00–0.00 | 1:140.04–0.29 | 2:130.02–0.04 | 0:480.00–0.01 | |||||
| Dowd–Jaskin–Stephenson | 0:510.00–0.00 | 2:090.15–0.04 | 1:360.00–0.04 | 1:370.00–0.00 | 0:390.15–0.00 | |||||
| Eller–Smith-Pelly–Burakovsky | 1:510.09–0.04 | 0:300.00–0.04 | 0:360.01–0.00 | 0:400.08–0.00 | ||||||
| Niskanen–Orlov | 11:550.36–0.42 | 1:270.00–0.04 | 1:510.10–0.13 | 2:270.19–0.01 | 5:150.27–0.31 | 4:460.15–0.12 | 3:360.12–0.17 | 2:100.05–0.00 | 1:110.08–0.00 | 0:560.00–0.00 |
| Carlson–Kempny | 1:220.12–0.23 | 6:170.09–0.50 | 3:180.22–0.12 | 1:450.31–0.03 | 1:340.10–0.08 | 5:480.44–0.20 | 4:290.05–0.41 | 0:440.00–0.12 | 0:410.15–0.08 | |
| Orpik–Djoos | 0:360.07–0.00 | 2:350.20–0.29 | 3:370.05–0.14 | 4:330.25–0.43 | 1:240.00–0.00 | 0:550.07–0.00 | ||||
| Orpik–Carlson | 0:380.07–0.01 | 1:360.00–0.21 | 1:320.00–0.21 | 0:380.07–0.01 | ||||||
| Djoos–Kempny | 1:270.10–0.01 | 1:090.00–0.01 | 0:360.10–0.00 |
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
 John CarlsonWSH | 28 | 25:55 | 0:56 | 1:51 | 4 | 4 |
 Matt NiskanenWSH | 27 | 23:46 | 0:53 | 1:55 | 3 | 6 |
 Dmitry OrlovWSH | 25 | 22:16 | 0:53 | 1:55 | 2 | 5 |
 Deryk EngellandVGK | 22 | 21:47 | 0:59 | 1:50 | 1 | 7 |
 Shea TheodoreVGK | 22 | 21:42 | 0:59 | 2:08 | 5 | 4 |
 Nicklas BackstromWSH | 24 | 20:50 | 0:52 | 2:06 | 5 | 5 |
 Reilly SmithVGK | 20 | 19:48 | 0:59 | 1:50 | 4 | 3 |
 William KarlssonVGK | 20 | 19:47 | 0:59 | 1:50 | 4 | 3 |
 T.J. OshieWSH | 23 | 19:41 | 0:51 | 2:17 | 6 | 5 |
 Jonathan MarchessaultVGK | 20 | 18:52 | 0:57 | 1:50 | 4 | 3 |
 Evgeny KuznetsovWSH | 18 | 18:40 | 1:02 | 1:57 | 5 | 1 |
 Nick HoldenVGK | 27 | 18:33 | 0:41 | 1:17 | 4 | 3 |
 Alex OvechkinWSH | 18 | 17:59 | 1:00 | 1:57 | 6 | 0 |
 Colin MillerVGK | 24 | 17:55 | 0:45 | 1:19 | 6 | 2 |
 Brayden McNabbVGK | 21 | 17:29 | 0:50 | 2:05 | 3 | 3 |
 Jon MerrillVGK | 24 | 17:20 | 0:43 | 1:19 | 4 | 3 |
 Michal KempnyWSH | 23 | 16:41 | 0:44 | 1:35 | 1 | 3 |
 Tomas NosekVGK | 19 | 15:56 | 0:50 | 1:11 | 5 | 4 |
 Brooks OrpikWSH | 20 | 15:20 | 0:46 | 1:08 | 2 | 7 |
 Brett ConnollyWSH | 17 | 15:00 | 0:53 | 1:31 | 2 | 0 |
 Max PaciorettyVGK | 16 | 14:52 | 0:56 | 2:12 | 4 | 2 |
 Jakub VranaWSH | 18 | 14:31 | 0:48 | 1:55 | 3 | 2 |
 Lars EllerWSH | 19 | 14:23 | 0:45 | 1:39 | 0 | 6 |
 Ryan CarpenterVGK | 19 | 14:15 | 0:45 | 1:31 | 5 | 2 |
 Pierre-Edouard BellemareVGK | 16 | 14:01 | 0:53 | 1:51 | 2 | 6 |
 Erik HaulaVGK | 17 | 14:01 | 0:49 | 1:11 | 4 | 2 |
 Chandler StephensonWSH | 18 | 13:23 | 0:45 | 1:16 | 1 | 5 |
 Nic DowdWSH | 20 | 13:00 | 0:39 | 1:14 | 3 | 5 |
 Oscar LindbergVGK | 15 | 12:51 | 0:51 | 1:31 | 4 | 0 |
 William CarrierVGK | 13 | 12:11 | 0:56 | 1:51 | 1 | 2 |
 Ryan ReavesVGK | 13 | 11:24 | 0:53 | 1:51 | 1 | 2 |
 Dmitrij JaskinWSH | 13 | 11:20 | 0:52 | 1:19 | 3 | 2 |
 Cody EakinVGK | 15 | 11:07 | 0:44 | 1:31 | 2 | 1 |
 Devante Smith-PellyWSH | 18 | 10:34 | 0:35 | 1:06 | 3 | 4 |
 Andre BurakovskyWSH | 13 | 10:26 | 0:48 | 1:34 | 2 | 2 |
 Christian DjoosWSH | 13 | 10:15 | 0:47 | 1:17 | 1 | 3 |