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Caps vs Knights: Observations After 2 Games

With two games gone to the books in the 2018 Stanley Cup Final, let’s take a look at how Gerard Gallant leveraged last change in his deployments against the Washington Capitals. We’ll use Muneeb’s head-to-head matrixes to explore. Here’s an aggregate view of the matchups in Games 1 and 2.

Here’s a tip on reading this: in the above plot, the very first cell represents that William Karlsson faced Nicklas Backstrom for 10 minutes or so, and had an on-ice shot attempt differential of -4 in those minutes (nice work, Nick).

First, let’s cast our eye to the most yellow spots on this plot, which indicate some of the most common matchups.

We’ll check back in later in the series, once the Caps’ bench boss has had a chance to play his hand.

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