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Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

Dec 23, 2010 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 27
Washington Capitals 2 34

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:21 PIT Sidney Crosby (1) Kris Letang (1), Evgeni Malkin (1) 1 - 0
2nd Period
13:43 WSH Mike Green (1) PP Alexander Semin (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1) 1 - 1
3rd Period
00:17 PIT Chris Kunitz (1) Sidney Crosby (1), Paul Martin (1) 2 - 1
14:31 WSH Mike Knuble (1) SH Brooks Laich (1) 2 - 2
Shootout
PIT Pascal Dupuis Shootout winner 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:49 PIT Matt Cooke Roughing 2
00:49 WSH John Erskine Roughing 2
01:10 PIT Evgeni Malkin Interference 2
07:20 PIT Chris Conner Interference goalkeeper 2
07:59 PIT Zbynek Michalek Delaying game puck over glass 2
08:47 WSH Brooks Laich Interference 2
2nd Period
01:23 WSH Mike Green Ps hooking on breakaway 0
04:59 PIT Alex Goligoski Hooking 2
11:42 PIT Mike Rupp Hooking 2
11:51 PIT Matt Cooke Delaying game puck over glass 2
17:01 WSH Alex Ovechkin Tripping 2
3rd Period
00:47 WSH Mathieu Perreault Holding 2
09:21 WSH Nicklas Backstrom High sticking 2
13:25 WSH Mathieu Perreault Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 56 35 27 2 1.6 49.4
Washington Capitals 69 46 34 2 2.9 50.6

How the game went

5051015202530Start2nd3rdOTWashington Capitals aheadPittsburgh Penguins ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Washington Capitals had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 1.6 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.9 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTPIT goal, 3:21 of 1st, a 5% chancePIT goal, 0:17 of 3rd, a 26% chanceWSH goal, 13:43 of 2nd, a 5% chanceWSH goal, 14:31 of 3rd, a 9% chanceWSH 2.9PIT 1.6

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Pittsburgh Penguins
Washington Capitals

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tyler Kennedy · Chris Conner · Mark Letestu9:5138.928.10-0
Pascal Dupuis · Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby7:3064.351.01-0
Matt Cooke · Max Talbot · Evgeni Malkin6:4342.947.30-0
Craig Adams · Mike Rupp · Eric Godard3:530.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · Kris Letang14:3133.323.40-0
Paul Martin · Zbynek Michalek11:2387.584.41-0
Deryk Engelland · Alex Goligoski6:5311.11.70-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 24:54 0.31 19-12 0.66-0.75
14 Chris Kunitz L 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 21:07 0.37 18-13 0.62-0.76
7 Paul Martin D 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 21:12 0.03 16-2 0.52-0.09
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 0 0 4 5 27:26 0.18 11-14 0.21-0.41
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 0 2 6 2 21:45 0.30 13-11 0.22-0.14
4 Zbynek Michalek D 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 24:28 0.06 25-6 0.73-0.11
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:54 0.04 4-20 0.05-0.88
9 Pascal Dupuis R 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 15:53 0.02 13-10 0.42-0.42
22 Mark Letestu C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:41 0.05 9-13 0.11-0.31
23 Chris Conner R 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:31 11-13 0.15-0.31
24 Matt Cooke L 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 12:52 8-11 0.14-0.21
25 Max Talbot C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:10 0.02 12-10 0.20-0.19
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:48 0.01 4-8 0.02-0.56
27 Mike Rupp L 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 05:29 0-3 0.00-0.12
28 Eric Godard R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 04:14 0-3 0.00-0.12
33 Alex Goligoski D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 17:39 0.06 12-22 0.31-0.65
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 26:29 11-18 0.33-0.67
48 Tyler Kennedy C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 15:20 0.13 9-11 0.15-0.29
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury W 34 32 2 64:16 2.92 +0.92

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Knuble · Brooks Laich · Nicklas Backstrom9:2647.460.20-1
Alexander Semin · Alex Ovechkin · Mathieu Perreault5:1260.073.50-0
Jason Chimera · Alexander Semin · Marcus Johansson4:3957.133.30-0
David Steckel · Andrew Gordon · Jay Beagle4:1933.373.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Scott Hannan · Mike Green13:2171.987.70-0
Karl Alzner · John Carlson9:4814.329.30-1
John Erskine · Mike Green3:280.00.00-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
9 Mike Knuble R 1 0 1 -1 0 3 3 18:15 0.32 12-18 0.55-0.47
27 Mike Green D 1 0 1 -1 0 6 8 34:03 0.32 25-17 0.76-0.50
13 Alexander Semin R 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 19:55 0.19 12-8 0.25-0.30
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 -1 2 2 1 25:11 0.23 14-17 0.64-0.44
25 Brooks Laich C 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 23:42 0.21 11-17 0.54-0.42
3 Tom Poti D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:34 1-1 0.01-0.02
4 John Erskine D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 12:13 0.03 7-11 0.39-0.15
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 0 2 5 5 23:13 0.27 17-6 0.69-0.08
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:18 0.01 8-8 0.08-0.13
20 David Steckel C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:28 5-11 0.10-0.36
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 09:49 0.90 14-4 0.51-0.09
27 Scott Hannan D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 27:09 0.03 30-13 0.91-0.14
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 20:43 0.04 5-16 0.20-0.42
44 Andrew Gordon R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:39 0.09 1-2 0.09-0.03
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 22:47 0.01 12-20 0.52-0.72
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:44 0.01 8-11 0.18-0.38
85 Mathieu Perreault C 0 0 0 -1 4 4 0 12:30 0.28 9-5 0.50-0.11
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:47 9-10 0.08-0.13
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Michal Neuvirth OTL 27 25 2 65:00 1.56 -0.44