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Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Jan 1, 2011 · Heinz Field

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 32
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 33

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
02:13 PIT Evgeni Malkin (1) Kris Letang (1), Marc-Andre Fleury (1) 0 - 1
06:54 WSH Mike Knuble (1) PP Nicklas Backstrom (1), Mike Green (1) 1 - 1
14:45 WSH Eric Fehr (1) Marcus Johansson (1), Jason Chimera (1) 2 - 1
3rd Period
11:59 WSH Eric Fehr (2) Jason Chimera (2), John Erskine (1) 3 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:40 PIT Paul Martin Hooking 2
08:21 WSH Mike Green Holding 2
11:52 WSH John Erskine Fighting 5
11:52 PIT Mike Rupp Fighting 5
2nd Period
02:59 WSH Brooks Laich Interference goalkeeper 2
05:56 PIT Max Talbot Holding 2
15:37 WSH John Erskine Hooking 2
3rd Period
07:28 WSH Mike Knuble Delaying game puck over glass 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 50 41 32 3 2.6 47.8
Pittsburgh Penguins 66 50 33 1 2.6 52.2

How the game went

5051015Start2nd3rdPittsburgh Penguins aheadWashington Capitals 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 Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 2.6 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.6 expected, 1 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 6:54 of 2nd, a 16% chanceWSH goal, 14:45 of 2nd, a 16% chanceWSH goal, 11:59 of 3rd, a 8% chancePIT goal, 2:13 of 2nd, a 15% chanceWSH 2.6PIT 2.6

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

Washington Capitals
Pittsburgh Penguins

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.

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Knuble · Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom12:5457.164.10-0
Matt Hendricks · David Steckel · Jay Beagle9:5743.863.90-0
Jason Chimera · Eric Fehr · Marcus Johansson8:3650.067.12-0
Brooks Laich · Alexander Semin · Mathieu Perreault8:2150.058.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Karl Alzner · John Carlson18:5239.440.20-0
Scott Hannan · Mike Green14:0646.955.21-0
John Erskine · Jeff Schultz9:4164.797.01-0

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
21 Eric Fehr C 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 09:55 0.28 9-10 0.39-0.19
20 Jason Chimera L 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 11:32 0.07 10-13 0.41-0.25
9 Mike Knuble R 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 19:41 0.36 18-13 0.69-0.46
4 John Erskine D 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 12:31 13-7 0.78-0.17
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 20:46 0.14 19-16 0.78-0.64
27 Mike Green D 0 1 1 0 2 0 5 21:15 17-19 0.78-0.78
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 1 1 2 0 1 3 13:08 0.04 9-13 0.39-0.25
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 18:26 0.60 17-16 0.76-0.61
13 Alexander Semin R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:54 0.01 7-9 0.23-0.36
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:37 10-11 0.60-0.41
20 David Steckel C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 14:34 0.29 9-11 0.64-0.40
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:50 0.16 7-8 0.20-0.17
27 Scott Hannan D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:44 0.04 17-18 0.81-0.63
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 24:25 0.01 13-21 0.39-0.64
55 Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 14:26 0.02 13-7 0.77-0.08
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 26:28 0.03 14-22 0.41-0.59
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 13:37 0.28 8-14 0.64-0.43
85 Mathieu Perreault C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:11 0.21 5-7 0.14-0.15
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Semyon Varlamov W 33 32 1 60:00 2.55 +1.55

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Pascal Dupuis · Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby9:0457.158.10-0
Matt Cooke · Evgeni Malkin · Jordan Staal8:3961.167.91-1
Max Talbot · Tyler Kennedy · Mark Letestu8:2975.090.40-0
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · Sidney Crosby3:5575.040.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · Kris Letang15:4263.668.81-0
Paul Martin · Zbynek Michalek12:4644.029.50-1
Deryk Engelland · Alex Goligoski10:3033.320.00-1

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
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 24:23 0.51 19-13 0.87-0.60
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 1 0 7 1 27:06 0.23 28-15 0.87-0.44
4 Zbynek Michalek D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:42 0.04 13-15 0.35-0.84
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 12:44 0.02 7-15 0.23-0.80
7 Paul Martin D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 20:50 0.30 13-15 0.49-0.87
9 Pascal Dupuis R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 17:05 0.16 16-17 0.32-0.76
11 Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:38 0.26 18-12 0.73-0.75
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 21:29 0.10 16-10 0.36-0.31
22 Mark Letestu C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:57 0.17 14-8 0.29-0.11
24 Matt Cooke L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 16:10 0.07 13-16 0.71-0.94
25 Max Talbot C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 12:55 0.08 13-6 0.21-0.10
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 08:13 3-10 0.07-0.59
27 Mike Rupp L 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 05:29 1-8 0.04-0.57
33 Alex Goligoski D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 20:05 0.04 12-14 0.24-0.66
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 19:33 0.04 21-12 0.72-0.33
45 Arron Asham R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 04:37 1-9 0.02-0.59
48 Tyler Kennedy C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:22 0.13 13-6 0.29-0.04
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 24:56 0.40 14-14 0.41-0.53
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury L 32 29 3 58:48 2.56 -0.44