Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Feb 21, 2011 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	1	24
Pittsburgh Penguins	0	39

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
16:38	WSH	Alex Ovechkin (1) PP	Marcus Johansson (1), Mike Knuble (1)	1 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
01:30	PIT	Tyler Kennedy	Tripping	2
05:38	WSH	Alexander Semin	Delaying game puck over glass	2
12:23	WSH	Scott Hannan	Holding	2
17:38	WSH	Jason Chimera	Interference	2
2nd Period
05:18	PIT	Matt Cooke	Interference	2
08:10	WSH	Matt Bradley	Charging	2
08:10	PIT	Jordan Staal	Roughing	2
11:26	WSH	Matt Bradley	Fighting	5
11:26	PIT	Ryan Craig	Fighting	5
15:16	PIT	Joe Vitale	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	51	33	24	1	2.2	41.8
Pittsburgh Penguins	68	48	39	0	2.7	58.2

How the game went

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: 2.2 expected, 1 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.7 expected, 0 scored

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Knuble · Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom	12:02	40.0	29.1	0-0
Brooks Laich · Alexander Semin · Marcus Johansson	9:51	28.6	29.7	0-0
Jason Chimera · Boyd Gordon · Mathieu Perreault	5:04	50.0	31.2	0-0
Matt Bradley · David Steckel · DJ King	3:36	40.0	89.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Scott Hannan · Jeff Schultz	17:01	45.5	56.6	0-0
Karl Alzner · John Carlson	14:40	30.8	25.1	0-0
John Erskine · Tyler Sloan	10:31	44.4	66.4	0-0

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
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	0	8	4	20:36	0.56	19-18	0.64-0.67
9	Mike Knuble	R	0	1	1	0	2	0	16:55	0.08	14-18	0.43-0.67
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	1	1	0	1	1	17:28	0.11	11-13	0.40-0.32
4	John Erskine	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	12:12	0.02	12-16	0.56-0.29
13	Alexander Semin	R	0	0	0	2	1	1	17:02	0.07	9-12	0.33-0.32
17	DJ King	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	04:25		4-6	0.53-0.06
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	21:03	0.12	13-18	0.28-0.67
20	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	2	2	2	13:05	0.05	8-12	0.19-0.45
20	David Steckel	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:57	0.44	10-14	0.75-0.26
22	Matt Bradley	R	0	0	0	7	2	5	11:24	0.17	11-15	0.67-0.34
25	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	20:25	0.42	7-19	0.19-0.51
27	Scott Hannan	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	23:24		17-20	0.69-0.53
27	Boyd Gordon	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	13:04	0.08	5-8	0.13-0.38
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	22:15	0.03	11-18	0.32-0.84
55	Jeff Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	21:31		16-18	0.71-0.52
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	24:36		8-19	0.28-0.84
85	Mathieu Perreault	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	08:09	0.04	3-6	0.12-0.31
89	Tyler Sloan	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	11:29		12-15	0.56-0.28

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Michal Neuvirth	39	39	0	60:00	2.66	+2.66

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Pascal Dupuis · Brett Sterling · Jordan Staal	8:51	56.3	53.0	0-0
Craig Adams · Matt Cooke · Tyler Kennedy	7:14	76.9	87.9	0-0
Mike Rupp · Max Talbot · Chris Conner	4:57	100.0	100.0	0-0
Ryan Craig · Joe Vitale · Tim Wallace	4:23	55.6	66.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brooks Orpik · Kris Letang	15:07	51.4	58.8	0-0
Brian Strait · Ben Lovejoy	9:39	71.4	79.9	0-0
Deryk Engelland · Zbynek Michalek	7:58	83.3	91.4	0-0

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	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
4	Zbynek Michalek	D	0	5	1	21:50	0.14	16-4	0.54-0.04
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	1	14:14	0.01	17-9	0.42-0.38
9	Pascal Dupuis	R	0	5	2	20:54	0.20	14-14	0.37-0.86
11	Jordan Staal	C	2	5	2	25:16	0.72	22-16	0.79-0.72
12	Ryan Craig	C	5	1	0	06:20	0.06	7-5	0.17-0.07
14	Joe Vitale	C	2	2	3	10:38	0.03	9-9	0.19-0.27
21	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	1	1	15:46	0.02	18-13	0.44-0.81
23	Chris Conner	R	0	1	0	11:46	0.25	11-2	0.67-0.10
24	Matt Cooke	L	2	2	5	16:15	0.20	14-5	0.38-0.05
25	Max Talbot	C	0	5	2	16:20	0.41	16-16	0.58-0.48
27	Craig Adams	R	0	0	2	13:22		13-8	0.26-0.16
27	Mike Rupp	L	0	1	1	12:39	0.09	14-8	0.47-0.66
29	Brett Sterling	L	0	2	0	16:46	0.20	15-10	0.56-0.37
29	Tim Wallace	R	0	1	5	07:59	0.06	9-7	0.16-0.54
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	7	23:38		19-24	0.73-0.84
47	Brian Strait	D	0	0	0	13:02	0.02	14-5	0.38-0.14
48	Tyler Kennedy	C	2	5	3	19:12	0.10	15-14	0.37-0.39
58	Kris Letang	D	0	3	2	27:45	0.15	22-21	0.82-0.90

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	24	23	1	58:56	2.19	+1.19