Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

Dec 1, 2011 · Verizon Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	2	35
Washington Capitals	1	17

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
05:21	PIT	Craig Adams (1)	Arron Asham (1), Richard Park (1)	1 - 0
2nd Period
01:20	WSH	Jason Chimera (1)	Joel Ward (1), Brooks Laich (1)	1 - 1
3rd Period
02:36	PIT	Chris Kunitz (1)	Tyler Kennedy (1), Simon Despres (1)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
05:27	WSH	John Erskine	Fighting	5
05:27	PIT	Arron Asham	Fighting	5
11:08	WSH	Cody Eakin	High sticking	2
2nd Period
07:22	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	Interference	2
11:47	PIT	Jordan Staal	Charging	2
15:57	PIT	Simon Despres	Holding	2
18:52	WSH	Karl Alzner	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	69	53	35	2	4.4	59.4
Washington Capitals	42	27	17	1	2.0	40.6

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

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.4 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.0 expected, 1 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

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Steve Sullivan · Evgeni Malkin · James Neal	9:10	50.0	55.9	0-0
Matt Cooke · Tyler Kennedy · Jordan Staal	8:59	73.3	74.6	0-0
Pascal Dupuis · Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby	7:44	55.0	58.5	0-1
Richard Park · Arron Asham · Craig Adams	4:55	81.8	89.9	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Paul Martin · Deryk Engelland	8:33	66.7	71.4	0-0
Brooks Orpik · Matt Niskanen	8:28	53.3	78.6	0-1
Brooks Orpik · Deryk Engelland	6:28	61.5	45.4	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
14	Chris Kunitz	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	15:30	0.57	16-13	0.94-0.48
27	Craig Adams	R	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	11:18	0.26	13-3	0.90-0.07
6	Simon Despres	D	0	1	1	2	2	1	3	10:30	0.04	15-7	1.16-0.14
12	Richard Park	R	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	10:37	0.35	10-4	0.72-0.11
45	Arron Asham	R	0	1	1	1	5	1	2	07:27	0.13	10-3	0.63-0.07
48	Tyler Kennedy	C	0	1	1	1	0	4	2	14:38	0.19	13-7	0.72-0.40
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	22:46	0.03	16-19	0.56-1.04
7	Paul Martin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	28:11	0.04	23-14	1.22-0.61
9	Pascal Dupuis	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	17:33	0.17	18-15	1.12-1.01
11	Jordan Staal	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	17:43	0.44	18-5	0.89-0.29
15	Steve Sullivan	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	15:00	0.11	12-14	0.78-0.84
15	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	20:21	0.06	26-17	1.89-1.08
24	Matt Cooke	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:18	0.19	13-7	0.68-0.39
41	Robert Bortuzzo	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	12:21	0.01	15-8	0.88-0.29
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	21:42		19-14	0.96-0.57
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	19:30	0.66	16-14	0.75-0.40
81	James Neal	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16:14	0.24	15-12	0.79-0.31
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	20:21	0.52	17-19	1.08-1.14

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W	17	16	1	60:00	2.01	+1.01

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jason Chimera · Joel Ward · Brooks Laich	10:29	50.0	31.4	1-0
Alexander Semin · Marcus Johansson · Cody Eakin	8:49	38.5	34.4	0-1
Alex Ovechkin · Troy Brouwer · Nicklas Backstrom	6:33	46.2	45.0	0-0
Mike Knuble · Jeff Halpern · Matt Hendricks	4:31	0.0	0.0	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Karl Alzner · John Carlson	15:45	45.5	35.4	1-0
John Erskine · Dennis Wideman	12:26	44.0	40.9	0-0
Jeff Schultz · Dmitry Orlov	11:16	23.8	14.6	0-1

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
20	Jason Chimera	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	5	13:29	0.07	15-13	0.43-0.95
25	Brooks Laich	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	4	18:52	0.36	15-17	0.47-1.18
42	Joel Ward	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	12:16		16-14	0.51-0.98
4	John Erskine	D	0	0	0	-1	5	0	3	13:19		11-18	0.31-0.69
6	Dennis Wideman	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	26:02	0.03	16-17	0.81-0.55
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	10	19:22	0.25	13-21	0.92-0.97
9	Mike Knuble	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	15:45	0.19	6-15	0.55-0.67
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	16:27	0.04	7-19	0.36-1.45
13	Alexander Semin	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	12:45	0.13	6-12	0.31-0.55
14	Jeff Halpern	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	12:46		7-14	0.27-1.00
15	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	08:50	0.15	3-15	0.15-0.96
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	19:39	0.22	11-12	0.87-0.55
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	12:05	0.27	8-8	0.38-0.45
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	21:35	0.03	17-20	0.81-1.22
36	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	15:22	0.23	11-16	0.44-1.13
55	Jeff Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	16:14	0.02	7-17	0.29-1.23
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	25:25	0.04	20-23	1.12-1.52
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	14:20		6-14	0.23-0.61

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
92	Tomas Vokoun	L	35	33	2	59:27	4.00	+2.00