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Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Jan 22, 2012 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 20
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 27

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:51 PIT Kris Letang (1) PP Unassisted 0 - 1
05:52 PIT James Neal (1) Evgeni Malkin (1) 0 - 2
2nd Period
11:02 WSH Brooks Laich (1) Dennis Wideman (1), Alex Ovechkin (1) 1 - 2
14:38 WSH Alexander Semin (1) Mathieu Perreault (1), Alex Ovechkin (2) 2 - 2
3rd Period
01:08 WSH Alex Ovechkin (1) Alexander Semin (1), Mathieu Perreault (2) 3 - 2
07:06 PIT James Neal (2) Evgeni Malkin (2), Brooks Orpik (1) 3 - 3
Overtime
01:31 PIT Evgeni Malkin (1) Paul Martin (1), James Neal (1) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:43 WSH Dennis Wideman Cross checking 2
15:45 WSH Alexander Semin Tripping 2
19:48 PIT Eric Tangradi High sticking 2
2nd Period
08:36 PIT Zbynek Michalek Elbowing 2
09:04 PIT Brooks Orpik Holding 2
09:23 WSH Troy Brouwer Cross checking 2
16:58 WSH Matt Hendricks Tripping 2
16:58 WSH Troy Brouwer Fighting 5
16:58 PIT Tyler Kennedy Fighting 5
18:07 WSH Mike Knuble Holding 2
20:00 PIT Paul Martin Slashing 2
20:00 WSH Jason Chimera Cross checking 2
3rd Period
10:00 PIT James Neal Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 50 33 20 3 1.8 40.9
Pittsburgh Penguins 72 47 27 4 2.9 59.1

How the game went

05101520Start2nd3rdOTPittsburgh 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: 1.8 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.9 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTWSH goal, 11:02 of 2nd, a 19% chanceWSH goal, 14:38 of 2nd, a 19% chanceWSH goal, 1:08 of 3rd, a 4% chancePIT goal, 4:51 of 1st, a 4% chancePIT goal, 5:52 of 1st, a 9% chancePIT goal, 7:06 of 3rd, a 6% chancePIT goal, 1:31 of overtime, a 29% chancePIT 2.9WSH 1.8

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
Matt Hendricks · Brooks Laich · Troy Brouwer11:1237.527.70-2
Alexander Semin · Alex Ovechkin · Mathieu Perreault8:1050.073.82-0
Joel Ward · Jay Beagle · Cody Eakin6:1822.23.20-0
Mike Knuble · Alex Ovechkin · Mathieu Perreault3:22100.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dennis Wideman · Karl Alzner16:4833.346.70-1
Roman Hamrlik · John Carlson15:3953.356.02-1
John Erskine · Dmitry Orlov7:0446.732.50-0

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 2 3 3 0 2 2 20:35 0.15 13-11 0.69-0.35
13 Alexander Semin R 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 19:28 0.19 14-18 0.71-0.44
85 Mathieu Perreault C 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 16:22 0.13 11-12 0.39-0.14
25 Brooks Laich C 1 0 1 -2 0 4 3 27:57 0.58 15-26 0.48-0.82
6 Dennis Wideman D 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 26:49 0.08 15-24 0.48-0.71
4 John Erskine D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 07:48 0.02 7-9 0.20-0.49
9 Mike Knuble R 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 13:11 0.15 8-9 0.25-0.16
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:37 8-14 0.21-0.70
14 Jeff Halpern C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 11:39 0.23 9-5 0.35-0.21
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 -2 2 1 3 16:32 0.08 11-23 0.19-0.75
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 12:23 0.09 9-12 0.22-0.13
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:36 0.01 4-9 0.04-0.61
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 24:09 11-24 0.43-0.66
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 -2 7 1 3 19:12 0.05 14-18 0.22-0.62
40 Roman Hamrlik D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:33 19-15 0.56-0.51
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:39 2-7 0.02-0.53
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:51 0.03 16-18 0.52-0.47
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:11 0.01 4-9 0.04-0.61
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Michal Neuvirth OTL 27 23 4 61:31 2.90 -1.10

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · James Neal13:2268.066.92-0
Pascal Dupuis · Tyler Kennedy · Dustin Jeffrey6:1563.670.60-0
Richard Park · Steve Sullivan · Matt Cooke4:3811.10.00-1
Craig Adams · Joe Vitale · Eric Tangradi2:46100.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · Kris Letang14:2858.362.61-0
Paul Martin · Zbynek Michalek12:2857.947.70-1
Deryk Engelland · Matt Niskanen6:2252.959.11-0

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
81 James Neal L 2 1 3 3 2 6 1 21:46 0.39 22-8 0.76-0.34
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 2 3 3 0 6 0 22:39 0.96 24-9 0.83-0.36
58 Kris Letang D 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 27:09 0.15 25-12 0.96-0.30
7 Paul Martin D 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 21:11 0.11 20-9 0.58-0.36
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 24:02 0.02 20-17 0.59-0.54
4 Zbynek Michalek D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 21:04 14-17 0.36-0.63
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10:36 12-11 0.65-0.28
9 Pascal Dupuis R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 18:27 0.09 16-14 0.29-0.32
12 Richard Park R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:43 0.13 10-12 0.51-0.53
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 21:10 0.30 23-10 0.83-0.37
14 Joe Vitale C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:45 5-4 0.11-0.03
15 Steve Sullivan L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:54 0.14 12-11 0.51-0.46
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:52 0.04 18-10 0.53-0.29
24 Matt Cooke L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 16:20 0.02 7-14 0.23-0.61
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:44 0.09 7-6 0.24-0.08
34 Eric Tangradi L 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 06:49 0.29 8-2 0.33-0.02
37 Dustin Jeffrey L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:06 0.08 14-13 0.38-0.28
48 Tyler Kennedy C 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 14:27 0.11 18-11 0.49-0.20
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury W 20 17 3 61:31 1.79 -1.21