Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 11, 2014 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	0	32
Pittsburgh Penguins	2	34

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
16:41	PIT	Jussi Jokinen (1)	Matt Niskanen (1), Evgeni Malkin (1)	0 - 1
3rd Period
14:12	PIT	Sidney Crosby (1)	Lee Stempniak (1)	0 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
03:25	WSH	Team	Too many men on the ice	2
3rd Period
08:02	PIT	Matt Niskanen	High sticking	2
09:10	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	High sticking	2
15:52	PIT	Simon Despres	Interference	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	59	48	32	0	3.0	50.6
Pittsburgh Penguins	51	43	34	2	2.8	49.4

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: 3.0 expected, 0 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.8 expected, 2 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
Jason Chimera · Joel Ward · Eric Fehr	6:58	35.7	17.0	0-0
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson	5:42	30.8	14.7	0-1
Alex Ovechkin · Jay Beagle · Marcus Johansson	4:37	90.9	87.0	0-0
Jason Chimera · Eric Fehr · Tom Wilson	4:36	75.0	71.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Karl Alzner · John Carlson	14:21	40.7	58.2	0-0
Mike Green · Jack Hillen	11:15	66.7	56.2	0-0
Dmitry Orlov · Connor Carrick	8:13	54.5	44.6	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

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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	-1	0	2	0	19:33	0.40	20-12	1.02-0.82
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	-2	0	0	0	17:34	0.02	10-11	0.53-0.80
17	Dustin Penner	L	0	0	1	0	11:56	0.11	10-8	0.47-0.29
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	-2	2	0	3	19:24	0.11	11-21	0.57-0.97
20	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	6	2	17:02	0.38	11-13	0.28-0.65
21	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	14:28	0.01	8-11	0.21-0.57
27	Mike Green	D	-1	0	1	2	23:22	0.06	22-11	0.92-0.77
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	2	0	18:10	0.05	13-16	0.60-0.41
36	Troy Brouwer	R	-1	0	3	6	17:22	0.25	7-13	0.24-0.41
38	Jack Hillen	D	0	0	5	0	19:57	0.14	19-16	0.93-0.78
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	2	16:57	0.18	15-15	0.78-0.67
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	1	4	09:12	0.08	3-3	0.10-0.08
48	Casey Wellman	C	0	0	2	1	09:08	0.07	7-5	0.42-0.16
58	Connor Carrick	D	-1	0	1	0	15:43	0.04	11-14	0.63-0.75
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	1	0	21:23	0.03	12-18	0.60-0.46
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	2	0	12:52	0.41	15-4	0.87-0.19
90	Marcus Johansson	L	-1	0	2	1	18:42	0.24	17-16	0.93-0.95
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	-1	0	3	1	14:52	0.44	9-8	0.47-0.19

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
41	Jaroslav Halak	L	34	32	2	58:26	2.79	+0.79

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Chris Kunitz · Lee Stempniak · Sidney Crosby	13:00	54.2	53.6	1-0
Jussi Jokinen · Evgeni Malkin · James Neal	10:29	50.0	39.7	1-0
Craig Adams · Marcel Goc · Tanner Glass	7:15	44.4	25.5	0-0
Taylor Pyatt · Brandon Sutter · Brian Gibbons	7:05	40.0	15.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Rob Scuderi · Matt Niskanen	17:13	63.3	58.5	1-0
Brooks Orpik · Olli Maatta	16:52	38.7	39.1	1-0
Robert Bortuzzo · Simon Despres	12:34	47.1	55.0	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	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
36	Jussi Jokinen	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	12:47	0.14	10-9	0.40-0.60
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	20:30	0.26	19-16	1.25-0.78
15	Matt Niskanen	D	0	1	1	1	2	4	0	23:08	0.21	23-14	0.79-0.58
18	Lee Stempniak	R	0	1	1	1	0	3	3	17:05	0.51	14-14	0.77-0.76
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	16:25	0.29	17-10	0.65-0.62
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	20:56	0.07	15-19	0.78-1.09
6	Simon Despres	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	14:46	0.01	8-10	0.50-0.43
7	Rob Scuderi	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	22:26	0.02	19-14	0.68-0.55
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	19:44	0.36	18-16	0.99-0.78
15	Tanner Glass	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11:43	0.06	7-8	0.46-0.20
17	Taylor Pyatt	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10:43	0.03	6-7	0.12-0.41
20	Brandon Sutter	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:26	0.06	5-13	0.09-0.58
27	Craig Adams	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	12:09	0.34	8-8	0.48-0.18
29	Brian Gibbons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:02		5-12	0.09-0.60
41	Robert Bortuzzo	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14:26	0.03	8-11	0.50-0.48
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	22:38	0.05	13-21	0.73-1.13
57	Marcel Goc	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	15:13	0.01	7-8	0.08-0.19
81	James Neal	L	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	14:53	0.34	13-10	0.57-0.62

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W, SO	32	32	0	60:00	3.04	+3.04