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Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 27, 2014 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 34
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
17:47 WSH Eric Fehr (8) Jay Beagle (5), Brooks Laich (3) 1 - 0
3rd Period
05:36 WSH Marcus Johansson (10) Evgeny Kuznetsov (10), Brooks Orpik (8) 2 - 0
10:16 WSH Eric Fehr (9) Joel Ward (8), John Carlson (23) 3 - 0

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:06 PIT Brandon Sutter Hooking 2
08:49 WSH Troy Brouwer High sticking 2
15:17 PIT Patric Hornqvist Tripping 2
2nd Period
04:05 PIT Kris Letang Hooking 2
05:25 WSH Alex Ovechkin Interference 2
15:42 PIT Kris Letang Hooking 2
3rd Period
12:13 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Delaying game puck over glass 2
13:39 WSH Troy Brouwer Tripping 2
19:13 PIT Bobby Farnham High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 63 49 34 3 5.1 55.0
Pittsburgh Penguins 53 43 31 0 1.9 45.0

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 5.1 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 1.9 expected, 0 scored

024Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 17:47 of 1st, a 17% chanceWSH goal, 5:36 of 3rd, a 5% chanceWSH goal, 10:16 of 3rd, a 22% chanceWSH 5.1PIT 1.9

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
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson8:3250.063.80-0
Joel Ward · Brooks Laich · Eric Fehr7:4465.080.31-0
Troy Brouwer · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov6:2254.572.10-0
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Jay Beagle4:2555.669.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson15:0148.072.62-0
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner12:3963.678.00-0
Mike Green · Jack Hillen8:0041.236.80-0

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 3 0 2 0 14:56 0.39 20-9 1.45-0.25
90 Marcus Johansson L 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:55 0.32 8-5 0.21-0.06
25 Brooks Laich C 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 15:47 0.27 15-10 1.16-0.33
42 Joel Ward R 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 17:14 0.29 15-11 0.86-0.24
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 1 1 3 0 0 7 24:04 18-15 1.50-0.40
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 24:37 0.08 13-15 1.07-0.45
83 Jay Beagle C 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 14:45 0.25 10-12 0.89-0.39
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:16 0.15 6-7 0.16-0.07
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 0 2 10 5 23:34 1.33 19-13 1.00-0.24
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 22:16 0.06 21-10 1.09-0.14
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 23:24 0.14 16-13 0.77-0.25
27 Mike Green D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:41 0.01 12-12 0.49-0.27
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:37 0.01 17-10 0.70-0.19
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:14 2-8 0.10-0.18
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 14:29 0.37 8-6 0.23-0.14
38 Jack Hillen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:25 0.05 7-10 0.10-0.17
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:43 0.07 8-7 0.21-0.11
46 Michael Latta C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:23 5-7 0.39-0.15
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W, SO 31 31 0 59:40 1.84 +1.84

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust8:5853.332.50-1
Evgeni Malkin · Brandon Sutter · Jayson Megna6:0433.317.00-0
Andrew Ebbett · Rob Klinkhammer · Bobby Farnham4:1257.119.80-0
Evgeni Malkin · Patric Hornqvist · Brandon Sutter4:0442.95.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Robert Bortuzzo · Derrick Pouliot10:3442.930.80-0
Kris Letang · Scott Harrington8:5233.312.60-1
Rob Scuderi · Kris Letang5:4450.035.90-0

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
6 Simon Despres D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 19:10 0.04 13-13 0.20-0.70
7 Rob Scuderi D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:22 0.02 13-14 0.36-0.56
12 Rob Klinkhammer L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:04 6-12 0.08-0.87
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 20:16 0.08 13-8 0.36-0.39
16 Nick Spaling C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 16:28 0.09 10-12 0.24-0.44
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 14:30 0.22 10-8 0.23-0.37
17 Scott Harrington D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 4 18:18 0.06 13-18 0.23-1.37
20 Brandon Sutter C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:56 8-13 0.09-0.58
20 Jayson Megna C 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10:48 4-11 0.08-0.43
25 Andrew Ebbett C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:53 0.16 5-5 0.07-0.27
33 Derrick Pouliot D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:51 0.06 9-12 0.22-0.55
41 Robert Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:43 0.09 9-11 0.22-0.42
44 Bobby Farnham R 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 10:53 0.21 12-9 0.28-0.55
57 Marcel Goc C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 15:29 0.01 9-10 0.23-0.38
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -1 4 3 6 23:56 0.15 15-20 0.40-1.36
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 06:26 0.11 3-7 0.01-0.49
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 23:33 0.39 14-21 0.33-1.39
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 -3 0 3 1 23:14 0.18 14-16 0.42-1.24
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury L 34 31 3 58:23 3.98 +0.98