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Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Feb 17, 2015 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 33
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 33

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
18:36 WSH Alex Ovechkin (37) PP Joel Ward (11), Mike Green (30) 1 - 0
2nd Period
03:35 PIT Steve Downie (10) Craig Adams (5), Kris Letang (35) 1 - 1
3rd Period
15:47 WSH Joel Ward (13) PP Nicklas Backstrom (44), Alex Ovechkin (22) 2 - 1
19:48 WSH John Carlson (8) SH Unassisted 3 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
16:07 PIT Beau Bennett Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
16:07 WSH Tom Wilson Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
16:39 PIT Blake Comeau Tripping 2
2nd Period
04:10 WSH Matt Niskanen Holding 2
15:28 PIT Robert Bortuzzo Fighting 5
15:28 WSH Michael Latta Fighting 5
17:21 WSH Troy Brouwer Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd Period
00:58 PIT Maxim Lapierre Cross checking 2
00:58 WSH Eric Fehr Roughing 2
00:58 PIT Steve Downie Roughing 2
03:47 WSH Brooks Orpik Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
03:47 PIT Blake Comeau Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
07:13 PIT Craig Adams Misconduct 10
07:13 WSH Tom Wilson Misconduct 10
07:13 PIT Steve Downie Roughing 2
07:13 PIT Steve Downie Misconduct 10
15:04 PIT Chris Kunitz Boarding 2
15:15 PIT Kris Letang Slashing 2
17:53 WSH Brooks Laich Interference goalkeeper 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 55 43 33 3 3.0 50.6
Pittsburgh Penguins 58 45 33 1 2.4 49.4

How the game went

86420246Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 3.0 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.4 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 18:36 of 1st, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 15:47 of 3rd, a 10% chanceWSH goal, 19:48 of 3rd, a 50% chancePIT goal, 3:35 of 2nd, a 18% chanceWSH 3.0PIT 2.4

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 · Andre Burakovsky8:4755.059.90-0
Troy Brouwer · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov8:4561.563.00-0
Joel Ward · Brooks Laich · Eric Fehr8:2850.066.60-0
Jay Beagle · Michael Latta · Tom Wilson4:3437.551.60-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson15:1245.862.10-0
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner11:4347.179.50-0
Mike Green · Jack Hillen10:2660.964.40-1

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 G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 1 2 0 0 7 1 20:21 0.39 16-9 0.61-0.26
42 Joel Ward R 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 17:19 0.23 6-11 0.46-0.43
74 John Carlson D 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 23:43 0.09 13-14 0.72-0.42
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 23:03 0.30 16-11 0.51-0.28
27 Mike Green D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 20:08 0.23 18-13 0.68-0.59
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 18:23 10-14 0.55-0.17
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 14:17 0.14 8-7 0.60-0.28
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 13:55 0.33 10-7 0.63-0.27
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:58 8-9 0.38-0.10
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:55 0.12 12-12 0.50-0.32
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 1 2 3 5 17:32 0.14 10-9 0.33-0.20
38 Jack Hillen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 10:48 0.13 15-10 0.73-0.34
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 -1 12 2 5 07:30 0.20 6-6 0.34-0.20
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 23:23 14-17 0.72-0.65
46 Michael Latta C 0 0 0 -1 5 0 4 06:43 0.08 5-9 0.41-0.31
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:05 9-12 0.63-0.34
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:17 0.04 10-11 0.37-0.23
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:40 0.12 9-9 0.26-0.24
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 33 32 1 60:00 2.43 +1.43

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · David Perron11:3155.641.20-0
Evgeni Malkin · Blake Comeau · Patric Hornqvist10:5852.640.30-0
Brandon Sutter · Nick Spaling · Beau Bennett9:5534.812.30-0
Craig Adams · Maxim Lapierre · Steve Downie4:0233.355.61-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rob Scuderi · Simon Despres12:5836.014.90-0
Paul Martin · Kris Letang8:3335.747.80-0
Kris Letang · Derrick Pouliot5:3355.654.91-0

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
17 Steve Downie R 1 0 1 1 14 2 0 05:49 0.18 3-4 0.18-0.14
27 Craig Adams R 0 1 1 1 10 0 2 07:50 4-4 0.25-0.14
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 0 2 3 5 26:54 0.17 15-15 0.66-0.54
6 Simon Despres D 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 18:49 0.15 14-19 0.26-1.08
7 Rob Scuderi D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:42 0.08 16-16 0.31-1.01
7 Paul Martin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:43 0.04 10-13 0.32-0.48
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 5 17:36 0.21 11-8 0.32-0.45
15 Blake Comeau L 0 0 0 0 4 6 6 17:14 0.44 15-10 0.44-0.43
16 Nick Spaling C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:39 9-17 0.14-0.87
20 Brandon Sutter C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:38 0.08 11-17 0.19-0.87
33 Derrick Pouliot D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:43 0.21 13-8 0.52-0.38
40 Maxim Lapierre C 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 05:25 3-4 0.20-0.14
41 Robert Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 12:26 0.02 9-8 0.22-0.28
57 David Perron L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 6 16:45 0.32 11-8 0.38-0.45
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:17 0.02 11-11 0.30-0.45
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:59 0.28 12-10 0.33-0.43
78 Beau Bennett R 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 12:28 0.02 11-15 0.19-0.84
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 20:30 0.24 12-8 0.39-0.45
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury L 32 30 2 58:52 2.52 +0.52