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Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

Feb 25, 2015 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 26
Washington Capitals 3 24

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:04 PIT Patric Hornqvist (19) Evgeni Malkin (35), David Perron (20) 1 - 0
18:33 PIT Brandon Sutter (13) SH Unassisted 2 - 0
19:51 WSH John Carlson (10) Jason Chimera (8), Eric Fehr (10) 2 - 1
2nd Period
03:16 PIT Sidney Crosby (20) PP Evgeni Malkin (36), Chris Kunitz (21) 3 - 1
3rd Period
04:09 WSH Troy Brouwer (18) Jason Chimera (9), Karl Alzner (13) 3 - 2
07:12 PIT Chris Kunitz (16) Blake Comeau (12), Evgeni Malkin (37) 4 - 2
16:26 WSH Alex Ovechkin (39) PP John Carlson (33), Troy Brouwer (14) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:13 WSH Michael Latta Roughing 2
08:13 WSH Tom Wilson Roughing 2
08:13 PIT Steve Downie Roughing 2
08:13 PIT Blake Comeau Roughing 2
11:47 PIT Chris Kunitz Hooking 2
14:02 PIT Kris Letang Hooking 2
16:52 PIT Sidney Crosby Holding 2
2nd Period
00:34 WSH Joel Ward Slashing 2
02:44 WSH Brooks Laich Tripping 2
03:25 WSH Cameron Schilling Interference 2
07:12 WSH Jason Chimera Holding 2
09:29 PIT Paul Martin Cross checking 2
12:42 WSH Tom Wilson Cross checking 2
12:42 PIT Rob Scuderi Roughing 2
12:42 WSH Tom Wilson Roughing 2
15:55 WSH Cameron Schilling Hooking 2
19:02 PIT Blake Comeau Slashing 2
3rd Period
16:22 PIT Marc-Andre Fleury Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 53 40 26 4 3.4 53.0
Washington Capitals 56 42 24 3 2.7 47.0

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdWashington Capitals aheadPittsburgh Penguins 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 Washington Capitals had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.4 expected, 4 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.7 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 7:04 of 1st, a 3% chancePIT goal, 18:33 of 1st, a 11% chancePIT goal, 3:16 of 2nd, a 9% chancePIT goal, 7:12 of 3rd, a 30% chanceWSH goal, 19:51 of 1st, a 5% chanceWSH goal, 4:09 of 3rd, a 30% chanceWSH goal, 16:26 of 3rd, a 4% chancePIT 3.4WSH 2.7

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist · David Perron9:3246.730.50-0
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · Blake Comeau7:3556.362.51-1
Steve Downie · Brandon Sutter · Nick Spaling5:4558.375.40-0
Craig Adams · Maxim Lapierre · Beau Bennett4:4080.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Paul Martin · Kris Letang9:2161.959.61-1
Rob Scuderi · Simon Despres8:1558.856.01-1
Christian Ehrhoff · Derrick Pouliot7:5238.532.30-0

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
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 15:55 0.23 13-11 0.98-0.73
14 Chris Kunitz L 1 1 2 0 2 3 3 14:38 0.62 12-8 0.95-0.58
20 Brandon Sutter C 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 17:12 0.30 11-9 0.36-0.21
70 Patric Hornqvist R 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 17:52 0.21 8-10 0.25-0.64
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 20:05 0.20 8-10 0.26-0.49
15 Blake Comeau L 0 1 1 0 4 1 2 14:59 0.30 10-8 0.93-0.53
57 David Perron L 0 1 1 -1 0 4 2 17:22 0.25 8-12 0.31-0.71
6 Simon Despres D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:42 12-11 0.86-0.83
7 Rob Scuderi D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16:47 10-8 0.81-0.73
7 Paul Martin D 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 20:34 0.06 17-11 0.63-0.49
16 Nick Spaling C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:34 0.03 9-10 0.26-0.21
17 Steve Downie R 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:28 0.14 9-5 0.30-0.06
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12:04 5-4 0.13-0.20
33 Derrick Pouliot D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:35 0.05 8-9 0.32-0.20
40 Maxim Lapierre C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:55 0.07 5-2 0.15-0.09
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:34 0.06 8-12 0.16-0.45
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 29:53 0.12 15-12 0.60-0.44
78 Beau Bennett R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:47 0.05 7-3 0.19-0.01
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury 24 21 3 60:00 2.64 -0.36

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joel Ward · Brooks Laich · Eric Fehr7:2844.472.40-0
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Andre Burakovsky6:3942.933.80-1
Troy Brouwer · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov2:5422.28.50-0
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson2:3733.30.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson11:1142.924.01-2
Mike Green · Cameron Schilling9:0969.281.61-0
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner8:5837.546.80-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
36 Troy Brouwer R 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 20:27 0.46 6-14 0.45-1.11
74 John Carlson D 1 1 2 -2 0 3 0 22:06 0.19 10-13 0.30-0.92
20 Jason Chimera L 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 09:33 5-7 0.59-0.78
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 1 -1 0 5 8 23:35 0.49 11-10 0.44-0.29
21 Eric Fehr C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16:37 10-7 0.60-0.17
27 Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 14:21 0.01 6-11 0.36-0.42
6 Cameron Schilling D 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 10:36 0.06 10-5 0.66-0.17
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:36 0.05 12-15 0.58-0.61
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 24:16 0.17 10-11 0.24-0.29
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15:06 0.10 7-8 0.34-0.26
27 Mike Green D 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 21:54 0.15 13-9 0.67-0.21
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 12:32 0.10 11-9 0.26-0.33
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 18:54 0.61 11-6 0.65-0.22
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 6 1 6 07:09 0.00 5-6 0.23-0.17
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 20:38 0.01 11-17 0.47-1.05
46 Michael Latta C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 04:21 2-5 0.00-0.12
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:13 0.11 6-10 0.08-0.31
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:59 0.14 9-12 0.68-1.02
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 26 22 4 57:35 2.69 -1.31