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Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

Oct 28, 2015 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 25
Washington Capitals 1 34

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
3rd Period
01:28 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (4) Karl Alzner (1) 0 - 1
01:52 PIT Beau Bennett (2) Nick Bonino (1), Olli Maatta (1) 1 - 1
03:49 PIT Phil Kessel (4) Evgeni Malkin (5), David Perron (1) 2 - 1
18:17 PIT Nick Bonino (2) Unassisted 3 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:09 WSH Chandler Stephenson Elbowing 2
06:24 WSH Brooks Orpik Boarding 2
08:28 WSH Karl Alzner High sticking 2
2nd Period
07:21 PIT Kris Letang Slashing 2
10:53 PIT David Perron Charging 2
19:39 PIT Ian Cole Roughing 2
19:39 WSH Tom Wilson Roughing 2
3rd Period
09:45 PIT Ian Cole Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 55 39 25 3 3.4 44.1
Washington Capitals 66 47 34 1 3.1 55.9

How the game went

1050510Start2nd3rdWashington 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, 3 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.1 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 1:52 of 3rd, a 13% chancePIT goal, 3:49 of 3rd, a 14% chancePIT goal, 18:17 of 3rd, a 66% chanceWSH goal, 1:28 of 3rd, a 5% chancePIT 3.4WSH 3.1

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
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · David Perron11:0250.047.81-0
Pascal Dupuis · Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist9:1150.042.10-0
Chris Kunitz · Nick Bonino · Daniel Sprong6:0336.466.80-0
Matt Cullen · Kevin Porter · Beau Bennett5:0262.559.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Ian Cole16:4140.622.60-0
Ben Lovejoy · Brian Dumoulin14:4341.944.20-0
Rob Scuderi · Olli Maatta13:0552.074.42-0

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
12 Nick Bonino C 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 18:03 0.13 7-16 0.32-0.29
8 Phil Kessel R 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:41 0.40 13-16 0.56-0.87
78 Beau Bennett R 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 13:03 0.30 10-10 0.49-0.28
3 Olli Maatta D 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 16:54 0.01 13-14 0.77-0.42
57 David Perron L 0 1 1 1 2 1 4 13:52 0.06 13-17 0.58-0.79
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:21 0.26 13-15 0.58-0.72
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:37 0.09 14-19 0.57-0.61
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:42 0.16 8-7 0.35-0.29
7 Rob Scuderi D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 17:00 0.08 14-12 0.79-0.27
9 Pascal Dupuis R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:35 0.14 9-17 0.40-0.89
10 Daniel Sprong R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:30 0.07 6-11 0.16-0.16
11 Kevin Porter C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11:32 8-9 0.35-0.32
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 13:19 9-9 0.32-0.06
21 Ben Lovejoy D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:15 0.01 13-19 0.47-0.64
28 Ian Cole D 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 21:23 13-20 0.29-1.13
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 24:19 0.10 15-21 0.40-1.19
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16:33 0.21 14-13 0.43-0.61
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18:21 0.24 13-15 0.40-0.75
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury 34 33 1 60:00 3.02 +2.02

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Chimera · Jay Beagle · Tom Wilson9:0935.748.40-1
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Evgeny Kuznetsov9:0760.065.10-0
Justin Williams · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson8:4164.764.00-0
Brooks Laich · Chandler Stephenson · Andre Burakovsky5:0163.666.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner14:4646.750.00-1
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson13:1454.859.10-0
Taylor Chorney · Dmitry Orlov9:5481.891.60-0

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
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 16:22 0.28 19-11 0.97-0.41
27 Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 2 19:17 0.01 15-19 0.57-0.80
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 -1 0 5 4 22:27 0.43 20-12 0.86-0.40
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:21 0.02 13-5 0.48-0.11
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 05:42 0.11 7-5 0.28-0.28
14 Justin Williams R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:30 0.34 15-9 0.45-0.21
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 24:36 0.06 25-20 0.84-0.64
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:19 0.12 21-12 0.46-0.47
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:22 0.12 8-10 0.40-0.38
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:16 0.16 7-4 0.28-0.14
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 11:03 0.13 17-6 0.58-0.28
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 12:49 0.09 5-14 0.26-0.58
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 17:55 0.01 21-17 0.90-0.84
44 Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:38 10-5 0.45-0.27
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 25:16 0.11 20-17 0.87-0.73
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 20:33 0.67 18-11 0.91-0.47
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 15:29 0.14 6-14 0.37-0.59
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 19:13 0.28 13-14 0.36-0.61
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 24 22 2 58:52 2.20 +0.20