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Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

Mar 1, 2016 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 30
Washington Capitals 3 37

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:14 PIT Evgeni Malkin (24) Carl Hagelin (16), Brian Dumoulin (13) 1 - 0
2nd Period
03:45 PIT Patric Hornqvist (16) Olli Maatta (12), Sidney Crosby (35) 2 - 0
04:24 WSH Tom Wilson (6) Mike Richards (1), Nate Schmidt (13) 2 - 1
16:03 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (20) Justin Williams (25), Andre Burakovsky (18) 2 - 2
3rd Period
13:38 WSH T.J. Oshie (18) PP Matt Niskanen (23), Nicklas Backstrom (41) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
11:55 PIT Chris Kunitz Tripping 2
16:30 WSH Karl Alzner Cross checking 2
17:01 PIT Phil Kessel Slashing 2
2nd Period
05:23 WSH Jason Chimera Embellishment 2
05:23 PIT Kris Letang Holding 2
06:52 PIT Ian Cole Hooking 2
06:52 WSH Dmitry Orlov Embellishment 2
11:50 WSH Dmitry Orlov Tripping 2
3rd Period
12:45 PIT Evgeni Malkin High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 64 40 30 2 2.6 55.1
Washington Capitals 58 44 37 3 3.7 44.9

How the game went

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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: 2.6 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.7 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 6:14 of 1st, a 14% chancePIT goal, 3:45 of 2nd, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 4:24 of 2nd, a 19% chanceWSH goal, 16:03 of 2nd, a 25% chanceWSH goal, 13:38 of 3rd, a 12% chanceWSH 3.7PIT 2.6

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
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist14:0436.720.51-0
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Carl Hagelin11:4755.046.61-1
Matt Cullen · Bryan Rust · Tom Kuhnhackl10:4378.669.30-0
Kevin Porter · Nick Bonino · Scott Wilson5:2763.69.70-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Olli Maatta18:1955.928.11-1
Trevor Daley · Brian Dumoulin15:5441.927.11-0
Ian Cole · Derrick Pouliot10:4763.648.50-1

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
70 Patric Hornqvist R 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 19:01 0.24 11-20 0.33-1.28
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 19:17 0.34 13-11 0.60-0.76
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:25 0.09 16-21 0.70-1.12
3 Olli Maatta D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 22:27 0.09 19-15 0.51-1.31
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 15:32 0.14 12-10 0.60-0.69
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 20:17 11-21 0.33-1.36
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:12 0.08 22-8 1.10-0.50
8 Phil Kessel R 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:26 0.02 11-12 0.59-0.78
11 Kevin Porter C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 07:03 0.02 8-5 0.05-0.45
12 Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:42 0.01 8-5 0.05-0.47
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 17:19 12-19 0.33-1.26
14 Tom Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 14:35 0.42 22-8 1.10-0.56
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 13:53 0.49 23-7 1.11-0.53
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:34 0.01 9-6 0.05-0.47
28 Ian Cole D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 13:53 0.03 17-10 0.90-0.72
33 Derrick Pouliot D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 12:47 0.51 19-8 0.86-0.61
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 25:57 0.09 22-16 0.80-1.31
83 Trevor Daley D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 20:48 15-18 0.38-1.01
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray L 37 34 3 58:59 3.67 +0.67

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Justin Williams · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Andre Burakovsky10:1440.761.01-0
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom9:3041.731.40-1
Jason Chimera · Marcus Johansson · Tom Wilson5:3442.953.00-1
Mike Richards · Jay Beagle · Stanislav Galiev3:3812.544.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner16:2051.972.60-1
Brooks Orpik · Dmitry Orlov13:4145.563.41-1
Mike Weber · Nate Schmidt11:0540.072.41-0

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
43 Tom Wilson R 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 12:23 0.21 9-12 0.56-0.32
77 T.J. Oshie R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 17:27 0.21 7-8 0.15-0.30
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 17:16 0.38 14-20 1.37-1.09
10 Mike Richards C 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 13:39 0.22 13-10 1.02-0.08
14 Justin Williams R 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 14:59 0.23 17-23 1.48-1.08
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 4 24:26 0.09 15-15 1.15-0.43
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 18:25 0.08 9-12 0.34-0.63
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 15:27 0.69 12-23 1.20-1.09
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 16:45 0.05 13-24 0.76-0.85
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 12:24 11-17 0.69-0.59
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 18:37 0.17 12-8 0.79-0.29
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 19:02 0.06 11-19 1.01-1.05
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 12:56 0.41 10-12 0.67-0.31
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 22:42 0.13 21-14 1.56-0.46
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:22 17-19 0.91-0.77
49 Stanislav Galiev R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 07:31 0.09 4-8 0.09-0.06
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 12:57 0.54 14-8 0.93-0.05
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:44 0.16 11-18 0.53-0.91
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 30 28 2 59:58 2.54 +0.54