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Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

Apr 7, 2016 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 35
Washington Capitals 3 30

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:44 PIT Matt Cullen (15) Tom Kuhnhackl (10) 1 - 0
2nd Period
00:28 PIT Matt Cullen (16) SH Unassisted 2 - 0
09:03 PIT Conor Sheary (7) Oskar Sundqvist (3), Tom Sestito (1) 3 - 0
17:19 WSH Marcus Johansson (16) John Carlson (29), Andre Burakovsky (21) 3 - 1
3rd Period
10:05 WSH Marcus Johansson (17) Matt Niskanen (27), Evgeny Kuznetsov (56) 3 - 2
13:26 WSH Andre Burakovsky (17) John Carlson (30), Justin Williams (30) 3 - 3
Overtime
04:00 PIT Sidney Crosby (36) Kris Letang (51) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:41 PIT Ian Cole Delaying game puck over glass 2
19:02 PIT Kris Letang Slashing 2
2nd Period
02:27 WSH Tom Wilson Boarding 5
11:10 PIT Ian Cole Holding the stick 2
13:27 WSH Justin Williams Tripping 2
13:52 PIT Trevor Daley Holding 2
18:00 PIT Kris Letang Cross checking 2
18:00 WSH Alex Ovechkin Embellishment 2
3rd Period
03:14 WSH Daniel Winnik High sticking 2
05:49 WSH Matt Niskanen Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 56 46 35 4 3.4 47.3
Washington Capitals 52 40 30 3 2.3 52.7

How the game went

64202468Start2nd3rdOTWashington 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: 2.3 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTPIT goal, 0:44 of 1st, a 4% chancePIT goal, 0:28 of 2nd, a 8% chancePIT goal, 9:03 of 2nd, a 11% chancePIT goal, 4:00 of overtime, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 17:19 of 2nd, a 13% chanceWSH goal, 10:05 of 3rd, a 3% chanceWSH goal, 13:26 of 3rd, a 11% chancePIT 3.4WSH 2.3

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 Hornqvist10:3526.320.90-0
Phil Kessel · Nick Bonino · Carl Hagelin9:4560.064.50-1
Matt Cullen · Eric Fehr · Tom Kuhnhackl8:1046.243.01-1
Tom Sestito · Oskar Sundqvist · Conor Sheary4:2250.069.21-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Trevor Daley · Kris Letang14:0044.850.31-0
Ben Lovejoy · Brian Dumoulin10:4866.770.91-1
Ian Cole · Justin Schultz8:2231.645.20-2

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
7 Matt Cullen C 2 0 2 2 0 4 1 16:38 0.36 8-8 0.46-0.52
43 Conor Sheary L 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 09:20 0.37 8-5 0.60-0.12
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 22:49 0.61 10-14 0.25-0.63
14 Tom Kuhnhackl R 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 10:03 0.01 6-10 0.13-0.37
25 Tom Sestito L 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 05:52 0.13 5-4 0.27-0.11
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 2 4 2 2 30:44 0.03 16-18 0.70-0.81
70 Oskar Sundqvist C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 05:13 0.01 4-4 0.26-0.11
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:35 0.18 13-7 0.47-0.54
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 12:27 7-13 0.36-0.42
8 Phil Kessel R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 21:45 0.49 13-9 0.58-0.38
12 Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 19:52 0.28 13-13 0.56-0.51
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:38 0.22 7-14 0.22-0.63
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:33 0.03 6-11 0.13-0.64
21 Ben Lovejoy D 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 19:35 13-9 0.49-0.61
28 Ian Cole D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 15:28 8-15 0.36-0.51
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:01 0.08 13-10 0.56-0.31
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 16:51 0.61 11-14 0.53-0.63
83 Trevor Daley D 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 26:48 0.01 14-16 0.69-0.66
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray W 30 27 3 63:48 2.22 -0.78

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom11:3163.281.40-0
Justin Williams · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Andre Burakovsky6:5350.048.21-0
Mike Richards · Daniel Winnik · Jay Beagle5:0744.440.50-0
Jason Chimera · Marcus Johansson · Tom Wilson3:1316.74.70-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner13:5764.356.71-0
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson10:1943.855.11-0
Brooks Orpik · Dmitry Orlov4:1340.045.00-0

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
90 Marcus Johansson L 2 0 2 -2 0 4 0 13:53 0.18 12-8 0.63-0.44
28 Andre Burakovsky L 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 09:30 0.16 11-9 0.38-0.35
74 John Carlson D 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 25:20 0.02 10-16 0.58-0.69
14 Justin Williams R 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 16:45 0.11 10-10 0.64-0.62
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 -1 2 2 4 27:37 0.03 21-11 0.92-0.55
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 16:45 0.52 11-10 0.62-0.53
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 0 2 6 5 22:03 0.46 16-7 0.60-0.09
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 10:42 0.07 8-7 0.53-0.26
10 Mike Richards C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:31 0.31 8-8 0.42-0.24
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 22:32 0.12 16-10 0.50-0.12
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 13:52 0.16 9-10 0.78-0.68
26 Daniel Winnik L 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 11:50 0.05 5-9 0.16-0.66
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 23:31 0.01 19-12 0.64-0.45
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 05:50 1-6 0.02-0.31
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 22:41 0.02 12-13 0.64-0.50
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 21:12 13-10 0.42-0.12
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:49 0.03 5-8 0.16-0.40
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:36 8-11 0.25-0.60
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby OTL 35 31 4 64:00 3.36 -0.64