Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

2nd Round, Game 3 · May 2, 2016 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	2	49
Pittsburgh Penguins	3	23

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
06:37	PIT	Patric Hornqvist (4)	Trevor Daley (4), Conor Sheary (2)	0 - 1
07:37	PIT	Tom Kuhnhackl (2)	Matt Cullen (2), Kris Letang (6)	0 - 2
2nd Period
15:03	PIT	Carl Hagelin (3)	Nick Bonino (8), Phil Kessel (5)	0 - 3
3rd Period
08:02	WSH	Alex Ovechkin (4)	Matt Niskanen (3), Nicklas Backstrom (6)	1 - 3
19:04	WSH	Justin Williams (1)	Alex Ovechkin (4), John Carlson (6)	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
08:35	WSH	Justin Williams	Interference	2
10:08	PIT	Derrick Pouliot	Hooking	2
15:41	PIT	Kris Letang	Interference	2
18:09	WSH	Daniel Winnik	Slashing	2
19:22	PIT	Phil Kessel	Slashing	2
2nd Period
06:30	WSH	Justin Williams	Tripping	2
3rd Period
13:19	PIT	Carl Hagelin	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	85	66	49	2	3.7	67.4
Pittsburgh Penguins	36	30	23	3	1.4	32.6

How the game went

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: 3.7 expected, 2 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 1.4 expected, 3 scored

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom	10:55	68.0	73.0	1-1
Jason Chimera · Mike Richards · Andre Burakovsky	7:05	78.6	47.2	0-1
Daniel Winnik · Jay Beagle · Tom Wilson	5:48	57.1	87.8	0-0
Justin Williams · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov	5:41	66.7	63.5	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner	15:11	51.7	54.4	1-2
John Carlson · Nate Schmidt	7:45	68.8	62.2	0-1
John Carlson · Dmitry Orlov	7:05	88.2	97.3	0-0

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
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	1	0	7	9	24:21	1.00	23-10	0.98-0.35
14	Justin Williams	R	1	0	1	0	4	3	0	13:13	0.35	15-9	0.75-0.44
15	Matt Niskanen	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	3	25:09	0.02	21-14	0.77-0.52
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	20:13	0.16	19-10	1.01-0.35
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	0	0	8	2	27:59	0.33	31-9	1.32-0.37
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14:19	0.01	29-8	1.20-0.14
10	Mike Richards	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	12:35	0.06	14-5	0.18-0.21
20	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	13:54	0.06	17-6	0.28-0.24
26	Daniel Winnik	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	12:39		6-7	0.21-0.08
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	7	19:12	0.03	15-16	0.62-0.64
28	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	14:08	0.23	17-5	0.39-0.22
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	09:20	0.03	4-4	0.15-0.04
44	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10:28	0.03	15-6	0.33-0.21
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	19:39	0.27	20-12	1.02-0.41
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	09:16	0.21	4-4	0.15-0.03
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	13:31	0.04	17-8	0.47-0.37
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	6	9	18:20	0.58	26-10	0.93-0.46
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	6	4	17:53	0.28	27-12	1.01-0.53

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
70	Braden Holtby	L	23	20	3	57:51	1.35	-1.65

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist · Conor Sheary	11:37	57.1	53.0	1-1
Phil Kessel · Nick Bonino · Carl Hagelin	5:30	35.7	34.6	1-0
Matt Cullen · Eric Fehr · Tom Kuhnhackl	4:51	9.1	20.8	1-0
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel	4:26	28.6	43.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin	13:01	27.6	18.8	1-1
Ben Lovejoy · Ian Cole	12:12	27.3	35.0	0-0
Trevor Daley · Derrick Pouliot	9:49	52.0	49.4	2-0

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
14	Tom Kuhnhackl	R	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	10:00	0.04	1-20	0.04-0.78
62	Carl Hagelin	L	1	0	1	0	2	2	2	18:16	0.24	6-24	0.27-0.77
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	17:33	0.12	16-12	0.49-0.49
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	16:21		4-17	0.11-0.31
8	Phil Kessel	R	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	16:55	0.21	8-20	0.41-0.82
12	Nick Bonino	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	16:25		5-21	0.25-0.67
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	14:28	0.02	12-14	0.37-0.88
58	Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	-1	2	1	1	27:57	0.15	11-31	0.26-1.29
83	Trevor Daley	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	22:20		13-18	0.65-0.78
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	18:33	0.02	9-26	0.26-1.15
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	14:00	0.12	11-9	0.41-0.32
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	00:19		0-2	0.00-0.00
21	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	15:56	0.12	7-24	0.25-0.48
21	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	16:21	0.02	8-20	0.23-0.49
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	19:12	0.01	7-20	0.20-0.39
33	Derrick Pouliot	D	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	12:10	0.05	14-14	0.66-0.71
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:47	0.06	9-16	0.36-0.94
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	19:27	0.22	14-12	0.41-0.50

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Matt Murray	W	49	47	2	60:00	3.54	+1.54