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Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

Jan 11, 2017 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 32
Washington Capitals 5 30

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:35 WSH Alex Ovechkin (20) Nicklas Backstrom (25), T.J. Oshie (8) 0 - 1
2nd Period
08:06 WSH Alex Ovechkin (21) PP John Carlson (18), Nicklas Backstrom (26) 0 - 2
3rd Period
04:31 WSH Justin Williams (12) Evgeny Kuznetsov (23), Dmitry Orlov (17) 0 - 3
07:46 PIT Evgeni Malkin (17) PP Justin Schultz (19), Phil Kessel (27) 1 - 3
13:11 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (11) PP T.J. Oshie (9), John Carlson (19) 1 - 4
17:24 PIT Patric Hornqvist (10) PP Sidney Crosby (19), Phil Kessel (28) 2 - 4
19:42 WSH Lars Eller (4) Nicklas Backstrom (27), T.J. Oshie (10) 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:24 WSH T.J. Oshie Slashing 2
07:18 WSH Brooks Orpik Slashing 2
07:18 PIT Matt Cullen Tripping 2
19:04 WSH Justin Williams Slashing 2
19:04 PIT Ian Cole Slashing 2
2nd Period
03:41 PIT Team Too many men on the ice 2
07:35 PIT Carl Hagelin Hooking 2
13:12 WSH Brett Connolly High sticking 2
18:06 PIT Steve Oleksy Tripping 2
3rd Period
06:28 WSH Dmitry Orlov Roughing 2
09:13 WSH T.J. Oshie Holding 2
12:29 PIT Steve Oleksy Tripping 2
16:24 WSH T.J. Oshie Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 64 45 32 2 2.9 56.3
Washington Capitals 51 41 30 5 2.7 43.8

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: 2.9 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.7 expected, 5 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 7:46 of 3rd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 17:24 of 3rd, a 14% chanceWSH goal, 0:35 of 1st, a 4% chanceWSH goal, 8:06 of 2nd, a 7% chanceWSH goal, 4:31 of 3rd, a 14% chanceWSH goal, 13:11 of 3rd, a 15% chanceWSH goal, 19:42 of 3rd, a 41% chancePIT 2.9WSH 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 · Bryan Rust · Conor Sheary10:0460.034.10-1
Evgeni Malkin · Patric Hornqvist · Carl Hagelin8:1864.775.00-0
Matt Cullen · Eric Fehr · Scott Wilson7:1260.043.20-0
Chris Kunitz · Phil Kessel · Nick Bonino5:1036.418.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ian Cole · Justin Schultz8:4841.225.30-0
Trevor Daley · Kris Letang7:3563.247.80-1
Steve Oleksy · Olli Maatta4:5370.027.70-1

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
8 Phil Kessel R 0 2 2 -1 0 4 0 18:32 0.37 7-9 0.20-0.40
70 Patric Hornqvist R 1 0 1 -2 0 5 4 17:27 0.50 14-7 0.53-0.31
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 21:59 0.24 14-11 0.55-0.52
4 Justin Schultz D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 21:06 14-13 0.44-0.51
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 -2 0 0 0 22:50 18-9 0.29-0.30
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:35 0.07 14-15 0.42-0.78
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:46 0.24 10-7 0.31-0.35
12 Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:24 0.12 4-8 0.08-0.43
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:01 6-10 0.20-0.47
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:14 12-12 0.16-0.46
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 09:22 0.05 11-8 0.31-0.45
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10:48 0.17 11-6 0.31-0.31
28 Ian Cole D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 17:15 0.11 11-12 0.33-0.59
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:10 0.56 15-9 0.21-0.35
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 26:19 0.12 15-17 0.33-0.75
61 Steve Oleksy D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 1 11:32 16-5 0.46-0.35
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 12:44 0.28 13-8 0.55-0.33
83 Trevor Daley D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:06 0.05 20-9 0.49-0.35
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury L 29 25 4 58:37 2.31 -1.69

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Justin Williams · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov10:3470.686.31-0
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom8:2950.071.91-0
Daniel Winnik · Jay Beagle · Tom Wilson8:2138.954.80-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Andre Burakovsky6:0530.033.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov14:2650.070.22-0
Brooks Orpik · Nate Schmidt9:4547.447.40-0
Karl Alzner · John Carlson9:3552.672.30-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 17:23 0.29 9-13 0.37-0.24
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 3 3 2 6 1 1 15:50 0.14 10-15 0.37-0.33
8 Alex Ovechkin L 2 0 2 1 0 7 2 16:52 0.49 9-13 0.37-0.24
74 John Carlson D 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 22:19 0.22 11-10 0.50-0.17
14 Justin Williams R 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 14:09 0.33 15-6 0.76-0.12
20 Lars Eller C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12:45 4-9 0.11-0.34
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 20:18 0.06 15-20 0.72-0.48
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:43 0.19 15-10 0.76-0.31
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 23:11 0.04 14-15 0.72-0.30
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:10 4-13 0.11-0.47
26 Daniel Winnik L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:31 0.12 9-14 0.38-0.42
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20:46 11-16 0.44-0.50
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:33 0.06 3-9 0.11-0.29
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:47 0.02 8-11 0.37-0.30
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 17:54 9-13 0.39-0.51
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:58 0.15 7-14 0.37-0.36
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:00 0.07 10-16 0.45-0.50
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 16:33 0.14 12-8 0.74-0.29
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 32 30 2 60:00 2.84 +0.84