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Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

2nd Round, Game 2 · Apr 29, 2017 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 6 24
Washington Capitals 2 36

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
01:15 PIT Matt Cullen (1) SH Unassisted 1 - 0
02:09 WSH Matt Niskanen (1) PP Alex Ovechkin (1), Nicklas Backstrom (5) 1 - 1
13:04 PIT Phil Kessel (3) Sidney Crosby (6), Jake Guentzel (3) 2 - 1
16:14 PIT Jake Guentzel (6) Sidney Crosby (7) 3 - 1
3rd Period
02:19 PIT Phil Kessel (4) PP Justin Schultz (4), Evgeni Malkin (10) 4 - 1
03:44 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (3) Alex Ovechkin (2), T.J. Oshie (6) 4 - 2
05:31 PIT Evgeni Malkin (3) Ian Cole (5), Phil Kessel (7) 5 - 2
19:17 PIT Jake Guentzel (7) Matt Cullen (3), Olli Maatta (3) 6 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:18 PIT Trevor Daley Hooking 2
17:43 PIT Ian Cole Interference 2
2nd Period
00:29 PIT Jake Guentzel Hooking 2
02:15 PIT Evgeni Malkin Slashing 2
09:45 WSH Brooks Orpik Hooking 2
3rd Period
01:32 WSH Kevin Shattenkirk Delaying game puck over glass 2
10:38 WSH Tom Wilson Roughing 2
10:38 WSH Tom Wilson Misconduct 10
16:22 PIT Tom Kuhnhackl Delaying game 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 45 35 24 6 2.7 33.0
Washington Capitals 88 55 36 2 3.1 67.0

How the game went

010203040Start2nd3rdWashington 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: 2.7 expected, 6 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.1 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 1:15 of 2nd, a 16% chancePIT goal, 13:04 of 2nd, a 4% chancePIT goal, 16:14 of 2nd, a 4% chancePIT goal, 2:19 of 3rd, a 6% chancePIT goal, 5:31 of 3rd, a 16% chancePIT goal, 19:17 of 3rd, a 55% chanceWSH goal, 2:09 of 2nd, a 19% chanceWSH goal, 3:44 of 3rd, a 23% chanceWSH 3.1PIT 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 · Jake Guentzel7:3730.828.21-1
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel5:3658.888.51-0
Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist · Jake Guentzel5:0013.324.60-0
Phil Kessel · Nick Bonino · Carl Hagelin4:0228.60.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ron Hainsey · Brian Dumoulin17:2322.229.70-0
Ian Cole · Justin Schultz13:0645.245.83-1
Trevor Daley · Olli Maatta10:3822.924.40-0

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 Phil Kessel R 2 1 3 2 0 4 0 16:42 0.32 14-16 0.43-0.13
59 Jake Guentzel C 2 1 3 2 2 3 1 18:00 0.15 8-25 0.35-0.90
7 Matt Cullen C 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 12:41 0.28 5-17 0.17-0.50
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 14:23 0.29 14-17 0.45-0.17
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 20:12 9-26 0.36-0.91
3 Olli Maatta D 0 1 1 2 0 2 3 17:54 0.06 11-29 0.26-0.44
4 Justin Schultz D 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 17:12 0.10 17-17 0.71-0.66
28 Ian Cole D 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 19:18 0.03 16-19 0.61-0.71
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 24:07 0.08 7-24 0.23-0.57
12 Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:56 0.06 9-19 0.22-0.44
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:17 0.03 12-11 0.39-0.15
14 Tom Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 11:31 5-17 0.17-0.48
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18:56 0.08 11-22 0.45-0.55
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:50 0.10 6-11 0.16-0.20
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:36 0.04 7-12 0.06-0.15
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:02 0.06 2-14 0.17-0.54
81 Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22:16 6-21 0.23-0.56
83 Trevor Daley D 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 17:27 0.02 11-28 0.21-0.47
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury W 36 34 2 60:00 2.91 +0.91

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom13:2780.879.21-1
Justin Williams · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov10:2354.248.30-2
Lars Eller · Tom Wilson · Andre Burakovsky8:1477.363.80-0
Daniel Winnik · Paul Carey · Jay Beagle5:0466.750.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov16:2265.766.11-2
John Carlson · Nate Schmidt12:1159.327.50-1
Brooks Orpik · Kevin Shattenkirk7:1877.367.90-0

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 1 2 -2 0 3 1 20:16 0.29 25-6 0.70-0.21
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 2 2 -2 0 3 4 23:19 0.29 25-8 0.70-0.27
15 Matt Niskanen D 1 0 1 -1 0 5 3 21:53 0.26 24-12 0.91-0.47
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 1 1 -2 0 0 5 22:16 0.16 21-10 0.69-0.32
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 18:51 0.06 27-13 0.93-0.49
12 Kevin Shattenkirk D 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 17:35 0.13 23-8 0.61-0.21
14 Justin Williams R 0 0 0 -3 0 2 1 18:09 0.54 19-13 0.36-0.35
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 14:09 0.23 19-7 0.46-0.27
26 Daniel Winnik L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:08 0.10 9-5 0.21-0.21
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:00 0.23 21-8 0.45-0.30
34 Paul Carey C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:40 0.01 8-3 0.22-0.18
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 12 0 4 10:30 19-6 0.45-0.25
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 13:50 0.09 21-8 0.41-0.24
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 22:08 0.08 21-13 0.17-0.43
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:22 0.09 9-5 0.20-0.20
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:51 0.05 22-15 0.38-0.42
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 -3 0 1 2 17:32 0.23 15-13 0.34-0.36
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 18:10 0.23 17-17 0.35-0.47
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby L 14 11 3 40:00 1.02 -1.98
31 Philipp Grubauer 9 7 2 18:34 0.60 -1.40