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Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

2nd Round, Game 3 · May 1, 2017 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 33
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 30

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
13:05 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (4) PP Alex Ovechkin (3), Justin Williams (4) 1 - 0
3rd Period
09:46 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (3) Marcus Johansson (4), Justin Williams (5) 2 - 0
18:07 PIT Evgeni Malkin (4) Phil Kessel (8), Justin Schultz (5) 2 - 1
18:55 PIT Justin Schultz (1) Evgeni Malkin (11), Chris Kunitz (1) 2 - 2
Overtime
03:13 WSH Kevin Shattenkirk (1) PP Nicklas Backstrom (6), Evgeny Kuznetsov (3) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:24 WSH Matt Niskanen Cross checking 5
05:24 WSH Matt Niskanen Game misconduct 10
06:33 PIT Evgeni Malkin Closing hand on puck 2
11:28 PIT Carl Hagelin High sticking 2
12:11 PIT Bryan Rust Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd Period
06:12 WSH Brooks Orpik Holding the stick 2
12:09 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Tripping 2
15:17 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Holding 2
3rd Period
02:27 PIT Olli Maatta Cross checking 2
05:44 PIT Chris Kunitz Interference 2
05:44 WSH Tom Wilson Charging 2
05:44 PIT Evgeni Malkin Boarding 2
Overtime
02:40 PIT Trevor Daley Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 63 45 33 3 3.4 56.3
Pittsburgh Penguins 55 41 30 2 2.8 43.8

How the game went

1050Start2nd3rdOTPittsburgh Penguins aheadWashington Capitals 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 Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 3.4 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.8 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTWSH goal, 13:05 of 1st, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 9:46 of 3rd, a 4% chanceWSH goal, 3:13 of overtime, a 6% chancePIT goal, 18:07 of 3rd, a 5% chancePIT goal, 18:55 of 3rd, a 6% chanceWSH 3.4PIT 2.8

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom10:5763.274.40-0
Justin Williams · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov10:3555.663.21-0
Daniel Winnik · Jay Beagle · Tom Wilson5:1628.643.00-0
Lars Eller · Tom Wilson · Andre Burakovsky3:1360.051.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · Nate Schmidt11:5150.070.80-0
Karl Alzner · John Carlson11:2550.060.40-0
Kevin Shattenkirk · Dmitry Orlov8:2566.765.81-0

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
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 -1 0 5 2 22:13 0.32 14-10 1.04-0.39
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 1 2 1 4 5 1 17:33 0.37 16-9 1.06-0.31
14 Justin Williams R 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 16:47 0.27 15-9 1.00-0.35
12 Kevin Shattenkirk D 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 16:58 0.16 10-6 0.27-0.27
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 19:27 0.33 14-8 0.97-0.37
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 17:23 0.35 16-10 0.68-0.40
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 18:02 0.07 14-6 0.68-0.15
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 02:09 3-1 0.14-0.00
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 12:32 0.15 9-9 0.24-0.39
26 Daniel Winnik L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:15 0.06 10-15 0.41-0.47
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 21:34 13-11 0.58-0.34
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:11 0.33 11-4 0.52-0.11
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 14:53 0.08 7-8 0.22-0.17
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 19:05 0.01 15-14 1.11-0.45
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 25:35 0.23 17-14 0.96-0.56
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 21:40 0.63 16-8 1.10-0.38
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:06 7-15 0.21-0.49
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:42 0.04 18-18 1.22-0.79
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 30 28 2 63:13 2.66 +0.66

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel10:1470.054.40-0
Nick Bonino · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel4:4444.462.90-0
Matt Cullen · Carl Hagelin · Tom Kuhnhackl3:0350.034.80-0
Matt Cullen · Patric Hornqvist · Carl Hagelin2:460.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ron Hainsey · Brian Dumoulin14:2240.028.70-0
Ian Cole · Justin Schultz12:3247.623.70-0
Trevor Daley · Olli Maatta10:4443.541.70-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
4 Justin Schultz D 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 21:55 0.17 10-12 0.28-0.91
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 2 4 4 5 21:58 0.43 15-12 0.57-0.72
8 Phil Kessel R 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 23:17 0.35 17-12 0.63-0.72
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 1 1 2 2 3 7 17:15 0.51 15-9 0.57-0.51
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:10 0.02 13-19 0.51-1.16
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 17:38 0.06 12-13 0.49-0.42
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 17:17 10-14 0.48-0.72
12 Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 21:55 0.37 12-15 0.38-0.89
14 Tom Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 10:30 0.12 3-12 0.19-0.96
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 19:11 0.18 10-10 0.34-0.22
28 Ian Cole D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:38 0.03 12-12 0.47-0.90
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 04:01 0.13 2-3 0.06-0.08
59 Jake Guentzel C 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 22:11 0.07 10-20 0.25-0.88
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 12:49 0.00 5-11 0.24-0.98
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 17:51 0.29 5-13 0.12-0.62
81 Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20:45 12-20 0.46-1.16
83 Trevor Daley D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 17:14 0.06 11-14 0.34-0.43
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:11 1-4 0.00-0.16
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury L 33 30 3 61:22 3.24 +0.24