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Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

Oct 11, 2017 · Capital One Arena

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 36
Washington Capitals 2 22

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:22 PIT Kris Letang (1) PP Bryan Rust (5), Patric Hornqvist (1) 1 - 0
2nd Period
08:20 PIT Patric Hornqvist (1) PP Tom Kuhnhackl (1), Sidney Crosby (5) 2 - 0
19:07 WSH Christian Djoos (1) Lars Eller (2), Brett Connolly (1) 2 - 1
3rd Period
00:38 PIT Conor Sheary (2) PP Justin Schultz (1), Olli Maatta (2) 3 - 1
12:51 WSH Alex Ovechkin (8) Christian Djoos (1), Nicklas Backstrom (5) 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:27 WSH Matt Niskanen Slashing 2
10:33 WSH Braden Holtby Delaying game illegal play by goalie 2
13:10 PIT Chad Ruhwedel Slashing 2
17:43 WSH John Carlson Tripping 2
2nd Period
01:57 PIT Patric Hornqvist Slashing 2
06:26 WSH Christian Djoos Tripping 2
11:20 WSH Matt Niskanen Interference 2
19:55 WSH Alex Chiasson Holding 2
3rd Period
01:38 PIT Greg McKegg Slashing 2
05:56 PIT Greg McKegg High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 57 41 36 3 4.0 49.4
Washington Capitals 54 37 22 2 1.7 50.6

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdWashington 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: 4.0 expected, 3 scored · Washington Capitals: 1.7 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 5:22 of 1st, a 23% chancePIT goal, 8:20 of 2nd, a 15% chancePIT goal, 0:38 of 3rd, a 19% chanceWSH goal, 19:07 of 2nd, a 3% chanceWSH goal, 12:51 of 3rd, a 10% chancePIT 4.0WSH 1.7

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
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Carl Hagelin11:1253.875.30-0
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel7:2052.979.10-0
Patric Hornqvist · Greg McKegg · Conor Sheary4:0055.690.10-1
Ryan Reaves · Tom Kuhnhackl · Carter Rowney3:4640.030.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Hunwick · Justin Schultz13:3446.255.30-0
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin13:2064.586.40-1
Olli Maatta · Chad Ruhwedel9:0243.561.90-0

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

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
70 Patric Hornqvist R 1 1 2 -1 2 2 1 15:23 0.34 10-12 0.83-0.38
43 Conor Sheary L 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 12:32 0.44 9-6 0.72-0.16
58 Kris Letang D 1 0 1 -1 0 3 4 27:09 0.27 20-12 1.50-0.24
3 Olli Maatta D 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 16:18 0.21 10-14 0.73-0.45
4 Justin Schultz D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 20:23 0.06 13-18 0.54-0.62
14 Tom Kuhnhackl R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 07:38 2-3 0.06-0.13
17 Bryan Rust R 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 16:13 0.46 13-11 0.56-0.20
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 20:31 0.10 14-15 0.70-0.39
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:34 0.04 20-12 1.50-0.31
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 10:59 0.02 10-16 0.73-0.63
8 Phil Kessel R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:45 0.17 16-16 0.98-0.52
14 Greg McKegg C 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 11:50 0.14 10-12 0.67-0.36
37 Carter Rowney C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:04 0.04 6-8 0.55-0.33
48 Matt Hunwick D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:58 0.03 12-14 0.49-0.40
59 Jake Guentzel C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 17:26 0.50 14-14 0.64-0.55
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 18:15 0.51 16-16 1.20-0.46
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 19:27 0.66 17-15 1.25-0.52
75 Ryan Reaves R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:35 3-6 0.20-0.29
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray W 22 20 2 60:00 1.76 -0.24

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Andre Burakovsky11:5055.659.10-0
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Jakub Vrana10:4754.243.00-0
Lars Eller · Alex Chiasson · Brett Connolly6:4842.912.21-0
Jay Beagle · Devante Smith-Pelly · Tyler Graovac4:050.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov13:0542.415.30-0
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson6:5553.323.90-0
Brooks Orpik · Christian Djoos4:5375.085.82-0

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
44 Christian Djoos D 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 13:20 0.07 18-12 0.73-0.85
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 1 1 0 7 1 19:36 0.63 18-11 0.62-0.61
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:04 0.10 16-12 0.55-0.31
20 Lars Eller C 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 11:48 0.19 9-10 0.26-1.29
20 Brett Connolly R 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 11:12 0.03 9-9 0.19-1.01
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:27 0.08 14-19 0.18-1.02
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 22:13 0.01 16-23 0.24-1.54
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:09 0.09 18-12 0.74-0.64
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:03 1-9 0.00-0.53
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:00 0.20 17-14 0.50-0.44
42 Aaron Ness D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:21 5-6 0.26-0.24
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 21:04 0.02 17-12 0.70-0.93
44 Tyler Graovac C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:58 0-7 0.00-0.39
48 Alex Chiasson R 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 11:29 9-10 0.26-1.29
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 26:22 0.08 18-15 0.66-1.01
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 19:51 0.12 18-12 0.51-0.31
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:56 0-9 0.00-0.53
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:04 0.11 17-13 0.52-0.92
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby L 36 33 3 58:31 4.07 +1.07