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Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

2nd Round, Game 3 · May 1, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 4 22
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 22

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
00:48 WSH John Carlson (2) PP Nicklas Backstrom (7), Alex Ovechkin (5) 1 - 0
04:33 PIT Jake Guentzel (8) Justin Schultz (5), Sidney Crosby (9) 1 - 1
06:49 PIT Patric Hornqvist (4) PP Evgeni Malkin (3), Phil Kessel (5) 1 - 2
11:04 WSH Chandler Stephenson (2) T.J. Oshie (2), Nicklas Backstrom (8) 2 - 2
16:27 PIT Sidney Crosby (8) Jake Guentzel (11), Kris Letang (7) 2 - 3
3rd Period
05:06 WSH Matt Niskanen (1) Dmitry Orlov (4), Tom Wilson (5) 3 - 3
18:53 WSH Alex Ovechkin (8) Nicklas Backstrom (9) 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:56 WSH Brett Connolly Tripping 2
04:39 PIT Patric Hornqvist Tripping 2
07:47 WSH T.J. Oshie Holding 2
16:30 PIT Kris Letang Interference 2
18:50 PIT Evgeni Malkin Tripping 2
2nd Period
05:36 WSH Brooks Orpik Hooking 2
13:15 WSH Alex Ovechkin Cross checking 2
13:15 WSH Tom Wilson Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
13:15 PIT Jamie Oleksiak Cross checking 2
15:55 WSH Michal Kempny Hooking 2
15:55 PIT Tom Kuhnhackl Holding the stick 2
18:58 PIT Team Too many men on the ice 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 48 36 22 4 2.4 51.5
Pittsburgh Penguins 48 36 22 3 2.0 48.5

How the game went

20246810Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 2.4 expected, 4 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.0 expected, 3 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 0:48 of 2nd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 11:04 of 2nd, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 5:06 of 3rd, a 2% chanceWSH goal, 18:53 of 3rd, a 29% chancePIT goal, 4:33 of 2nd, a 11% chancePIT goal, 6:49 of 2nd, a 18% chancePIT goal, 16:27 of 2nd, a 12% chanceWSH 2.4PIT 2.0

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 · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson11:5664.770.81-0
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Chandler Stephenson6:3312.526.91-0
Lars Eller · Devante Smith-Pelly · Chandler Stephenson4:0866.741.00-0
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Jakub Vrana4:0466.791.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Carlson · Michal Kempny14:4155.069.01-1
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov13:4848.049.51-0
Brooks Orpik · Christian Djoos7:1044.446.80-0

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 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 22:29 0.29 12-11 0.79-0.36
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 20:24 0.74 15-8 0.84-0.20
9 Chandler Stephenson C 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 14:43 0.12 5-11 0.21-0.54
15 Matt Niskanen D 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 21:12 0.05 14-13 0.35-0.33
74 John Carlson D 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 29:17 0.16 13-14 0.97-0.61
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 20:39 14-17 0.44-0.50
43 Tom Wilson R 0 1 1 2 2 1 9 17:25 0.03 15-11 0.91-0.24
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 22:05 0.06 11-11 0.49-0.41
6 Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 17:41 0.02 13-9 1.02-0.44
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:21 0.43 9-8 0.52-0.15
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:15 0.12 8-8 0.24-0.39
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 06:42 4-3 0.02-0.19
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 10:36 0.08 5-6 0.10-0.32
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 15:59 0.01 7-6 0.18-0.15
44 Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:17 6-5 0.26-0.15
48 Alex Chiasson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:48 3-4 0.11-0.10
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:20 3-6 0.18-0.18
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 21:34 0.25 13-9 0.41-0.18
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 22 19 3 60:00 2.08 -0.92

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist · Jake Guentzel12:2050.029.51-1
Evgeni Malkin · Bryan Rust · Dominik Simon5:0566.758.80-1
Derick Brassard · Phil Kessel · Conor Sheary4:5250.051.70-0
Derick Brassard · Tom Kuhnhackl · Conor Sheary4:11100.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin12:5947.652.00-1
Justin Schultz · Olli Maatta10:4533.338.00-0
Jamie Oleksiak · Chad Ruhwedel5:1633.356.70-0

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
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 1 2 1 0 1 3 16:07 0.11 11-13 0.46-0.85
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 20:41 0.34 11-10 0.45-0.81
70 Patric Hornqvist R 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 19:36 0.33 9-13 0.28-0.71
4 Justin Schultz D 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 23:12 0.21 10-14 0.47-0.58
8 Phil Kessel R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 19:21 0.01 7-9 0.15-0.43
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 -1 2 0 6 26:53 0.04 16-17 0.59-0.89
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 -2 2 2 3 19:07 0.25 9-12 0.24-0.37
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 19:59 0.29 12-11 0.51-0.38
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:46 0.05 12-16 0.31-1.00
4 Jamie Oleksiak D 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 11:12 0.06 7-5 0.27-0.21
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12:32 8-5 0.09-0.14
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 15:11 5-13 0.08-0.50
14 Tom Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 08:45 0.04 8-3 0.28-0.13
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 17:21 0.14 8-14 0.37-0.48
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:37 2-2 0.02-0.08
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:50 0.06 11-4 0.32-0.12
51 Dominik Simon C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 05:58 4-2 0.16-0.12
61 Derick Brassard C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:32 0.07 10-7 0.39-0.24
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray L 22 18 4 59:22 2.46 -1.54