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Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

2nd Round, Game 4 · May 3, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 1 21
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 24

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
09:21 PIT Jake Guentzel (9) Dominik Simon (3), Sidney Crosby (10) 0 - 1
12:55 WSH T.J. Oshie (4) PP Nicklas Backstrom (10), Evgeny Kuznetsov (5) 1 - 1
17:31 PIT Evgeni Malkin (4) PP Patric Hornqvist (6), Phil Kessel (6) 1 - 2
3rd Period
19:02 PIT Jake Guentzel (10) PP Sidney Crosby (11), Kris Letang (8) 1 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:10 WSH John Carlson Hooking 2
2nd Period
00:37 PIT Evgeni Malkin Slashing 2
03:30 WSH Chandler Stephenson Slashing 2
11:51 PIT Jake Guentzel Tripping 2
14:17 PIT Jake Guentzel Slashing 2
16:10 WSH T.J. Oshie Interference 2
3rd Period
18:49 WSH Team Too many men on the ice 2
19:02 PIT Kris Letang Fighting 5
19:02 WSH T.J. Oshie Fighting 5

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 48 35 21 1 1.8 48.0
Pittsburgh Penguins 52 39 24 3 3.5 52.0

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 1.8 expected, 1 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.5 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 12:55 of 2nd, a 14% chancePIT goal, 9:21 of 2nd, a 19% chancePIT goal, 17:31 of 2nd, a 24% chancePIT goal, 19:02 of 3rd, a 39% chancePIT 3.5WSH 1.8

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 · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Devante Smith-Pelly12:0722.210.40-1
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Chandler Stephenson11:4142.953.20-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Jakub Vrana6:5380.065.10-0
Jay Beagle · Alex Chiasson · Shane Gersich5:3728.646.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov16:0842.144.70-1
John Carlson · Michal Kempny13:5233.311.50-0
Brooks Orpik · Christian Djoos9:0458.341.80-0

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
77 T.J. Oshie R 1 0 1 0 7 1 8 19:30 0.25 11-9 0.32-0.32
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 20:52 0.18 12-9 0.45-0.32
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 -1 0 5 1 19:45 0.31 11-21 0.29-1.35
6 Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:52 0.02 12-21 0.25-1.13
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 21:01 0.04 10-21 0.33-1.35
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 21:45 0.08 11-12 0.47-0.50
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:19 0.08 10-8 0.27-0.21
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 23:59 0.03 12-12 0.52-0.49
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:23 0.15 13-4 0.28-0.17
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:31 0.03 10-3 0.09-0.07
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:00 0.11 13-3 0.28-0.07
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 18:18 6-21 0.16-1.35
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:43 0.04 12-5 0.25-0.15
44 Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:08 0.04 7-6 0.10-0.25
48 Alex Chiasson R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:27 0.05 6-6 0.24-0.14
63 Shane Gersich L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 05:48 0.08 2-5 0.11-0.13
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 25:52 0.18 18-22 0.40-1.25
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:31 0.12 4-7 0.17-0.16
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 23 21 2 58:49 2.93 +0.93

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Jake Guentzel · Dominik Simon12:1267.780.61-0
Evgeni Malkin · Patric Hornqvist · Carl Hagelin11:3446.728.50-0
Phil Kessel · Riley Sheahan · Conor Sheary5:5542.952.10-0
Derick Brassard · Bryan Rust · Tom Kuhnhackl5:2033.37.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin15:4072.480.71-0
Justin Schultz · Jamie Oleksiak14:2940.029.40-0
Olli Maatta · Chad Ruhwedel11:5666.789.50-0

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 2 0 2 1 4 7 4 17:16 0.94 21-12 1.37-0.35
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 20:54 0.04 22-12 1.47-0.35
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 18:03 0.50 7-8 0.14-0.34
8 Phil Kessel R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:46 0.20 4-10 0.08-0.11
51 Dominik Simon C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:01 0.23 21-10 1.37-0.33
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 1 5 3 1 24:34 0.11 22-15 1.14-0.39
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 17:33 0.17 8-9 0.23-0.34
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 20:38 0.02 22-9 1.13-0.28
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:39 6-4 0.43-0.08
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:19 0.08 11-22 0.32-0.66
4 Jamie Oleksiak D 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15:27 0.06 10-16 0.21-0.50
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:14 7-6 0.53-0.09
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:26 0.11 6-5 0.24-0.08
14 Tom Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:22 0.07 7-7 0.20-0.21
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:43 0.02 6-7 0.19-0.21
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:00 0.05 3-7 0.07-0.08
61 Derick Brassard C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:50 4-11 0.03-0.23
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:11 0.21 8-10 0.23-0.35
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray 21 20 1 60:00 1.86 +0.86