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← 2nd Round, 2017-18 playoffs

Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

2nd Round, Game 5 · May 5, 2018 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 39
Washington Capitals 6 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:23 PIT Jamie Oleksiak (1) Derick Brassard (3), Justin Schultz (6) 1 - 0
18:22 WSH John Carlson (3) PP Evgeny Kuznetsov (6), T.J. Oshie (3) 1 - 1
18:55 WSH Brett Connolly (2) Jakub Vrana (2), Lars Eller (4) 1 - 2
2nd Period
04:43 PIT Sidney Crosby (9) PP Phil Kessel (7), Justin Schultz (7) 2 - 2
07:45 PIT Patric Hornqvist (5) PP Evgeni Malkin (4), Phil Kessel (8) 3 - 2
3rd Period
00:52 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (6) Jakub Vrana (3), Matt Niskanen (3) 3 - 3
15:22 WSH Jakub Vrana (2) Alex Ovechkin (6), Evgeny Kuznetsov (7) 3 - 4
18:29 WSH T.J. Oshie (5) Unassisted 3 - 5
19:54 WSH Lars Eller (3) Unassisted 3 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:15 WSH Matt Niskanen Holding 2
10:04 PIT Chad Ruhwedel Hooking 2
17:11 PIT Dominik Simon Tripping 2
19:58 WSH Alex Ovechkin Hooking 2
2nd Period
04:24 WSH Alex Ovechkin Slashing 2
06:57 WSH Devante Smith-Pelly Tripping 2
16:39 WSH Devante Smith-Pelly Tripping 2
17:22 PIT Sidney Crosby Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 75 63 39 3 4.7 56.9
Washington Capitals 59 42 32 6 2.8 43.1

How the game went

1510505Start2nd3rdWashington 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: 4.7 expected, 3 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.8 expected, 6 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 2:23 of 1st, a 2% chancePIT goal, 4:43 of 2nd, a 12% chancePIT goal, 7:45 of 2nd, a 42% chanceWSH goal, 18:22 of 1st, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 18:55 of 1st, a 4% chanceWSH goal, 0:52 of 3rd, a 10% chanceWSH goal, 15:22 of 3rd, a 18% chanceWSH goal, 18:29 of 3rd, a 50% chanceWSH goal, 19:54 of 3rd, a 48% chancePIT 4.7WSH 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

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 · Jake Guentzel · Dominik Simon12:1730.441.90-0
Evgeni Malkin · Patric Hornqvist · Carl Hagelin9:3875.089.00-1
Phil Kessel · Riley Sheahan · Bryan Rust8:2960.052.10-1
Derick Brassard · Tom Kuhnhackl · Conor Sheary7:2279.287.51-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Justin Schultz · Jamie Oleksiak14:5861.874.11-1
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin14:1961.863.80-2
Olli Maatta · Chad Ruhwedel12:4948.162.90-0

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
4 Justin Schultz D 0 2 2 -2 0 2 1 21:16 0.05 21-15 0.81-0.28
8 Phil Kessel R 0 2 2 -4 0 2 0 16:51 0.17 10-7 0.36-0.35
4 Jamie Oleksiak D 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 17:27 0.08 22-15 0.84-0.28
70 Patric Hornqvist R 1 0 1 -4 0 8 2 16:58 1.44 19-10 1.17-0.34
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 0 1 -2 2 3 0 19:43 0.65 7-21 0.32-0.51
61 Derick Brassard C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:27 0.17 21-5 0.64-0.09
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 -4 0 4 1 18:10 0.30 20-8 1.24-0.21
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 18:28 0.12 21-14 1.05-0.66
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 18:25 0.17 15-15 0.68-0.38
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 15:57 0.01 14-17 0.66-0.45
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 14:52 0.18 10-10 0.35-0.52
14 Tom Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 11:41 0.27 20-8 0.62-0.17
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 12:53 10-10 0.35-0.40
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 11:42 0.20 20-6 0.61-0.13
51 Dominik Simon C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 13:29 9-16 0.42-0.45
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 23:17 0.05 23-14 1.07-0.59
59 Jake Guentzel C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 19:34 0.40 10-20 0.43-0.52
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 13:03 0.47 18-9 1.14-0.29
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray L 30 26 4 58:36 1.92 -2.08

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Chandler Stephenson9:5752.943.90-0
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Devante Smith-Pelly6:2140.016.70-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Jakub Vrana5:0876.948.71-0
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Jakub Vrana5:0130.060.32-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov17:4364.746.32-0
John Carlson · Michal Kempny13:2741.227.90-0
Brooks Orpik · Christian Djoos7:5225.022.90-1

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
19 Jakub Vrana L 1 2 3 3 0 2 0 10:52 0.26 13-12 0.47-0.48
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 2 3 2 0 2 2 20:10 0.28 15-18 0.58-1.12
20 Lars Eller C 1 1 2 3 0 3 2 16:22 0.11 16-13 0.33-0.48
77 T.J. Oshie R 1 1 2 2 0 4 1 21:12 0.19 15-12 0.42-0.43
20 Brett Connolly R 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11:37 0.08 14-11 0.31-0.47
74 John Carlson D 1 0 1 2 0 4 2 25:47 0.16 17-32 0.62-1.57
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 1 1 2 4 3 2 18:53 0.23 12-19 0.56-1.14
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 3 2 2 2 25:10 0.12 23-16 0.63-0.82
6 Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:45 0.03 15-22 0.41-1.01
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 22:20 0.09 23-13 0.60-0.71
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:29 0.04 12-12 0.30-0.43
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:55 0.05 10-11 0.26-0.34
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 0 4 1 5 13:55 0.02 11-18 0.31-1.21
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 16:35 0.01 5-16 0.25-0.54
44 Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:42 5-18 0.14-0.46
48 Alex Chiasson R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:21 0.05 4-16 0.13-0.52
63 Shane Gersich L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 05:42 0.11 4-14 0.15-0.42
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14:06 6-17 0.19-0.61
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 39 36 3 60:00 4.94 +1.94