Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

2nd Round, Game 6 · May 7, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	2	30
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	22

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
02:13	WSH	Alex Chiasson (1)	Nathan Walker (1), Jay Beagle (3)	1 - 0
11:52	PIT	Kris Letang (3)	Brian Dumoulin (6), Sidney Crosby (12)	1 - 1
Overtime
05:27	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov (7)	Alex Ovechkin (7), Dmitry Orlov (5)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
04:11	PIT	Olli Maatta	High sticking	2
11:25	WSH	Michal Kempny	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	62	41	30	2	1.8	55.2
Pittsburgh Penguins	52	38	22	1	2.0	44.8

How the game went

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, 2 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.0 expected, 1 scored

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Chandler Stephenson	17:26	62.5	63.4	1-0
T.J. Oshie · Lars Eller · Jakub Vrana	16:05	60.0	44.7	0-0
Devante Smith-Pelly · Brett Connolly · Travis Boyd	10:23	29.4	16.6	0-0
Jay Beagle · Alex Chiasson · Nathan Walker	7:05	72.7	82.8	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov	24:15	58.3	47.9	1-1
John Carlson · Michal Kempny	17:44	55.6	49.6	0-0
Brooks Orpik · Christian Djoos	10:59	63.2	78.8	1-0

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
48	Alex Chiasson	R	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	09:27	0.25	12-5	0.34-0.18
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	21:48	0.31	18-10	0.57-0.31
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	1	0	5	7	23:03	0.16	20-10	0.59-0.32
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	27:50	0.04	22-17	0.56-0.68
26	Nathan Walker	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	3	08:29	0.02	9-5	0.28-0.09
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	5	11:05	0.01	9-7	0.28-0.31
6	Michal Kempny	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	20:05	0.08	21-18	0.64-0.70
9	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20:31	0.10	16-10	0.50-0.31
15	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	29:38	0.04	23-21	0.57-1.07
19	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	20:18	0.22	24-14	0.60-0.67
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	22:11	0.09	24-19	0.56-0.75
20	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12:26		6-16	0.15-0.70
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	12:53	0.07	6-13	0.12-0.58
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	16:39		14-14	0.38-0.56
44	Christian Djoos	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11:47		13-8	0.34-0.10
72	Travis Boyd	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:12	0.13	7-12	0.16-0.52
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	23:20	0.14	23-17	0.66-0.70
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	21:33	0.13	23-19	0.57-0.80

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
70	Braden Holtby	W	22	21	1	65:27	2.10	+1.10

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist · Jake Guentzel	10:54	41.2	26.7	1-1
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Bryan Rust	10:05	34.6	48.6	0-0
Carl Hagelin · Riley Sheahan · Tom Kuhnhackl	6:37	75.0	80.3	0-0
Sidney Crosby · Jake Guentzel · Dominik Simon	5:56	16.7	71.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin	22:26	55.2	53.6	1-1
Justin Schultz · Jamie Oleksiak	15:49	36.8	55.2	0-0
Olli Maatta · Chad Ruhwedel	13:00	60.0	53.5	0-1

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
58	Kris Letang	D	1	0	1	0	0	3	4	28:26	0.09	18-22	0.61-0.54
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	25:40	0.08	16-16	0.52-0.63
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	20:36	0.10	13-17	0.66-0.47
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	18:44	0.07	15-12	0.66-0.37
4	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	21:28	0.23	19-30	0.96-0.61
4	Jamie Oleksiak	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	19:12	0.22	16-28	0.67-0.71
5	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	16:19	0.03	10-9	0.32-0.32
8	Phil Kessel	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16:24	0.06	13-23	0.35-0.47
8	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	14:00	0.20	12-11	0.38-0.25
14	Tom Kuhnhackl	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	13:47	0.06	9-7	0.35-0.32
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	17:18	0.10	16-26	0.59-0.52
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	11:09	0.26	7-7	0.36-0.22
51	Dominik Simon	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:08	0.01	4-9	0.07-0.10
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	21:19	0.01	12-19	0.53-0.50
61	Derick Brassard	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	11:10	0.07	5-8	0.10-0.23
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:24	0.05	15-5	0.73-0.23
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	22:16	0.16	18-18	0.76-0.72
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	19:55	0.20	17-23	0.73-0.62

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Matt Murray	L	30	28	2	65:27	1.87	-0.13