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Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Oct 4, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 6 36
Pittsburgh Penguins 7 41

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:49 PIT Jamie Oleksiak (1) Evgeni Malkin (1), Phil Kessel (1) 0 - 1
03:30 WSH Jakub Vrana (1) Nicklas Backstrom (4), T.J. Oshie (2) 1 - 1
04:18 WSH Brooks Orpik (1) Unassisted 2 - 1
07:27 PIT Jake Guentzel (1) PP Daniel Sprong (1), Justin Schultz (1) 2 - 2
08:00 WSH Alex Ovechkin (2) Christian Djoos (1), Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) 3 - 2
2nd Period
00:30 PIT Kris Letang (1) Sidney Crosby (1), Brian Dumoulin (1) 3 - 3
03:54 WSH John Carlson (2) Brett Connolly (1) 4 - 3
15:09 PIT Jake Guentzel (2) Justin Schultz (2), Patric Hornqvist (1) 4 - 4
16:58 PIT Derick Brassard (1) Dominik Simon (1), Brian Dumoulin (2) 4 - 5
3rd Period
02:45 PIT Evgeni Malkin (1) Kris Letang (1), Sidney Crosby (2) 4 - 6
13:01 WSH T.J. Oshie (2) Unassisted 5 - 6
13:22 WSH T.J. Oshie (3) John Carlson (2) 6 - 6
Overtime
01:20 PIT Kris Letang (2) PP Evgeni Malkin (2), Phil Kessel (2) 6 - 7

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:47 WSH Matt Niskanen Interference 2
18:11 PIT Carl Hagelin Interference 2
2nd Period
04:13 PIT Phil Kessel Slashing 2
07:24 WSH Lars Eller Hooking 2
3rd Period
00:39 WSH Brett Connolly Tripping 2
03:53 WSH Madison Bowey Hooking 2
08:40 WSH Jakub Vrana Slashing 2
Overtime
00:19 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 56 44 36 6 2.9 43.8
Pittsburgh Penguins 75 57 41 7 4.7 56.2

How the game went

105051015Start2nd3rdOTPittsburgh 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: 2.9 expected, 6 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.7 expected, 7 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTWSH goal, 3:30 of 1st, a 14% chanceWSH goal, 4:18 of 1st, a 2% chanceWSH goal, 8:00 of 1st, a 10% chanceWSH goal, 3:54 of 2nd, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 13:01 of 3rd, a 10% chanceWSH goal, 13:22 of 3rd, a 7% chancePIT goal, 1:49 of 1st, a 4% chancePIT goal, 7:27 of 1st, a 24% chancePIT goal, 0:30 of 2nd, a 4% chancePIT goal, 15:09 of 2nd, a 6% chancePIT goal, 16:58 of 2nd, a 24% chancePIT goal, 2:45 of 3rd, a 9% chancePIT goal, 1:20 of overtime, a 9% chancePIT 4.7WSH 2.9

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 · Brett Connolly12:5744.041.52-1
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Jakub Vrana12:1650.039.73-1
Lars Eller · Chandler Stephenson · Andre Burakovsky6:4516.711.60-1
Nic Dowd · Devante Smith-Pelly · Nathan Walker5:2166.761.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov15:5147.443.80-3
John Carlson · Christian Djoos15:3050.043.33-1
Brooks Orpik · Madison Bowey7:5131.321.81-1

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

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 2 1 3 2 0 3 4 18:31 0.29 18-18 0.80-1.14
74 John Carlson D 1 1 2 3 0 4 0 28:02 0.17 18-21 0.82-1.07
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 20:07 0.53 15-20 0.82-1.57
19 Jakub Vrana L 1 0 1 3 2 3 1 15:17 0.20 20-18 0.99-1.12
44 Brooks Orpik D 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 16:01 0.02 7-17 0.40-1.16
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 18:47 0.25 17-17 0.70-1.13
20 Brett Connolly R 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 18:24 0.27 18-20 1.00-1.23
44 Christian Djoos D 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 16:52 15-13 0.70-0.81
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 24:12 0.32 18-21 1.02-1.41
4 Madison Bowey D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 11:11 8-19 0.37-1.30
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -2 0 5 2 24:22 0.27 22-28 1.23-1.64
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 11:39 2-18 0.06-0.79
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 22:07 20-20 1.10-1.25
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 12:19 0.14 7-14 0.33-0.63
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 09:37 0.39 7-6 0.48-0.32
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:07 6-5 0.38-0.25
26 Nathan Walker L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:29 0.07 7-5 0.39-0.32
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 10:16 5-15 0.17-0.91
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby OTL 41 34 7 61:20 4.66 -2.34

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist · Jake Guentzel13:0466.763.12-1
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Carl Hagelin12:3744.051.41-2
Derick Brassard · Bryan Rust · Dominik Simon7:3582.484.31-1
Matt Cullen · Riley Sheahan · Bryan Rust4:3650.064.90-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jack Johnson · Olli Maatta15:2856.557.10-1
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin14:1857.569.12-3
Justin Schultz · Jamie Oleksiak11:4847.836.92-2

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 2 1 3 0 0 3 2 25:41 0.17 26-18 2.03-0.85
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 2 3 0 0 2 1 21:43 0.41 12-16 0.88-0.89
59 Jake Guentzel C 2 0 2 1 0 5 1 18:48 0.60 22-12 1.04-0.58
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 2 2 -1 0 0 0 16:07 23-18 1.70-0.78
4 Justin Schultz D 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 17:38 0.05 17-17 0.90-1.08
8 Phil Kessel R 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 21:36 0.20 13-15 1.02-0.84
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 2 2 2 0 5 1 22:01 0.69 22-12 1.12-0.54
4 Jamie Oleksiak D 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 13:59 0.04 15-14 0.72-0.88
61 Derick Brassard C 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 14:28 0.59 20-7 1.30-0.27
10 Daniel Sprong R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 06:47 2-6 0.12-0.44
51 Dominik Simon C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 09:51 0.16 15-4 0.90-0.18
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 19:42 0.38 20-10 0.89-0.52
3 Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:58 18-13 0.97-0.58
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 19:09 0.01 19-12 0.90-0.55
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 09:43 0.19 7-12 0.45-0.66
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 12:41 0.23 9-17 0.73-0.88
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:40 0.58 24-11 1.57-0.39
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 14:29 0.41 11-16 0.79-0.87
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray W 36 30 6 61:20 2.89 -3.11