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Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

Dec 19, 2018 · Capital One Arena

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 30
Washington Capitals 1 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
06:38 WSH Lars Eller (5) Tom Wilson (7) 0 - 1
09:15 PIT Sidney Crosby (16) PP Evgeni Malkin (26), Kris Letang (20) 1 - 1
18:58 PIT Bryan Rust (7) Jake Guentzel (16), Sidney Crosby (22) 2 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:55 WSH Tom Wilson Fighting 5
00:55 PIT Jamie Oleksiak Fighting 5
04:05 WSH Alex Ovechkin Roughing 2
04:05 PIT Kris Letang Roughing 2
06:54 WSH Jonas Siegenthaler Holding 2
14:10 WSH Michal Kempny Cross checking 2
2nd Period
00:48 PIT Bryan Rust Holding 2
02:58 PIT Marcus Pettersson High sticking 2
08:06 WSH Michal Kempny Tripping 2
12:12 PIT Jake Guentzel Holding 2
20:00 PIT Brian Dumoulin Holding the stick 2
3rd Period
04:13 WSH Matt Niskanen Tripping 2
05:16 PIT Phil Kessel Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 57 39 30 2 2.6 44.7
Washington Capitals 76 54 32 1 3.1 55.3

How the game went

5051015Start2nd3rdWashington 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: 2.6 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.1 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 9:15 of 2nd, a 12% chancePIT goal, 18:58 of 2nd, a 12% chanceWSH goal, 6:38 of 2nd, a 21% chanceWSH 3.1PIT 2.6

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 · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel11:2864.054.81-1
Patric Hornqvist · Derick Brassard · Tanner Pearson7:4442.957.70-0
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Zachary Aston-Reese6:3241.740.00-0
Matt Cullen · Garrett Wilson · Riley Sheahan5:2236.468.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin13:5648.340.50-0
Jack Johnson · Marcus Pettersson7:1129.435.20-1
Kris Letang · Olli Maatta6:0466.769.41-0

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
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 0 0 3 3 22:07 0.33 18-13 0.66-0.57
17 Bryan Rust R 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 16:17 0.12 17-12 0.60-0.63
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 32:22 0.18 25-22 1.12-0.83
59 Jake Guentzel C 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 17:34 0.34 19-13 0.80-0.59
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 14:29 0.19 6-15 0.21-0.64
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 24:09 0.05 17-20 0.38-0.65
3 Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 5 21:12 0.05 11-22 0.79-0.89
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 20:56 0.22 14-12 0.92-0.53
4 Jamie Oleksiak D 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 00:09
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:11 0.13 4-9 0.29-0.24
8 Phil Kessel R 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:05 6-17 0.21-0.62
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 12:14 0.23 9-11 0.67-0.27
10 Garrett Wilson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:05 0.14 7-9 0.60-0.23
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 16:54 0.02 9-18 0.60-0.81
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:58 0.03 5-9 0.21-0.40
61 Derick Brassard C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:46 0.22 8-10 0.49-0.42
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:45 0.21 8-13 0.49-0.58
70 Tanner Pearson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:47 0.15 7-10 0.49-0.42
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray 32 31 1 60:00 3.04 +2.04

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom9:5057.153.70-0
Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson · Jakub Vrana6:5855.633.20-0
Lars Eller · Devante Smith-Pelly · Brett Connolly5:5442.932.60-1
Nic Dowd · Travis Boyd · Dmitrij Jaskin4:3346.233.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov11:0272.064.90-1
John Carlson · Michal Kempny10:1618.217.10-0
Madison Bowey · Jonas Siegenthaler5:5672.784.20-0

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
20 Lars Eller C 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 19:12 0.40 15-12 0.68-0.70
43 Tom Wilson R 0 1 1 1 5 0 2 15:53 0.15 17-12 0.83-0.67
4 Madison Bowey D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:39 14-7 0.50-0.21
6 Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 19:50 0.02 13-23 0.71-1.14
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 0 2 5 6 25:14 0.77 17-12 0.68-0.47
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:59 0.09 23-11 0.80-0.60
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 2 4 3 19:19 0.12 25-9 0.97-0.38
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 23:13 12-10 0.58-0.22
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:58 0.15 15-11 0.47-0.85
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 12:23 0.49 12-10 0.44-0.63
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:39 0.10 9-9 0.46-0.44
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:49 0.09 6-8 0.20-0.40
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 08:24 0.02 9-5 0.26-0.17
72 Travis Boyd C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:42 0.05 6-7 0.20-0.40
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 29:02 0.16 9-20 0.41-1.06
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:25 0.16 12-7 0.46-0.21
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 21:43 0.29 15-9 0.49-0.59
93 Dmitrij Jaskin R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:44 0.01 6-8 0.20-0.40
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 30 28 2 57:43 2.60 +0.60