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Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 12, 2019 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 41
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 30

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
19:27 WSH Jakub Vrana (20) Nicklas Backstrom (48), T.J. Oshie (22) 1 - 0
2nd Period
10:24 WSH Jakub Vrana (21) Dmitry Orlov (21), T.J. Oshie (23) 2 - 0
12:37 PIT Jake Guentzel (35) Jared McCann (14) 2 - 1
13:24 PIT Sidney Crosby (32) Justin Schultz (11) 2 - 2
14:25 PIT Sidney Crosby (33) PP Phil Kessel (47), Evgeni Malkin (48) 2 - 3
3rd Period
11:56 PIT Phil Kessel (23) PP Justin Schultz (12), Evgeni Malkin (49) 2 - 4
14:02 WSH John Carlson (11) PP Alex Ovechkin (32), Nicklas Backstrom (49) 3 - 4
19:04 PIT Jared McCann (17) Unassisted 3 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:50 PIT Jake Guentzel Holding 2
02:33 WSH Lars Eller Kneeing 2
2nd Period
01:37 WSH Alex Ovechkin High sticking 2
13:55 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Tripping 2
3rd Period
04:06 PIT Erik Gudbranson Roughing 2
04:06 WSH Tom Wilson Roughing 2
10:33 WSH Team Too many men on the ice 2
12:56 PIT Team Too many men on the ice 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 74 53 41 3 3.3 63.0
Pittsburgh Penguins 46 40 30 5 3.9 37.0

How the game went

302520151050Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 3.3 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.9 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 19:27 of 1st, a 3% chanceWSH goal, 10:24 of 2nd, a 1% chanceWSH goal, 14:02 of 3rd, a 22% chancePIT goal, 12:37 of 2nd, a 14% chancePIT goal, 13:24 of 2nd, a 17% chancePIT goal, 14:25 of 2nd, a 14% chancePIT goal, 11:56 of 3rd, a 13% chancePIT goal, 19:04 of 3rd, a 48% chancePIT 3.9WSH 3.3

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
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Jakub Vrana12:2769.670.62-0
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson10:4453.633.60-0
Carl Hagelin · Lars Eller · Brett Connolly8:1073.966.50-1
Nic Dowd · Travis Boyd · Andre Burakovsky4:5762.560.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov16:1765.060.12-0
John Carlson · Michal Kempny14:3860.036.50-1
Brooks Orpik · Nick Jensen10:0656.339.20-1

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
19 Jakub Vrana L 2 0 2 2 0 4 1 14:52 0.15 18-7 0.84-0.34
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 2 2 1 2 2 2 20:09 0.29 20-7 0.94-0.34
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 19:18 0.42 20-7 0.94-0.34
74 John Carlson D 1 0 1 -2 0 4 1 25:32 0.44 25-14 0.87-1.21
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 1 1 -2 2 5 8 19:01 0.70 19-17 0.79-1.50
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 20:17 0.25 26-15 1.16-0.79
3 Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:09 9-7 0.21-0.33
6 Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 17:56 0.15 24-15 0.98-1.23
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 22:27 0.03 30-15 1.55-0.84
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 16:09 0.04 20-8 0.57-0.30
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 13:07 0.28 19-8 0.66-0.48
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 06:47 0.05 5-3 0.24-0.16
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:24 0.14 8-6 0.36-0.26
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 9 18:56 0.09 17-17 0.67-1.38
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 15:27 0.03 12-8 0.28-0.39
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:13 0.08 18-9 0.54-0.33
72 Travis Boyd C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:17 8-4 0.36-0.22
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:27 0.09 17-18 0.68-1.53
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 29 25 4 58:39 2.87 -1.13

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Jake Guentzel · Jared McCann12:3840.060.11-1
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Teddy Blueger10:4442.922.10-0
Patric Hornqvist · Nick Bjugstad · Dominik Simon7:3326.729.30-0
Matt Cullen · Garrett Wilson · Joseph Blandisi3:250.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Gudbranson · Marcus Pettersson15:1537.947.50-1
Jack Johnson · Justin Schultz15:0727.334.42-1
Brian Dumoulin · Zach Trotman10:1129.234.40-0

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
87 Sidney Crosby C 2 0 2 1 0 3 2 21:25 0.48 15-19 1.03-0.64
8 Phil Kessel R 1 1 2 -1 0 1 0 19:37 0.17 8-18 0.32-0.87
19 Jared McCann L 1 1 2 0 0 3 3 17:24 0.28 14-26 0.93-0.94
4 Justin Schultz D 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 22:40 0.21 10-27 0.52-1.12
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 2 2 -1 0 1 1 20:14 0.24 8-16 0.32-0.87
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 0 1 1 2 1 4 18:22 0.14 14-22 1.00-0.86
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 21:17 0.02 15-19 1.18-0.80
3 Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 18:50 0.07 9-24 0.50-0.96
5 Zach Trotman D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:33 0.04 8-18 0.34-0.65
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:45 9-10 0.89-0.38
10 Garrett Wilson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 06:13 0.00 3-6 0.04-0.15
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 20:44 0.04 11-18 0.68-0.75
36 Joseph Blandisi C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 03:50 0.02 1-4 0.02-0.10
44 Erik Gudbranson D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 22:43 0.05 21-20 1.55-0.76
51 Dominik Simon C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:42 0.10 11-13 1.01-0.46
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 13:29 0.00 7-18 0.23-0.68
72 Nick Bjugstad C 0 0 0 1 0 8 5 16:51 0.98 13-25 0.98-0.90
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15:15 0.05 8-12 0.39-0.73
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray 41 38 3 60:00 3.24 +0.24