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Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 7, 2020 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 5 28
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:52 WSH Nic Dowd (6) Garnet Hathaway (7), Richard Panik (13) 1 - 0
16:15 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (12) Jakub Vrana (27), T.J. Oshie (23) 2 - 0
18:38 WSH Richard Panik (9) Nick Jensen (8), Nic Dowd (8) 3 - 0
3rd Period
00:34 WSH Nic Dowd (7) SH Carl Hagelin (17) 4 - 0
05:09 PIT Sidney Crosby (16) Conor Sheary (12) 4 - 1
12:16 PIT Evgeni Malkin (22) PP Jason Zucker (21), Sidney Crosby (31) 4 - 2
13:12 WSH T.J. Oshie (26) Nicklas Backstrom (42) 5 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:03 PIT Sam Lafferty Roughing 2
02:03 WSH Jonas Siegenthaler Roughing 2
06:37 WSH Brenden Dillon Interference 2
07:12 WSH Team Too many men on the ice 2
2nd Period
09:07 WSH Carl Hagelin Hooking 2
15:43 PIT Evgeni Malkin Holding 2
16:02 WSH Tom Wilson Holding the stick 2
16:02 PIT Kris Letang Roughing 2
18:48 WSH Jonas Siegenthaler Ps hooking on breakaway 0
19:35 WSH Brenden Dillon Delaying game 2
3rd Period
10:34 WSH Dmitry Orlov Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 47 37 28 5 2.7 51.2
Pittsburgh Penguins 59 42 28 2 3.0 48.8

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 2.7 expected, 5 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.0 expected, 2 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 1:52 of 1st, a 22% chanceWSH goal, 16:15 of 1st, a 16% chanceWSH goal, 18:38 of 1st, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 0:34 of 3rd, a 13% chanceWSH goal, 13:12 of 3rd, a 12% chancePIT goal, 5:09 of 3rd, a 15% chancePIT goal, 12:16 of 3rd, a 14% chancePIT 3.0WSH 2.7

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 Vrana9:5050.049.41-1
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson9:1133.318.60-0
Ilya Kovalchuk · Carl Hagelin · Lars Eller9:0256.361.50-0
Richard Panik · Nic Dowd · Garnet Hathaway7:0961.190.22-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dmitry Orlov · Nick Jensen14:0254.266.81-0
John Carlson · Brenden Dillon10:4150.058.80-1
Jonas Siegenthaler · Michal Kempny6:4056.356.52-0

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
26 Nic Dowd C 2 1 3 3 0 4 3 14:26 0.41 12-9 0.75-0.12
16 Richard Panik R 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 10:03 0.15 14-8 0.96-0.10
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 15:34 0.32 11-10 0.76-0.66
77 T.J. Oshie R 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 15:48 0.28 10-10 0.65-0.66
3 Nick Jensen D 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 20:11 15-14 0.83-0.49
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 11:24 0.26 12-9 0.68-0.54
21 Garnet Hathaway R 0 1 1 2 0 4 2 10:26 0.50 13-7 0.96-0.08
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 14:44 0.03 9-10 0.40-0.27
5 Brenden Dillon D 0 0 0 -1 4 1 1 20:36 0.02 14-15 0.55-0.53
6 Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 15:45 0.05 15-14 1.01-0.77
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 16:34 6-11 0.22-0.52
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 21:19 0.05 15-13 0.91-0.37
17 Ilya Kovalchuk L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:57 0.18 13-9 0.56-0.29
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 16:38 0.29 13-10 0.66-0.35
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 16:10 5-12 0.09-0.41
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 15:39 0.02 10-9 0.61-0.58
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 24:36 0.12 13-15 0.62-0.56
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14:58 5-10 0.09-0.41
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 28 26 2 60:00 2.97 +0.97

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Teddy Blueger · Sam Lafferty · Brandon Tanev10:2028.65.80-1
Sidney Crosby · Jason Zucker · Conor Sheary10:1657.144.11-1
Patrick Marleau · Evgeni Malkin · Bryan Rust9:5752.633.40-2
Patric Hornqvist · Nick Bjugstad · Jared McCann8:1627.332.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin15:1240.729.90-3
Marcus Pettersson · John Marino11:4352.256.91-0
Jack Johnson · Justin Schultz11:2647.840.10-1

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
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 21:53 0.47 19-12 0.79-0.72
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 -3 2 5 1 21:37 0.35 14-10 0.60-0.67
17 Jason Zucker L 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 17:00 0.51 17-12 0.58-0.72
43 Conor Sheary L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 12:42 0.01 18-12 0.78-0.72
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 20:06 11-16 0.46-1.08
3 Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:59 0.06 11-13 0.38-0.68
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 19:34 0.19 12-12 0.40-0.57
6 John Marino D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:12 0.06 14-12 0.68-0.50
12 Patrick Marleau C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:04 0.17 10-9 0.28-0.56
13 Brandon Tanev L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 12:21 5-11 0.05-0.64
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 19:18 11-10 0.41-0.67
19 Jared McCann L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:56 0.53 5-9 0.42-0.35
24 Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 11:54 0.01 5-11 0.05-0.61
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 14:52 0.04 15-11 0.67-0.50
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -4 2 1 1 26:19 0.08 15-18 0.49-1.19
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 4 17:21 0.47 6-8 0.50-0.27
72 Nick Bjugstad C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:25 3-9 0.13-0.35
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:23 0.01 4-10 0.03-0.53
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray 28 23 5 56:20 2.69 -2.31