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Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Jan 17, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 23
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 27

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:19 PIT Evan Rodrigues (1) Brian Dumoulin (1), Jake Guentzel (2) 0 - 1
12:04 WSH Nic Dowd (1) Unassisted 1 - 1
14:24 WSH Alex Ovechkin (1) Evgeny Kuznetsov (1), Tom Wilson (2) 2 - 1
2nd Period
02:10 PIT Colton Sceviour (1) Teddy Blueger (1) 2 - 2
10:09 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (2) PP Evgeny Kuznetsov (2), Alex Ovechkin (3) 3 - 2
12:57 PIT Marcus Pettersson (1) Jason Zucker (1), Bryan Rust (2) 3 - 3
Shootout
PIT Jake Guentzel Shootout winner 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:57 WSH Nick Jensen Tripping 2
15:08 PIT Brian Dumoulin Holding 2
2nd Period
05:20 WSH Brenden Dillon Cross checking 2
08:19 PIT Jake Guentzel Interference 2
08:34 WSH T.J. Oshie Interference 2
09:04 PIT Sidney Crosby Hooking 2
19:39 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Tripping 2
3rd Period
04:21 WSH Tom Wilson Slashing 2
09:57 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 40 30 23 3 2.2 50.0
Pittsburgh Penguins 46 37 27 3 2.5 50.0

How the game went

505Start2nd3rdOTPittsburgh 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: 2.2 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.5 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTWSH goal, 12:04 of 1st, a 10% chanceWSH goal, 14:24 of 1st, a 28% chanceWSH goal, 10:09 of 2nd, a 14% chancePIT goal, 0:19 of 1st, a 11% chancePIT goal, 2:10 of 2nd, a 12% chancePIT goal, 12:57 of 2nd, a 3% chancePIT 2.5WSH 2.2

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 · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom12:4645.543.80-1
Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson · Jakub Vrana8:1436.427.60-1
Lars Eller · Richard Panik · Daniel Sprong7:0470.051.50-1
Carl Hagelin · Nic Dowd · Garnet Hathaway6:3157.180.41-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Nick Jensen11:3747.122.00-0
John Carlson · Dmitry Orlov10:5050.011.90-1
Justin Schultz · Brenden Dillon10:3958.866.71-1

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
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 1 2 0 0 6 4 23:50 0.87 13-15 0.87-0.68
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 16:08 0.16 6-9 0.62-0.57
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 23:33 0.20 13-17 0.63-0.73
26 Nic Dowd C 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 11:10 0.10 4-3 0.18-0.04
43 Tom Wilson R 0 1 1 0 2 0 8 18:32 8-9 0.70-0.63
3 Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 17:20 0.01 9-11 0.16-0.50
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:10 10-9 0.78-0.40
5 Brenden Dillon D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 18:31 12-10 0.94-0.58
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:47 0.02 7-11 0.05-0.41
10 Daniel Sprong R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:01 7-3 0.18-0.17
16 Richard Panik R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 13:21 0.14 10-6 0.36-0.29
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 11:51 0.05 5-7 0.23-0.56
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:27 0.16 10-5 0.36-0.24
21 Garnet Hathaway R 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 09:38 0.08 4-5 0.18-0.18
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 19:22 0.09 14-11 0.70-0.58
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:51 4-3 0.18-0.04
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 25:59 12-12 0.59-0.67
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 7 20:29 0.34 12-14 0.58-0.58
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Ilya Samsonov OTL 27 24 3 65:00 2.53 -0.47

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Jake Guentzel · Evan Rodrigues12:5358.864.01-0
Evgeni Malkin · Jason Zucker · Bryan Rust12:3755.071.01-0
Mark Jankowski · Jared McCann · Brandon Tanev8:1050.045.80-0
Colton Sceviour · Teddy Blueger · Sam Lafferty2:2966.756.91-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin14:4350.054.31-0
Marcus Pettersson · John Marino7:2245.519.80-2
Chad Ruhwedel · Marcus Pettersson7:0677.892.81-0

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
17 Evan Rodrigues C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 18:40 0.19 12-12 0.60-0.80
26 Marcus Pettersson D 1 0 1 -1 0 1 3 19:22 0.06 12-8 0.57-0.62
70 Colton Sceviour C 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 06:57 0.18 2-1 0.13-0.10
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 21:20 0.03 14-13 0.63-0.54
17 Jason Zucker L 0 1 1 1 0 5 3 20:17 0.37 13-10 0.57-0.27
17 Bryan Rust R 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 20:32 0.32 11-9 0.56-0.23
59 Jake Guentzel C 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 21:16 0.43 10-10 0.58-0.76
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 09:26 0.07 3-3 0.13-0.11
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 14:47 0.01 10-6 0.67-0.18
6 John Marino D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 20:21 11-13 0.41-1.11
13 Brandon Tanev L 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 14:40 0.05 7-10 0.29-0.53
19 Jared McCann L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:13 0.06 7-8 0.29-0.36
24 Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 03:08 2-1 0.13-0.10
50 Juuso Riikola D 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 14:31 6-11 0.37-0.49
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 29:10 0.15 11-14 0.49-0.49
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:58 0.19 11-12 0.56-0.66
77 Mark Jankowski L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:18 0.18 8-11 0.31-0.55
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 21:32 0.22 10-8 0.58-0.37
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Casey DeSmith W 23 20 3 65:00 2.24 -0.76