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Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Jan 19, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 4 26
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 30

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:55 WSH Lars Eller (1) T.J. Oshie (3), Richard Panik (1) 1 - 0
16:52 PIT Colton Sceviour (2) Teddy Blueger (2), Kasperi Kapanen (1) 1 - 1
16:58 WSH Tom Wilson (2) Alex Ovechkin (4) 2 - 1
19:43 WSH Tom Wilson (3) John Carlson (2) 3 - 1
2nd Period
05:45 PIT Jake Guentzel (1) PP Bryan Rust (3), Sidney Crosby (1) 3 - 2
08:16 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) Daniel Sprong (1), Jakub Vrana (1) 4 - 2
15:07 PIT Teddy Blueger (1) SH Casey DeSmith (1) 4 - 3
17:15 PIT Evgeni Malkin (1) PP Kris Letang (1), Sidney Crosby (2) 4 - 4
Overtime
01:11 PIT Sidney Crosby (3) Kris Letang (2), Jake Guentzel (3) 4 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
04:08 WSH Dmitry Orlov Tripping 2
04:47 WSH Lars Eller Slashing 2
13:28 PIT Jake Guentzel Hooking 2
14:34 PIT Chad Ruhwedel Slashing 2
16:39 WSH T.J. Oshie Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 47 30 26 4 2.2 48.8
Pittsburgh Penguins 55 40 30 5 2.7 51.2

How the game went

64202468Start2nd3rdOTPittsburgh 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, 4 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.7 expected, 5 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTWSH goal, 4:55 of 1st, a 5% chanceWSH goal, 16:58 of 1st, a 3% chanceWSH goal, 19:43 of 1st, a 16% chanceWSH goal, 8:16 of 2nd, a 18% chancePIT goal, 16:52 of 1st, a 27% chancePIT goal, 5:45 of 2nd, a 13% chancePIT goal, 15:07 of 2nd, a 11% chancePIT goal, 17:15 of 2nd, a 3% chancePIT goal, 1:11 of overtime, a 31% chancePIT 2.7WSH 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 · Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson14:2633.326.32-1
T.J. Oshie · Lars Eller · Richard Panik12:1166.770.11-0
Evgeny Kuznetsov · Jakub Vrana · Daniel Sprong10:5065.086.31-0
Carl Hagelin · Nic Dowd · Garnet Hathaway8:0446.260.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Carlson · Dmitry Orlov15:2855.653.22-0
Justin Schultz · Brenden Dillon15:0565.071.02-0
Zdeno Chara · Nick Jensen13:4538.971.30-0

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
43 Tom Wilson R 2 0 2 0 0 3 10 18:23 0.21 8-19 0.32-1.01
20 Lars Eller C 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 17:30 0.10 9-8 0.24-0.14
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 14:31 1.05 15-8 1.23-0.27
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 18:20 0.14 10-21 0.35-1.33
10 Daniel Sprong R 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 12:50 0.15 15-11 1.23-0.59
16 Richard Panik R 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 15:49 10-5 0.24-0.10
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 13:06 0.02 13-8 1.23-0.27
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 22:10 0.04 18-14 0.64-0.58
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 17:06 0.18 9-6 0.24-0.11
3 Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:35 8-13 0.82-0.34
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:11 0.07 15-17 0.58-0.94
5 Brenden Dillon D 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 19:03 14-9 0.48-0.21
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 20:32 0.03 17-16 0.64-0.88
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 19:45 8-22 0.32-1.32
21 Garnet Hathaway R 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 09:52 0.03 9-7 0.25-0.14
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 11:03 0.11 9-7 0.25-0.14
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:51 0.02 10-17 0.92-0.77
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:43 0.09 8-7 0.22-0.14
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Vitek Vanecek OTL 30 25 5 61:11 2.77 -2.23

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Jake Guentzel · Evan Rodrigues14:0167.984.00-1
Colton Sceviour · Teddy Blueger · Kasperi Kapanen6:5878.694.31-1
Evgeni Malkin · Jason Zucker · Brandon Tanev6:0425.011.10-1
Bryan Rust · Mark Jankowski · Jared McCann5:3350.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin21:2864.582.71-1
Chad Ruhwedel · John Marino10:1843.837.60-0
Marcus Pettersson · John Marino9:5241.732.00-1

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 2 3 0 0 3 0 20:26 0.73 22-11 1.10-0.21
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 1 2 0 2 4 1 21:53 0.61 23-12 1.10-0.22
73 Teddy Blueger C 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 10:07 0.11 11-5 0.67-0.30
58 Kris Letang D 0 2 2 1 0 4 3 28:14 0.12 21-16 1.10-1.00
70 Colton Sceviour C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 2 08:38 0.56 11-5 0.67-0.30
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 17:10 0.06 6-18 0.05-1.30
17 Bryan Rust R 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 16:22 0.06 4-6 0.01-0.17
42 Kasperi Kapanen R 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 10:02 0.07 14-3 0.68-0.04
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 27:36 0.06 22-16 1.25-0.41
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 17:36 0.02 15-15 0.37-0.39
6 John Marino D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 6 26:01 0.06 15-22 0.47-1.53
13 Brandon Tanev L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 14:07 5-15 0.08-0.74
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:25 5-18 0.05-1.30
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 18:39 0.15 20-17 1.09-1.08
19 Jared McCann L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:24 0.13 4-6 0.03-0.22
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 11:28 5-7 0.22-0.47
50 Juuso Riikola D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:20 0.02 8-8 0.30-0.28
77 Mark Jankowski L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:19 4-8 0.03-0.23
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Casey DeSmith W 26 22 4 61:11 2.26 -1.74