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Washington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins

Feb 14, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 31
Pittsburgh Penguins 6 38

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:18 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) PP Justin Schultz (5), Lars Eller (3) 1 - 0
10:29 PIT Bryan Rust (4) Mike Matheson (1), Sidney Crosby (7) 1 - 1
11:01 PIT Brandon Tanev (4) Cody Ceci (3), Chad Ruhwedel (2) 1 - 2
2nd Period
03:26 WSH Jakub Vrana (4) Unassisted 2 - 2
06:44 PIT Bryan Rust (5) PP Kris Letang (6), Jake Guentzel (6) 2 - 3
10:44 PIT Jake Guentzel (5) Bryan Rust (8), Cody Ceci (4) 2 - 4
17:49 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (7) Alex Ovechkin (8), John Carlson (8) 3 - 4
3rd Period
18:57 PIT Zachary Aston-Reese (2) Kris Letang (7), Tristan Jarry (1) 3 - 5
19:11 PIT Sidney Crosby (5) Jake Guentzel (7) 3 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:26 PIT Kris Letang Slashing 2
03:38 PIT Jason Zucker Slashing 2
13:59 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Roughing 2
2nd Period
06:17 WSH Nic Dowd High sticking 2
08:25 PIT Kris Letang Delaying game puck over glass 2
13:06 PIT Chad Ruhwedel Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 56 39 31 3 3.0 50.6
Pittsburgh Penguins 53 45 38 6 3.7 49.4

How the game went

1210864202Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 3.0 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.7 expected, 6 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 5:18 of 1st, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 3:26 of 2nd, a 15% chanceWSH goal, 17:49 of 2nd, a 11% chancePIT goal, 10:29 of 1st, a 9% chancePIT goal, 11:01 of 1st, a 24% chancePIT goal, 6:44 of 2nd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 10:44 of 2nd, a 21% chancePIT goal, 18:57 of 3rd, a 47% chancePIT goal, 19:11 of 3rd, a 43% chancePIT 3.7WSH 3.0

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 Wilson13:4337.552.11-0
T.J. Oshie · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Jakub Vrana10:3464.777.81-0
Lars Eller · Richard Panik · Conor Sheary8:0366.781.00-0
Carl Hagelin · Nic Dowd · Garnet Hathaway7:1015.43.30-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Carlson · Brenden Dillon15:5052.073.12-0
Dmitry Orlov · Nick Jensen12:1847.167.60-1
Zdeno Chara · Justin Schultz9:5940.016.80-1

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 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 -1 2 1 1 21:20 0.11 8-14 0.58-0.60
19 Jakub Vrana L 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 16:37 0.23 16-7 0.72-0.21
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 18:24 0.06 19-7 0.85-0.25
4 Justin Schultz D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 16:48 0.11 12-14 0.28-0.87
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 1 1 -2 0 3 6 25:46 0.47 9-15 0.35-0.63
20 Lars Eller C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 15:56 0.05 14-10 1.01-0.55
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 27:20 0.09 18-18 0.93-0.62
3 Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:26 14-9 1.15-0.42
5 Brenden Dillon D 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 19:04 0.04 15-12 0.79-0.25
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 18:50 12-12 1.05-0.56
16 Richard Panik R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:56 0.21 14-8 0.86-0.38
21 Garnet Hathaway R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 08:32 3-11 0.05-0.61
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 09:10 3-11 0.04-0.61
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 14:16 0.02 15-16 0.42-1.07
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 20:50 0.36 9-15 0.35-0.70
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 09:55 0.59 12-7 0.90-0.36
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 09:37 3-11 0.05-0.61
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 3 19:27 0.71 16-8 0.99-0.24
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Vitek Vanecek L 36 32 4 59:19 2.81 -1.19

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel14:2759.355.02-1
Teddy Blueger · Brandon Tanev · Zachary Aston-Reese10:4763.679.91-0
Evgeni Malkin · Jason Zucker · Kasperi Kapanen10:1247.438.80-0
Colton Sceviour · Mark Jankowski · Sam Lafferty5:5537.58.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Matheson · John Marino16:3853.375.31-0
Kris Letang · Pierre-Olivier Joseph15:0353.130.80-1
Cody Ceci · Chad Ruhwedel10:0038.561.11-0

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 Bryan Rust R 2 1 3 1 0 6 0 20:37 0.63 19-16 1.19-1.09
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 2 3 2 0 4 2 18:14 0.63 16-13 1.04-0.96
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 18:09 0.45 17-13 1.07-0.96
5 Cody Ceci D 0 2 2 3 0 3 1 17:04 0.13 14-13 0.93-0.60
58 Kris Letang D 0 2 2 0 4 2 3 23:43 0.09 21-19 0.61-1.17
13 Brandon Tanev L 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 17:11 0.26 8-7 0.36-0.09
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 1 0 1 2 0 3 2 15:21 0.05 7-6 0.36-0.09
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 15:17 6-8 0.46-0.23
8 Mike Matheson D 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 21:55 0.07 15-13 0.86-0.33
6 John Marino D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 23:04 0.01 8-14 0.24-0.83
7 Pierre-Olivier Joseph D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 19:26 0.05 19-20 0.74-1.56
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 12:58 0.10 10-15 0.24-0.70
24 Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:21 3-6 0.05-0.48
42 Kasperi Kapanen R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:37 0.13 12-13 0.41-0.59
70 Colton Sceviour C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 08:38 0.13 7-7 0.23-0.50
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 14:06 0.05 11-13 0.31-0.46
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 17:40 8-6 0.36-0.11
77 Mark Jankowski L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:55 0.01 4-8 0.06-0.50
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry W 31 28 3 60:00 3.07 +0.07