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Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

Apr 29, 2021 · Capital One Arena

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 35
Washington Capitals 4 37

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:27 WSH T.J. Oshie (18) PP Justin Schultz (21), Nicklas Backstrom (35) 0 - 1
15:27 PIT Kasperi Kapanen (9) Unassisted 1 - 1
2nd Period
08:32 PIT Frederick Gaudreau (2) Jason Zucker (7), Colton Sceviour (4) 2 - 1
09:02 WSH Dmitry Orlov (8) Nicklas Backstrom (36) 2 - 2
15:07 WSH Daniel Sprong (11) Justin Schultz (22), Dmitry Orlov (10) 2 - 3
18:11 PIT Zachary Aston-Reese (9) Colton Sceviour (5) 3 - 3
3rd Period
10:55 PIT Kasperi Kapanen (10) Jared McCann (14), Jeff Carter (13) 4 - 3
19:45 WSH Tom Wilson (12) Evgeny Kuznetsov (20), Nicklas Backstrom (37) 4 - 4
Overtime
02:11 PIT Jake Guentzel (22) John Marino (9), Jared McCann (15) 5 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:15 PIT Evan Rodrigues Delaying game puck over glass 2
07:56 WSH Justin Schultz Interference 2
2nd Period
01:48 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Holding 2
09:22 PIT Marcus Pettersson Holding 2
3rd Period
07:45 PIT Bryan Rust Holding the stick 2
15:35 WSH Michael Raffl Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 62 48 35 5 3.3 51.5
Washington Capitals 61 47 37 4 3.0 48.5

How the game went

8642024Start2nd3rdOTWashington Capitals aheadPittsburgh Penguins 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 Washington Capitals had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.3 expected, 5 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.0 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTPIT goal, 15:27 of 1st, a 11% chancePIT goal, 8:32 of 2nd, a 14% chancePIT goal, 18:11 of 2nd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 10:55 of 3rd, a 5% chancePIT goal, 2:11 of overtime, a 20% chanceWSH goal, 7:27 of 1st, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 9:02 of 2nd, a 1% chanceWSH goal, 15:07 of 2nd, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 19:45 of 3rd, a 27% chancePIT 3.3WSH 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

Pittsburgh Penguins
Washington Capitals

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel16:2451.346.40-0
Jeff Carter · Kasperi Kapanen · Jared McCann11:4456.051.32-1
Jason Zucker · Teddy Blueger · Zachary Aston-Reese10:1041.218.50-0
Colton Sceviour · Jason Zucker · Frederick Gaudreau1:3966.760.21-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin17:3248.556.60-1
Mike Matheson · Cody Ceci14:4448.636.83-1
Marcus Pettersson · John Marino11:0152.635.50-0

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
42 Kasperi Kapanen R 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 17:29 0.28 18-12 0.58-0.52
19 Jared McCann L 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 16:27 0.27 15-11 0.53-0.49
70 Colton Sceviour C 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 06:19 0.03 5-5 0.28-0.12
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 15:45 0.15 13-14 0.40-0.53
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 22:24 0.33 21-20 0.76-0.89
89 Frederick Gaudreau C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 07:52 0.14 9-6 0.45-0.19
6 John Marino D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:48 0.01 10-10 0.20-0.38
17 Jason Zucker L 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15:04 9-12 0.24-0.54
77 Jeff Carter C 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 18:16 0.13 14-13 0.51-0.53
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 22:32 16-18 0.57-0.46
5 Cody Ceci D 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 19:07 0.04 21-21 0.83-1.21
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 20:25 0.01 22-21 0.80-1.18
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 5 23:05 0.34 21-22 0.75-0.86
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 01:53 1-2 0.03-0.02
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 12:32 0.13 15-10 0.48-0.36
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 29:16 0.08 22-20 0.82-0.47
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:50 0.09 12-12 0.29-0.50
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 23:17 0.19 21-21 0.76-0.89
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry W 37 33 4 62:11 2.98 -1.02

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Anthony Mantha13:3036.038.31-1
Lars Eller · Michael Raffl · Conor Sheary11:3150.065.90-0
Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson · Daniel Sprong9:1242.950.41-3
Carl Hagelin · Nic Dowd · Garnet Hathaway8:3175.074.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Justin Schultz · Dmitry Orlov17:0752.656.42-1
Brenden Dillon · Trevor van Riemsdyk16:1046.460.90-0
Zdeno Chara · Nick Jensen11:0742.332.20-3

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
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 21:16 0.24 13-18 0.57-0.56
9 Dmitry Orlov D 1 1 2 2 0 4 3 21:00 0.18 21-19 0.83-0.59
4 Justin Schultz D 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 23:37 0.01 22-20 0.75-0.64
10 Daniel Sprong R 1 0 1 -2 0 3 2 11:03 0.23 11-13 0.43-0.40
43 Tom Wilson R 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 18:04 0.44 11-14 0.43-0.59
77 T.J. Oshie R 1 0 1 1 0 4 3 21:59 0.39 12-20 0.53-0.72
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 16:01 0.18 9-13 0.38-0.39
3 Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 15:10 0.04 14-17 0.47-0.76
5 Brenden Dillon D 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 20:08 0.05 17-15 0.84-0.50
18 Michael Raffl L 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 12:59 0.11 12-13 0.65-0.48
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 20:35 0.48 13-17 0.66-0.76
21 Garnet Hathaway R 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 10:28 0.14 15-5 0.41-0.14
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:50 0.00 15-5 0.41-0.14
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 15:48 0.02 12-19 0.36-0.77
39 Anthony Mantha R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 16:25 0.19 10-16 0.34-0.53
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:25 14-16 0.85-0.58
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21:00 14-18 0.81-0.52
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11:11 0.24 15-7 0.41-0.21
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Vitek Vanecek OTL 35 30 5 60:45 2.31 -2.69