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Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals

Dec 10, 2021 · Capital One Arena

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 33
Washington Capitals 2 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
16:16 PIT Danton Heinen (8) John Marino (11), Mike Matheson (7) 1 - 0
2nd Period
08:37 PIT Brock McGinn (6) Mike Matheson (8), Zachary Aston-Reese (6) 2 - 0
11:42 PIT Kasperi Kapanen (6) Sidney Crosby (10), Evan Rodrigues (11) 3 - 0
3rd Period
07:33 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (9) Alex Ovechkin (22), Daniel Sprong (4) 3 - 1
17:14 WSH Lars Eller (3) Alex Ovechkin (23), Conor Sheary (5) 3 - 2
18:07 PIT Jeff Carter (8) Sidney Crosby (11), Tristan Jarry (2) 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
13:09 PIT Marcus Pettersson Tripping 2
20:00 PIT Jeff Carter Hooking 2
3rd Period
02:11 WSH Lars Eller High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 53 42 33 4 4.1 50.6
Washington Capitals 55 43 31 2 2.3 49.4

How the game went

420246Start2nd3rdWashington 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: 4.1 expected, 4 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.3 expected, 2 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 16:16 of 1st, a 11% chancePIT goal, 8:37 of 2nd, a 1% chancePIT goal, 11:42 of 2nd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 18:07 of 3rd, a 80% chanceWSH goal, 7:33 of 3rd, a 8% chanceWSH goal, 17:14 of 3rd, a 11% chancePIT 4.1WSH 2.3

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 · Kasperi Kapanen · Evan Rodrigues14:4358.649.91-0
Teddy Blueger · Brock McGinn · Zachary Aston-Reese14:2131.858.61-0
Jeff Carter · Jason Zucker · Danton Heinen12:3950.060.21-1
Brian Boyle · Dominik Simon · Drew O'Connor4:3070.075.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin19:3048.447.31-1
Mike Matheson · Chad Ruhwedel14:3968.281.51-0
Marcus Pettersson · John Marino14:0545.548.70-0

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
8 Mike Matheson D 0 2 2 2 0 1 2 16:12 0.02 17-9 0.94-0.20
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 18:52 0.23 18-13 0.90-0.89
26 Brock McGinn L 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 17:16 0.13 8-15 0.31-0.21
42 Kasperi Kapanen R 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 17:32 0.31 17-14 0.84-0.90
58 Danton Heinen L 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 14:12 0.17 10-10 0.31-0.25
77 Jeff Carter C 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 17:33 0.02 10-10 0.32-0.21
6 John Marino D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:22 0.02 12-15 0.40-0.63
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 18:27 0.50 19-13 0.90-0.84
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 19:20 0.12 9-17 0.32-0.28
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 23:54 0.10 15-19 0.55-0.95
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:39 0.01 16-10 0.71-0.19
11 Brian Boyle C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:07 0.01 8-5 0.30-0.11
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13:57 0.25 9-10 0.30-0.25
18 Drew O'Connor L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 05:48 0.23 8-3 0.30-0.10
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 15:19 0.01 11-12 0.31-0.29
51 Dominik Simon C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 05:43 0.29 8-3 0.36-0.10
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 27:00 17-21 0.72-0.70
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 18:47 0.04 8-16 0.31-0.27
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry W 31 29 2 60:00 2.25 +0.25

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson9:3452.956.40-0
Beck Malenstyn · Brett Leason · Aliaksei Protas6:3720.09.70-0
Carl Hagelin · Lars Eller · Conor Sheary6:2953.840.00-0
T.J. Oshie · Daniel Sprong · Connor McMichael5:3538.55.60-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dmitry Orlov · Nick Jensen11:5752.449.80-0
John Carlson · Martin Fehérváry9:1947.132.70-0
Justin Schultz · Matt Irwin9:0041.231.71-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 2 2 0 0 4 4 25:21 0.52 21-18 0.75-0.57
20 Lars Eller C 1 0 1 -1 2 1 0 18:32 0.11 13-16 0.34-0.81
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 24:26 0.22 20-17 0.75-0.58
10 Daniel Sprong R 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 12:18 0.03 13-15 0.19-0.59
43 Conor Sheary L 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 20:00 0.38 9-12 0.27-0.61
3 Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:24 0.02 15-14 0.86-0.71
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 17:32 13-16 0.64-0.48
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 26:05 0.11 19-18 0.75-0.76
20 Brett Leason R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:42 5-5 0.42-0.13
21 Aliaksei Protas L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:16 2-4 0.02-0.13
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 09:28 0.04 6-4 0.41-0.13
42 Martin Fehérváry D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:27 0.12 11-10 0.25-0.49
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 15:16 0.23 10-13 0.48-0.50
52 Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 3 13:32 0.04 10-13 0.12-0.39
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:57 12-8 0.31-0.42
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 27:28 0.14 16-17 0.30-0.81
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 5 20:27 12-12 0.16-0.56
77 Connor McMichael L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 08:58 0.33 8-8 0.37-0.43
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Ilya Samsonov L 32 29 3 57:51 2.43 -0.57