Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMay 3, 2018

FinalPlayoffsThursday, May 3, 2018· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	0	1		WSH	7	11	3	21
PIT	0	2	1	3		PIT	9	8	7	24

: WSH 48PIT 52
: WSH 2.26PIT 4.50
PP goals: WSH 1PIT 1
Hits: WSH 43PIT 25
Blocks: WSH 13PIT 13
PIM: WSH 11PIT 11
: WSH 50%PIT 50%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 3–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 3–1 at home. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:11 together.

Points
Jake Guentzel had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 17:16.Guentzel
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:54.Crosby
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:11 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Smith-Pelly skated 12:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Kuznetsov Smith-Pelly
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Hornqvist–Hagelin skated 11:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Hornqvist Hagelin
New line
New look for PIT: Brassard–Rust–Kuhnhackl skated 5:20 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brassard Rust Kuhnhackl
New line
New look for PIT: Kessel–Sheahan–Sheary skated 5:55 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kessel Sheahan Sheary
New line
New look for WSH: Beagle–Chiasson–Gersich skated 5:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Beagle Chiasson Gersich

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← WSH attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 100 of 100 attempts · PIT 52 · WSH 48

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT pressure
WSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: WSH 33% of the game, PIT 41%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

PIT

WSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	WSH	PIT
	43	47
	1.60	3.03
	1.57	3.01
	4	12
	2	2
	12	12
	−0.006	+0.006
	33%	41%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Smith-Pelly
12:0722% CF
L2Oshie – Backstrom – Stephenson
11:4143% CF
L3Eller – Connolly – Vrana
6:5380% CF
L4Beagle – Chiasson – Gersich
5:3729% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
16:0842% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
14:1433% CF
D3Orpik – Djoos
9:0458% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
3:11100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Carlson – Connolly – Vrana
0:59100% CF
PK1FEller – Smith-Pelly
1:53
PK2FBeagle – Stephenson
1:28
PK1DOrpik – Niskanen
4:19
PK2DCarlson – Orlov
0:34

Current WSH line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Guentzel – Simon
12:1268% CF
L2Malkin – Hornqvist – Hagelin
11:3447% CF
L3Kessel – Sheahan – Sheary
5:5543% CF
L4Brassard – Rust – Kuhnhackl
5:2033% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
15:4072% CF
D2Schultz – Oleksiak
14:2940% CF
D3Maatta – Ruhwedel
11:5667% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Hornqvist – Kessel – Schultz
4:0975% CF
PP2Brassard – Schultz – Maatta – Guentzel – Sheary
0:52100% CF
PK1FSheahan – Rust
2:04
PK2FHagelin – Kuhnhackl
0:42
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
2:33
PK2DMaatta – Ruhwedel
2:24

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:21
PITJake Guentzel (Dominik Simon, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.11 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Smith-PellyPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Guentzel, Simon
WSH 0 – 1 PIT
12:55
WSHT.J. OshiePP (Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov)snap0.17 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovPIT: Hagelin, Sheahan, Maatta, Ruhwedel
WSH 1 – 1 PIT
17:31
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Patric Hornqvist, Phil Kessel)wrist0.38 xG
WSH: Orpik, Niskanen, Eller, Smith-PellyPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel
WSH 1 – 2 PIT

3rd period

19:02
PITJake GuentzelEN (Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang)wrist0.56 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovPIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Dumoulin, Guentzel
WSH 1 – 3 PIT

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	7	0	0	21:01	—	—	32	15
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.26	1	0	0	19:45	—	—	34	13
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	0	0	18:18	—	—	22	4
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	20:52	—	—	57	64
T.J. Oshie R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.28	8	0	7	19:30	—	—	55	62
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.42	1	1	2	16:19	—	—	56	65
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	14:31	—	—	77	61
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	3	0	0	12:23	—	—	77	70
Brett Connolly R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	0	0	12:00	—	—	81	81
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	0	12:31	—	—	36	63
Alex Chiasson R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	7:27	—	—	50	78
Shane Gersich L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	1	0	5:48	—	—	29	55
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	4	0	23:59	—	—	50	63
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	2	2	0	21:45	—	—	48	63
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	3	1	2	25:52	—	—	45	20
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	3	0	16:52	—	—	36	9
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	1	0	15:43	—	—	71	67
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	11:08	—	—	54	35

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	L	23	21	2	.913	3.31	58:49

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.02	1	1	0	20:54	—	—	65	85
Jake Guentzel C	L1	2	0	2	+1	7	2.01	4	1	4	17:16	—	—	64	84
Dominik Simon C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.23	1	0	0	14:01	—	—	68	85
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.54	1	0	2	18:03	—	—	47	25
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.18	1	2	0	17:33	—	—	47	36
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	1	2	0	16:11	—	—	44	36
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.70	0	0	0	16:26	—	—	55	77
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:46	—	—	29	40
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	9:00	—	—	30	56
Bryan Rust R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	13:43	—	—	46	42
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	0	0	11:22	—	—	50	42
Derick Brassard C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:50	—	—	27	10
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.14	1	0	5	24:34	—	—	60	78
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	2	0	0	20:38	—	—	71	90
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	3	0	21:19	—	—	33	25
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	6	1	0	15:27	—	—	39	26
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	17:14	—	—	54	94
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:39	—	—	60	96

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	21	20	1	.952	2.26	60:00

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.