Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMay 7, 2018

Final / OTPlayoffsMonday, May 7, 2018· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	1OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	T
WSH	0	1	0	1	2		WSH	7	8	9	6	30
PIT	0	1	0	0	1		PIT	6	9	5	2	22

: WSH 62PIT 52
: WSH 2.63PIT 2.37
PP goals: WSH 0PIT 0
Hits: WSH 36PIT 33
Blocks: WSH 14PIT 21
PIM: WSH 2PIT 2
: WSH 38%PIT 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 (OT)

Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 in overtime at PIT. Kris Letang (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Stephenson skated 17:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Stephenson skated 17:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Kuznetsov Stephenson
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New look for PIT: Malkin–Kessel–Rust skated 10:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (34.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Kessel Rust
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New look for WSH: Oshie–Eller–Vrana skated 16:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Eller Vrana
Usage
Jakub Vrana (WSH) played 20:18, +8:44 up on his 11:34 season average over 22 games.Vrana
Usage
Brian Dumoulin (PIT) played 25:40, +5:02 up on his 20:38 season average over 11 games.Dumoulin
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New look for PIT: Hagelin–Sheahan–Kuhnhackl skated 6:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hagelin Sheahan Kuhnhackl
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New look for WSH: Beagle–Chiasson–Walker skated 7:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Beagle Chiasson Walker
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New look for WSH: Smith-Pelly–Connolly–Boyd skated 10:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (29.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith-Pelly Connolly Boyd

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 114 of 114 attempts · PIT 52 · WSH 62

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 31% of the game, PIT 24%.

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
	70	56
	2.78	2.65
	2.68	2.56
	10	12
	2	4
	19	14
	−0.076	+0.077
	31%	24%

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 – Stephenson
17:2663% CF
L2Oshie – Eller – Vrana
16:0560% CF
L3Smith-Pelly – Connolly – Boyd
10:2329% CF
L4Beagle – Chiasson – Walker
7:0573% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
24:1558% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
18:0054% CF
D3Orpik – Djoos
10:5963% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Eller – Carlson – Kuznetsov
1:2275% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Connolly – Vrana
0:29
PK1FOshie – Beagle
0:39
PK2FEller – Smith-Pelly
0:13
PK1DCarlson – Orlov
0:58
PK2DOrpik – Niskanen
0:56

Current WSH line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Hornqvist – Guentzel
10:5441% CF
L2Malkin – Kessel – Rust
10:0535% CF
L3Hagelin – Sheahan – Kuhnhackl
6:3775% CF
L4Brassard – Sheary – Simon
3:5825% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
22:2655% CF
D2Schultz – Oleksiak
15:4937% CF
D3Maatta – Ruhwedel
13:0060% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Hornqvist – Kessel – Schultz
1:07100% CF
PP2Letang – Brassard – Maatta – Guentzel – Sheary
0:53100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Kuhnhackl
1:05
PK2FSheahan – Rust
0:31
PK1DOleksiak – Ruhwedel
1:05
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
0:18

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:13
WSHAlex Chiasson (Nathan Walker, Jay Beagle)snap0.15 xG
WSH: Orpik, Beagle, Chiasson, Djoos, WalkerPIT: Brassard, Kuhnhackl, Maatta, Ruhwedel, Sheary
WSH 1 – 0 PIT
11:52
PITKris Letang (Brian Dumoulin, Sidney Crosby)slap0.04 xG
WSH: Niskanen, Eller, Orlov, Kuznetsov, StephensonPIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Dumoulin, Guentzel
WSH 1 – 1 PIT

OT period

5:27
WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov (Alex Ovechkin, Dmitry Orlov)wrist0.21 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Niskanen, Orlov, Kuznetsov, StephensonPIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Dumoulin, Guentzel
WSH 2 – 1 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	1	1	+1	5	0.30	7	0	0	23:03	—	—	67	69
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.35	0	0	0	21:48	—	—	64	68
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	0	20:31	—	—	62	67
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	2	0	0	22:11	—	—	56	51
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	3	0	0	21:33	—	—	55	49
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	0	1	0	20:18	—	—	63	56
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	3	1	0	12:53	—	—	32	17
Brett Connolly R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:26	—	—	27	18
Travis Boyd C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	2	0	12:12	—	—	37	33
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	5	1	0	11:05	—	—	56	38
Alex Chiasson R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.31	0	0	0	9:27	—	—	71	63
Nathan Walker L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	3	0	0	8:29	—	—	64	70
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	1	0	29:38	—	—	52	45
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	27:50	—	—	56	49
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	3	0	0	23:20	—	—	58	54
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	5	2	20:05	—	—	54	54
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:39	—	—	50	41
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:47	—	—	62	66

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	2.37	65:27

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patric Hornqvist R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	2	1	0	22:16	—	—	50	42
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	21:19	—	—	39	36
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	3	0	0	20:36	—	—	43	37
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.43	1	1	0	19:55	—	—	43	51
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	0	17:18	—	—	38	52
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	1	0	16:24	—	—	36	47
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	1	0	15:24	—	—	75	72
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	2	2	0	14:00	—	—	52	63
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	1	1	0	13:47	—	—	56	54
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	12:08	—	—	31	39
Derick Brassard C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	11:10	—	—	39	40
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	11:09	—	—	50	45
Kris Letang D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.18	4	2	0	28:26	—	—	45	52
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.09	3	3	0	25:40	—	—	50	40
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.33	0	2	0	21:28	—	—	39	50
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	4	4	0	19:12	—	—	36	41
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	2	3	2	18:44	—	—	56	62
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	4	0	0	16:19	—	—	53	55

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	30	28	2	.933	2.63	65:27

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.