Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 17, 2021

Final / SOSunday, Jan 17, 2021· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	2	1	0	0	0	3		WSH	12	3	7	1	23
PIT	1	2	0	0	1	4		PIT	8	11	6	2	27

: WSH 40PIT 46
: WSH 1.82PIT 2.87
PP goals: WSH 1PIT 0
Hits: WSH 46PIT 33
Blocks: WSH 9PIT 10
PIM: WSH 10PIT 6
: WSH 47%PIT 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Washington Capitals 4–3 (SO)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 4–3 in a shootout at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Teddy Blueger (PIT) played 9:26, −5:33 down on his 14:59 season average over 42 games.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 23:50.Ovechkin
Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:08.Kuznetsov
Usage
Teddy Blueger (PIT) played 9:26, −5:33 down on his 14:59 season average over 42 games.Blueger
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Panik–Sprong skated 7:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Panik Sprong
Usage
Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) played 23:33, +5:03 up on his 18:30 season average over 54 games.Backstrom
Usage
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 23:50, +4:26 up on his 19:24 season average over 44 games.Ovechkin
Usage
Evan Rodrigues (PIT) played 18:40, +4:42 up on his 13:58 season average over 34 games.Rodrigues
Usage
Jason Zucker (PIT) played 20:17, +4:43 up on his 15:34 season average over 37 games.Zucker

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 86 of 86 attempts · PIT 46 · WSH 40

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 24% of the game, PIT 35%.

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
	38	38
	1.58	2.03
	1.54	1.99
	8	11
	1	4
	6	14
	−0.021	+0.021
	24%	35%

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 – Oshie – Backstrom
13:3445% CF
L2Kuznetsov – Wilson – Vrana
8:1436% CF
L3Eller – Panik – Sprong
7:0470% CF
L4Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
6:4657% CF
D1Carlson – Orlov
11:5350% CF
D2Chara – Jensen
11:4250% CF
D3Schultz – Dillon
10:4359% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
2:3450% CF
PP2Schultz – Orlov – Panik – Wilson – Vrana
1:41
PK1FHagelin – Eller
2:13
PK2FDowd – Hathaway
1:00
PK1DChara – Carlson
2:37
PK2DOrlov – Jensen
0:39

Current WSH line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Zucker – Rust
13:1255% CF
L2Crosby – Guentzel – Rodrigues
13:0659% CF
L3Jankowski – McCann – Tanev
8:1050% CF
L4Sceviour – Blueger – Lafferty
2:4467% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
15:1450% CF
D2Ruhwedel – Pettersson
7:2378% CF
D3Marino – Riikola
5:5445% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
4:38100% CF
PP2Zucker – McCann – Marino – Rodrigues – Riikola
3:15
PK1FSceviour – Blueger
2:05
PK2FJankowski – Tanev
2:05
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
1:51
PK2DRuhwedel – Marino
0:53

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:19
PITEvan Rodrigues (Brian Dumoulin, Jake Guentzel)tip-in0.04 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, OrlovPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Guentzel, Rodrigues
WSH 0 – 1 PIT
12:04
WSHNic Dowdbackhand0.12 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Schultz, Dowd, Dillon, HathawayPIT: Sceviour, Blueger, Pettersson, Lafferty, Marino
WSH 1 – 1 PIT
14:24
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Tom Wilson)wrist0.04 xG
WSH: Chara, Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, WilsonPIT: Malkin, Guentzel, Pettersson, Marino, Rodrigues
WSH 2 – 1 PIT

2nd period

2:10
PITColton Sceviour (Teddy Blueger)wrist0.29 xG
WSH: Schultz, Dillon, Kuznetsov, Wilson, VranaPIT: Sceviour, Blueger, Ruhwedel, Lafferty, Riikola
WSH 2 – 2 PIT
10:09
WSHNicklas BackstromPP (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alex Ovechkin)tip-in0.13 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovPIT: Letang, Sceviour, Jankowski
WSH 3 – 2 PIT
12:57
PITMarcus Pettersson (Jason Zucker, Bryan Rust)wrist0.04 xG
WSH: Eller, Carlson, Panik, Dillon, SprongPIT: Malkin, Zucker, Rust, Ruhwedel, Pettersson
WSH 3 – 3 PIT

Decided in the shootout: WSH 3 – 4 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	1	1	2	0	6	0.51	4	2	0	23:50	—	—	46	44
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.18	0	0	0	23:33	—	—	43	42
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.34	7	2	2	20:29	—	—	46	49
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	8	0	2	18:32	—	—	47	36
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	2	2	0	2	0.13	1	0	2	16:08	—	—	40	34
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	2	0	0	11:51	—	—	42	27
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	0	0	16:27	—	—	67	55
Richard Panik R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	4	0	0	13:21	—	—	63	48
Daniel Sprong R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:01	—	—	70	45
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:51	—	—	57	88
Nic Dowd C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	1	0	0	11:10	—	—	57	88
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.11	7	0	0	9:38	—	—	44	49
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	25:59	—	—	50	33
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	0	20:47	—	—	39	11
Zdeno Chara D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.10	3	2	0	19:22	—	—	56	39
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	1	2	17:20	—	—	45	20
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	18:31	—	—	55	56
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:10	—	—	53	57

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	O	27	24	3	.889	2.87	65:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	0	0	21:58	—	—	48	57
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	0	2	0	20:32	—	—	55	69
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.42	3	0	0	20:17	—	—	57	67
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	0	0	2	21:32	—	—	56	74
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.57	0	0	2	21:16	—	—	50	58
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.13	0	0	0	18:40	—	—	50	56
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	1	0	15:18	—	—	42	38
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	9	1	0	14:40	—	—	41	38
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	14:13	—	—	47	44
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.11	0	0	0	9:26	—	—	50	68
Colton Sceviour C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.32	1	0	0	6:57	—	—	67	72
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	3:08	—	—	67	72
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.16	3	2	0	29:10	—	—	44	55
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	1	1	2	21:20	—	—	52	56
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.07	3	0	0	19:22	—	—	60	60
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.02	1	1	0	14:47	—	—	63	84
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	4	2	0	20:21	—	—	46	34
Juuso Riikola D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	14:31	—	—	35	53

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	23	20	3	.870	1.82	65:00

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.