Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 19, 2021

Final / OTTuesday, Jan 19, 2021· PPG Paints Arena

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

5

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	3	1	0	0	4		WSH	11	7	7	1	26
PIT	1	3	0	1	5		PIT	5	10	12	3	30

: WSH 47PIT 55
: WSH 1.99PIT 2.44
PP goals: WSH 0PIT 2
Hits: WSH 54PIT 37
Blocks: WSH 15PIT 17
PIM: WSH 6PIT 4
: WSH 37%PIT 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Washington Capitals 5–4 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 5–4 in overtime at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:13 together.

Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:26.Crosby
Points
Tom Wilson had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:23.Wilson
Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:53.Guentzel
Points
Teddy Blueger had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 10:07.Blueger
Points
Kris Letang had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 28:14.Letang
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:13 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel
New line
New look for PIT: Sceviour–Blueger–Kapanen skated 6:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (78.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sceviour Blueger Kapanen
New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Eller–Panik skated 12:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Eller Panik

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 102 of 102 attempts · PIT 55 · WSH 47

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 21% of the game, PIT 30%.

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
	49	52
	2.11	1.97
	2.07	1.92
	12	11
	2	0
	6	7
	−0.109	+0.109
	21%	30%

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 – Backstrom – Wilson
14:2633% CF
L2Oshie – Eller – Panik
12:4869% CF
L3Kuznetsov – Vrana – Sprong
10:5065% CF
L4Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
8:4153% CF
D1Carlson – Orlov
16:0559% CF
D2Schultz – Dillon
15:0565% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
14:2242% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
1:3975% CF
PP2Schultz – Orlov – Panik – Wilson – Vrana
1:08100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Eller
1:11
PK1DChara – Jensen
1:11

Current WSH line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Guentzel – Rodrigues
14:3863% CF
L2Sceviour – Blueger – Kapanen
6:5879% CF
L3Malkin – Zucker – Tanev
6:0423% CF
L4Rust – Jankowski – McCann
5:3350% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
22:0565% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
9:5742% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Riikola
6:1757% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
2:13100% CF
PP2Zucker – McCann – Marino – Rodrigues – Riikola
1:01100% CF
PK1FJankowski – Guentzel
0:45
PK2FSceviour – Blueger
0:32
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
0:45
PK2DRuhwedel – Pettersson
0:32

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:55
WSHLars Eller (T.J. Oshie, Richard Panik)wrist0.02 xG
WSH: Oshie, Eller, Schultz, Panik, DillonPIT: Crosby, Ruhwedel, Guentzel, Rodrigues, Riikola
WSH 1 – 0 PIT
16:52
PITColton Sceviour (Teddy Blueger, Kasperi Kapanen)wrist0.33 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Schultz, Orlov, WilsonPIT: Letang, Sceviour, Dumoulin, Blueger, Kapanen
WSH 1 – 1 PIT
16:58
WSHTom Wilson (Alex Ovechkin)wrist0.03 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Schultz, Dillon, WilsonPIT: Letang, Sceviour, Dumoulin, Blueger, Kapanen
WSH 2 – 1 PIT
19:43
WSHTom Wilson (John Carlson)wrist0.16 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Carlson, Orlov, WilsonPIT: Sceviour, Dumoulin, Blueger, Marino, Tanev
WSH 3 – 1 PIT

2nd period

5:45
PITJake GuentzelPP (Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.20 xG
WSH: Chara, Backstrom, CarlsonPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel
WSH 3 – 2 PIT
8:16
WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov (Daniel Sprong, Jakub Vrana)wrist0.22 xG
WSH: Carlson, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Vrana, SprongPIT: Malkin, Zucker, Pettersson, Marino, Tanev
WSH 4 – 2 PIT
15:07
PITTeddy BluegerSH (Casey DeSmith)backhand0.12 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovPIT: Dumoulin, Blueger, Tanev
WSH 4 – 3 PIT
17:15
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby)slap0.04 xG
WSH: Chara, Hagelin, Eller, JensenPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel
WSH 4 – 4 PIT

OT period

1:11
PITSidney Crosby (Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel)wrist0.12 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Orlov, WilsonPIT: Crosby, Letang, Guentzel
WSH 4 – 5 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
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:45	—	—	27	27
Tom Wilson R	L1	2	0	2	0	3	0.20	10	0	0	18:23	—	—	30	27
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.19	3	0	0	18:20	—	—	32	29
Lars Eller C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.04	0	1	2	17:30	—	—	53	68
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	2	0	2	17:06	—	—	60	77
Richard Panik R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	5	0	0	15:49	—	—	67	80
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	1	0	1	0	6	0.68	0	1	0	14:31	—	—	65	66
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	0	0	13:06	—	—	62	66
Daniel Sprong R	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.11	1	1	0	12:50	—	—	58	66
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	2	0	11:43	—	—	53	60
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	7	1	0	11:03	—	—	56	63
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	5	0	0	9:52	—	—	56	63
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	2	2	0	22:10	—	—	56	59
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	2	2	20:32	—	—	52	44
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	1	1	0	20:11	—	—	47	44
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	7	2	0	19:03	—	—	61	71
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	1	0	18:51	—	—	37	48
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:35	—	—	38	57

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	O	30	25	5	.833	2.44	61:11

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.58	1	1	2	21:53	—	—	66	85
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	2	3	0	3	0.44	0	1	0	20:26	—	—	67	85
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	1	1	0	18:39	—	—	54	59
Teddy Blueger C	L2	1	1	2	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	10:07	—	—	69	65
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	10:02	—	—	82	93
Colton Sceviour C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.48	2	0	0	8:38	—	—	69	65
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.09	1	2	0	17:10	—	—	25	6
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:25	—	—	22	6
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	2	0	14:07	—	—	25	8
Bryan Rust R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	16:22	—	—	40	5
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:19	—	—	36	9
Jared McCann L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	13:24	—	—	40	9
Kris Letang D	D1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.10	3	1	0	28:14	—	—	57	60
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	3	1	0	27:36	—	—	61	71
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	6	2	0	26:01	—	—	41	29
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	2	0	11:28	—	—	42	28
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	3	2	2	17:36	—	—	50	39
Juuso Riikola D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	8:20	—	—	50	41

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	26	22	4	.846	1.99	61:11

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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.