Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 16, 2021

FinalTuesday, Feb 16, 2021· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	2	1	3		WSH	15	18	9	42
PIT	0	0	1	1		PIT	13	5	9	27

: WSH 60PIT 46
: WSH 3.96PIT 2.25
PP goals: WSH 0PIT 0
Hits: WSH 26PIT 31
Blocks: WSH 10PIT 10
PIM: WSH 6PIT 10
: WSH 50%PIT 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1

Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 at PIT. Richard Panik (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 42 shots and stopped 39 (.929), +14 against a season average of 28.2; the loss.

Points
Richard Panik had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:17.Panik
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 42 shots and stopped 39 (.929), +14 against a season average of 28.2; the loss.Jarry
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Oshie–Kuznetsov skated 9:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Oshie Kuznetsov
Usage
Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) played 14:54, −3:46 down on his 18:40 season average over 54 games.Backstrom
Usage
Dmitry Orlov (WSH) played 14:10, −5:46 down on his 19:56 season average over 50 games.Orlov
Usage
Colton Sceviour (PIT) played 4:25, −5:17 down on his 9:42 season average over 45 games.Sceviour
Usage
John Marino (PIT) played 23:55, +3:15 up on his 20:40 season average over 51 games.Marino
Usage
Sam Lafferty (PIT) played 5:48, −4:06 down on his 9:54 season average over 33 games.Lafferty

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 106 of 106 attempts · PIT 46 · WSH 60

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 51% of the game, PIT 23%.

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
	42	41
	2.54	1.36
	2.44	1.32
	11	0
	6	2
	4	8
	−0.047	+0.047
	51%	23%

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

L1Eller – Panik – Sheary
9:3893% CF
L2Ovechkin – Oshie – Kuznetsov
9:2247% CF
L3Backstrom – Wilson – Vrana
6:4631% CF
L4Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
6:4417% CF
D1Chara – Schultz
14:4233% CF
D2Carlson – Dillon
11:3454% CF
D3Orlov – Jensen
10:3569% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Vrana
5:43100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Schultz – Kuznetsov – Wilson
2:2190% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
0:58
PK2FWilson – Hathaway
0:18
PK1DJensen – Dillon
1:02
PK2DChara – Carlson
0:00

Current WSH line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
15:0752% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Kapanen
7:2564% CF
L3Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
4:4145% CF
L4Sceviour – Jankowski – Lafferty
4:2525% CF
D1Matheson – Marino
15:2864% CF
D2Letang – Joseph
13:1347% CF
D3Ceci – Pettersson
9:2140% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
2:31100% CF
PP2Zucker – Jankowski – Matheson – Kapanen – Marino
0:5525% CF
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
3:33
PK2FJankowski – Aston-Reese
1:58
PK1DLetang – Marino
4:04
PK2DCeci – Pettersson
3:26

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:52
WSHConor Sheary (Richard Panik, Nick Jensen)wrist0.10 xG
WSH: Eller, Orlov, Panik, Jensen, ShearyPIT: Sceviour, Jankowski, Ceci, Pettersson, Lafferty
WSH 1 – 0 PIT
11:31
WSHJakub Vrana (T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom)wrist0.08 xG
WSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Orlov, VranaPIT: Malkin, Matheson, Ceci, Kapanen, Joseph
WSH 2 – 0 PIT

3rd period

1:09
WSHLars Eller (Richard Panik, Zdeno Chara)wrist0.14 xG
WSH: Chara, Eller, Schultz, Panik, ShearyPIT: Malkin, Letang, Zucker, Pettersson, Tanev
WSH 3 – 0 PIT
15:05
PITZachary Aston-Reese (Teddy Blueger, John Marino)wrist0.08 xG
WSH: Chara, Oshie, Backstrom, Schultz, VranaPIT: Matheson, Blueger, Kapanen, Marino, Aston-Reese
WSH 3 – 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
Lars Eller C	L1	1	0	1	+2	7	0.97	1	1	0	18:16	—	—	84	94
Conor Sheary L	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.11	0	0	2	12:56	—	—	88	95
Richard Panik R	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.03	1	0	0	11:17	—	—	93	96
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.39	3	0	0	22:08	—	—	47	73
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.46	1	0	0	20:10	—	—	50	72
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.45	0	2	0	18:45	—	—	48	71
Jakub Vrana L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.30	1	0	0	16:39	—	—	37	34
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	4	1	0	16:02	—	—	30	33
Nicklas Backstrom C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:54	—	—	32	22
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	0	0	11:43	—	—	33	43
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	11:38	—	—	30	25
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.40	2	1	2	9:11	—	—	30	26
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	1	2	0	19:27	—	—	36	36
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4	1	2	18:54	—	—	39	44
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.20	0	0	0	25:42	—	—	57	71
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	3	2	0	17:09	—	—	57	78
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.07	1	0	0	15:53	—	—	65	87
Dmitry Orlov D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	1	0	0	14:10	—	—	61	88

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	2.25	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	2	0	2	21:31	—	—	52	58
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.25	2	0	0	21:09	—	—	52	58
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	2	1	0	20:34	—	—	52	57
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-2	6	0.56	0	1	2	18:29	—	—	48	32
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	1	0	16:11	—	—	52	34
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	65	51
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	4	1	0	15:50	—	—	56	24
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	4	1	0	14:19	—	—	42	4
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	3	0	0	14:15	—	—	50	23
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:13	—	—	17	17
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	0	0	5:48	—	—	38	54
Colton Sceviour C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	0	0	4:25	—	—	25	22
John Marino D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	23:55	—	—	59	37
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	1	2	19:08	—	—	63	39
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	2	0	26:09	—	—	44	28
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	0	4	14:43	—	—	40	27
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:42	—	—	38	38
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.11	1	0	0	14:19	—	—	37	34

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	42	39	3	.929	3.96	57:52

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.