Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 9, 2022

FinalSaturday, Apr 9, 2022· PPG Paints Arena

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Washington CapitalsWSH

6

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	1	3	6		WSH	10	16	19	45
PIT	3	0	0	3		PIT	14	11	7	32

: WSH 66PIT 74
: WSH 4.64PIT 3.81
PP goals: WSH 1PIT 0
Hits: WSH 39PIT 33
Blocks: WSH 20PIT 11
PIM: WSH 11PIT 11
: WSH 52%PIT 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3

Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 at PIT. Tom Wilson (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:37 together.

Points
Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:43.Wilson
Points
John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:15.Carlson
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Kuznetsov) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:37 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Kuznetsov
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 43 shots and stopped 39 (.907), +14 against a season average of 29.5; the loss.Jarry
Usage
Alex Ovechkin (WSH) played 14:43, −5:56 down on his 20:39 season average over 76 games.Ovechkin
Usage
Marcus Johansson (WSH) played 10:47, −5:25 down on his 16:12 season average over 68 games.Johansson
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Hathaway skated 6:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Kuznetsov Hathaway
Usage
Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) played 16:01, −4:19 down on his 20:20 season average over 78 games.Kuznetsov

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 140 of 140 attempts · PIT 74 · WSH 66

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 28% of the game, PIT 38%.

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
	62	71
	2.75	3.62
	2.66	3.36
	13	19
	7	8
	18	16
	+0.022	−0.022
	28%	38%

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

L1Backstrom – Wilson – Mantha
13:1323% CF
L2Eller – Dowd – Larsson
12:2456% CF
L3Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Hathaway
6:3640% CF
L4Oshie – Johansson – McMichael
5:5275% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
16:3532% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
14:3150% CF
D3Schultz – van Riemsdyk
8:3745% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
3:37100% CF
PP2Schultz – Johansson – Orlov – Wilson – Mantha
1:56100% CF
PK1FDowd – Hathaway
1:49
PK2FKuznetsov – Wilson
1:44
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
2:24
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
0:40

Current WSH line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
11:0040% CF
L2Carter – Kapanen – Rodrigues
9:0974% CF
L3Malkin – Zucker – Rakell
8:3563% CF
L4Boyle – Blueger – Heinen
7:5947% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
14:0653% CF
D2Matheson – Ruhwedel
10:2942% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
9:2876% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
4:1592% CF
PP2Carter – Rakell – Matheson – Kapanen – Rodrigues
0:4250% CF
PK1FCarter – Blueger
3:22
PK2FBoyle – Rust
1:44
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
1:56
PK2DLetang – Ruhwedel
1:40

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:45
PITBryan Rust (Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.03 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Hathaway, FehérváryPIT: Malkin, Rust, Matheson, Ruhwedel, Guentzel
WSH 0 – 1 PIT
1:01
WSHMarcus Johanssondeflected0.16 xG
WSH: Oshie, Johansson, Orlov, Jensen, McMichaelPIT: Malkin, Letang, Dumoulin, Zucker, Rakell
WSH 1 – 1 PIT
7:24
WSHDmitry Orlov (Johan Larsson, Nic Dowd)snap0.12 xG
WSH: Eller, Orlov, Jensen, Dowd, LarssonPIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
WSH 2 – 1 PIT
18:34
PITJeff Carter (Evan Rodrigues)backhand0.11 xG
WSH: Backstrom, Schultz, Wilson, Mantha, van RiemsdykPIT: Carter, Letang, Dumoulin, Kapanen, Rodrigues
WSH 2 – 2 PIT
19:34
PITBrian Boyle (Kris Letang, Teddy Blueger)wrist0.03 xG
WSH: Eller, Carlson, Dowd, Larsson, FehérváryPIT: Boyle, Letang, Dumoulin, Blueger, Heinen
WSH 2 – 3 PIT

2nd period

4:49
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom)slap0.11 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, KuznetsovPIT: Boyle, Ruhwedel, Rodrigues
WSH 3 – 3 PIT

3rd period

11:35
WSHTom Wilsonsnap0.17 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Schultz, Kuznetsov, Wilson, van RiemsdykPIT: Malkin, Zucker, Rakell, Matheson, Ruhwedel
WSH 4 – 3 PIT
18:19
WSHEvgeny KuznetsovENwrist0.58 xG
WSH: Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, van RiemsdykPIT: Carter, Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel
WSH 5 – 3 PIT
19:33
WSHMartin FehérváryEN (Tom Wilson, John Carlson)wrist0.95 xG
WSH: Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, van Riemsdyk, FehérváryPIT: Carter, Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel
WSH 6 – 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
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.23	8	4	0	21:43	—	—	29	20
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.20	0	1	0	18:15	—	—	26	8
Anthony Mantha R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.12	4	0	0	17:37	—	—	34	19
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	4	2	0	18:32	—	—	58	65
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	3	1	4	14:36	—	—	54	63
Johan Larsson L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.24	1	0	0	14:30	—	—	61	66
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	1	0	1	+2	6	0.86	1	0	0	16:01	—	—	45	40
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.27	3	2	0	14:43	—	—	45	40
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	1	0	10:49	—	—	47	34
T.J. Oshie R	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	0.36	0	1	0	13:09	—	—	62	79
Marcus Johansson L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.21	0	0	0	10:47	—	—	65	64
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.25	1	1	0	7:38	—	—	68	67
John Carlson D	D1	0	2	2	0	4	0.05	2	1	0	24:15	—	—	40	37
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.95	9	0	2	21:25	—	—	37	33
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.12	2	2	0	20:55	—	—	53	52
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.25	1	1	0	19:47	—	—	55	50
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.13	0	3	5	16:06	—	—	52	46
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	13:08	—	—	45	40

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	3.81	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.35	1	1	0	22:06	—	—	43	41
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.61	3	1	0	21:29	—	—	46	48
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.26	1	0	0	20:49	—	—	42	41
Jeff Carter C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.20	2	0	2	17:10	—	—	67	71
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.19	1	0	0	12:33	—	—	69	68
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.13	3	0	0	12:17	—	—	64	66
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	1	1	-3	2	0.75	2	0	0	19:14	—	—	66	65
Rickard Rakell R	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.09	3	0	0	11:23	—	—	63	56
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	5	1	5	9:20	—	—	65	63
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	1	2	0	13:58	—	—	36	61
Brian Boyle C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	3	0	0	12:01	—	—	40	54
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.34	2	1	0	9:35	—	—	45	65
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.08	2	1	2	26:38	—	—	54	55
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	1	2	19:49	—	—	52	47
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	1	0	0	17:32	—	—	51	61
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	2	0	17:27	—	—	39	42
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:05	—	—	60	75
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	63	80

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	43	39	4	.907	3.12	58:35

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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.