Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 25, 2023

FinalSaturday, Mar 25, 2023· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	0	3	3		WSH	9	14	11	34
PIT	0	2	2	4		PIT	13	15	12	40

: WSH 69PIT 64
: WSH 4.12PIT 3.95
PP goals: WSH 1PIT 1
Hits: WSH 31PIT 28
Blocks: WSH 14PIT 16
PIM: WSH 13PIT 11
: WSH 58%PIT 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Washington Capitals 4–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 4–3 at home. Dylan Strome (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 4:05 together.

Points
Dylan Strome had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 17:16.Strome
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 4:05 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rakell Guentzel
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson and Strome) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:22 together.Ovechkin Oshie Backstrom Carlson Strome
Goalie
Darcy Kuemper (WSH) faced 40 shots and stopped 36 (.900), +11 against a season average of 29.4; the loss.Kuemper
New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Backstrom–Protas skated 9:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Backstrom Protas
Usage
Pierre-Olivier Joseph (PIT) played 24:11, +9:03 up on his 15:08 season average over 74 games.Joseph
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Sheary–Aube-Kubel skated 7:44 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Sheary Aube-Kubel
Usage
Chad Ruhwedel (PIT) played 17:54, +3:24 up on his 14:30 season average over 46 games.Ruhwedel

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 133 of 133 attempts · PIT 64 · WSH 69

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 39% 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
	62	55
	2.96	2.57
	2.78	2.41
	14	16
	12	14
	23	32
	+0.043	−0.043
	39%	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

L1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome
10:0153% CF
L2Oshie – Backstrom – Protas
9:3060% CF
L3Dowd – Sheary – Aube-Kubel
7:4450% CF
L4Smith – Kuznetsov – Mantha
3:5356% CF
D1Carlson – Sandin
11:3346% CF
D2Jensen – Fehérváry
10:3957% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Alexeyev
8:5053% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Strome
2:22100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Sheary – Sandin
0:17
PK1FDowd – Wilson
3:18
PK2FKuznetsov – Sheary
2:47
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
3:51
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:14

Current WSH line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
13:1036% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rakell
6:1362% CF
L3Carter – Archibald – O'Connor
4:5750% CF
L4Granlund – Heinen – Poehling
4:2825% CF
D1Letang – Joseph
19:1723% CF
D2Dumoulin – Ruhwedel
14:4067% CF
D3Fedun – Friedman
10:0157% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Guentzel
4:0571% CF
PP2Carter – Zucker – Granlund – Rust – Joseph
1:48100% CF
PK1FRust – Poehling
1:14
PK2FGranlund – Archibald
0:57
PK1DDumoulin – Ruhwedel
1:37
PK2DFriedman – Joseph
0:42

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:10
PITRyan Poehling (Danton Heinen)wrist0.13 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, SandinPIT: Granlund, Fedun, Friedman, Heinen, Poehling
WSH 0 – 1 PIT
12:17
PITChad Ruhwedel (Jason Zucker, Mikael Granlund)snap0.10 xG
WSH: Smith, Kuznetsov, Mantha, van Riemsdyk, SandinPIT: Crosby, Dumoulin, Zucker, Granlund, Ruhwedel
WSH 0 – 2 PIT

3rd period

0:27
PITJake GuentzelPP (Rickard Rakell)wrist0.07 xG
WSH: Jensen, Dowd, Wilson, van RiemsdykPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Guentzel
WSH 0 – 3 PIT
5:19
WSHTom Wilson (Evgeny Kuznetsov)wrist0.26 xG
WSH: Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, FehérváryPIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Granlund, Rakell
WSH 1 – 3 PIT
13:18
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (John Carlson, Dylan Strome)slap0.10 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, StromePIT: Carter, Dumoulin, Rust, Ruhwedel
WSH 2 – 3 PIT
17:16
WSHDylan Strome (Conor Sheary, Nicolas Aube-Kubel)backhand0.28 xG
WSH: Carlson, Sheary, Aube-Kubel, Strome, SandinPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Joseph
WSH 3 – 3 PIT
18:40
PITEvgeni Malkinsnap0.05 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Mantha, van Riemsdyk, FehérváryPIT: Malkin, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Joseph
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	0	1	-2	4	0.31	2	1	2	21:04	—	—	43	37
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.40	2	2	0	19:56	—	—	46	45
Dylan Strome C	L1	1	1	2	+1	6	0.66	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	64	67
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.53	4	1	2	18:06	—	—	46	54
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	1	2	17:52	—	—	44	52
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:11	—	—	61	59
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.37	1	0	0	13:50	—	—	61	71
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	6	1	0	13:37	—	—	57	37
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.22	4	0	2	11:26	—	—	70	79
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:57	—	—	46	47
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	0	0	-2	4	0.40	1	0	0	12:00	—	—	50	43
Craig Smith C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	0	0	4:54	—	—	64	65
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	7	0.63	1	1	0	26:53	—	—	53	51
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	3	0	5	18:53	—	—	46	46
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	3	0	0	20:50	—	—	57	50
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	2	0	20:30	—	—	63	55
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	0	2	0	16:36	—	—	54	76
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	1	0	11:42	—	—	50	61

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	40	36	4	.900	3.95	58:52

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.15	0	1	0	22:37	—	—	39	25
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	0	7	0.65	2	1	0	20:48	—	—	40	27
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	3	0	0	20:32	—	—	37	23
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.36	2	0	2	18:26	—	—	63	63
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.78	1	0	0	17:07	—	—	52	48
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	1	1	+1	6	0.68	1	1	0	15:17	—	—	57	54
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	9:12	—	—	54	69
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	7:57	—	—	60	69
Josh Archibald R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	2	5	6:31	—	—	50	57
Mikael Granlund C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:03	—	—	46	73
Ryan Poehling C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	1	2	2	14:09	—	—	42	55
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	2	1	0	12:18	—	—	48	57
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.18	2	1	2	27:49	—	—	32	31
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	24:11	—	—	26	21
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	3	0	20:36	—	—	68	55
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	3	2	0	17:54	—	—	67	60
Mark Friedman D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.32	0	1	0	12:19	—	—	54	76
Taylor Fedun D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:10	—	—	56	73

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	34	31	3	.912	4.12	60:00

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.