Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 7, 2024

FinalThursday, Mar 7, 2024· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	4	1	6		WSH	15	9	5	29
PIT	0	0	0	0		PIT	14	15	10	39

: WSH 56PIT 73
: WSH 3.46PIT 3.23
PP goals: WSH 1PIT 0
Hits: WSH 13PIT 23
Blocks: WSH 20PIT 13
PIM: WSH 13PIT 15
: WSH 52%PIT 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals rout Pittsburgh Penguins 6–0

Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–0 at PIT. Dylan Strome (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for PIT: Acciari–Puljujarvi–Bemstrom skated 5:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Dylan Strome had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 13:33.Strome
Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:43.Ovechkin
Points
Sonny Milano had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:55.Milano
Points
Beck Malenstyn had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:19.Malenstyn
New line
New look for PIT: Acciari–Puljujarvi–Bemstrom skated 5:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Acciari Puljujarvi Bemstrom
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Protas–Lapierre skated 8:29 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Protas Lapierre
Luck
PIT scored 0 goals on 3.23 expected goals (73 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Crosby–Puustinen skated 5:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Crosby Puustinen

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 129 of 129 attempts · PIT 73 · WSH 56

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 33% of the game, PIT 28%.

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	54
	2.80	1.85
	2.70	1.81
	11	12
	5	10
	12	14
	+0.025	−0.024
	33%	28%

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 – Protas – Lapierre
8:2940% CF
L2Sgarbossa – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
8:0444% CF
L3Milano – Strome – Miroshnichenko
7:4774% CF
L4Pacioretty – Wilson – McMichael
7:0445% CF
D1Carlson – van Riemsdyk
11:0744% CF
D2Jensen – Sandin
9:2248% CF
D3Bear – Alexeyev
7:4980% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Pacioretty – Milano – Sandin – McMichael
3:5080% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – Sgarbossa – Strome – Lapierre
2:5567% CF
PK1FWilson – Malenstyn
3:30
PK2FMcMichael – Protas
1:39
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
5:19
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Alexeyev
2:25

Current WSH line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Acciari – Puljujarvi – Bemstrom
5:5038% CF
L2Malkin – Crosby – Puustinen
5:4625% CF
L3Eller – Smith – Rakell
4:4978% CF
L4Carter – Harkins – Gruden
2:3550% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
13:5954% CF
D2Letang – Joseph
11:0243% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Graves
8:3041% CF

PP1Crosby – Eller – Karlsson – Rakell – Puustinen
4:28100% CF
PP2Carter – Malkin – Letang – Smith – Bemstrom
2:31100% CF
PK1FCarter – Acciari
3:18
PK2FEller – Smith
1:41
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
4:52
PK2DRuhwedel – Joseph
1:43

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	+1	1	0.43	0	1	0	18:43	—	—	47	46
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:21	—	—	33	35
Hendrix Lapierre C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	1	0	0	14:00	—	—	50	51
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.15	2	1	5	15:19	—	—	37	50
Michael Sgarbossa C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.32	0	0	0	14:14	—	—	44	58
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	4	1	0	13:16	—	—	44	60
Sonny Milano L	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.21	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	75	87
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	3	3	+2	2	0.14	0	3	0	13:33	—	—	54	69
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.67	1	0	2	12:27	—	—	61	69
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	1	2	18:22	—	—	47	64
Tom Wilson R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.22	1	1	0	15:41	—	—	32	53
Max Pacioretty L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.40	2	0	2	15:10	—	—	42	68
John Carlson D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.04	1	3	0	22:30	—	—	46	54
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:59	—	—	47	63
Nick Jensen D	D2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.30	0	1	0	21:33	—	—	43	64
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	1	2	21:06	—	—	46	59
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	3	0	15:14	—	—	53	56
Ethan Bear D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	0	2	0	12:43	—	—	55	64

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	W	39	39	0	.1000	3.23	59:54

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Noel Acciari C	L1	-2	1	0.10	2	2	0	16:15	—	—	59	53
Emil Bemstrom C	L1	-2	6	0.22	0	1	0	10:06	—	—	52	49
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L1	-2	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:19	—	—	47	44
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	-3	0	0.07	0	0	2	19:30	—	—	45	30
Valtteri Puustinen R	L2	-2	1	0.34	1	0	0	19:19	—	—	36	26
Sidney Crosby C	L2	-3	8	0.58	1	0	0	18:46	—	—	42	30
Lars Eller C	L3	0	4	0.20	1	0	0	21:13	—	—	58	45
Reilly Smith R	L3	-1	2	0.18	1	1	0	19:14	—	—	56	44
Rickard Rakell R	L3	0	5	0.86	2	0	0	17:11	—	—	67	59
Jeff Carter C	L4	-1	4	0.29	1	0	0	13:55	—	—	77	75
Jonathan Gruden L	L4	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	10:09	—	—	58	27
Jansen Harkins C	L4	0	0	0.00	1	0	7	4:30	—	—	67	81
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	2	0.05	1	1	0	23:56	—	—	53	45
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	1	0.03	1	3	0	22:24	—	—	59	46
Kris Letang D	D2	-4	2	0.21	2	2	0	22:09	—	—	50	36
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	-3	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:52	—	—	42	26
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	-1	1	0.04	2	1	2	14:49	—	—	42	26
Ryan Graves D	D3	-1	1	0.04	0	1	4	13:53	—	—	58	53

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic	—	7	5	2	.714	1.13	31:10
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	22	18	4	.818	2.33	28:43

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Tom Wilson (WSH SH) 1st 1:51 · assists Beck Malenstyn · Rebound · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 29.2 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.

Tom Wilson · 1st 1:51 · WSH SH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.2 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s
Type: rebound

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Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 0:30 · WSH PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Nick Jensen · 2nd 3:16 · WSH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 6.2 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s
Type: rebound

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Hendrix Lapierre · 2nd 8:50 · WSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 2
Shot: 17.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Ivan Miroshnichenko · 2nd 16:21 · WSH

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.9 mph
Distance: 2 ft

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Sonny Milano · 3rd 2:13 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.6 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.

Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 7, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals rout Pittsburgh Penguins 6–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Tom Wilson · 1st 1:51 · WSH SH

Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 0:30 · WSH PP

Nick Jensen · 2nd 3:16 · WSH

Hendrix Lapierre · 2nd 8:50 · WSH

Ivan Miroshnichenko · 2nd 16:21 · WSH

Sonny Milano · 3rd 2:13 · WSH