Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 22, 2025

FinalSaturday, Feb 22, 2025· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	5	2	8		WSH	5	12	13	30
PIT	1	1	1	3		PIT	9	11	12	32

: WSH 65PIT 77
: WSH 3.52PIT 3.46
PP goals: WSH 1PIT 1
Hits: WSH 21PIT 15
Blocks: WSH 23PIT 17
PIM: WSH 6PIT 10
: WSH 42%PIT 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals rout Pittsburgh Penguins 8–3

Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 8–3 at PIT. Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 3A.

Points
Pierre-Luc Dubois had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 14:58.Dubois
Points
Jakob Chychrun had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:29.Chychrun
Points
Brandon Duhaime had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:53.Duhaime
Points
Martin Fehérváry had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:51.Fehérváry
Points
Matt Roy had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:42.Roy
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Philip Tomasino had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:37.Tomasino
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Rasmus Sandin had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:51.Sandin
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Taylor Raddysh had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:20.Raddysh

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 142 of 142 attempts · PIT 77 · WSH 65

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 34%.

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
	55	77
	2.76	3.26
	2.54	3.08
	11	18
	4	4
	14	17
	−0.040	+0.040
	39%	34%

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 – Mangiapane – Frank
13:1552% CF
L2Dowd – Raddysh – Duhaime
7:2144% CF
L3Ovechkin – Strome – Protas
6:3924% CF
L4Wilson – Dubois – McMichael
3:1967% CF
D1Roy – Fehérváry
13:0025% CF
D2Carlson – Sandin
11:4935% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
10:5772% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Chychrun – Dubois
2:14100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Mangiapane – Sandin – McMichael – Frank
2:11100% CF
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
2:42
PK2FWilson – Protas
0:28
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:42
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
0:28

Current WSH line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rakell – Beauvillier
12:3159% CF
L2Hayes – Heinen – Tomasino
11:5446% CF
L3Nieto – Acciari – Lizotte
8:5663% CF
L4Malkin – Bunting – Glass
8:2877% CF
D1Letang – Joseph
18:3058% CF
D2Karlsson – Grzelcyk
15:3169% CF
D3Graves – Desharnais
11:3650% CF

PP1Crosby – Karlsson – Hayes – Rakell – Bunting
2:44100% CF
PP2Malkin – Letang – Grzelcyk – Heinen – Tomasino
0:20100% CF
PK1FHayes – Beauvillier
1:50
PK2FNieto – Acciari
1:21
PK1DKarlsson – Graves
1:50
PK2DDesharnais – Joseph
0:34

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
Andrew Mangiapane L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	2	0	0	18:20	—	—	52	55
Lars Eller C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	1	2	16:39	—	—	58	62
Ethen Frank R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	1	0	0	16:00	—	—	54	51
Taylor Raddysh R	L2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.03	0	0	0	13:20	—	—	45	65
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	4	1	0	12:43	—	—	42	40
Brandon Duhaime L	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.42	2	2	0	11:53	—	—	38	59
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.64	4	1	0	18:00	—	—	28	51
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.13	0	0	0	15:20	—	—	23	21
Dylan Strome C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.23	0	2	0	13:56	—	—	26	43
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	1	1	+3	3	0.04	0	1	0	15:12	—	—	42	42
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L4	0	3	3	+3	1	0.14	0	1	2	14:58	—	—	42	24
Tom Wilson R	L4	1	0	1	+3	1	0.29	4	1	0	12:17	—	—	53	75
Matt Roy D	D1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.01	0	4	0	21:42	—	—	30	34
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.15	3	2	0	18:51	—	—	24	28
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.38	0	1	0	21:05	—	—	37	50
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.06	1	3	0	18:51	—	—	34	59
Jakob Chychrun D	D3	2	0	2	+2	6	0.37	0	2	2	20:29	—	—	66	64
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:11	—	—	63	55

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	3.46	59:56

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.42	0	0	0	20:14	—	—	55	27
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	0	1	-2	2	0.20	0	0	0	19:59	—	—	53	26
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	1	0	16:06	—	—	56	22
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.46	1	1	0	18:06	—	—	44	65
Danton Heinen L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.49	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	42	73
Philip Tomasino R	L2	0	2	2	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	13:37	—	—	46	64
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	1	1	0	12:27	—	—	63	19
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	4	4	0	12:22	—	—	59	24
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:11	—	—	63	19
Michael Bunting L	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.80	2	0	0	13:50	—	—	76	83
Evgeni Malkin C	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.20	0	1	2	12:45	—	—	71	85
Cody Glass C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	0	1	0	10:48	—	—	77	88
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	0	22:13	—	—	56	39
Kris Letang D	D1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.19	0	2	4	21:44	—	—	55	35
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.05	0	0	0	22:20	—	—	65	60
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	19:03	—	—	67	73
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	2	2	0	16:43	—	—	48	59
Vincent Desharnais D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	4	14:22	—	—	50	66

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	L	13	8	5	.615	1.02	34:25
Joel Blomqvist	—	17	14	3	.824	2.49	25:35

Goal anatomy

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

Ethen Frank (WSH) 1st 5:13 · assists Andrew Mangiapane, Rasmus Sandin · Deflection · dumped in · 10.6 mph shot · 4.2 s from entry to goal.

Ethen Frank · 1st 5:13 · WSH

Play: deflection
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.6 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s

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Kris Letang · 1st 18:21 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 72.8 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Type: one-timer

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Martin Fehérváry · 2nd 1:10 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 60.5 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Sidney Crosby · 2nd 6:36 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 21.3 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Jakob Chychrun · 2nd 10:38 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 2
Shot: 49.4 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Jakob Chychrun · 2nd 14:17 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.7 mph
Distance: 44 ft

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Aliaksei Protas · 2nd 14:25 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 4
Shot: 65.4 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Tom Wilson · 2nd 18:05 · WSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 35.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: deflection

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Dylan Strome · 3rd 13:11 · WSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 67.9 mph
Distance: 29 ft

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Danton Heinen · 3rd 14:22 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.5 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s
Type: rebound

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Brandon Duhaime · 3rd 17:19 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.8 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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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 PenguinsFeb 22, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals rout Pittsburgh Penguins 8–3

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

Ethen Frank · 1st 5:13 · WSH

Kris Letang · 1st 18:21 · PIT PP

Martin Fehérváry · 2nd 1:10 · WSH

Sidney Crosby · 2nd 6:36 · PIT

Jakob Chychrun · 2nd 10:38 · WSH

Jakob Chychrun · 2nd 14:17 · WSH

Aliaksei Protas · 2nd 14:25 · WSH

Tom Wilson · 2nd 18:05 · WSH

Dylan Strome · 3rd 13:11 · WSH PP

Danton Heinen · 3rd 14:22 · PIT

Brandon Duhaime · 3rd 17:19 · WSH