Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsNov 6, 2025

FinalThursday, Nov 6, 2025· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	3	0	3		WSH	7	15	8	30
PIT	2	1	2	5		PIT	16	7	8	31

: WSH 59PIT 67
: WSH 2.78PIT 4.13
PP goals: WSH 0PIT 3
Hits: WSH 27PIT 10
Blocks: WSH 15PIT 16
PIM: WSH 10PIT 6
: WSH 52%PIT 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 5–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 5–3 at home. Bryan Rust (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Kindel) scored 3 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 6:01 together.

Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 21:36.Rust
Points
Dylan Strome had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 23:30.Strome
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Kindel) scored 3 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 6:01 together.Malkin Crosby Karlsson Rust Kindel
Points
Sidney Crosby had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 22:03.Crosby
Points
Alex Ovechkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:20.Ovechkin
Points
Ben Kindel had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:48.Kindel
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Kindel skated 11:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Rust Kindel
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New look for PIT: Malkin–Mantha–Novak skated 7:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Mantha Novak

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 126 of 126 attempts · PIT 67 · WSH 59

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 22% of the game, PIT 43%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

PIT skaters (rows) against WSH skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the PIT side.

Matchup matrix

PIT xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	WSH	PIT
	60	59
	3.01	3.02
	2.84	2.74
	12	8
	5	8
	22	22
	+0.014	−0.014
	22%	43%

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 – Strome – Beauvillier
12:1671% CF
L2Wilson – McMichael – Protas
7:0543% CF
L3Milano – Lapierre – Leonard
6:0946% CF
L4Dowd – Duhaime – Sourdif
4:0257% CF
D1Roy – Chychrun
11:5054% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
9:0655% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Sandin
7:3553% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun
4:0375% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Milano – Sandin – McMichael – Leonard
0:28
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
3:17
PK2FWilson – Protas
2:17
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:33
PK2DRoy – Sandin
1:34

Current WSH line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Kindel
11:3741% CF
L2Malkin – Mantha – Novak
7:4525% CF
L3Koppanen – Dewar – Lizotte
5:3563% CF
L4Heinen – Tomasino – Koivunen
4:4838% CF
D1Letang – Shea
14:0836% CF
D2Clifton – Graves
13:5567% CF
D3Karlsson – Wotherspoon
12:5152% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Kindel
6:0186% CF
PP2Letang – Mantha – Novak – Tomasino – Koivunen
0:38
PK1FDewar – Lizotte
1:37
PK2FRust – Koppanen
1:30
PK1DKarlsson – Wotherspoon
2:22
PK2DLetang – Shea
2:09

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
Dylan Strome C	L1	1	2	3	+2	5	0.43	1	0	2	23:30	—	—	64	69
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.63	6	0	0	21:20	—	—	69	80
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	1	0	0	18:05	—	—	65	64
Tom Wilson R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.58	2	0	0	21:47	—	—	43	46
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	2	0	15:50	—	—	29	30
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	2	14:13	—	—	50	45
Ryan Leonard R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	4	1	0	13:24	—	—	48	17
Sonny Milano L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	9:21	—	—	39	13
Hendrix Lapierre C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:18	—	—	39	20
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:51	—	—	29	4
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:17	—	—	44	48
Justin Sourdif C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:17	—	—	47	22
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.22	2	2	0	27:52	—	—	55	52
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	2	0	21:28	—	—	43	32
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	1	2	0	23:47	—	—	57	55
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:37	—	—	46	44
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.20	2	4	0	18:25	—	—	53	70
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	4	12:29	—	—	39	30

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	30	26	4	.867	3.66	58:01

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	2	0	2	-2	6	0.30	0	0	0	22:03	—	—	37	34
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	2	3	-1	5	0.79	1	0	0	21:36	—	—	44	43
Ben Kindel C	L1	0	2	2	-1	0	0.09	0	2	2	20:48	—	—	46	48
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	18:22	—	—	28	9
Tommy Novak C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.47	0	0	0	13:54	—	—	50	65
Anthony Mantha R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.42	0	1	0	12:02	—	—	46	64
Connor Dewar C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.77	0	1	0	15:21	—	—	57	46
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.46	1	0	2	13:59	—	—	67	61
Joona Koppanen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	11:27	—	—	60	48
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	1	0	11:31	—	—	44	31
Ville Koivunen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	1	0	9:49	—	—	53	75
Philip Tomasino R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	9:49	—	—	56	57
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.01	1	3	0	21:11	—	—	36	37
Ryan Shea D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	36	30
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	3	2	16:50	—	—	68	65
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	1	0	15:59	—	—	67	65
Erik Karlsson D	D3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.26	0	2	0	24:34	—	—	48	59
Parker Wotherspoon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:51	—	—	54	62

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arturs Silovs(start)	W	30	27	3	.900	2.78	59:37

Goal anatomy

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

Sidney Crosby (PIT PP) 1st 2:22 · assists Ben Kindel, Bryan Rust · Forecheck turnover · 53.9 mph shot.

Sidney Crosby · 1st 2:22 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.9 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Type: one-timer

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Sidney Crosby · 1st 11:32 · PIT PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 3
Shot: 14.1 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Anthony Mantha · 2nd 2:08 · PIT

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 13.3 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Dylan Strome · 2nd 9:41 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 48.7 mph
Distance: 20 ft

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Rasmus Sandin · 2nd 14:55 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 70.5 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 5.1 s

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Tom Wilson · 2nd 19:55 · WSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.2 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: rebound

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Bryan Rust · 3rd 11:16 · PIT PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 26.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 5.6 s
Type: one-timer

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Connor Dewar · 3rd 17:56 · PIT EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.3 mph
Distance: 24 ft

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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 PenguinsNov 6, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Sidney Crosby · 1st 2:22 · PIT PP

Sidney Crosby · 1st 11:32 · PIT PP

Anthony Mantha · 2nd 2:08 · PIT

Dylan Strome · 2nd 9:41 · WSH

Rasmus Sandin · 2nd 14:55 · WSH

Tom Wilson · 2nd 19:55 · WSH

Bryan Rust · 3rd 11:16 · PIT PP

Connor Dewar · 3rd 17:56 · PIT EN