Washington Capitals vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 11, 2026

FinalSaturday, Apr 11, 2026· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	4	2	6		WSH	11	14	7	32
PIT	0	3	0	3		PIT	1	6	4	11

: WSH 68PIT 42
: WSH 4.31PIT 1.72
PP goals: WSH 1PIT 0
Hits: WSH 17PIT 21
Blocks: WSH 15PIT 16
PIM: WSH 0PIT 4
: WSH 57%PIT 43%

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. Ilya Protas (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Strome, Sourdif, Hutson and Protas) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:40 together.

Points
Ilya Protas had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:06.Protas
Points
Ryan Leonard had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:00.Leonard
Points
Aliaksei Protas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:24.Protas
Points
Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:44.Wilson
Points
Cole Hutson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:02.Hutson
Points
Ryan Shea had 2 assists (2 points) in 25:12.Shea
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Strome, Sourdif, Hutson and Protas) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:40 together.Ovechkin Strome Sourdif Hutson Protas
New line
New look for PIT: Rakell–Chinakhov–Koivunen skated 12:42 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rakell Chinakhov Koivunen

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 110 of 110 attempts · PIT 42 · WSH 68

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 53% of the game, PIT 14%.

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
	73	47
	3.99	1.59
	3.84	1.58
	13	10
	4	2
	24	23
	+0.039	−0.039
	53%	14%

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

L1Wilson – Protas – Protas
10:2565% CF
L2Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
10:1473% CF
L3Duhaime – Sourdif – Miroshnichenko
7:3073% CF
L4Dubois – McMichael – Leonard
6:1950% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
15:4257% CF
D2Roy – Hutson
13:2852% CF
D3Fehérváry – Sandin
13:2086% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Strome – Sourdif – Hutson – Protas
2:40100% CF

Current WSH line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Rakell – Chinakhov – Koivunen
12:4240% CF
L2Hayes – Hayes – McGroarty
12:1540% CF
L3Mantha – Novak – Brazeau
9:5939% CF
L4Acciari – Koppanen – Soderblom
8:1029% CF
D1Clifton – Shea
19:3220% CF
D2Girard – St. Ivany
16:0244% CF
D3Graves – Solovyov
14:4538% CF

PK1FAcciari – Soderblom
2:40
PK1DClifton – Shea
2:40

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:39
WSHAliaksei Protas (Ilya Protas)wrist0.19 xG
WSH: Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Chychrun, Protas, ProtasPIT: Acciari, Girard, Koppanen, St. Ivany, Soderblom
WSH 1 – 0 PIT
2:05
PITAnthony Mantha (Ryan Shea, Tommy Novak)wrist0.06 xG
WSH: van Riemsdyk, Chychrun, Dubois, McMichael, LeonardPIT: Mantha, Novak, Shea, Girard, Brazeau
WSH 1 – 1 PIT
6:02
WSHRyan Leonard (Pierre-Luc Dubois, Connor McMichael)tip-in0.76 xG
WSH: van Riemsdyk, Chychrun, Dubois, McMichael, LeonardPIT: Graves, Mantha, Novak, Brazeau, Solovyov
WSH 2 – 1 PIT
8:08
WSHTom Wilson (Ilya Protas, Aliaksei Protas)wrist0.28 xG
WSH: Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Chychrun, Protas, ProtasPIT: Hayes, Girard, St. Ivany, Hayes, McGroarty
WSH 3 – 1 PIT
11:47
PITNoel Acciari (Elmer Soderblom, Samuel Girard)wrist0.40 xG
WSH: Wilson, Roy, Protas, Hutson, ProtasPIT: Acciari, Shea, Girard, Koppanen, Soderblom
WSH 3 – 2 PIT
11:58
WSHRyan Leonard (Cole Hutson, Justin Sourdif)wrist0.55 xG
WSH: Roy, McMichael, Sourdif, Leonard, HutsonPIT: Rakell, Graves, Solovyov, Chinakhov, Koivunen
WSH 4 – 2 PIT
16:50
PITKevin Hayes (Ryan Shea)wrist0.06 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Strome, Sourdif, Hutson, ProtasPIT: Hayes, Clifton, Acciari, Shea, Soderblom
WSH 4 – 3 PIT

3rd period

5:56
WSHIlya ProtasPP (Cole Hutson, Dylan Strome)wrist0.27 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Strome, Sourdif, Hutson, ProtasPIT: Clifton, Acciari, Shea, Soderblom
WSH 5 – 3 PIT
16:22
WSHAlex OvechkinEN (Tom Wilson)wrist0.56 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Wilson, van Riemsdyk, Roy, SourdifPIT: Rakell, Mantha, Novak, Girard, Brazeau, Chinakhov
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		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.43	0	1	16:44	—	—	53	53
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.46	0	1	16:24	—	—	61	62
Ilya Protas L	L1	1	2	3	0	3	0.43	0	0	16:06	—	—	57	56
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.04	0	0	20:01	—	—	60	41
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	17:56	—	—	67	52
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	0	1	0	7	0.89	0	0	14:59	—	—	72	55
Justin Sourdif C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	17:54	—	—	67	92
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	14:42	—	—	58	61
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	2	1	11:54	—	—	71	90
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	15:02	—	—	57	95
Ryan Leonard R	L4	2	0	2	+1	3	1.37	2	1	14:00	—	—	54	94
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	7:02	—	—	50	92
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.02	0	5	23:09	—	—	56	85
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	1	1	20:00	—	—	61	82
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	4	19:53	—	—	44	53
Cole Hutson D	D2	0	2	2	-1	2	0.29	2	0	19:02	—	—	59	60
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	19:37	—	—	76	78
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	15:35	—	—	79	76

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	11	8	3	.727	1.72	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ville Koivunen R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:49	—	—	45	24
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	0	1	0	16:57	—	—	32	19
Egor Chinakhov R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	0	1	0	16:08	—	—	38	21
Avery Hayes R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	2	0	0	15:22	—	—	48	23
Kevin Hayes R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.09	0	0	2	14:51	—	—	42	22
Rutger McGroarty R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:49	—	—	39	19
Tommy Novak C	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	14:32	—	—	50	22
Anthony Mantha R	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.42	1	1	0	13:19	—	—	48	21
Justin Brazeau R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.17	1	1	2	12:27	—	—	37	16
Elmer Soderblom L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	2	1	0	15:25	—	—	33	46
Noel Acciari C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.41	0	1	0	15:01	—	—	30	50
Joona Koppanen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	12:10	—	—	30	46
Ryan Shea D	D1	0	2	2	+3	0	0.00	1	1	0	25:12	—	—	28	47
Connor Clifton D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	4	4	0	24:10	—	—	28	27
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	20:43	—	—	52	54
Jack St. Ivany D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.12	2	1	0	18:07	—	—	46	37
Ilya Solovyov D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:42	—	—	46	2
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	0	2	0	15:30	—	—	38	2

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arturs Silovs(start)	L	31	26	5	.839	3.75	59:06

Goal anatomy

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

Aliaksei Protas (WSH) 2nd 1:39 · assists Ilya Protas · Rebound · 44.8 mph shot.

Aliaksei Protas · 2nd 1:39 · WSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 44.8 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: rebound

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Anthony Mantha · 2nd 2:05 · PIT

Play: point-shot
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 51.8 mph
Distance: 47 ft

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Ryan Leonard · 2nd 6:02 · WSH

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 11.0 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s
Type: rebound

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Noel Acciari · 2nd 11:47 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.3 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Ryan Leonard · 2nd 11:58 · WSH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.3 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 4.4 s
Type: rebound

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Tom Wilson · 2nd 8:08 · WSH

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 22.5 mph
Distance: 2 ft

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Ilya Protas · 3rd 5:56 · WSH PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.3 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: rebound

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Kevin Hayes · 2nd 16:50 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 68.1 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 16:22 · WSH EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.1 mph
Distance: 60 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 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.