Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington CapitalsOct 11, 2017

FinalWednesday, Oct 11, 2017· Capital One Arena

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

3

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Washington CapitalsWSH

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	1	1	3		PIT	9	15	12	36
WSH	0	1	1	2		WSH	7	8	7	22

: PIT 57WSH 54
: PIT 3.57WSH 1.94
PP goals: PIT 3WSH 0
Hits: PIT 16WSH 26
Blocks: PIT 17WSH 16
PIM: PIT 8WSH 12
: PIT 43%WSH 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Washington Capitals 3–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 3–2 at WSH. Patric Hornqvist (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Braden Holtby (WSH) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +5 against a season average of 30.5; the loss.

Points
Christian Djoos had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:20.Djoos
Points
Patric Hornqvist had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:23.Hornqvist
Goalie
Braden Holtby (WSH) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +5 against a season average of 30.5; the loss.Holtby
New line
New look for PIT: Hornqvist–McKegg–Sheary skated 4:00 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hornqvist McKegg Sheary
Usage
Lars Eller (WSH) played 11:48, −3:33 down on his 15:21 season average over 80 games.Eller
Usage
Andre Burakovsky (WSH) played 19:00, +5:15 up on his 13:45 season average over 55 games.Burakovsky
Usage
Aaron Ness (WSH) played 8:21, −5:00 down on his 13:21 season average over 7 games.Ness
Usage
Carter Rowney (PIT) played 14:04, +4:50 up on his 9:14 season average over 43 games.Rowney

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

← PIT attacks left (bottom on phones)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · WSH 53 · PIT 57

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH pressure
PIT pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PIT 37% of the game, WSH 18%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

WSH

PIT

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	PIT	WSH
	52	53
	3.08	1.82
	2.94	1.78
	18	8
	2	2
	17	8
	−0.059	+0.059
	37%	18%

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Kessel – Hagelin
11:1254% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
7:2053% CF
L3Hornqvist – McKegg – Sheary
4:0056% CF
L4Reaves – Kuhnhackl – Rowney
3:4640% CF
D1Hunwick – Schultz
13:3446% CF
D2Letang – Dumoulin
13:2365% CF
D3Maatta – Ruhwedel
9:0243% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Kessel – Schultz – Guentzel
5:3250% CF
PP2Letang – Hornqvist – Rust – Maatta – Sheary
3:10100% CF
PK1FKuhnhackl – Rowney
3:01
PK2FHagelin – McKegg
1:13
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
4:43
PK2DHunwick – Maatta
1:42

Current PIT line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Backstrom – Burakovsky
11:5056% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Vrana
10:4754% CF
L3Eller – Chiasson – Connolly
6:4843% CF
L4Beagle – Smith-Pelly – Graovac
4:050% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
13:0542% CF
D2Orpik – Carlson
7:1450% CF
D3Ness – Djoos
1:2333% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
4:5283% CF
PP2Niskanen – Orlov – Connolly – Burakovsky – Vrana
2:50100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Smith-Pelly
5:19
PK2FEller – Chiasson
3:12
PK1DOrpik – Carlson
4:55
PK2DNiskanen – Orlov
2:51

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:22
PITKris LetangPP (Bryan Rust, Patric Hornqvist)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Letang, Hornqvist, Rust, Maatta, ShearyWSH: Backstrom, Ness, Orlov, Graovac
PIT 1 – 0 WSH

2nd period

8:20
PITPatric HornqvistPP (Tom Kuhnhackl, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.15 xG
PIT: Hunwick, Crosby, Hornqvist, Schultz, KuhnhacklWSH: Orpik, Eller, Carlson, Chiasson
PIT 2 – 0 WSH
19:07
WSHChristian Djoos (Lars Eller, Brett Connolly)slap0.03 xG
PIT: Letang, Hornqvist, Dumoulin, McKegg, ShearyWSH: Orpik, Eller, Chiasson, Connolly, Djoos
PIT 2 – 1 WSH

3rd period

0:38
PITConor ShearyPP (Justin Schultz, Olli Maatta)tip-in0.17 xG
PIT: Crosby, Hornqvist, Schultz, Maatta, ShearyWSH: Orpik, Beagle, Carlson, Smith-Pelly
PIT 3 – 1 WSH
12:51
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Christian Djoos, Nicklas Backstrom)wrist0.10 xG
PIT: Malkin, Kessel, Schultz, Ruhwedel, GuentzelWSH: Orpik, Ovechkin, Backstrom, Djoos, Vrana
PIT 3 – 2 WSH

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.65	1	0	0	19:27	—	—	53	64
Phil Kessel R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	1	0	18:45	—	—	50	62
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.22	0	0	0	18:15	—	—	50	65
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	20:31	—	—	48	67
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.43	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	50	51
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.54	1	2	0	16:13	—	—	54	72
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	1	1	2	-1	2	0.35	1	0	2	15:23	—	—	46	68
Conor Sheary L	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.44	0	0	0	12:32	—	—	60	86
Greg McKegg C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	4	11:50	—	—	46	62
Carter Rowney C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	14:04	—	—	43	49
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:38	—	—	40	22
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:35	—	—	33	38
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.06	1	5	0	20:23	—	—	42	48
Matt Hunwick D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	16:58	—	—	46	54
Kris Letang D	D2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.06	4	2	0	27:09	—	—	63	81
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	21:34	—	—	63	75
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.32	2	1	0	16:18	—	—	42	60
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	2	2	10:59	—	—	39	52

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	1.94	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	0	1	0	21:04	—	—	57	68
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	6	3	0	19:51	—	—	60	67
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	0	0	19:00	—	—	55	58
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	0	1	+1	7	0.67	1	0	0	19:36	—	—	62	58
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	19:04	—	—	57	48
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	2	0	0	15:09	—	—	60	59
Lars Eller C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	2	0	0	11:48	—	—	47	17
Alex Chiasson R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:29	—	—	47	17
Brett Connolly R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	2	0	0	11:12	—	—	50	18
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	12:03	—	—	10	0
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:56	—	—	0	0
Tyler Graovac C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:58	—	—	0	0
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	4	22:13	—	—	41	17
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	0	0	21:27	—	—	42	20
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	3	2	26:22	—	—	55	43
Brooks Orpik D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.03	4	2	0	21:04	—	—	59	49
Christian Djoos D	D3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.08	1	1	2	13:20	—	—	60	45
Aaron Ness D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:21	—	—	46	52

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	L	36	33	3	.917	3.57	58:31

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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.