Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington CapitalsApr 29, 2018

FinalPlayoffsSunday, Apr 29, 2018· Verizon Center

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	0	1		PIT	10	16	7	33
WSH	2	1	1	4		WSH	20	6	6	32

: PIT 75WSH 69
: PIT 2.50WSH 3.35
PP goals: PIT 0WSH 1
Hits: PIT 31WSH 33
Blocks: PIT 24WSH 31
PIM: PIT 10WSH 10
: PIT 56%WSH 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1

Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 at home. Lars Eller (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Brian Dumoulin (PIT) played 8:59, −13:10 down on his 22:09 season average over 11 games.

Points
Lars Eller had 3 assists (3 points) in 13:12.Eller
Usage
Brian Dumoulin (PIT) played 8:59, −13:10 down on his 22:09 season average over 11 games.Dumoulin
New line
New look for PIT: Kessel–Sheahan–Rust skated 6:27 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kessel Sheahan Rust
Usage
Justin Schultz (PIT) played 27:24, +5:59 up on his 21:25 season average over 11 games.Schultz
Usage
Jamie Oleksiak (PIT) played 20:51, +7:47 up on his 13:04 season average over 11 games.Oleksiak
Usage
Jake Guentzel (PIT) played 22:32, +4:45 up on his 17:47 season average over 11 games.Guentzel
New line
New look for PIT: Brassard–Sheary–Simon skated 4:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brassard Sheary Simon
Usage
Jakub Vrana (WSH) played 7:38, −4:30 down on his 12:08 season average over 22 games.Vrana

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 144 of 144 attempts · WSH 69 · PIT 75

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 34% of the game, WSH 28%.

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
	74	61
	2.35	2.02
	2.31	1.96
	17	11
	8	8
	20	18
	+0.031	−0.031
	34%	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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Hornqvist – Guentzel
14:3953% CF
L2Kessel – Sheahan – Rust
6:2750% CF
L3Brassard – Sheary – Simon
4:0467% CF
L4Kuhnhackl – Rowney – Aston-Reese
3:5262% CF
D1Schultz – Maatta
10:0842% CF
D2Letang – Dumoulin
6:3750% CF
D3Oleksiak – Ruhwedel
2:0583% CF

PP1Crosby – Hornqvist – Kessel – Schultz – Guentzel
2:3480% CF
PP2Letang – Brassard – Maatta – Sheary – Simon
1:3640% CF
PK1FSheahan – Rust
2:42
PK2FKuhnhackl – Rowney
1:44
PK1DMaatta – Ruhwedel
2:25
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
1:10

Current PIT line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Backstrom – Stephenson
11:4550% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
10:2457% CF
L3Eller – Smith-Pelly – Connolly
7:2453% CF
L4Beagle – Chiasson – Vrana
4:0027% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
17:3051% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
14:4939% CF
D3Orpik – Djoos
9:0152% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
3:52100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Connolly – Vrana
1:24100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Stephenson
1:56
PK2FSmith-Pelly – Wilson
1:14
PK1DOrpik – Niskanen
2:18
PK2DCarlson – Orlov
1:49

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:26
WSHAlex Ovechkinwrist0.04 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Dumoulin, GuentzelWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Kempny
PIT 0 – 1 WSH
14:54
WSHJakub VranaPP (Lars Eller, Braden Holtby)wrist0.20 xG
PIT: Dumoulin, Kuhnhackl, Rowney, RuhwedelWSH: Niskanen, Eller, Orlov, Connolly, Vrana
PIT 0 – 2 WSH

2nd period

2:08
WSHBrett Connolly (Lars Eller)wrist0.07 xG
PIT: Letang, Brassard, Oleksiak, Sheary, SimonWSH: Orpik, Eller, Smith-Pelly, Connolly, Djoos
PIT 0 – 3 WSH
13:04
PITKris Letang (Justin Schultz, Jake Guentzel)wrist0.01 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Schultz, GuentzelWSH: Oshie, Niskanen, Backstrom, Djoos
PIT 1 – 3 WSH

3rd period

19:53
WSHNicklas BackstromEN (Tom Wilson, Lars Eller)wrist0.60 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Kessel, Schultz, Sheahan, GuentzelWSH: Orpik, Backstrom, Eller, Carlson, Wilson
PIT 1 – 4 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
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	2	2	2	23:37	—	—	54	57
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.13	2	0	0	22:32	—	—	57	66
Patric Hornqvist R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.86	5	3	4	19:29	—	—	52	64
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	18:31	—	—	40	50
Riley Sheahan C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	2	0	0	18:25	—	—	52	39
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:22	—	—	48	16
Derick Brassard C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	2	14:08	—	—	55	60
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:06	—	—	62	51
Dominik Simon C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	2	0	0	10:00	—	—	48	60
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	2	0	9:11	—	—	65	36
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	4	1	0	7:35	—	—	68	61
Carter Rowney C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	6:18	—	—	62	60
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	0	1	0	27:24	—	—	48	47
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	3	0	22:20	—	—	56	62
Kris Letang D	D2	1	0	1	-2	5	0.09	1	6	2	26:21	—	—	57	56
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	1	0	8:59	—	—	50	73
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	7	3	0	20:51	—	—	55	43
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	0	1	0	11:08	—	—	72	44

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	2.28	57:48

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	1.14	1	1	0	22:35	—	—	49	56
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	3	4	2	21:15	—	—	39	54
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	18:34	—	—	58	67
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	0	0	4	19:07	—	—	53	43
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.27	4	0	0	18:28	—	—	50	43
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.26	7	1	0	16:27	—	—	51	68
Lars Eller C	L3	0	3	3	+2	0	0.26	1	1	0	13:12	—	—	50	50
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	4	1	2	11:03	—	—	44	40
Brett Connolly R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.16	1	1	0	10:24	—	—	50	35
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	10:11	—	—	24	34
Alex Chiasson R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	2	0	8:03	—	—	33	17
Jakub Vrana L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.34	0	0	0	7:38	—	—	20	31
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	2	3	0	23:31	—	—	48	33
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	3	2	22:17	—	—	50	50
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.13	3	3	0	25:09	—	—	39	50
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.20	1	4	0	17:36	—	—	37	35
Brooks Orpik D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	3	5	0	16:00	—	—	52	68
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:30	—	—	48	66

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	2.50	60:00

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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.