Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington CapitalsNov 7, 2018

FinalWednesday, Nov 7, 2018· Capital One Arena

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	0	1		PIT	9	17	16	42
WSH	0	1	1	2		WSH	7	10	5	22

: PIT 78WSH 46
: PIT 5.73WSH 2.46
PP goals: PIT 1WSH 1
Hits: PIT 28WSH 22
Blocks: PIT 17WSH 21
PIM: PIT 20WSH 6
: PIT 53%WSH 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1

Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 at home. John Carlson (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Simon skated 7:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
John Carlson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 28:17.Carlson
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Simon skated 7:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Rust Simon
Luck
PIT scored 1 goal on 5.73 expected goals (78 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Braden Holtby (WSH) faced 42 shots and stopped 41 (.976), +12 against a season average of 30.4; the win.Holtby
Usage
Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) played 23:49, +5:06 up on his 18:43 season average over 75 games.Kuznetsov
New line
New look for PIT: Cullen–Wilson–Aston-Reese skated 4:28 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cullen Wilson Aston-Reese
Usage
T.J. Oshie (WSH) played 13:51, −4:50 down on his 18:41 season average over 68 games.Oshie
Usage
Jack Johnson (PIT) played 23:15, +4:01 up on his 19:14 season average over 81 games.Johnson

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 124 of 124 attempts · WSH 46 · PIT 78

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 50% of the game, WSH 20%.

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
	84	35
	6.37	1.59
	6.16	1.55
	23	7
	10	1
	18	18
	+0.055	−0.055
	50%	20%

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 – Rust – Simon
7:4669% CF
L2Malkin – Hornqvist – Hagelin
6:0288% CF
L3Cullen – Wilson – Aston-Reese
4:2854% CF
L4Kessel – Sheahan – Guentzel
3:5567% CF
D1Dumoulin – Ruhwedel
13:2888% CF
D2Johnson – Letang
12:3165% CF
D3Oleksiak – Maatta
10:4060% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
2:16
PP2Crosby – Johnson – Letang – Guentzel – Simon
0:43100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
4:34
PK2FCullen – Rust
4:24
PK1DJohnson – Maatta
6:15
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
5:42

Current PIT line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Jaskin
11:5825% CF
L2Oshie – Backstrom – Stephenson
6:4743% CF
L3Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky
5:1938% CF
L4Smith-Pelly – Boyd – Vrana
4:5040% CF
D1Carlson – Orlov
10:2643% CF
D2Niskanen – Kempny
8:3029% CF
D3Djoos – Bowey
8:2121% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Connolly
8:0780% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Burakovsky – Vrana
2:05100% CF
PK1FEller – Stephenson
1:55
PK2FOshie – Backstrom
0:46
PK1DNiskanen – Carlson
1:37
PK2DOrlov – Bowey
0:48

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:16
PITSidney CrosbyPP (Jack Johnson)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Crosby, Johnson, Letang, Guentzel, SimonWSH: Niskanen, Orlov, Smith-Pelly, Boyd
PIT 1 – 0 WSH

2nd period

7:09
WSHAlex OvechkinPP (John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom)slap0.07 xG
PIT: Cullen, Letang, Dumoulin, RustWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Kuznetsov
PIT 1 – 1 WSH

3rd period

18:46
WSHT.J. Oshie (John Carlson, Evgeny Kuznetsov)wrist0.10 xG
PIT: Crosby, Sheahan, Rust, Oleksiak, MaattaWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson, Orlov, Kuznetsov
PIT 1 – 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
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	0	1	-1	8	0.38	0	2	2	21:35	—	—	74	90
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	0	2	0	15:42	—	—	67	37
Dominik Simon C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	2	0	0	12:31	—	—	79	97
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.41	2	0	0	17:02	—	—	77	96
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.48	1	0	2	15:03	—	—	81	62
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	1	0	12	13:45	—	—	73	97
Matt Cullen C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	12:58	—	—	60	56
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	0	0	8:27	—	—	59	53
Garrett Wilson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	3	0	0	6:20	—	—	59	53
Phil Kessel R	L4	0	0	0	0	5	1.05	0	1	0	17:26	—	—	61	94
Jake Guentzel C	L4	0	0	0	0	5	0.96	1	1	2	14:45	—	—	79	96
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.89	0	2	0	14:14	—	—	67	67
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	0	0	22:12	—	—	86	72
Chad Ruhwedel D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	14:38	—	—	86	91
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	3	0	26:16	—	—	65	60
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	4	2	0	23:15	—	—	68	80
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	4	0	20:14	—	—	58	84
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	7	0	2	10:58	—	—	63	85

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	22	20	2	.909	2.46	59:03

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.44	2	2	0	24:32	—	—	31	37
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.28	0	0	0	23:49	—	—	29	20
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	4	1	0	13:52	—	—	25	13
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	23:35	—	—	28	0
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:29	—	—	29	0
T.J. Oshie R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.25	3	0	0	13:51	—	—	47	21
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.60	0	0	0	17:08	—	—	28	30
Brett Connolly R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.41	1	0	0	15:37	—	—	24	10
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:00	—	—	28	29
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	12:25	—	—	33	64
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	0	9:16	—	—	33	19
Travis Boyd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	2	2	7:31	—	—	30	17
John Carlson D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.10	2	4	0	28:17	—	—	40	17
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	2	6	0	23:44	—	—	32	37
Matt Niskanen D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	1	2	0	20:43	—	—	19	0
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	15:38	—	—	33	9
Madison Bowey D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	10:48	—	—	29	14
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:57	—	—	18	9

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	42	41	1	.976	5.73	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.