Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington CapitalsDec 19, 2018

FinalWednesday, Dec 19, 2018· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	2	0	2		PIT	9	13	8	30
WSH	0	1	0	1		WSH	8	10	14	32

: PIT 57WSH 76
: PIT 2.35WSH 3.14
PP goals: PIT 1WSH 0
Hits: PIT 23WSH 24
Blocks: PIT 22WSH 18
PIM: PIT 17WSH 15
: PIT 61%WSH 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Washington Capitals 2–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 2–1 at WSH. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:32 together.

Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:07.Crosby
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:32 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Hornqvist Kessel
Usage
Jamie Oleksiak (PIT) played 0:09, −14:51 down on his 15:00 season average over 56 games.Oleksiak
New line
New look for PIT: Hornqvist–Brassard–Pearson skated 7:44 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hornqvist Brassard Pearson
Usage
Kris Letang (PIT) played 32:22, +6:30 up on his 25:52 season average over 64 games.Letang
Luck
WSH scored 1 goal on 3.14 expected goals (76 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for PIT: Cullen–Wilson–Sheahan skated 5:22 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cullen Wilson Sheahan
Usage
Evgeni Malkin (PIT) played 14:29, −4:23 down on his 18:52 season average over 67 games.Malkin

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 133 of 133 attempts · WSH 76 · 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 32% of the game, WSH 34%.

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
	46	56
	2.09	2.20
	2.00	2.15
	12	11
	2	5
	22	7
	+0.087	−0.087
	32%	34%

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 – Guentzel
11:2864% CF
L2Hornqvist – Brassard – Pearson
7:4443% CF
L3Malkin – Kessel – Aston-Reese
6:3242% CF
L4Cullen – Wilson – Sheahan
5:2236% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
14:0448% CF
D2Johnson – Pettersson
7:1129% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
4:32100% CF
PP2Brassard – Pearson – Maatta – Guentzel – Pettersson
1:35100% CF
PK1FSheahan – Aston-Reese
2:38
PK2FCullen – Rust
2:12
PK1DJohnson – Maatta
4:50
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
1:14

Current PIT line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom
9:5057% CF
L2Kuznetsov – Wilson – Vrana
6:5856% CF
L3Eller – Smith-Pelly – Connolly
5:5443% CF
L4Dowd – Boyd – Jaskin
4:3346% CF
D1Niskanen – Orlov
11:0272% CF
D2Carlson – Kempny
10:1618% CF
D3Bowey – Siegenthaler
6:0873% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
6:3669% CF
PP2Niskanen – Eller – Orlov – Connolly – Vrana
1:11100% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
3:03
PK2FDowd – Jaskin
1:27
PK1DNiskanen – Orlov
1:46
PK2DCarlson – Kempny
1:41

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:38
WSHLars Eller (Tom Wilson)wrist0.16 xG
PIT: Crosby, Johnson, Rust, Guentzel, PetterssonWSH: Niskanen, Eller, Smith-Pelly, Wilson, Kempny
PIT 0 – 1 WSH
9:15
PITSidney CrosbyPP (Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang)deflected0.14 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, KesselWSH: Carlson, Smith-Pelly, Boyd, Siegenthaler
PIT 1 – 1 WSH
18:58
PITBryan Rust (Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby)backhand0.20 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Maatta, GuentzelWSH: Niskanen, Eller, Orlov, Smith-Pelly, Connolly
PIT 2 – 1 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	1	2	0	3	0.29	3	1	0	22:07	—	—	58	64
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.18	2	1	2	17:34	—	—	59	62
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.20	3	1	2	16:17	—	—	59	53
Derick Brassard C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	1	0	14:46	—	—	44	47
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.33	1	0	0	14:45	—	—	38	36
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	11:47	—	—	41	47
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	15:05	—	—	26	25
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.20	1	0	0	14:29	—	—	29	25
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	11:58	—	—	36	43
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	0	0	0	12:14	—	—	45	65
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	0	1	0	11:11	—	—	31	43
Garrett Wilson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	10:05	—	—	44	66
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.20	0	1	2	32:22	—	—	53	62
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	3	3	2	24:09	—	—	46	47
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	5	5	0	21:12	—	—	33	33
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	1	2	16:54	—	—	33	40
Olli Maatta D	—	0	0	0	+1	4	0.22	2	3	0	20:56	—	—	54	54
Jamie Oleksiak D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	5	0:09	—	—	—	—

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	3.14	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.77	6	1	2	25:14	—	—	59	67
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	23:13	—	—	55	77
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	2	2	0	21:25	—	—	63	72
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.30	0	1	0	21:43	—	—	63	60
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.17	2	1	5	15:53	—	—	59	63
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	13:58	—	—	58	48
Lars Eller C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.31	2	1	0	19:12	—	—	56	46
Brett Connolly R	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.62	2	0	0	12:23	—	—	55	43
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	1	0	9:39	—	—	50	41
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	6:49	—	—	43	24
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	6:44	—	—	43	24
Travis Boyd C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	6:42	—	—	46	24
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	0	0	21:59	—	—	68	55
Matt Niskanen D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	3	3	2	19:19	—	—	74	68
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	1	0	29:02	—	—	31	39
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	3	4	19:50	—	—	36	44
Madison Bowey D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:39	—	—	67	54
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	1	2	8:24	—	—	64	46

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	L	30	28	2	.933	2.35	57:43

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.