Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 23, 2020

FinalSunday, Feb 23, 2020· Capital One Arena

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

3

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Washington CapitalsWSH

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	2	1	3		PIT	8	10	17	35
WSH	1	0	4	5		WSH	6	5	12	23

: PIT 66WSH 48
: PIT 3.39WSH 3.51
PP goals: PIT 0WSH 0
Hits: PIT 35WSH 45
Blocks: PIT 11WSH 16
PIM: PIT 10WSH 14
: PIT 51%WSH 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3

Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 at home. Carl Hagelin (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Braden Holtby (WSH) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +6 against a season average of 28.9; the win.

Points
Carl Hagelin had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:24.Hagelin
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:05.Malkin
Points
T.J. Oshie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:21.Oshie
Points
Nicklas Backstrom had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:04.Backstrom
Goalie
Braden Holtby (WSH) faced 35 shots and stopped 32 (.914), +6 against a season average of 28.9; the win.Holtby
Usage
Nick Jensen (WSH) played 13:32, −4:21 down on his 17:53 season average over 67 games.Jensen
Usage
Garnet Hathaway (WSH) played 7:22, −3:28 down on his 10:50 season average over 65 games.Hathaway
PP1
PIT's PP1 (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Rust) went scoreless in 5:04 of 5v4 time with 6 attempts.Malkin Crosby Letang Hornqvist Rust

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 114 of 114 attempts · WSH 48 · PIT 66

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 40% of the game, WSH 22%.

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
	54	42
	2.33	1.91
	2.31	1.86
	14	8
	4	5
	23	17
	−0.004	+0.004
	40%	22%

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

L1Blueger – McCann – Tanev
12:4153% CF
L2Crosby – Zucker – Simon
11:2163% CF
L3Malkin – Hornqvist – Rust
11:0950% CF
L4Agozzino – Lafferty – Angello
5:5944% CF
D1Johnson – Letang
13:2944% CF
D2Schultz – Pettersson
13:0676% CF
D3Trotman – Ruhwedel
10:3348% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Rust
5:0486% CF
PP2Letang – Agozzino – Zucker – McCann – Pettersson
0:34100% CF
PK1FRust – Lafferty
0:50
PK2FBlueger – Tanev
0:48
PK1DJohnson – Letang
1:05
PK2DTrotman – Ruhwedel
0:48

Current PIT line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
14:0347% CF
L2Oshie – Backstrom – Vrana
10:4445% CF
L3Hagelin – Eller – Panik
9:1557% CF
L4Dowd – Leipsic – Hathaway
6:1150% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
11:3540% CF
D2Carlson – Dillon
11:0954% CF
D3Gudas – Kempny
9:2555% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Kuznetsov – Vrana
1:10
PP2Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Wilson
0:50100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
4:57
PK2FEller – Hathaway
0:41
PK1DDillon – Gudas
3:34
PK2DJensen – Kempny
0:41

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:12
WSHJakub Vranawrist0.11 xG
PIT: Crosby, Schultz, Zucker, Pettersson, SimonWSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Dillon, Vrana
PIT 0 – 1 WSH

2nd period

14:47
PITPatric Hornqvist (Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin)slap0.19 xG
PIT: Malkin, Johnson, Letang, Hornqvist, RustWSH: Dowd, Gudas, Leipsic, Hathaway, Kempny
PIT 1 – 1 WSH
15:13
PITSidney Crosby (Jason Zucker, Marcus Pettersson)backhand0.17 xG
PIT: Crosby, Schultz, Zucker, Pettersson, SimonWSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Dillon, Vrana
PIT 2 – 1 WSH

3rd period

1:16
WSHTom Wilson (Nicklas Backstrom)backhand0.15 xG
PIT: Crosby, Schultz, Zucker, PetterssonWSH: Backstrom, Orlov, Wilson, Kempny
PIT 2 – 2 WSH
4:41
WSHCarl Hagelin (Lars Eller, John Carlson)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Trotman, Blueger, Ruhwedel, McCann, TanevWSH: Hagelin, Eller, Carlson, Panik, Dillon
PIT 2 – 3 WSH
8:50
PITEvgeni Malkin (Bryan Rust)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Hornqvist, Rust, PetterssonWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Wilson
PIT 3 – 3 WSH
10:40
WSHT.J. Oshiebackhand0.19 xG
PIT: Crosby, Johnson, Letang, Zucker, SimonWSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Dillon, Vrana
PIT 3 – 4 WSH
19:13
WSHCarl HagelinEN (Nicklas Backstrom, T.J. Oshie)backhand0.96 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Schultz, RustWSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Hagelin, Carlson, Orlov
PIT 3 – 5 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
Teddy Blueger C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	16:10	—	—	53	66
Jared McCann L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.31	1	0	0	16:08	—	—	61	74
Brandon Tanev L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	5	1	0	16:06	—	—	53	73
Sidney Crosby C	L2	1	0	1	-3	5	0.27	0	0	0	20:58	—	—	63	48
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.34	3	0	0	16:12	—	—	61	44
Dominik Simon C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:35	—	—	65	46
Bryan Rust R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.44	1	0	0	20:45	—	—	52	59
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.52	3	0	4	19:05	—	—	50	57
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.61	1	1	0	17:57	—	—	48	57
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	7:54	—	—	44	51
Andrew Agozzino L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	7:51	—	—	58	51
Anthony Angello C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	3	1	2	7:27	—	—	44	51
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.18	1	2	2	26:13	—	—	49	40
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	4	0	19:43	—	—	46	38
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	0	1	0	19:22	—	—	71	73
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	1	0	2	18:37	—	—	76	80
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	2	0	0	16:26	—	—	52	55
Zach Trotman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	3	0	0	14:32	—	—	50	48

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	22	18	4	.818	2.54	58:59

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	5	0	2	19:00	—	—	41	42
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.26	8	1	2	18:17	—	—	39	34
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	0	2	17:15	—	—	47	46
Jakub Vrana L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	2	0	0	17:17	—	—	40	51
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	2	2	+3	0	0.07	0	1	0	17:04	—	—	43	54
T.J. Oshie R	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.34	2	1	0	15:21	—	—	40	58
Carl Hagelin L	L3	2	0	2	+2	3	1.27	2	0	0	15:24	—	—	53	40
Lars Eller C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	0	2	0	14:32	—	—	46	40
Richard Panik R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	2	0	0	11:58	—	—	55	44
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	11:42	—	—	36	20
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	4	0	2	7:22	—	—	50	29
Brendan Leipsic L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:20	—	—	50	29
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	0	2	0	22:49	—	—	45	44
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	40	45
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.10	1	3	2	22:00	—	—	42	48
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	9	0	4	20:38	—	—	53	56
Michal Kempny D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	2	0	20:28	—	—	38	31
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	4	3	0	19:01	—	—	35	36

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	W	35	32	3	.914	3.39	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.