Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 23, 2021

Final / OTTuesday, Feb 23, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

3

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Washington CapitalsWSH

2

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	1	1	0	1	3		PIT	12	18	6	1	37
WSH	0	2	0	0	2		WSH	6	9	7	0	22

: PIT 66WSH 48
: PIT 3.53WSH 2.32
PP goals: PIT 1WSH 0
Hits: PIT 15WSH 31
Blocks: PIT 13WSH 16
PIM: PIT 4WSH 4
: PIT 56%WSH 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Washington Capitals 3–2 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime at WSH. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:42 together.

Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:15.Guentzel
Points
Kasperi Kapanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:49.Kapanen
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:42 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel
Goalie
Vitek Vanecek (WSH) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +9 against a season average of 27.9; the overtime loss.Vanecek
Usage
Kasperi Kapanen (PIT) played 18:49, +3:22 up on his 15:27 season average over 39 games.Kapanen
Usage
Jakub Vrana (WSH) played 18:13, +3:17 up on his 14:56 season average over 49 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 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 36% 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
	68	54
	2.62	2.62
	2.47	2.51
	11	10
	8	11
	17	14
	+0.040	−0.040
	36%	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

L1Crosby – Guentzel – Kapanen
16:1064% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rust
12:3646% CF
L3Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
8:2150% CF
L4Sceviour – Jankowski – Lafferty
5:3745% CF
D1Matheson – Marino
17:4840% CF
D2Ceci – Pettersson
15:3469% CF
D3Letang – Joseph
14:4769% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
2:42100% CF
PP2Zucker – Jankowski – Matheson – Kapanen – Marino
0:27
PK1FJankowski – Aston-Reese
2:03
PK2FBlueger – Tanev
1:52
PK1DLetang – Ceci
2:03
PK2DPettersson – Marino
1:52

Current PIT line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Backstrom – Panik
11:5462% CF
L2Ovechkin – Eller – Wilson
11:2050% CF
L3Kuznetsov – Sheary – Vrana
11:1745% CF
L4Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
9:0337% CF
D1Chara – Jensen
15:0937% CF
D2Schultz – Orlov
14:0344% CF
D3Carlson – Dillon
13:5541% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Vrana
2:11
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Schultz – Kuznetsov – Wilson
1:49100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
1:10
PK2FEller – Wilson
0:52
PK1DCarlson – Dillon
1:55
PK2DChara – Jensen
1:22

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:41
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel)tip-in0.26 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, GuentzelWSH: Eller, Carlson, Dillon, Hathaway
PIT 1 – 0 WSH

2nd period

4:38
WSHRichard Panik (Zdeno Chara, John Carlson)wrist0.16 xG
PIT: Malkin, Zucker, Rust, Matheson, MarinoWSH: Chara, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Panik
PIT 1 – 1 WSH
13:18
WSHConor Sheary (Evgeny Kuznetsov)slap0.16 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Zucker, Rust, JosephWSH: Schultz, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Sheary, Vrana
PIT 1 – 2 WSH
13:40
PITJake Guentzel (John Marino, Kasperi Kapanen)tip-in0.04 xG
PIT: Crosby, Guentzel, Kapanen, Pettersson, MarinoWSH: Hagelin, Schultz, Orlov, Dowd, Hathaway
PIT 2 – 2 WSH

OT period

1:43
PITKasperi Kapanen (Teddy Blueger, Tristan Jarry)slap0.21 xG
PIT: Blueger, Kapanen, MarinoWSH: Orlov, Kuznetsov, 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
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	1	2	+1	6	0.54	1	1	2	20:15	—	—	63	81
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.60	1	1	0	20:13	—	—	64	88
Kasperi Kapanen R	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.22	1	0	0	18:49	—	—	66	88
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	0	1	-2	4	0.66	1	0	0	19:45	—	—	50	18
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.17	0	0	0	18:38	—	—	50	18
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.12	0	0	0	14:03	—	—	48	26
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	15:58	—	—	64	59
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	1	0	0	14:49	—	—	57	52
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:28	—	—	50	48
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:34	—	—	50	34
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	4	0	0	9:27	—	—	50	35
Colton Sceviour C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	0	0	7:03	—	—	46	32
John Marino D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	1	0	22:18	—	—	42	37
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.36	1	4	2	20:39	—	—	39	42
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	20:05	—	—	60	73
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	19:20	—	—	73	57
Kris Letang D	D3	0	1	1	-1	5	0.30	1	2	0	21:58	—	—	72	62
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	0	0	14:47	—	—	69	61

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	2.32	61:43

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	1	0	0	18:29	—	—	52	77
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	1	0	0	17:54	—	—	50	80
Richard Panik R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.22	2	1	0	13:10	—	—	67	90
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.47	2	1	2	17:44	—	—	41	65
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	1	2	0	16:02	—	—	47	68
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	3	1	0	15:30	—	—	44	67
Jakub Vrana L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	2	0	0	18:13	—	—	43	33
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	40	28
Conor Sheary L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	0	0	0	13:36	—	—	45	34
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	4	0	0	12:57	—	—	36	24
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:43	—	—	35	24
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	4	1	0	12:40	—	—	39	12
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	3	0	19:47	—	—	36	55
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	18:34	—	—	41	69
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	1	2	2	19:13	—	—	47	51
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	18:55	—	—	49	49
John Carlson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	2	0	0	22:00	—	—	48	44
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	4	4	0	19:14	—	—	44	45

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	O	37	34	3	.919	3.53	61:43

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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.