Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington CapitalsApr 29, 2021

Final / OTThursday, Apr 29, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

5

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Washington CapitalsWSH

4

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	1	2	1	1	5		PIT	14	11	9	1	35
WSH	1	2	1	0	4		WSH	10	17	8	2	37

: PIT 62WSH 61
: PIT 3.32WSH 2.78
PP goals: PIT 0WSH 1
Hits: PIT 14WSH 32
Blocks: PIT 14WSH 14
PIM: PIT 6WSH 6
: PIT 51%WSH 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Washington Capitals 5–4 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 5–4 in overtime at WSH. Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 3A. WSH's first power-play unit (Oshie, Backstrom, Schultz, Kuznetsov and Wilson) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:10 together.

Points
Nicklas Backstrom had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 21:16.Backstrom
Points
Kasperi Kapanen had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:29.Kapanen
Points
Dmitry Orlov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:00.Orlov
Points
Colton Sceviour had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 6:19.Sceviour
Points
Jared McCann had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:27.McCann
Points
Justin Schultz had 2 assists (2 points) in 23:37.Schultz
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Oshie, Backstrom, Schultz, Kuznetsov and Wilson) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:10 together.Oshie Backstrom Schultz Kuznetsov Wilson
Usage
Evan Rodrigues (PIT) played 1:53, −12:35 down on his 14:28 season average over 34 games.Rodrigues

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 123 of 123 attempts · WSH 61 · PIT 62

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 37% 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
	64	60
	2.53	2.36
	2.49	2.30
	6	13
	1	8
	18	17
	+0.014	−0.014
	37%	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 – Rust – Guentzel
16:2451% CF
L2Carter – Kapanen – McCann
11:4456% CF
L3Zucker – Blueger – Aston-Reese
10:1041% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
17:3248% CF
D2Matheson – Ceci
14:4449% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
11:0153% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – McCann
3:48100% CF
PP2Carter – Letang – Zucker – Matheson – Kapanen
1:17
PK1FBlueger – Gaudreau
1:26
PK2FCarter – Aston-Reese
1:23
PK1DDumoulin – Ceci
2:36
PK2DLetang – Marino
0:44

Current PIT line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Backstrom – Mantha
13:3036% CF
L2Eller – Raffl – Sheary
11:3150% CF
L3Kuznetsov – Wilson – Sprong
9:1243% CF
L4Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
8:3175% CF
D1Schultz – Orlov
17:0753% CF
D2Dillon – van Riemsdyk
16:1046% CF
D3Chara – Jensen
11:3139% CF

PP1Oshie – Backstrom – Schultz – Kuznetsov – Wilson
3:10100% CF
PP2Eller – Orlov – Mantha – Sheary – Sprong
0:48100% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
1:28
PK2FHagelin – Dowd
1:02
PK1DChara – Jensen
2:52
PK2DDillon – van Riemsdyk
2:48

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:27
WSHT.J. OshiePP (Justin Schultz, Nicklas Backstrom)tip-in0.12 xG
PIT: Carter, Dumoulin, Ceci, Aston-ReeseWSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Schultz, Kuznetsov, Wilson
PIT 0 – 1 WSH
15:27
PITKasperi Kapanenwrist0.22 xG
PIT: Carter, Matheson, Ceci, Kapanen, McCannWSH: Chara, Oshie, Backstrom, Jensen, Mantha
PIT 1 – 1 WSH

2nd period

8:32
PITFrederick Gaudreau (Jason Zucker, Colton Sceviour)wrist0.17 xG
PIT: Sceviour, Zucker, Matheson, Ceci, GaudreauWSH: Chara, Jensen, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Sprong
PIT 2 – 1 WSH
9:02
WSHDmitry Orlov (Nicklas Backstrom)slap0.03 xG
PIT: Carter, Matheson, Ceci, Kapanen, McCannWSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Schultz, Orlov, Mantha
PIT 2 – 2 WSH
15:07
WSHDaniel Sprong (Justin Schultz, Dmitry Orlov)tip-in0.11 xG
PIT: Letang, Sceviour, Dumoulin, Zucker, GaudreauWSH: Schultz, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Sprong
PIT 2 – 3 WSH
18:11
PITZachary Aston-Reese (Colton Sceviour)backhand0.14 xG
PIT: Letang, Sceviour, Gaudreau, Pettersson, Aston-ReeseWSH: Schultz, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Sprong
PIT 3 – 3 WSH

3rd period

10:55
PITKasperi Kapanen (Jared McCann, Jeff Carter)snap0.02 xG
PIT: Carter, Matheson, Ceci, Kapanen, McCannWSH: Chara, Jensen, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Sprong
PIT 4 – 3 WSH
19:45
WSHTom Wilson (Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom)wrist0.16 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelWSH: Oshie, Backstrom, Eller, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Wilson
PIT 4 – 4 WSH

OT period

2:11
PITJake Guentzel (John Marino, Jared McCann)wrist0.21 xG
PIT: Guentzel, McCann, MarinoWSH: Backstrom, Schultz, Mantha
PIT 5 – 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	0.91	0	1	0	23:17	—	—	50	52
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.33	5	2	2	23:05	—	—	49	53
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.36	2	3	0	22:24	—	—	51	52
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.19	0	0	0	18:16	—	—	52	59
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	2	0	2	+1	2	0.38	0	0	0	17:29	—	—	60	61
Jared McCann L	L2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.30	2	1	0	16:27	—	—	58	60
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	15:50	—	—	50	32
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.18	1	0	0	15:45	—	—	48	40
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	43	27
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.09	1	3	0	29:16	—	—	52	60
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	22:32	—	—	47	48
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.08	0	1	0	20:25	—	—	51	51
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	50	50
John Marino D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	14:48	—	—	50	39
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.18	0	0	2	12:32	—	—	60	59
Frederick Gaudreau C	—	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	7:52	—	—	60	70
Colton Sceviour C	—	0	2	2	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	6:19	—	—	50	70
Evan Rodrigues C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	1:53	—	—	33	48

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	37	33	4	.892	2.78	62:11

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
T.J. Oshie R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.47	3	1	0	21:59	—	—	38	44
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	3	3	0	2	0.30	0	0	0	21:16	—	—	42	50
Anthony Mantha R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	1	1	0	16:25	—	—	39	40
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.27	2	1	0	20:35	—	—	43	36
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:25	—	—	47	55
Michael Raffl L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	3	0	2	12:59	—	—	48	45
Tom Wilson R	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.38	1	2	0	18:04	—	—	44	44
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.17	0	1	2	16:01	—	—	41	51
Daniel Sprong R	L3	1	0	1	-2	3	0.23	2	0	0	11:03	—	—	46	52
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	0	0	0	11:11	—	—	68	56
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	1	0	10:50	—	—	75	66
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	3	0	0	10:28	—	—	75	66
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	2	2	0	0	0.02	2	1	2	23:37	—	—	52	58
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.16	3	1	0	21:00	—	—	53	63
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:00	—	—	44	50
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	7	2	0	20:08	—	—	53	52
Zdeno Chara D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	1	0	0	15:48	—	—	39	27
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.04	0	0	0	15:10	—	—	45	33

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	O	35	30	5	.857	2.58	60:45

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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.