Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington CapitalsMay 1, 2021

FinalSaturday, May 1, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	2	0	3		PIT	7	8	11	26
WSH	0	0	0	0		WSH	8	11	5	24

: PIT 45WSH 47
: PIT 2.22WSH 1.95
PP goals: PIT 0WSH 0
Hits: PIT 18WSH 31
Blocks: PIT 11WSH 9
PIM: PIT 7WSH 9
: PIT 57%WSH 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 3–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 3–0 at WSH. Bryan Rust (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for WSH: Oshie–Eller–Raffl skated 13:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (78.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Bryan Rust had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:35.Rust
New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Eller–Raffl skated 13:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (78.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Eller Raffl
New line
New look for WSH: Backstrom–Mantha–Sheary skated 12:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Backstrom Mantha Sheary
Usage
Mike Matheson (PIT) played 9:28, −9:23 down on his 18:51 season average over 43 games.Matheson
New line
New look for PIT: Sceviour–Gaudreau–Lafferty skated 8:51 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (84.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sceviour Gaudreau Lafferty
Luck
WSH scored 0 goals on 1.95 expected goals (47 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Daniel Sprong (WSH) played 15:43, +4:09 up on his 11:34 season average over 41 games.Sprong
Usage
Nick Jensen (WSH) played 21:00, +3:46 up on his 17:14 season average over 52 games.Jensen

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 92 of 92 attempts · WSH 47 · PIT 45

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 35% of the game, WSH 28%.

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
	47	55
	2.29	2.28
	2.18	2.15
	11	12
	6	1
	20	7
	+0.023	−0.023
	35%	28%

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
15:3738% CF
L2Carter – Kapanen – McCann
13:2535% CF
L3Zucker – Blueger – Aston-Reese
11:5542% CF
L4Sceviour – Gaudreau – Lafferty
8:5185% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
17:3345% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
14:2650% CF
D3Matheson – Ceci
9:2747% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – Marino
2:21
PP2Carter – Zucker – Kapanen – Pettersson
1:28
PK1FCarter – Aston-Reese
1:02
PK2FSceviour – Gaudreau
0:38
PK1DDumoulin – Ceci
1:12
PK2DLetang – Marino
0:39

Current PIT line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Eller – Raffl
13:3479% CF
L2Backstrom – Mantha – Sheary
12:0057% CF
L3Kuznetsov – Wilson – Sprong
11:3840% CF
L4Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
9:2433% CF
D1Chara – Jensen
14:4033% CF
D2Schultz – Orlov
13:1963% CF
D3Dillon – van Riemsdyk
11:5753% CF

PP1Oshie – Backstrom – Schultz – Kuznetsov – Wilson
1:21100% CF
PP2Eller – Orlov – Mantha – Sheary – Sprong
0:33
PK1FHagelin – Eller
1:50
PK2FDowd – Wilson
0:51
PK1DChara – Jensen
2:24
PK2DOrlov – Dillon
0:51

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:56
PITBryan Rustwrist0.14 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelWSH: Hagelin, Schultz, Orlov, Dowd, Hathaway
PIT 1 – 0 WSH

2nd period

0:26
PITBryan Rustwrist0.09 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelWSH: Oshie, Eller, Schultz, Orlov, Raffl
PIT 2 – 0 WSH
10:43
PITJeff Carter (Kris Letang)deflected0.24 xG
PIT: Carter, Letang, Dumoulin, Kapanen, McCannWSH: Hagelin, Dowd, Dillon, van Riemsdyk, Hathaway
PIT 3 – 0 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	+2	0	0.23	1	2	0	19:07	—	—	39	65
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.35	0	1	0	18:45	—	—	40	65
Bryan Rust R	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.36	1	1	0	18:35	—	—	36	65
Jeff Carter C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.24	0	0	0	17:29	—	—	45	42
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	0	1	0	15:59	—	—	42	40
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	2	0	0	15:04	—	—	39	37
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	2	15:48	—	—	41	28
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	3	1	0	15:20	—	—	35	15
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	5	12:36	—	—	43	16
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	11:23	—	—	60	77
Colton Sceviour C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	1	0	10:04	—	—	79	90
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	4	0	0	9:00	—	—	86	91
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+3	2	0.11	0	0	0	26:28	—	—	51	58
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.04	1	1	0	22:29	—	—	42	60
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	22:04	—	—	44	30
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	18:54	—	—	55	41
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	19:27	—	—	38	47
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	9:28	—	—	47	61

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	24	24	0	.1000	1.95	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Lars Eller C	L1	-1	3	0.33	1	0	0	18:28	—	—	81	70
T.J. Oshie R	L1	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	17:37	—	—	82	65
Michael Raffl L	L1	-1	2	0.07	3	1	0	15:02	—	—	82	70
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	15:20	—	—	54	64
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	3	0.29	0	1	0	15:00	—	—	57	66
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	2	0.45	0	0	0	14:58	—	—	50	61
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	2	0.17	3	0	2	16:26	—	—	35	37
Daniel Sprong R	L3	0	2	0.06	5	0	0	15:43	—	—	46	52
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	32	26
Nic Dowd C	L4	-2	0	0.04	5	0	0	12:01	—	—	38	22
Carl Hagelin L	L4	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:47	—	—	39	10
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:24	—	—	33	10
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0.00	3	4	0	21:26	—	—	30	46
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	21:00	—	—	40	47
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	-2	2	0.05	2	0	0	20:28	—	—	60	45
Justin Schultz D	D2	-2	3	0.22	0	1	0	18:26	—	—	69	48
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	-1	0	0.03	0	1	2	19:32	—	—	54	54
Brenden Dillon D	D3	-1	1	0.02	5	1	5	17:11	—	—	64	57

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	2.22	60:00

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.