Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington CapitalsNov 14, 2021

FinalSunday, Nov 14, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Washington CapitalsWSH

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	0	1		PIT	8	9	8	25
WSH	2	2	2	6		WSH	9	14	9	32

: PIT 46WSH 61
: PIT 1.42WSH 3.04
PP goals: PIT 0WSH 1
Hits: PIT 18WSH 27
Blocks: PIT 18WSH 12
PIM: PIT 6WSH 4
: PIT 51%WSH 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals rout Pittsburgh Penguins 6–1

Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–1 at home. Garnet Hathaway (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson and Sheary) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:31 together.

Points
Conor Sheary had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:02.Sheary
Points
Daniel Sprong had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:23.Sprong
Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:53.Kuznetsov
Points
Garnet Hathaway had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 14:24.Hathaway
Points
Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:48.Wilson
Points
Alex Ovechkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:35.Ovechkin
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson and Sheary) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:31 together.Ovechkin Carlson Kuznetsov Wilson Sheary
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Guentzel skated 12:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Rust Guentzel

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 107 of 107 attempts · WSH 61 · PIT 46

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 17% of the game, WSH 51%.

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
	49	61
	1.59	3.08
	1.54	2.97
	8	16
	8	1
	17	14
	+0.003	−0.002
	17%	51%

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
12:5153% CF
L2Carter – Zucker – Kapanen
12:4848% CF
L3Blueger – McGinn – Aston-Reese
11:2332% CF
L4Boyle – Heinen – Rodrigues
9:3157% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
14:0841% CF
D2Matheson – Ruhwedel
13:4839% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
13:3758% CF

PP1Carter – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
2:1267% CF
PP2Zucker – Kapanen – Heinen – Marino – Rodrigues
1:43
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
2:09
PK2FBoyle – Aston-Reese
1:25
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
2:28
PK2DRuhwedel – Pettersson
1:31

Current PIT line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
12:2154% CF
L2Eller – Hathaway – Jonsson-Fjallby
10:3455% CF
L3Hagelin – Leason – Protas
8:4061% CF
L4Sheary – Sprong – McMichael
7:1144% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
14:5535% CF
D2Schultz – van Riemsdyk
12:5365% CF
D3Carlson – Fehérváry
9:2978% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Sheary
3:3186% CF
PP2Eller – Schultz – Orlov – van Riemsdyk – Sprong
0:240% CF
PK1FWilson – Hathaway
1:23
PK2FHagelin – Eller
1:12
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
1:38
PK2DJensen – van Riemsdyk
1:23

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:25
WSHMartin FehérvárySH (Tom Wilson, Garnet Hathaway)wrist0.08 xG
PIT: Carter, Crosby, Rust, Guentzel, MarinoWSH: Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Fehérváry
PIT 0 – 1 WSH
14:05
WSHGarnet Hathaway (Alex Ovechkin, Trevor van Riemsdyk)snap0.09 xG
PIT: Carter, Zucker, Kapanen, Pettersson, MarinoWSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Carlson, van Riemsdyk, Hathaway
PIT 0 – 2 WSH
18:40
PITJake Guentzel (Kris Letang, Mike Matheson)wrist0.17 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Matheson, GuentzelWSH: Eller, Carlson, van Riemsdyk, Hathaway, Jonsson-Fjallby
PIT 1 – 2 WSH

2nd period

16:11
WSHDaniel Sprong (Lars Eller, Conor Sheary)snap0.16 xG
PIT: Carter, Letang, Dumoulin, Zucker, KapanenWSH: Eller, Schultz, Sheary, van Riemsdyk, Sprong
PIT 1 – 3 WSH
18:36
WSHConor Sheary (Connor McMichael, Daniel Sprong)wrist0.10 xG
PIT: Boyle, Matheson, Ruhwedel, Heinen, RodriguesWSH: Schultz, Sheary, van Riemsdyk, Sprong, McMichael
PIT 1 – 4 WSH

3rd period

4:43
WSHEvgeny Kuznetsov (Alex Ovechkin)wrist0.13 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Heinen, RodriguesWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Fehérváry
PIT 1 – 5 WSH
9:35
WSHTom WilsonPP (Evgeny Kuznetsov, John Carlson)backhand0.16 xG
PIT: Dumoulin, Blueger, McGinn, MarinoWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Sheary
PIT 1 – 6 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
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	0	0	0	17:24	—	—	48	37
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	2	16:57	—	—	48	35
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.25	3	1	0	15:35	—	—	53	50
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.14	0	0	2	16:29	—	—	42	40
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.07	1	0	2	16:18	—	—	44	49
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	0	1	0	16:06	—	—	46	47
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:24	—	—	32	18
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:10	—	—	32	11
Brock McGinn L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	2	0	13:55	—	—	32	18
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	45	20
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	55	28
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	12:06	—	—	57	32
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.01	0	5	0	20:29	—	—	43	29
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	1	0	19:55	—	—	38	10
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	4	0	19:25	—	—	42	46
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.12	0	2	0	17:51	—	—	44	52
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	0	1	0	20:35	—	—	54	27
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	5	0	0	17:41	—	—	50	21

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	32	26	6	.813	3.04	59:45

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.17	3	0	0	20:48	—	—	50	43
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.34	1	0	0	19:53	—	—	48	45
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.11	3	0	0	18:35	—	—	59	74
Lars Eller C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.39	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	62	73
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	1	1	2	0	6	0.25	5	0	0	14:24	—	—	55	64
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.32	2	0	0	12:34	—	—	52	60
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.40	2	0	0	16:36	—	—	57	71
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	12:17	—	—	65	84
Brett Leason R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.30	1	0	0	9:32	—	—	65	87
Conor Sheary L	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.12	0	0	0	16:02	—	—	43	51
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	12:10	—	—	39	46
Daniel Sprong R	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.23	1	0	2	11:23	—	—	58	69
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	3	1	0	22:21	—	—	50	65
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	20:34	—	—	29	28
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:57	—	—	61	65
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.04	1	3	0	18:29	—	—	68	79
John Carlson D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	0	2	0	19:48	—	—	69	74
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.12	3	1	0	16:59	—	—	55	71

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	1.42	59:39

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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.