Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington CapitalsNov 9, 2022

FinalWednesday, Nov 9, 2022· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	3	1	4		PIT	10	10	8	28
WSH	0	0	1	1		WSH	7	11	7	25

: PIT 58WSH 60
: PIT 3.47WSH 2.42
PP goals: PIT 0WSH 0
Hits: PIT 32WSH 36
Blocks: PIT 19WSH 17
PIM: PIT 13WSH 11
: PIT 51%WSH 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 4–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 4–1 at WSH. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Jan Rutta (PIT) played 8:55, −8:21 down on his 17:16 season average over 55 games.

Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:37.Guentzel
Usage
Jan Rutta (PIT) played 8:55, −8:21 down on his 17:16 season average over 55 games.Rutta
Usage
Pierre-Olivier Joseph (PIT) played 6:41, −8:41 down on his 15:22 season average over 74 games.Joseph
New line
New look for PIT: Archibald–Poehling–Hallander skated 6:57 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Archibald Poehling Hallander
New line
New look for PIT: Carter–McGinn–Heinen skated 7:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter McGinn Heinen
Usage
Kris Letang (PIT) played 28:48, +4:00 up on his 24:48 season average over 63 games.Letang
Usage
Rickard Rakell (PIT) played 14:44, −3:45 down on his 18:29 season average over 81 games.Rakell
Usage
Marcus Pettersson (PIT) played 23:48, +3:16 up on his 20:32 season average over 67 games.Pettersson

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 118 of 118 attempts · WSH 60 · PIT 58

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 30% of the game, WSH 26%.

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
	53	60
	2.26	2.42
	2.13	2.29
	11	12
	5	1
	22	20
	+0.029	−0.029
	30%	26%

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
12:2341% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rakell
9:2569% CF
L3Carter – McGinn – Heinen
7:2356% CF
L4Archibald – Poehling – Hallander
6:570% CF
D1Letang – Pettersson
16:3722% CF
D2Dumoulin – Rutta
7:0056% CF
D3Petry – Joseph
6:3962% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
4:0367% CF
PP2Carter – Petry – Zucker – Rakell – Heinen
1:00100% CF
PK1FArchibald – Hallander
1:38
PK2FMcGinn – Poehling
0:56
PK1DPetry – Dumoulin
2:14
PK2DLetang – Pettersson
1:56

Current PIT line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Sheary
9:4656% CF
L2Johansson – Milano – Strome
7:2547% CF
L3Dowd – Hathaway – Protas
6:0064% CF
L4Eller – Mantha – Aube-Kubel
5:4273% CF
D1Jensen – Fehérváry
13:4464% CF
D2Gustafsson – van Riemsdyk
11:1361% CF
D3Irwin – Alexeyev
9:3833% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Johansson – Kuznetsov – Gustafsson – Strome
4:0143% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Mantha – Sheary – van Riemsdyk – Milano
2:10100% CF
PK1FDowd – Hathaway
2:38
PK2FEller – Sheary
1:23
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
2:37
PK2DIrwin – Fehérváry
0:51

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:43
PITJason Zucker (Evgeni Malkin, Rickard Rakell)wrist0.02 xG
PIT: Malkin, Petry, Zucker, Rakell, PetterssonWSH: Johansson, Irwin, Milano, Strome, Alexeyev
PIT 1 – 0 WSH
12:53
PITBrock McGinnSH (Jeff Carter)wrist0.32 xG
PIT: Carter, Petry, Dumoulin, McGinnWSH: Ovechkin, Johansson, Kuznetsov, Gustafsson, Strome
PIT 2 – 0 WSH
15:05
PITJeff Petry (Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel)slap0.02 xG
PIT: Crosby, Petry, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelWSH: Dowd, Mantha, Sheary, van Riemsdyk, Fehérváry
PIT 3 – 0 WSH

3rd period

12:22
WSHMarcus Johansson (Sonny Milano, Nick Jensen)snap0.22 xG
PIT: Carter, Petry, Dumoulin, McGinn, HeinenWSH: Johansson, Jensen, Milano, Strome, Fehérváry
PIT 3 – 1 WSH
18:24
PITJake GuentzelEN (Kris Letang, Marcus Pettersson)wrist0.80 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Guentzel, PetterssonWSH: Ovechkin, Johansson, Gustafsson, Mantha, Milano, Strome
PIT 4 – 1 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	1	1	+2	2	0.12	1	2	2	20:42	—	—	42	36
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	1.03	1	0	0	19:37	—	—	44	37
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	2	5	18:25	—	—	36	25
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.23	1	0	0	16:45	—	—	63	78
Jason Zucker L	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.45	3	0	0	15:00	—	—	63	88
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.55	2	1	0	14:44	—	—	77	95
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.22	0	0	2	14:18	—	—	58	49
Brock McGinn L	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.53	0	0	0	13:10	—	—	52	41
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	1	0	11:04	—	—	50	44
Josh Archibald R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	7	1	2	12:23	—	—	21	27
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	11:31	—	—	18	11
Filip Hallander C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	11:01	—	—	15	1
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	28:48	—	—	25	22
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.03	1	3	0	23:48	—	—	34	35
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	2	1	0	21:58	—	—	63	55
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	8:55	—	—	53	44
Jeff Petry D	D3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.08	6	2	0	24:49	—	—	63	69
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	6:41	—	—	62	83

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	2.42	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.25	7	0	0	21:07	—	—	50	36
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.44	0	0	2	19:15	—	—	59	62
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	1	2	2	17:44	—	—	43	54
Marcus Johansson L	L2	1	0	1	-2	1	0.22	0	1	0	15:16	—	—	50	56
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	41	42
Sonny Milano L	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.09	0	0	0	12:27	—	—	46	56
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:24	—	—	44	30
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	1	2	13:46	—	—	57	43
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	11:11	—	—	65	41
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.28	4	0	0	16:02	—	—	67	89
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	3	0	0	14:35	—	—	62	66
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.28	4	0	0	8:57	—	—	56	65
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	3	0	23:12	—	—	61	55
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	3	0	22:40	—	—	63	71
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	1	1	0	21:29	—	—	50	32
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	0	3	5	20:52	—	—	62	67
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	13:27	—	—	41	32
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	11:48	—	—	32	22

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.67	59:47

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.