Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington CapitalsOct 13, 2023

FinalFriday, Oct 13, 2023· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	3	1	4		PIT	10	13	12	35
WSH	0	0	0	0		WSH	8	7	4	19

: PIT 68WSH 54
: PIT 3.41WSH 1.85
PP goals: PIT 2WSH 0
Hits: PIT 19WSH 20
Blocks: PIT 22WSH 18
PIM: PIT 13WSH 13
: PIT 55%WSH 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Washington Capitals 4–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 4–0 at WSH. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 3A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:09 together.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 16:36.Malkin
Points
Sidney Crosby had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:43.Crosby
Points
Jake Guentzel had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:20.Guentzel
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:09 together.Malkin Crosby Karlsson Rakell Guentzel
Goalie
Charlie Lindgren (WSH) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +6 against a season average of 28.6; the loss.Lindgren
Luck
WSH scored 0 goals on 1.85 expected goals (54 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jake Guentzel (PIT) played 16:20, −3:45 down on his 20:05 season average over 66 games.Guentzel
Usage
Ryan Graves (PIT) played 24:31, +6:13 up on his 18:18 season average over 69 games.Graves

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 122 of 122 attempts · WSH 54 · PIT 68

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 34% of the game, WSH 34%.

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	49
	3.26	1.45
	3.08	1.42
	12	5
	6	2
	17	19
	+0.071	−0.071
	34%	34%

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
12:1268% CF
L2Carter – Nieto – Acciari
11:1519% CF
L3Malkin – Smith – Rakell
9:4171% CF
L4Eller – Harkins – O'Connor
7:0535% CF
D1Letang – Graves
18:4645% CF
D2Karlsson – Pettersson
13:5962% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Joseph
8:5664% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rakell – Guentzel
2:09100% CF
PP2Carter – Letang – Smith – Rust – Joseph
0:2650% CF
PK1FEller – Rust
1:36
PK2FNieto – Acciari
1:04
PK1DRuhwedel – Graves
3:03
PK2DLetang – Pettersson
2:09

Current PIT line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Kuznetsov – Wilson – McMichael
12:0642% CF
L2Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom
9:4250% CF
L3Milano – Strome – Phillips
9:1847% CF
L4Dowd – Mantha – Malenstyn
7:5635% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
12:4630% CF
D2Carlson – Sandin
11:4848% CF
D3Jensen – Johansen
8:5339% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
3:29100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Wilson – Mantha – Strome – Sandin
1:47100% CF
PK1FDowd – Malenstyn
1:37
PK2FKuznetsov – Wilson
1:03
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
1:19
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
0:50

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:07
PITEvgeni Malkin (Rickard Rakell, Erik Karlsson)snap0.23 xG
PIT: Malkin, Karlsson, Smith, Rakell, JosephWSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Sandin
PIT 1 – 0 WSH
5:51
PITSidney CrosbyPP (Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.16 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rakell, GuentzelWSH: Carlson, Jensen, Dowd, Malenstyn
PIT 2 – 0 WSH
11:46
PITSidney CrosbyPP (Evgeni Malkin, Jake Guentzel)wrist0.10 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rakell, GuentzelWSH: Jensen, Kuznetsov, Wilson, van Riemsdyk
PIT 3 – 0 WSH

3rd period

16:57
PITReilly Smith (Evgeni Malkin)snap0.01 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Smith, Rakell, GravesWSH: Carlson, Milano, Strome, Phillips, Sandin
PIT 4 – 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	2	0	2	0	5	0.52	2	0	0	17:43	—	—	72	89
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.54	1	1	2	16:26	—	—	70	89
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.13	2	1	0	16:20	—	—	69	86
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	2	0	15:20	—	—	33	33
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	2	0	14:30	—	—	35	26
Matt Nieto L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	1	2	14:28	—	—	24	3
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	1	3	4	+2	4	0.40	0	0	0	16:36	—	—	72	83
Reilly Smith R	L3	1	0	1	+2	7	0.96	1	0	0	15:03	—	—	73	86
Rickard Rakell R	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.28	0	1	2	14:20	—	—	72	83
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	1	2	13:20	—	—	48	42
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	52	44
Jansen Harkins C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:13	—	—	35	14
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	25:41	—	—	44	59
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	5	0	24:31	—	—	47	63
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.14	0	1	0	21:46	—	—	65	80
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	5	18:27	—	—	64	77
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	4	0	14:16	—	—	59	66
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	12:49	—	—	72	73

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	19	19	0	.1000	1.85	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	19:56	—	—	44	25
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	0.10	5	1	5	18:08	—	—	45	28
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	0	0.29	0	1	0	15:49	—	—	41	28
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	-1	4	0.37	3	0	2	18:42	—	—	54	26
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	50	13
T.J. Oshie R	L2	-1	2	0.19	0	2	0	15:18	—	—	44	8
Dylan Strome C	L3	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	52	79
Sonny Milano L	L3	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	12:31	—	—	38	72
Matthew Phillips R	L3	-1	1	0.15	0	1	0	11:21	—	—	42	66
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	13:59	—	—	28	22
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:52	—	—	30	21
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	1	0.06	4	1	0	11:31	—	—	29	21
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	20:21	—	—	37	43
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0.00	3	2	2	18:29	—	—	32	37
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	-2	0	0.00	0	1	2	21:58	—	—	47	24
John Carlson D	D2	-2	3	0.14	3	1	0	21:42	—	—	52	25
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	2	0.25	2	1	0	18:41	—	—	42	32
Lucas Johansen D	D3	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	13:32	—	—	44	32

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	35	31	4	.886	3.41	59:56

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Evgeni Malkin (PIT) 2nd 4:07 · assists Rickard Rakell, Erik Karlsson · Forecheck turnover · 52.2 mph shot.

Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 4:07 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.2 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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Sidney Crosby · 2nd 11:46 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 46.8 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: one-timer

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Reilly Smith · 3rd 16:57 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 71.9 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Sidney Crosby · 2nd 5:51 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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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.