Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington CapitalsNov 8, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	2	0	2	4		PIT	11	11	10	32
WSH	1	1	0	2		WSH	10	18	6	34

: PIT 64WSH 71
: PIT 3.89WSH 4.07
PP goals: PIT 0WSH 0
Hits: PIT 19WSH 20
Blocks: PIT 18WSH 16
PIM: PIT 6WSH 4
: PIT 49%WSH 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 4–2 at WSH. Erik Karlsson (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for PIT: Eller–Rust–O'Connor skated 8:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (27.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Erik Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:21.Karlsson
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:35.Malkin
New line
New look for PIT: Eller–Rust–O'Connor skated 8:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (27.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Rust O'Connor
Luck
WSH scored 2 goals on 4.07 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Michael Bunting (PIT) played 12:17, −3:17 down on his 15:34 season average over 75 games.Bunting
Usage
Drew O'Connor (PIT) played 18:54, +4:29 up on his 14:25 season average over 83 games.O'Connor
Usage
Alexander Alexeyev (WSH) played 12:43, −3:50 down on his 16:33 season average over 7 games.Alexeyev
Usage
Lars Eller (PIT) played 17:19, +4:05 up on his 13:14 season average over 79 games.Eller

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 135 of 135 attempts · WSH 71 · PIT 64

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 32% of the game, WSH 41%.

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
	65	61
	2.40	3.64
	2.29	3.51
	11	16
	2	7
	23	23
	−0.006	+0.007
	32%	41%

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

L1Malkin – Crosby – Rakell
10:0760% CF
L2Eller – Rust – O'Connor
8:0528% CF
L3Bunting – Acciari – Puljujarvi
4:4080% CF
L4Beauvillier – Lizotte – Puustinen
3:1733% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
16:0060% CF
D2Letang – Grzelcyk
14:1543% CF
D3Graves – St. Ivany
12:3644% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Rust – Rakell – Grzelcyk
1:56100% CF
PP2Letang – Karlsson – Bunting – Beauvillier – Puljujarvi
0:49100% CF
PK1FEller – O'Connor
1:51
PK2FRust – Acciari
0:48
PK1DGraves – St. Ivany
2:49
PK2DLetang – Pettersson
2:27

Current PIT line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Strome – Protas
10:2853% CF
L2Wilson – Dubois – McMichael
10:0465% CF
L3Dowd – Raddysh – Duhaime
8:5156% CF
L4Vrana – Mangiapane – Lapierre
8:3327% CF
D1Roy – Sandin
13:3241% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
12:2249% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Alexeyev
11:4856% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – McMichael
3:43100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Mangiapane – Dubois – Sandin – Lapierre
1:17100% CF
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
1:28
PK2FWilson – Protas
0:43
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
1:21
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Sandin
0:45

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	0	3	0.02	2	0	0	20:17	—	—	57	41
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	0	1	0	20:10	—	—	53	38
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.21	1	0	0	18:35	—	—	62	44
Drew O'Connor L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.44	0	4	0	18:54	—	—	29	18
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	1	1	+2	5	0.25	1	0	0	18:27	—	—	38	22
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.07	1	2	2	17:19	—	—	30	33
Noel Acciari C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.85	0	2	0	13:52	—	—	62	25
Michael Bunting L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.31	2	0	0	12:17	—	—	74	69
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	2	1	0	10:10	—	—	68	57
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	9:51	—	—	44	88
Anthony Beauvillier R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	0	0	9:14	—	—	62	89
Valtteri Puustinen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	2	7:30	—	—	20	25
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	22:37	—	—	57	40
Erik Karlsson D	D1	1	1	2	0	5	0.33	2	1	2	21:21	—	—	63	45
Kris Letang D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.38	4	0	0	22:41	—	—	45	38
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:16	—	—	50	41
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	3	0	16:46	—	—	43	36
Jack St. Ivany D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:08	—	—	44	37

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Blomqvist(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	4.07	59:35

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.49	0	2	0	20:28	—	—	54	46
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.56	3	0	0	19:39	—	—	53	43
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	0	1	0	16:50	—	—	53	41
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.68	1	1	0	19:35	—	—	63	89
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	64	89
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.49	2	1	0	16:19	—	—	65	91
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:04	—	—	40	33
Taylor Raddysh R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	0	0	0	12:33	—	—	44	56
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	1	0	12:00	—	—	47	61
Andrew Mangiapane L	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.27	2	1	0	13:21	—	—	39	67
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:57	—	—	28	50
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	10:45	—	—	18	30
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.32	0	3	0	20:59	—	—	50	79
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	2	18:48	—	—	35	47
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	1	4	0	24:04	—	—	55	68
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	3	0	0	19:00	—	—	39	41
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	2	0	16:50	—	—	58	68
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	0	0	12:43	—	—	65	56

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	2.25	57:16

Goal anatomy

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

Erik Karlsson (PIT) 1st 3:11 · assists Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby · Forecheck turnover · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 68.2 mph shot · 6.9 s from entry to goal.

Erik Karlsson · 1st 3:11 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.2 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 6.9 s

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Michael Bunting · 1st 6:59 · PIT

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 38.3 mph
Distance: 48 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Rasmus Sandin · 1st 8:22 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 60.2 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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Andrew Mangiapane · 2nd 6:04 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.6 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 10:28 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.9 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s
Type: rebound

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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.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington CapitalsNov 8, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitals 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Washington Capitals

Goal anatomy

Erik Karlsson · 1st 3:11 · PIT

Michael Bunting · 1st 6:59 · PIT

Rasmus Sandin · 1st 8:22 · WSH

Andrew Mangiapane · 2nd 6:04 · WSH

Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 10:28 · PIT