Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington CapitalsApr 12, 2026

FinalSunday, Apr 12, 2026· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	0	0		PIT	8	13	3	24
WSH	0	1	2	3		WSH	8	13	6	27

: PIT 65WSH 55
: PIT 2.91WSH 3.31
PP goals: PIT 0WSH 0
Hits: PIT 10WSH 18
Blocks: PIT 13WSH 15
PIM: PIT 2WSH 4
: PIT 48%WSH 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–0

Washington Capitals beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–0 at home. Connor McMichael (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. PIT scored 0 goals on 2.91 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Connor McMichael had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:31.McMichael
Points
Martin Fehérváry had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:50.Fehérváry
Luck
PIT scored 0 goals on 2.91 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for PIT: Hayes–Brazeau–Koivunen skated 8:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayes Brazeau Koivunen
New line
New look for PIT: Koppanen–Soderblom–McGroarty skated 7:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Koppanen Soderblom McGroarty
Usage
Ilya Solovyov (PIT) played 19:45, +7:15 up on his 12:30 season average over 29 games.Solovyov
Usage
Jack St. Ivany (PIT) played 21:22, +5:18 up on his 16:04 season average over 19 games.St. Ivany
Usage
Kris Letang (PIT) played 17:39, −4:05 down on his 21:44 season average over 73 games.Letang

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 120 of 120 attempts · WSH 55 · PIT 65

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 45% of the game, WSH 30%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

WSH skaters (rows) against PIT skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the WSH side.

Matchup matrix

WSH xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

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	56
	2.95	2.44
	2.84	2.21
	17	18
	4	4
	31	22
	−0.024	+0.024
	45%	30%

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 – Chinakhov
10:3869% CF
L2Malkin – Rakell – Novak
10:2837% CF
L3Hayes – Brazeau – Koivunen
8:2671% CF
L4Koppanen – Soderblom – McGroarty
7:2469% CF
D1St. Ivany – Solovyov
17:5968% CF
D2Karlsson – Wotherspoon
14:5642% CF
D3Letang – Girard
13:4145% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Rakell
3:05100% CF
PP2Letang – Hayes – Novak – Brazeau – Chinakhov
0:43100% CF
PK1FRust – Koppanen
1:33
PK1DWotherspoon – St. Ivany
1:43

Current PIT line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Protas – Protas
10:1752% CF
L2Dubois – McMichael – Leonard
10:0168% CF
L3Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
9:1828% CF
L4Duhaime – Sourdif – Miroshnichenko
5:5233% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
13:1859% CF
D2Liljegren – Fehérváry
12:1538% CF
D3Roy – Hutson
12:1455% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Strome – Sourdif – Hutson – Protas
1:09100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Wilson – Chychrun – Dubois – Leonard
0:45100% CF
PK1FBeauvillier – Protas
1:47
PK2FWilson – McMichael
1:14
PK1Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
2:45
PK2DChychrun – Liljegren
1:04

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

12:22
WSHTrevor van Riemsdyk (Pierre-Luc Dubois, Connor McMichael)wrist0.16 xG
PIT: Malkin, Karlsson, Rakell, Novak, WotherspoonWSH: van Riemsdyk, Chychrun, Dubois, McMichael, Leonard
PIT 0 – 1 WSH

3rd period

15:50
WSHConnor McMichael (Ryan Leonard, Martin Fehérváry)backhand0.20 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Girard, ChinakhovWSH: Roy, Dubois, McMichael, Leonard, Hutson
PIT 0 – 2 WSH
17:16
WSHConnor McMichaelEN (Alex Ovechkin, Martin Fehérváry)snap0.98 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, ChinakhovWSH: Ovechkin, Roy, Dubois, Fehérváry, McMichael
PIT 0 – 3 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	-2	0	0.04	1	1	0	20:21	—	—	72	76
Sidney Crosby C	L1	-2	2	0.44	2	0	2	19:56	—	—	72	77
Egor Chinakhov R	L1	-2	3	0.20	0	1	0	17:00	—	—	48	34
Rickard Rakell R	L2	-2	2	0.31	0	2	0	18:47	—	—	38	38
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	-2	2	0.12	0	0	0	18:22	—	—	32	35
Tommy Novak C	L2	-1	4	0.36	0	1	0	16:29	—	—	37	38
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	2	0.31	0	0	0	13:55	—	—	74	87
Justin Brazeau R	L3	0	2	0.47	0	1	0	13:24	—	—	70	87
Ville Koivunen R	L3	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:39	—	—	67	81
Elmer Soderblom L	L4	0	2	0.31	2	0	0	13:22	—	—	65	74
Joona Koppanen L	L4	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:07	—	—	63	84
Rutger McGroarty R	L4	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	9:55	—	—	65	84
Jack St. Ivany D	D1	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	21:22	—	—	68	85
Ilya Solovyov D	D1	0	1	0.09	1	2	0	19:45	—	—	67	83
Erik Karlsson D	D2	-2	0	0.01	0	1	0	19:56	—	—	44	41
Parker Wotherspoon D	D2	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:52	—	—	44	46
Kris Letang D	D3	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:39	—	—	50	40
Samuel Girard D	D3	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:00	—	—	48	33

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	L	26	24	2	.923	2.34	59:09

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	1	0	19:18	—	—	43	26
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	3	1	0	18:14	—	—	44	23
Ilya Protas L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	0	0	15:45	—	—	41	22
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	0	1	1	+3	2	0.33	0	1	0	16:18	—	—	54	57
Ryan Leonard R	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.08	1	1	0	15:40	—	—	66	71
Connor McMichael L	L2	2	1	3	+3	2	1.18	0	0	0	15:31	—	—	63	58
Alex Ovechkin L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.14	5	1	0	16:11	—	—	25	28
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	1	0	15:27	—	—	35	51
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:32	—	—	42	43
Justin Sourdif C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	13:06	—	—	50	61
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	9:57	—	—	21	22
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	1	0	0	7:35	—	—	47	52
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	2	0	0	22:21	—	—	51	47
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.39	0	1	0	18:59	—	—	55	45
Timothy Liljegren D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	3	0	21:16	—	—	38	48
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	1	0	4	18:50	—	—	26	25
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:41	—	—	43	44
Cole Hutson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:19	—	—	48	51

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	24	24	0	.1000	2.91	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH) 2nd 12:22 · assists Pierre-Luc Dubois, Connor McMichael · Rebound · 1.6 mph shot.

Trevor van Riemsdyk · 2nd 12:22 · WSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 2
Shot: 1.6 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Connor McMichael · 3rd 15:50 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.0 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Connor McMichael · 3rd 17:16 · WSH EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 23.6 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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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.