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Ice Lab

Sat, Dec 27, 2014·CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

Washington Capitals 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 86% of the time.

PIT winsWSH wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

PIT forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against WSH's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

Ovechkin–Backstrom–WilsonWard–Laich–FehrBrouwer–Johansson–KuznetsovOvechkin–Backstrom–BeagleBeagle–Latta–BurakovskyLaich–Fehr–BeagleOvechkin–Backstrom–LattaWard–Latta–BurakovskyOrpik–CarlsonNiskanen–AlznerGreen–HillenOrpik–NiskanenOrpik–Alzner
Kunitz–Crosby–Rust1:360.08–0.001:490.00–0.362:320.06–0.001:040.04–0.004:360.13–0.322:140.01–0.051:290.05–0.00
Malkin–Sutter–Megna2:140.00–0.011:530.02–0.161:550.09–0.112:170.08–0.042:360.02–0.231:020.01–0.01
Ebbett–Klinkhammer–Farnham1:400.00–0.100:530.01–0.000:430.01–0.172:330.00–0.01
Malkin–Hornqvist–Sutter2:090.01–0.170:380.00–0.002:360.01–0.141:080.01–0.00
Goc–Spaling–Farnham3:060.09–0.352:190.09–0.020:410.07–0.00
Kunitz–Malkin–Crosby0:300.11–0.000:550.04–0.000:570.11–0.000:330.04–0.00
Goc–Klinkhammer–Spaling0:500.00–0.050:510.00–0.020:300.00–0.001:010.00–0.020:300.00–0.05
Malkin–Crosby–Klinkhammer0:350.00–0.270:390.00–0.40
Malkin–Sutter–Rust0:490.00–0.000:580.00–0.00
Goc–Spaling–Megna
Bortuzzo–Pouliot0:510.00–0.054:440.02–0.381:420.07–0.002:150.00–0.385:210.09–0.051:240.00–0.00
Letang–Harrington6:010.09–0.130:300.04–0.010:410.00–0.274:530.14–0.091:260.00–0.021:350.00–0.04
Scuderi–Letang0:490.12–0.003:180.09–0.113:150.20–0.040:550.00–0.070:490.03–0.000:330.00–0.00
Scuderi–Despres0:340.07–0.013:210.02–0.161:260.00–0.002:120.02–0.171:030.07–0.00
Despres–Harrington1:440.04–0.021:250.04–0.001:200.03–0.381:190.01–0.021:310.05–0.00
Scuderi–Bortuzzo0:470.00–0.050:530.01–0.000:370.01–0.001:240.01–0.050:500.00–0.00
Letang–Despres0:320.00–0.000:320.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndSutter FMalkin FHornqvist FRust FKunitz FCrosby FSpaling FGoc FMegna FKlinkhammer FEbbett FFarnham FHarrington DLetang DScuderi DDespres DBortuzzo DPouliot DFleury GOvechkin FBackstrom FWilson FFehr FLaich FWard FKuznetsov FBrouwer FJohansson FLatta FBurakovsky FBeagle FOrpik DCarlson DNiskanen DAlzner DHillen DGreen DHoltby G
PITWSHFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

John CarlsonWSH3224:370:461:5367
Brooks OrpikWSH3024:040:482:0239
Kris LetangPIT3023:560:482:1452
Alex OvechkinWSH2223:341:042:3242
Evgeni MalkinPIT2523:330:572:1152
Nicklas BackstromWSH2423:240:592:1343
Sidney CrosbyPIT2623:140:542:1172
Matt NiskanenWSH3122:160:431:1825
Rob ScuderiPIT2820:220:441:2437
Chris KunitzPIT2620:160:471:3282
Simon DespresPIT2719:100:431:2938
Derrick PouliotPIT2318:510:492:1564
Scott HarringtonPIT2818:180:391:2824
Brandon SutterPIT2417:560:451:4426
Karl AlznerWSH2517:370:421:1614
Joel WardWSH2117:140:492:1354
Robert BortuzzoPIT2516:430:401:1666
Mike GreenWSH1916:410:531:5351
Nick SpalingPIT2716:280:371:06310
Brooks LaichWSH2115:470:451:2429
Marcel GocPIT2315:290:401:0738
Eric FehrWSH1914:560:471:2435
Marcus JohanssonWSH1814:550:501:4543
Jay BeagleWSH2114:450:421:2216
Bryan RustPIT2314:300:381:1542
Troy BrouwerWSH2114:290:411:4554
Evgeny KuznetsovWSH1713:160:471:2551
Bobby FarnhamPIT1610:530:411:0622
Jayson MegnaPIT1710:480:381:0613
Tom WilsonWSH1410:430:461:1531
Jack HillenWSH118:250:461:5310
Andre BurakovskyWSH118:140:451:2840
Rob KlinkhammerPIT128:040:401:1410
Andrew EbbettPIT147:530:341:0611
Michael LattaWSH127:230:371:2812
Patric HornqvistPIT86:260:481:3710