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Sun, Feb 14, 2021·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Washington Capitals 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 67% of the time.

PIT winsWSH wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Shift data for this game has gaps, so treat the charts as approximate.

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–WilsonOshie–Kuznetsov–VranaEller–Panik–ShearyHagelin–Dowd–HathawayCarlson–DillonOrlov–JensenChara–SchultzSchultz–OrlovCarlson–OrlovChara–JensenChara–Carlson
Crosby–Rust–Guentzel3:440.15–0.202:030.06–0.411:090.00–0.123:010.34–0.005:200.15–0.404:390.32–0.441:430.30–0.000:330.00–0.000:530.00–0.030:350.32–0.00
Blueger–Tanev–Aston-Reese6:480.09–0.082:380.00–0.030:420.00–0.005:580.08–0.080:380.00–0.001:060.26–0.001:080.01–0.031:000.05–0.00
Malkin–Zucker–Kapanen1:130.02–0.003:090.01–0.082:420.10–0.121:290.09–0.002:090.01–0.042:510.04–0.003:510.17–0.151:060.00–0.02
Sceviour–Jankowski–Lafferty1:030.00–0.002:480.05–0.521:280.00–0.002:510.02–0.482:150.03–0.00
Blueger–Lafferty–Tanev0:570.00–0.000:410.00–0.00
Matheson–Marino5:420.01–0.015:270.07–0.081:460.00–0.001:570.16–0.005:340.07–0.042:440.15–0.004:290.00–0.022:040.01–0.030:500.00–0.00
Letang–Joseph4:580.11–0.303:190.06–0.043:250.09–0.722:270.27–0.036:530.14–0.373:310.09–0.603:180.30–0.11
Ceci–Ruhwedel2:530.03–0.081:200.00–0.021:420.06–0.021:530.26–0.002:580.03–0.174:440.00–0.031:170.32–0.02
Letang–Ceci
Matheson–Ceci0:580.03–0.030:310.22–0.000:370.03–0.00
Letang–Matheson0:440.00–0.03
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndRust FGuentzel FCrosby FAston-Reese FJankowski FTanev FBlueger FSceviour FKapanen FZucker FMalkin FLafferty FLetang DJoseph DRuhwedel DMarino DCeci DMatheson DJarry GOvechkin FBackstrom FWilson FVrana FOshie FEller FKuznetsov FHathaway FDowd FHagelin FPanik FSheary FDillon DCarlson DSchultz DOrlov DJensen DChara DVanecek G
PITWSHFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

John CarlsonWSH2727:201:011:3072
Alex OvechkinWSH2325:461:072:1961
Kris LetangPIT2823:430:511:3743
John MarinoPIT3123:040:451:0919
Mike MathesonPIT3021:550:441:0917
Nicklas BackstromWSH2521:200:511:4471
Tom WilsonWSH2520:500:501:2751
Bryan RustPIT2720:370:461:3731
T.J. OshieWSH2419:270:491:1591
Pierre-Olivier JosephPIT2419:260:491:3413
Brenden DillonWSH2219:040:521:2542
Dmitry OrlovWSH2018:500:571:4023
Evgeny KuznetsovWSH2618:240:421:1970
Jake GuentzelPIT2418:140:461:3731
Sidney CrosbyPIT2518:090:441:3731
Teddy BluegerPIT2517:400:421:1429
Justin SchultzWSH2117:290:501:1472
Brandon TanevPIT2517:110:411:1529
Cody CeciPIT2417:040:431:3921
Jakub VranaWSH2316:370:431:10110
Lars EllerWSH2215:560:431:2436
Nick JensenWSH2015:260:461:4005
Zachary Aston-ReesePIT2415:210:381:0126
Chad RuhwedelPIT2115:170:442:1023
Zdeno CharaWSH1914:160:451:2634
Evgeni MalkinPIT2014:060:421:3752
Jason ZuckerPIT1912:580:411:1342
Kasperi KapanenPIT1912:370:400:5832
Richard PanikWSH1610:560:411:3422
Mark JankowskiPIT1510:550:441:0314
Conor ShearyWSH159:550:401:0122
Carl HagelinWSH169:370:360:5507
Nic DowdWSH179:100:320:5505
Colton SceviourPIT128:380:431:0301
Garnet HathawayWSH158:320:340:5506
Sam LaffertyPIT117:210:401:0104