Capitals Trail Penguins 1-0: First Period Stats

The Penguins opened the scoring with a power play goal fro Evgeni Malkin at 6:41 of the first frame. The Capitals have now given up the first goal the game in their last three games. The Penguins led 1-0 after 20 minutes.

LIVE STATS

SCORING

Score by Evgeni Malkin

It’s a power play ICEBREAKER for #LetsGoPens.

Geno with the 🚨.

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GENERAL STATS
(Stats from NHL.com)

SHOTS
(Stats from Natural Stat Trick) – The Penguins led in 5-on-5 shot attempts 20-15 for the first period. They led in shots on goal 12-6 for the opening frame. Scoring chances were tied 8-8 for the first period.

EXPECTED GOALS
(Stats from MoneyPuck.com) – Penguins led in expected goals for (xGF%) 65.46% to 34.54%.

SHOT METRICS FROM PREVIOUS FOUR PENGUINS GAMES
While their record says the team was fairly successful in January, taking home at least a point in each of the nine games, and says that February has been much the opposite, losing the first four games of the month, key statistics for the Washington Capitals over the month of February have shown solid improvement. This is also evident in the advanced shot metrics from the previous four Penguins games.

GOALTENDING STATS (AS OF 2/22/2021)
The following graph charts the save percentage (SV%) and goals against average (GAA) for all NHL goaltenders with a minimum of 300 minutes (5 games) played so far this season. [Click to enlarge]