Pittsburgh Penguins at Montréal Canadiens

Jan 6, 2011 · Centre Bell

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	32
Montréal Canadiens	2	23

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
02:14	PIT	Arron Asham (1)	Ben Lovejoy (1), Alex Goligoski (1)	1 - 0
2nd Period
12:28	MTL	Benoit Pouliot (1)	Mathieu Darche (1), David Desharnais (1)	1 - 1
Shootout
	MTL	Benoit Pouliot	Shootout winner	1 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
03:23	MTL	P.K. Subban	Roughing	2
08:31	PIT	Ben Lovejoy	Tripping	2
3rd Period
00:32	MTL	Andrei Kostitsyn	Tripping	2
02:38	PIT	Tyler Kennedy	Interference	2
09:40	PIT	Alex Goligoski	Hooking	2
10:02	PIT	Brent Johnson	Delaying game puck over glass	2
11:26	PIT	Paul Martin	Delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	62	42	32	1	2.8	55.1
Montréal Canadiens	57	36	23	1	2.1	44.9

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Montréal Canadiens had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.8 expected, 1 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 2.1 expected, 1 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Pittsburgh Penguins

Montréal Canadiens

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Pascal Dupuis · Chris Kunitz · Mark Letestu	9:32	46.7	60.5	0-1
Evgeni Malkin · Tyler Kennedy · Jordan Staal	9:01	52.4	66.8	0-0
Arron Asham · Max Talbot · Chris Conner	6:56	69.2	75.4	1-0
Craig Adams · Mike Rupp · Evgeni Malkin	2:39	50.0	57.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brooks Orpik · Kris Letang	15:28	60.0	71.7	0-0
Paul Martin · Zbynek Michalek	12:59	62.5	77.1	0-1
Alex Goligoski · Ben Lovejoy	9:04	54.5	69.2	1-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
45	Arron Asham	R	1	0	1	1	0	5	5	11:29	0.80	13-8	1.02-0.53
21	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	12:44	0.02	13-13	0.58-0.32
33	Alex Goligoski	D	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	19:19	0.07	14-19	0.58-0.84
4	Zbynek Michalek	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	22:09		16-11	0.56-0.22
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	05:13		2-5	0.01-0.24
7	Paul Martin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	22:03	0.03	20-13	0.62-0.58
9	Pascal Dupuis	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	21:00	0.24	15-9	0.35-0.14
11	Jordan Staal	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	19:37	0.38	13-13	0.44-0.31
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	16:38	0.04	10-8	0.27-0.14
22	Mark Letestu	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	15:59	0.12	8-11	0.21-0.49
23	Chris Conner	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	13:40	0.15	18-6	1.03-0.25
25	Max Talbot	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	16:09	0.07	13-6	0.66-0.36
27	Craig Adams	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	12:17	0.01	9-9	0.61-0.21
27	Mike Rupp	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	09:10		6-9	0.15-0.39
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	25:24	0.01	17-13	0.81-0.36
48	Tyler Kennedy	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	17:31	0.09	18-17	0.51-0.60
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	26:54	0.09	18-11	0.84-0.42
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	22:44	0.65	22-19	0.71-0.47

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Brent Johnson	23	22	1	65:00	2.06	+1.06

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Michael Cammalleri · Tomas Plekanec · Andrei Kostitsyn	13:29	33.3	23.4	0-0
Scott Gomez · Brian Gionta · Max Pacioretty	11:02	66.7	57.0	0-0
Mathieu Darche · Benoit Pouliot · David Desharnais	7:27	44.4	65.7	1-0
Jeff Halpern · Travis Moen · Tom Pyatt	6:39	50.0	80.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Hal Gill · P.K. Subban	18:58	61.1	60.6	0-0
Jaroslav Spacek · James Wisniewski	14:36	36.0	45.1	1-0
Alexandre Picard · Yannick Weber	11:33	36.4	9.7	0-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	14:23	0.11	10-8	0.67-0.09
51	David Desharnais	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	14:09	0.07	6-11	0.50-0.59
52	Mathieu Darche	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	11:01	0.12	7-7	0.25-0.07
3	Yannick Weber	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	15:42		8-16	0.07-0.68
8	Jaroslav Spacek	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	19:18	0.09	10-21	0.72-0.98
10	Tom Pyatt	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:03		5-9	0.13-0.11
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	22:36	0.06	15-11	0.32-0.73
13	Michael Cammalleri	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	23:27	0.34	9-21	0.29-1.06
14	Jeff Halpern	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	09:29	0.12	6-6	0.25-0.05
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	22:06	0.03	9-21	0.29-0.95
21	James Wisniewski	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	24:37	0.06	9-16	0.67-0.81
23	Scott Gomez	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	22:54	0.15	19-12	0.34-0.42
27	Travis Moen	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	10:11	0.48	9-9	0.51-0.11
46	Andrei Kostitsyn	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	16:53	0.26	9-20	0.29-1.09
54	Alexandre Picard	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	13:32		8-14	0.07-0.63
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	4	14:45	0.11	16-10	0.29-0.68
75	Hal Gill	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	26:02	0.02	22-17	0.58-0.51
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	24:52	0.05	23-16	0.64-0.40

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Carey Price	32	31	1	65:00	2.81	+1.81