Pittsburgh Penguins at New Jersey Devils

Mar 4, 2011 · Prudential Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	26
New Jersey Devils	2	30

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
03:43	NJD	Travis Zajac (1)	Nick Palmieri (1), Andy Greene (1)	0 - 1
05:58	PIT	Tyler Kennedy (1)	Unassisted	1 - 1
Overtime
04:35	NJD	Ilya Kovalchuk (1) PP	Patrik Elias (1), Brian Rolston (1)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
06:14	PIT	Kris Letang	Fighting	5
06:14	NJD	Travis Zajac	Fighting	5
06:14	PIT	Kris Letang	Game misconduct	10
2nd Period
14:03	NJD	Dainius Zubrus	High sticking	2
3rd Period
07:33	NJD	Colin White	Boarding	2
Overtime
02:46	PIT	Zbynek Michalek	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	54	33	26	1	1.6	54.0
New Jersey Devils	48	41	30	2	1.7	46.0

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 New Jersey Devils had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 1.6 expected, 1 scored · New Jersey Devils: 1.7 expected, 2 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

New Jersey Devils

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
Alex Kovalev · James Neal · Mark Letestu	14:04	68.2	57.7	0-0
Matt Cooke · Tyler Kennedy · Jordan Staal	13:53	50.0	66.2	1-0
Pascal Dupuis · Max Talbot · Dustin Jeffrey	10:48	68.4	75.1	0-0
Craig Adams · Mike Rupp · Chris Conner	7:03	37.5	47.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Paul Martin · Zbynek Michalek	11:24	53.3	63.4	0-1
Paul Martin · Deryk Engelland	6:54	88.9	42.1	0-0
Zbynek Michalek · Ben Lovejoy	6:29	80.0	85.7	0-0

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	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
48	Tyler Kennedy	C	1	1	1	0	6	0	17:41	0.35	10-14	0.40-0.27
4	Zbynek Michalek	D	0	0	-1	2	3	1	28:05	0.04	18-20	0.46-0.50
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	19:14	0.03	17-9	0.59-0.31
7	Paul Martin	D	0	0	-1	0	2	1	35:26	0.03	24-21	0.43-0.77
9	Pascal Dupuis	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:49	0.02	18-10	0.61-0.23
11	Jordan Staal	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	21:48		11-14	0.41-0.33
15	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	1	0	1	2	22:57	0.07	15-18	0.45-0.30
21	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	0	1	0	0	1	15:49	0.03	19-10	0.92-0.54
22	Mark Letestu	C	0	0	0	0	3	1	19:12	0.10	15-10	0.35-0.57
23	Chris Conner	R	0	0	-1	0	0	0	10:34	0.01	5-6	0.07-0.15
24	Matt Cooke	L	0	0	1	0	1	0	17:13	0.12	11-12	0.41-0.24
25	Max Talbot	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	14:30	0.47	17-10	0.58-0.52
27	Alex Kovalev	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	19:52	0.03	15-10	0.35-0.57
27	Craig Adams	R	0	0	-1	0	1	2	13:44	0.05	6-10	0.10-0.20
27	Mike Rupp	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:23		3-7	0.07-0.12
37	Dustin Jeffrey	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:46	0.05	15-10	0.58-0.23
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	15	0	2	01:57		1-2	0.00-0.04
81	James Neal	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	18:31	0.20	15-7	0.35-0.26

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Brent Johnson	30	28	2	64:35	1.72	-0.28

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ilya Kovalchuk · Travis Zajac · Nick Palmieri	15:00	47.1	56.7	1-1
Brian Rolston · Patrik Elias · Dainius Zubrus	12:23	38.1	33.4	0-0
Adam Mair · David Steckel · Rod Pelley	8:24	46.7	16.8	0-0
David Clarkson · Vladimir Zharkov · Jacob Josefson	8:05	64.7	86.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Henrik Tallinder · Mark Fayne	18:44	46.4	34.6	0-0
Andy Greene · Anssi Salmela	17:02	42.9	61.9	1-0
Colin White · Anton Volchenkov	16:05	50.0	48.8	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
14	Travis Zajac	C	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	19:48	0.07	8-9	0.16-0.13
17	Ilya Kovalchuk	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	22:50	0.26	11-12	0.26-0.15
4	Andy Greene	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	22:51	0.03	13-19	0.58-0.39
12	Brian Rolston	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	18:27	0.17	9-13	0.27-0.51
17	Nick Palmieri	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	16:48	0.01	9-12	0.20-0.15
26	Patrik Elias	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	19:18	0.29	8-17	0.26-0.59
5	Colin White	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	18:36	0.02	13-12	0.21-0.20
5	Mark Fayne	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	21:06	0.06	13-18	0.44-0.89
9	Dainius Zubrus	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	17:39	0.04	9-15	0.27-0.53
10	Jacob Josefson	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	11:11	0.40	12-9	0.56-0.10
11	Adam Mair	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	12:09	0.19	10-13	0.21-0.61
14	Rod Pelley	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11:05	0.02	7-14	0.11-0.61
18	Vladimir Zharkov	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10:42	0.05	13-8	0.58-0.16
20	Henrik Tallinder	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23:40	0.02	15-16	0.46-0.83
20	Anton Volchenkov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	19:40	0.03	14-12	0.20-0.20
20	David Steckel	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15:21		11-10	0.20-0.55
23	David Clarkson	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	12:59	0.06	12-9	0.55-0.20
29	Anssi Salmela	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	20:15	0.01	13-17	0.57-0.34

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Martin Brodeur	26	25	1	64:35	1.60	+0.60