Montréal Canadiens at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 12, 2011 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Montréal Canadiens	3	20
Pittsburgh Penguins	0	26

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
00:46	MTL	Tomas Plekanec (1)	Michael Cammalleri (1)	1 - 0
2nd Period
00:24	MTL	Travis Moen (1)	Brian Gionta (1), Scott Gomez (1)	2 - 0
06:51	MTL	Michael Cammalleri (1)	Jeff Halpern (1)	3 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
03:26	MTL	David Desharnais	Tripping	2
10:01	PIT	Max Talbot	Slashing	2
12:47	PIT	Max Talbot	Fighting	5
12:47	MTL	Paul Mara	Fighting	5
15:56	PIT	Matt Cooke	Roughing	2
15:56	PIT	Mike Rupp	Cross checking	2
15:56	MTL	Yannick Weber	Roughing	2
18:02	MTL	P.K. Subban	Elbowing	2
3rd Period
18:07	MTL	Paul Mara	Cross checking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens	35	28	20	3	1.4	32.1
Pittsburgh Penguins	63	48	26	0	1.9	67.9

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 Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 1.4 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 1.9 expected, 0 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

Montréal Canadiens

Pittsburgh Penguins

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.

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Scott Gomez · Brian Gionta · Travis Moen	11:55	22.7	24.8	1-0
Jeff Halpern · Michael Cammalleri · Tomas Plekanec	11:27	42.9	52.4	2-0
Andrei Kostitsyn · Ryan White · Lars Eller	10:31	33.3	31.8	0-0
Benoit Pouliot · Tom Pyatt · David Desharnais	6:43	42.9	37.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Roman Hamrlik · James Wisniewski	17:56	44.7	59.2	3-0
Hal Gill · P.K. Subban	16:16	17.4	13.2	0-0
Paul Mara · Yannick Weber	10:54	26.7	20.0	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	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
13	Michael Cammalleri	L	1	1	2	2	0	4	0	18:01	0.48	11-18	0.46-0.65
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	1	0	1	2	0	4	0	17:51	0.15	9-14	0.38-0.38
27	Travis Moen	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	3	15:23	0.04	5-17	0.10-0.29
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	18:38	0.06	6-20	0.11-0.45
14	Jeff Halpern	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	14:01		9-14	0.38-0.51
23	Scott Gomez	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	18:02	0.01	6-21	0.11-0.45
3	Yannick Weber	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	15:24	0.05	5-11	0.07-0.18
10	Tom Pyatt	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:06		3-6	0.06-0.11
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	14:39	0.15	7-14	0.24-0.51
21	James Wisniewski	D	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	20:35	0.18	17-21	0.64-0.44
21	Ryan White	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14:40		6-16	0.22-0.38
22	Paul Mara	D	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	14:31		4-14	0.05-0.32
40	Roman Hamrlik	D	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	24:15	0.04	17-25	0.64-0.58
46	Andrei Kostitsyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:46	0.01	7-14	0.20-0.39
51	David Desharnais	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	12:03	0.25	4-6	0.08-0.11
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	08:43	0.03	5-5	0.10-0.11
75	Hal Gill	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20:49		5-19	0.13-0.68
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	21:40		4-20	0.10-0.68

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Carey Price	W, SO	26	26	0	60:00	1.91	+1.91

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Kovalev · James Neal · Mark Letestu	12:37	73.7	63.3	0-0
Chris Kunitz · Tyler Kennedy · Jordan Staal	9:28	66.7	65.5	0-1
Matt Cooke · Pascal Dupuis · Dustin Jeffrey	6:08	33.3	14.9	0-1
Craig Adams · Mike Rupp · Max Talbot	4:25	83.3	93.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Niskanen · Kris Letang	15:40	70.8	74.5	0-1
Deryk Engelland · Ben Lovejoy	13:18	69.6	72.1	0-0
Paul Martin · Zbynek Michalek	13:07	65.4	44.0	0-2

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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
4	Zbynek Michalek	D	-2	0	0	2	20:25	0.01	20-12	0.69-0.56
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	2	15:26	0.02	17-7	0.51-0.14
7	Paul Martin	D	-2	0	1	1	19:54	0.04	19-9	0.45-0.50
9	Pascal Dupuis	R	-1	0	1	0	15:17	0.03	12-9	0.33-0.24
11	Jordan Staal	C	-2	0	1	0	17:07	0.12	14-10	0.35-0.43
14	Chris Kunitz	L	-1	0	1	2	16:25	0.16	12-8	0.33-0.27
15	Matt Niskanen	D	-1	0	2	0	19:43	0.06	18-8	0.36-0.14
21	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	0	3	1	15:11	0.07	16-8	0.37-0.17
22	Mark Letestu	C	0	0	4	0	17:58	0.18	14-5	0.34-0.20
24	Matt Cooke	L	-1	2	0	2	14:02		12-9	0.29-0.15
25	Max Talbot	C	0	7	2	2	11:21	0.20	22-2	0.67-0.03
27	Alex Kovalev	R	0	0	0	0	18:00	0.09	18-5	0.37-0.20
27	Craig Adams	R	-1	0	0	1	12:10	0.09	9-6	0.25-0.20
27	Mike Rupp	L	-1	2	0	4	09:49	0.05	7-5	0.23-0.20
37	Dustin Jeffrey	L	-1	0	1	0	17:14	0.07	12-7	0.29-0.15
48	Tyler Kennedy	C	-1	0	2	1	13:37	0.11	13-6	0.40-0.19
58	Kris Letang	D	-1	0	4	0	25:19	0.20	20-8	0.52-0.13
81	James Neal	L	0	0	4	2	18:48	0.41	20-6	0.50-0.20

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Brent Johnson		8	8	0	31:35	0.93	+0.93
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	L	12	9	3	26:39	0.51	-2.49