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Pittsburgh Penguins at Ottawa Senators

Dec 16, 2011 · Scotiabank Place

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 36
Ottawa Senators 6 24

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
00:25 OTT Colin Greening (1) Jason Spezza (1), Jared Cowen (1) 0 - 1
01:35 PIT Steve Sullivan (1) Arron Asham (1), Joe Vitale (1) 1 - 1
02:04 OTT Jason Spezza (1) Daniel Alfredsson (1), Erik Karlsson (1) 1 - 2
06:45 OTT Daniel Alfredsson (1) Jason Spezza (2), Brian Lee (1) 1 - 3
11:07 PIT Matt Niskanen (1) PP Steve Sullivan (1), Chris Kunitz (1) 2 - 3
12:14 PIT Evgeni Malkin (1) PP Steve Sullivan (2), James Neal (1) 3 - 3
13:20 OTT Jared Cowen (1) Nick Foligno (1), Erik Karlsson (2) 3 - 4
19:54 OTT Zenon Konopka (1) PP Erik Karlsson (3), Jared Cowen (2) 3 - 5
3rd Period
12:23 OTT Jason Spezza (2) Daniel Alfredsson (2), Jared Cowen (3) 3 - 6
18:58 PIT Chris Kunitz (1) Simon Despres (1), Evgeni Malkin (1) 4 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:27 PIT Matt Niskanen Tripping 2
10:27 PIT Arron Asham Roughing 2
10:27 OTT Chris Neil Roughing 2
2nd Period
07:20 OTT Kaspars Daugavins Interference goalkeeper 2
11:00 OTT Chris Neil Hooking 2
12:06 OTT Daniel Alfredsson High sticking 2
14:05 OTT Matt Carkner Tripping 2
16:09 PIT Pascal Dupuis Holding the stick 2
19:50 PIT Alexandre Picard High sticking 2
3rd Period
12:55 PIT James Neal Interference goalkeeper 2
14:52 PIT Simon Despres Kneeing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 75 50 36 4 3.0 63.3
Ottawa Senators 48 31 24 6 2.1 36.7

How the game went

25201510505Start2nd3rdOttawa Senators aheadPittsburgh Penguins ahead

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 Ottawa Senators had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.0 expected, 4 scored · Ottawa Senators: 2.1 expected, 6 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 1:35 of 2nd, a 14% chancePIT goal, 11:07 of 2nd, a 3% chancePIT goal, 12:14 of 2nd, a 4% chancePIT goal, 18:58 of 3rd, a 10% chanceOTT goal, 0:25 of 2nd, a 12% chanceOTT goal, 2:04 of 2nd, a 10% chanceOTT goal, 6:45 of 2nd, a 8% chanceOTT goal, 13:20 of 2nd, a 4% chanceOTT goal, 19:54 of 2nd, a 15% chanceOTT goal, 12:23 of 3rd, a 15% chancePIT 3.0OTT 2.1

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
Ottawa Senators

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · James Neal13:1061.364.91-1
Matt Cooke · Pascal Dupuis · Tyler Kennedy9:3063.048.90-2
Steve Sullivan · Arron Asham · Joe Vitale7:4668.870.31-1
Craig Adams · Steve MacIntyre · Eric Tangradi3:1166.7100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · Matt Niskanen9:2642.932.70-2
Paul Martin · Deryk Engelland8:0655.067.30-2
Alexandre Picard · Simon Despres7:3576.587.11-0

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
15 Steve Sullivan L 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 13:34 0.23 13-5 0.61-0.22
14 Chris Kunitz L 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 17:28 0.16 21-14 0.69-0.34
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 19:41 0.15 22-12 0.64-0.34
15 Matt Niskanen D 1 0 1 -2 2 2 2 22:19 0.08 22-19 0.60-0.51
6 Simon Despres D 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 17:07 0.01 18-10 0.98-0.42
14 Joe Vitale C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 16:06 0.20 12-8 0.61-0.22
45 Arron Asham R 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 10:55 0.15 15-5 0.61-0.22
81 James Neal L 0 1 1 0 2 5 1 19:09 0.54 23-14 0.82-0.34
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 21:27 0.01 27-12 0.93-0.43
7 Paul Martin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 17:58 13-11 0.52-0.23
9 Pascal Dupuis R 0 0 0 -3 2 3 1 17:54 0.21 18-15 0.53-0.56
24 Matt Cooke L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 17:42 0.12 17-10 0.47-0.50
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:41 0.10 10-4 0.65-0.00
33 Steve MacIntyre L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:27 4-2 0.23-0.00
34 Eric Tangradi L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:00 0.42 9-5 0.65-0.06
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 25:56 23-16 0.61-0.53
48 Tyler Kennedy C 0 0 0 -3 0 8 2 15:37 0.50 22-13 0.77-0.56
54 Alexandre Picard D 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 12:37 0.07 21-5 1.21-0.12
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Brent Johnson L 19 14 5 39:55 1.21 -3.79
29 Marc-Andre Fleury 5 4 1 19:23 0.85 -0.15

Ottawa Senators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kaspars Daugavins · Erik Condra · Zack Smith11:1337.822.00-1
Daniel Alfredsson · Jason Spezza · Colin Greening10:0340.068.03-0
Zenon Konopka · Jesse Winchester · Bobby Butler6:4610.52.70-0
Chris Neil · Peter Regin · Nick Foligno4:4366.744.01-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Karlsson · Jared Cowen17:4934.339.24-1
Chris Phillips · Matt Carkner12:0841.224.60-0
Chris Phillips · Brian Lee4:010.00.00-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
19 Jason Spezza C 2 2 4 4 0 2 0 20:30 0.25 9-13 0.54-0.24
2 Jared Cowen D 1 3 4 4 0 2 2 28:11 0.06 16-25 0.73-1.03
11 Daniel Alfredsson R 1 2 3 4 2 4 1 19:49 0.35 9-12 0.54-0.30
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 3 3 3 0 5 0 27:32 0.12 13-26 0.61-1.03
24 Zenon Konopka C 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 08:24 0.15 3-18 0.10-0.60
38 Colin Greening C 1 0 1 3 0 1 2 15:09 0.12 7-9 0.42-0.20
15 Brian Lee D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 12:42 0.09 7-16 0.27-0.64
71 Nick Foligno L 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 15:12 0.22 9-10 0.20-0.35
4 Chris Phillips D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26:00 15-32 0.25-1.08
5 David Rundblad D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:03 0.03 4-1 0.10-0.14
7 Matt Carkner D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 17:32 0.02 17-24 0.30-0.93
12 Peter Regin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:43 8-8 0.16-0.32
15 Zack Smith C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6 16:29 16-23 0.41-1.27
16 Kaspars Daugavins L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 15:49 0.11 16-26 0.36-1.32
17 Jesse Winchester C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 09:56 3-17 0.02-0.56
25 Chris Neil R 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 12:02 0.35 9-6 0.21-0.22
26 Bobby Butler R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:17 0.02 2-21 0.02-0.64
27 Erik Condra R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:25 0.19 17-23 0.41-1.27
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Alex Auld W 36 32 4 60:00 2.94 -1.06