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Pittsburgh Penguins at New Jersey Devils

Dec 31, 2011 · Prudential Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 30
New Jersey Devils 3 21

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
14:43 NJD Ilya Kovalchuk (1) Unassisted 0 - 1
19:36 NJD David Clarkson (1) PP Patrik Elias (1), Ilya Kovalchuk (1) 0 - 2
3rd Period
09:25 PIT Chris Kunitz (1) PP Matt Niskanen (1), Steve Sullivan (1) 1 - 2
19:10 NJD Zach Parise (1) Patrik Elias (2), Ilya Kovalchuk (2) 1 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:36 PIT Brooks Orpik Cross checking 2
14:43 PIT Brooks Orpik Ps covering puck in crease 0
15:33 NJD Dainius Zubrus Elbowing 2
17:57 PIT Arron Asham High sticking 2
17:57 PIT Arron Asham Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
18:22 PIT Jordan Staal Slashing 2
2nd Period
04:27 PIT Matt Niskanen Hooking 2
07:40 NJD David Clarkson Hooking 2
3rd Period
01:38 PIT Matt Cooke Interference 2
04:59 NJD Ryan Carter Tripping 2
08:02 NJD Mark Fayne Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 48 42 30 1 3.3 61.1
New Jersey Devils 38 31 21 3 2.9 38.9

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdNew Jersey Devils 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 New Jersey Devils had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.3 expected, 1 scored · New Jersey Devils: 2.9 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 9:25 of 3rd, a 26% chanceNJD goal, 14:43 of 1st, a 12% chanceNJD goal, 19:36 of 1st, a 40% chanceNJD goal, 19:10 of 3rd, a 43% chancePIT 3.3NJD 2.9

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · James Neal10:5464.349.60-0
Matt Cooke · Tyler Kennedy · Jordan Staal6:1975.090.40-0
Pascal Dupuis · Tyler Kennedy · Jordan Staal2:540.00.00-0
Steve Sullivan · Matt Cooke · Joe Vitale2:44100.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · Deryk Engelland8:2966.784.70-0
Zbynek Michalek · Simon Despres6:2166.767.00-0
Brooks Orpik · Ben Lovejoy3:4960.080.30-0

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
14 Chris Kunitz L 1 0 1 -1 0 4 2 19:35 0.68 12-8 0.41-0.33
15 Steve Sullivan L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 17:03 0.15 8-2 0.28-0.11
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 20:51 0.08 11-8 0.43-0.37
4 Zbynek Michalek D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:05 0.02 9-4 0.36-0.17
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:21 13-8 1.05-0.25
6 Simon Despres D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:32 0.02 10-7 0.41-0.29
9 Pascal Dupuis R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:33 0.05 2-4 0.07-0.08
11 Jordan Staal C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 18:54 0.19 11-8 0.98-0.16
14 Joe Vitale C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:40 0.02 5-5 0.15-0.09
21 Ben Lovejoy D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:32 0.01 5-7 0.52-0.23
24 Matt Cooke L 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 20:04 0.17 8-5 0.87-0.27
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:25 0.14 9-2 0.72-0.08
33 Steve MacIntyre L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:47
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 23:43 0.06 17-10 1.45-0.48
45 Arron Asham R 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 04:32 6-3 0.59-0.04
48 Tyler Kennedy C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 20:33 0.67 12-11 0.98-0.27
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 23:59 0.86 16-8 0.99-0.50
81 James Neal L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 18:28 0.19 11-5 0.34-0.33
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury L 20 18 2 58:44 2.47 +0.47

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Petr Sykora · Patrik Elias · Dainius Zubrus9:2446.265.00-0
David Clarkson · Travis Zajac · Mattias Tedenby8:3333.331.00-0
Ilya Kovalchuk · Zach Parise · Adam Henrique8:0936.48.30-0
Cam Janssen · Tim Sestito · Ryan Carter3:4650.025.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bryce Salvador · Adam Larsson13:0629.46.50-0
Henrik Tallinder · Mark Fayne11:4641.742.50-0
Anton Volchenkov · Kurtis Foster3:3657.154.90-0

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
17 Ilya Kovalchuk L 1 2 3 2 0 5 0 22:04 0.49 6-10 0.12-1.22
26 Patrik Elias C 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 19:51 0.38 7-9 0.38-0.32
9 Zach Parise L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 20:01 0.24 5-10 0.07-0.85
23 David Clarkson R 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 17:52 0.88 4-11 0.12-0.50
3 Kurtis Foster D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:43 0.04 5-8 0.22-0.29
5 Mark Fayne D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 24:23 9-12 0.44-0.53
6 Adam Larsson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18:40 0.02 9-14 0.34-1.33
9 Dainius Zubrus C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 16:33 0.21 9-9 0.55-0.33
9 Mattias Tedenby R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:54 0.10 7-10 0.33-0.82
12 Tim Sestito L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:37 2-4 0.02-0.08
14 Travis Zajac C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:03 6-13 0.19-0.91
15 Petr Sykora R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:19 0.07 7-9 0.39-0.36
18 Ryan Carter L 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 07:25 2-2 0.02-0.07
19 Adam Henrique C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:54 6-9 0.22-0.83
20 Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 21:25 0.02 8-11 0.36-0.40
20 Anton Volchenkov D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:06 0.03 4-4 0.11-0.16
24 Bryce Salvador D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 23:50 7-17 0.14-1.53
25 Cam Janssen R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:57 2-3 0.02-0.07
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Martin Brodeur W 30 29 1 60:00 3.30 +2.30