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Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins

Feb 26, 2012 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 24
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 40

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
09:49 CBJ Rick Nash (1) SH Nikita Nikitin (1) 1 - 0
19:12 PIT Evgeni Malkin (1) PP James Neal (1), Steve Sullivan (1) 1 - 1
3rd Period
05:50 PIT Pascal Dupuis (1) Steve Sullivan (2), Jordan Staal (1) 1 - 2
10:47 PIT Kris Letang (1) PP Richard Park (1), Matt Cooke (1) 1 - 3
14:57 PIT Joe Vitale (1) Eric Tangradi (1), Matt Cooke (2) 1 - 4
15:07 CBJ Vinny Prospal (1) Cam Atkinson (1) 2 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
00:23 PIT Brooks Orpik Interference 2
03:00 CBJ Fedor Tyutin Holding 2
09:00 CBJ Derek Dorsett Boarding 2
11:55 PIT Pascal Dupuis Tripping 2
17:53 CBJ R.J. Umberger Slashing 2
3rd Period
09:18 CBJ Derick Brassard Slashing 2
18:48 CBJ James Wisniewski High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Columbus Blue Jackets 50 37 24 2 1.6 39.1
Pittsburgh Penguins 68 51 40 4 3.2 60.9

How the game went

0510152025Start2nd3rdPittsburgh Penguins aheadColumbus Blue Jackets 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 Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while Columbus Blue Jackets had.

Expected goals

Columbus Blue Jackets: 1.6 expected, 2 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.2 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndCBJ goal, 9:49 of 2nd, a 16% chanceCBJ goal, 15:07 of 3rd, a 5% chancePIT goal, 19:12 of 2nd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 5:50 of 3rd, a 2% chancePIT goal, 10:47 of 3rd, a 6% chancePIT goal, 14:57 of 3rd, a 38% chancePIT 3.2CBJ 1.6

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

Columbus Blue Jackets
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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
R.J. Umberger · Rick Nash · Derick Brassard13:5542.922.70-1
Vinny Prospal · Mark Letestu · Cam Atkinson11:4659.125.81-1
Samuel Pahlsson · Ryan Russell · Derek Dorsett9:5513.626.20-0
Derek MacKenzie · Colton Gillies · Ryan Johansen6:0040.036.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Fedor Tyutin · Nikita Nikitin17:5148.641.30-0
James Wisniewski · Jack Johnson15:5330.015.41-2
Brett Lebda · John Moore11:2735.022.20-0

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
22 Vinny Prospal L 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 17:54 0.19 16-11 0.33-0.79
61 Rick Nash L 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 20:32 0.32 12-19 0.17-0.71
13 Cam Atkinson R 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 15:05 0.23 14-10 0.32-0.78
86 Nikita Nikitin D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 25:29 0.08 17-19 0.44-0.69
3 Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 23:29 0.06 10-21 0.23-1.19
9 Colton Gillies C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 06:54 2-5 0.07-0.21
12 Ryan Johansen C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:00 0.01 4-4 0.09-0.18
15 Derek Dorsett R 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 14:04 0.12 5-21 0.20-0.66
17 Derek MacKenzie C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:28 0.07 2-3 0.07-0.13
20 R.J. Umberger C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 16:42 0.01 12-17 0.17-0.67
21 James Wisniewski D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 21:41 0.08 9-21 0.22-1.19
22 Mark Letestu C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:11 0.11 14-9 0.24-0.68
23 Brett Lebda D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:18 0.08 7-13 0.11-0.38
25 Ryan Russell L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:32 3-19 0.18-0.52
26 Samuel Pahlsson C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:37 0.06 5-20 0.21-0.57
27 John Moore D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:20 7-14 0.11-0.45
51 Fedor Tyutin D 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 23:53 0.16 18-19 0.45-0.69
61 Derick Brassard C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 18:24 0.01 13-20 0.26-0.82
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Curtis Sanford 40 36 4 58:27 3.14 -0.86

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Steve Sullivan · Pascal Dupuis · Jordan Staal10:3672.298.41-0
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · James Neal10:0863.657.30-0
Richard Park · Matt Cooke · Joe Vitale4:5180.048.20-0
Craig Adams · Eric Tangradi · Dustin Jeffrey2:4780.083.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · Zbynek Michalek18:1068.688.12-0
Paul Martin · Kris Letang15:4748.460.30-1
Deryk Engelland · Matt Niskanen10:2864.759.50-0

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
15 Steve Sullivan L 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 18:07 0.13 14-5 0.50-0.01
24 Matt Cooke L 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 14:49 0.36 8-7 0.67-0.19
9 Pascal Dupuis R 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 17:59 0.31 20-11 0.69-0.14
14 Joe Vitale C 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 12:11 0.60 9-5 0.76-0.15
58 Kris Letang D 1 0 1 -2 0 5 1 26:29 0.20 16-17 0.62-0.40
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 -1 0 7 0 21:52 0.40 22-11 0.93-0.45
11 Jordan Staal C 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 21:16 0.28 20-15 0.72-0.20
12 Richard Park R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 11:00 0.05 7-5 0.16-0.14
34 Eric Tangradi L 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 08:01 0.03 10-5 0.76-0.08
81 James Neal L 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 19:05 0.18 18-12 0.69-0.39
4 Zbynek Michalek D 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 22:33 0.03 25-12 1.25-0.17
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11:17 0.03 12-6 0.34-0.21
7 Paul Martin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:28 0.03 16-16 0.68-0.39
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 20:14 0.45 20-12 0.73-0.39
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:57 0.06 12-6 0.38-0.21
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:19 6-9 0.14-0.11
37 Dustin Jeffrey L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:34 6-5 0.11-0.06
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 20:08 0.02 24-11 1.17-0.16
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Brad Thiessen 24 22 2 59:41 1.60 -0.40