Hockey Terminal
Be a GM

← All games

Pittsburgh Penguins at New Jersey Devils

Mar 17, 2012 · Prudential Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 44
New Jersey Devils 2 14

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:59 PIT James Neal (1) Evgeni Malkin (1) 1 - 0
16:57 NJD Andy Greene (1) Ilya Kovalchuk (1), Mark Fayne (1) 1 - 1
2nd Period
10:10 PIT Pascal Dupuis (1) Jordan Staal (1), Matt Niskanen (1) 2 - 1
11:44 PIT Matt Cooke (1) Sidney Crosby (1), Tyler Kennedy (1) 3 - 1
12:42 PIT Evgeni Malkin (1) PP Sidney Crosby (2), Chris Kunitz (1) 4 - 1
3rd Period
02:26 NJD Petr Sykora (1) Patrik Elias (1), Andy Greene (1) 4 - 2
05:56 PIT Matt Cooke (2) Tyler Kennedy (2), Sidney Crosby (3) 5 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:55 NJD Marek Zidlicky Ps tripping on breakaway 0
12:10 PIT Eric Tangradi Elbowing 2
14:53 NJD Team Too many men on the ice 2
2nd Period
00:58 PIT Jordan Staal Elbowing 2
12:01 NJD David Clarkson Roughing 2
3rd Period
09:00 NJD Eric Boulton Misconduct 10
10:18 PIT Chris Kunitz Hooking 2
13:35 NJD Ryan Carter Misconduct 10
13:35 NJD Steve Bernier Misconduct 10
15:56 NJD David Clarkson Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
15:56 NJD David Clarkson Roughing 2
15:56 PIT Deryk Engelland Roughing 2
15:56 NJD David Clarkson Misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 59 53 44 5 4.9 70.6
New Jersey Devils 25 20 14 2 1.5 29.4

How the game went

3025201510505Start2nd3rdNew 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: 4.9 expected, 5 scored · New Jersey Devils: 1.5 expected, 2 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 1:59 of 1st, a 11% chancePIT goal, 10:10 of 2nd, a 2% chancePIT goal, 11:44 of 2nd, a 13% chancePIT goal, 12:42 of 2nd, a 5% chancePIT goal, 5:56 of 3rd, a 14% chanceNJD goal, 16:57 of 1st, a 11% chanceNJD goal, 2:26 of 3rd, a 29% chancePIT 4.9NJD 1.5

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 Neal11:3670.886.81-0
Steve Sullivan · Pascal Dupuis · Jordan Staal8:0175.055.70-0
Matt Cooke · Tyler Kennedy · Sidney Crosby7:2371.480.32-0
Craig Adams · Joe Vitale · Eric Tangradi4:0650.033.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · Zbynek Michalek17:2171.473.42-0
Paul Martin · Kris Letang15:2970.884.60-0
Deryk Engelland · Matt Niskanen12:5970.857.91-1

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

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
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 3 3 2 0 6 0 15:19 0.61 16-4 1.11-0.16
24 Matt Cooke L 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 17:47 0.26 14-8 0.78-0.71
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 16:55 0.27 17-7 0.98-0.15
48 Tyler Kennedy C 0 2 2 1 0 5 1 13:40 0.35 16-5 1.10-0.27
9 Pascal Dupuis R 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 17:39 0.14 13-6 0.51-0.63
81 James Neal L 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 15:49 0.74 17-7 0.98-0.15
11 Jordan Staal C 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 20:52 10-7 0.47-0.74
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 16:21 0.45 17-7 0.98-0.15
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 16:52 0.05 21-9 1.12-0.69
4 Zbynek Michalek D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 21:44 0.03 11-4 0.84-0.27
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 13:15 0.13 17-7 0.79-0.57
7 Paul Martin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:26 0.10 17-7 0.76-0.14
14 Joe Vitale C 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 08:48 4-3 0.05-0.08
15 Steve Sullivan L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:08 0.10 12-3 0.57-0.27
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:16 5-2 0.15-0.05
34 Eric Tangradi L 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 07:56 3-2 0.18-0.05
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 21:39 0.06 11-4 0.88-0.27
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 22:34 0.24 19-8 0.85-0.15
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury 14 12 2 60:00 1.52 -0.48

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ilya Kovalchuk · Zach Parise · Adam Henrique10:2819.010.20-1
Alexei Ponikarovsky · David Clarkson · Jacob Josefson8:5550.073.10-0
Petr Sykora · Patrik Elias · Dainius Zubrus8:2621.440.31-0
Eric Boulton · Steve Bernier · Ryan Carter3:340.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Anton Volchenkov · Adam Larsson16:0129.438.20-0
Bryce Salvador · Marek Zidlicky12:3739.121.80-1
Mark Fayne · Andy Greene10:149.10.00-2

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 G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
4 Andy Greene D 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 16:40 0.11 4-15 0.53-0.71
15 Petr Sykora R 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 15:48 0.34 6-15 0.67-1.02
5 Mark Fayne D 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 15:55 2-15 0.03-0.73
17 Ilya Kovalchuk L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 22:48 0.13 7-22 0.27-1.35
26 Patrik Elias C 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 16:54 0.47 5-15 0.57-1.01
6 Adam Larsson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19:28 0.02 6-18 0.41-1.03
8 Steve Bernier R 0 0 0 -1 10 0 0 09:58 3-5 0.05-0.19
9 Dainius Zubrus C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:39 4-15 0.55-0.95
9 Zach Parise L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:46 0.13 5-19 0.15-1.09
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:05 0.03 9-8 0.36-0.34
12 Alexei Ponikarovsky L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 16:18 0.21 9-9 0.28-0.38
18 Ryan Carter L 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 08:43 2-6 0.04-0.09
19 Adam Henrique C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 16:13 4-19 0.12-1.19
20 Anton Volchenkov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20:22 6-12 0.33-0.48
23 David Clarkson R 0 0 0 -1 16 0 1 16:37 0.09 6-8 0.23-0.16
24 Bryce Salvador D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:51 9-19 0.21-1.26
28 Marek Zidlicky D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:21 0.02 12-17 0.67-1.04
36 Eric Boulton L 0 0 0 0 10 0 2 05:23 1-3 0.03-0.10
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Martin Brodeur 44 39 5 60:00 3.71 -1.29