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Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets

Dec 29, 2013 · Nationwide Arena

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 30
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:59 CBJ Brandon Dubinsky (1) Fedor Tyutin (1), Jack Johnson (1) 0 - 1
04:55 PIT James Neal (1) PP Matt Niskanen (1), Chris Kunitz (1) 1 - 1
2nd Period
08:34 PIT James Neal (2) Sidney Crosby (1) 2 - 1
13:42 CBJ Corey Tropp (1) Boone Jenner (1), Nikita Nikitin (1) 2 - 2
3rd Period
10:51 PIT Sidney Crosby (1) Chris Kunitz (2), James Neal (1) 3 - 2
12:58 PIT Chris Kunitz (1) PP Sidney Crosby (2), James Neal (2) 4 - 2
17:33 PIT James Neal (3) PP Joe Vitale (1), Deryk Engelland (1) 5 - 2
18:31 CBJ Nikita Nikitin (1) Derek MacKenzie (1), Blake Comeau (1) 5 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:27 CBJ Corey Tropp Tripping 2
06:59 CBJ Mark Letestu Hooking 2
19:30 CBJ Boone Jenner Tripping 2
2nd Period
17:48 PIT Joe Vitale Tripping 2
3rd Period
02:48 PIT James Neal Hooking 2
06:39 CBJ Blake Comeau Tripping 2
12:25 CBJ Derek MacKenzie High sticking 2
15:47 CBJ Nick Foligno Tripping 2
19:27 PIT James Neal Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 40 34 30 5 2.5 31.3
Columbus Blue Jackets 71 49 28 3 2.8 68.7

How the game went

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

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.5 expected, 5 scored · Columbus Blue Jackets: 2.8 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 4:55 of 1st, a 8% chancePIT goal, 8:34 of 2nd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 10:51 of 3rd, a 14% chancePIT goal, 12:58 of 3rd, a 14% chancePIT goal, 17:33 of 3rd, a 41% chanceCBJ goal, 3:59 of 1st, a 24% chanceCBJ goal, 13:42 of 2nd, a 12% chanceCBJ goal, 18:31 of 3rd, a 2% chanceCBJ 2.8PIT 2.5

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
Columbus Blue Jackets

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
Craig Adams · Tanner Glass · Zach Sill8:5218.87.10-1
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · James Neal6:2254.553.52-0
Chuck Kobasew · Brandon Sutter · Brian Gibbons4:4728.661.40-0
Jussi Jokinen · James Neal · Chris Conner4:3450.032.10-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · Deryk Engelland14:2938.735.30-0
Rob Scuderi · Robert Bortuzzo14:2115.46.60-2
Matt Niskanen · Olli Maatta12:2331.632.61-1

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
81 James Neal L 3 2 5 0 4 5 0 17:44 0.25 12-13 0.52-0.78
14 Chris Kunitz L 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 18:33 0.24 7-17 0.36-0.78
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 2 3 2 0 4 0 20:47 0.29 8-16 0.38-0.77
5 Deryk Engelland D 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 21:11 0.03 14-20 0.33-0.51
14 Joe Vitale C 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 13:01 0.13 4-25 0.14-0.79
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 21:10 0.19 7-13 0.40-0.54
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:22 0.13 7-13 0.30-0.54
7 Rob Scuderi D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 18:01 0.02 5-24 0.08-0.95
12 Chuck Kobasew R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:13 0.01 6-12 0.08-0.12
15 Tanner Glass L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:41 4-16 0.04-0.56
20 Brandon Sutter C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:41 8-11 0.23-0.25
23 Chris Conner R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:22 0.05 7-11 0.17-0.42
23 Zach Sill C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 13:53 0.03 3-16 0.03-0.45
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 13:27 3-14 0.03-0.43
29 Brian Gibbons C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:13 0.03 4-13 0.18-0.24
36 Jussi Jokinen L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:40 12-7 0.25-0.46
41 Robert Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 4 17:03 0.03 5-23 0.07-0.95
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 19:51 0.02 14-21 0.42-0.54
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Jeff Zatkoff 28 25 3 59:34 2.82 -0.18

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
R.J. Umberger · Nick Foligno · Ryan Johansen12:0780.066.90-2
Brandon Dubinsky · Artem Anisimov · Cam Atkinson8:4182.494.60-0
Derek MacKenzie · Blake Comeau · Jack Skille8:2670.067.60-0
Mark Letestu · Corey Tropp · Boone Jenner7:4335.711.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
James Wisniewski · Ryan Murray16:3371.467.90-0
Nikita Nikitin · David Savard15:0776.086.92-0
Fedor Tyutin · Jack Johnson11:4966.774.41-2

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
86 Nikita Nikitin D 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 17:11 0.05 19-7 0.42-0.17
17 Brandon Dubinsky C 1 0 1 1 0 6 2 17:54 1.03 19-6 0.83-0.21
41 Corey Tropp R 1 0 1 3 2 1 2 11:17 0.12 10-11 0.39-0.28
3 Jack Johnson D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 18:24 0.22 18-9 1.08-0.37
15 Blake Comeau L 0 1 1 1 2 3 6 10:21 0.26 13-3 0.53-0.05
17 Derek MacKenzie C 0 1 1 2 2 1 8 14:05 0.01 10-5 0.26-0.16
22 Boone Jenner C 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 10:22 0.04 6-12 0.14-0.26
51 Fedor Tyutin D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 18:42 0.09 18-11 1.08-0.40
9 Jack Skille R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:09 7-4 0.11-0.06
12 Ryan Johansen C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 3 18:53 0.18 23-6 0.81-0.32
13 Cam Atkinson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:42 0.11 18-5 0.72-0.06
20 R.J. Umberger C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 18:02 21-6 0.79-0.41
21 James Wisniewski D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24:17 0.12 20-8 0.51-0.24
22 Mark Letestu C 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 14:00 0.06 6-11 0.02-0.16
28 Ryan Murray D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 24:40 0.18 20-9 0.51-0.35
51 Artem Anisimov C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:44 0.13 18-3 0.93-0.03
58 David Savard D 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 16:46 0.05 19-8 0.42-0.09
71 Nick Foligno L 0 0 0 -2 2 2 6 17:17 0.16 20-6 0.52-0.40
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Curtis McElhinney 30 25 5 58:27 1.62 -3.38