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Pittsburgh Penguins at Nashville Predators

Mar 4, 2014 · Bridgestone Arena

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 19
Nashville Predators 1 19

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
00:27 PIT Matt Niskanen (1) Sidney Crosby (1), Brian Gibbons (1) 1 - 0
00:39 NSH Patric Hornqvist (1) Nick Spaling (1), Mike Fisher (1) 1 - 1
3rd Period
07:29 PIT Matt Niskanen (2) PP Evgeni Malkin (1), Sidney Crosby (2) 2 - 1
17:05 PIT Chris Kunitz (1) Sidney Crosby (3) 3 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:49 NSH Simon Moser Slashing 2
17:34 PIT James Neal Boarding 2
19:36 NSH Colin Wilson Fighting 5
19:36 PIT Robert Bortuzzo Fighting 5
2nd Period
04:26 PIT Simon Despres Holding 2
09:16 NSH Michael Del Zotto Tripping 2
11:11 PIT Team Too many men on the ice 2
3rd Period
06:47 NSH David Legwand Hooking 2
10:21 PIT Matt Niskanen Hooking 2
11:19 NSH David Legwand Interference 2
17:05 NSH Shea Weber Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
17:05 NSH Shea Weber Misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 47 30 19 3 2.4 46.4
Nashville Predators 49 32 19 1 2.0 53.6

How the game went

420246Start2nd3rdNashville Predators 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 Nashville Predators had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.4 expected, 3 scored · Nashville Predators: 2.0 expected, 1 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 0:27 of 2nd, a 5% chancePIT goal, 7:29 of 3rd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 17:05 of 3rd, a 10% chanceNSH goal, 0:39 of 2nd, a 36% chancePIT 2.4NSH 2.0

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
Nashville Predators

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
Jussi Jokinen · Evgeni Malkin · James Neal8:3861.526.70-1
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · Brian Gibbons8:3157.170.82-0
Taylor Pyatt · Joe Vitale · Brandon Sutter5:5325.016.00-0
Craig Adams · Chuck Kobasew · Tanner Glass4:1214.30.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · Olli Maatta15:0537.527.31-1
Rob Scuderi · Matt Niskanen12:0343.857.01-0
Robert Bortuzzo · Simon Despres8:0247.436.60-0

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
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 21:56 15-13 0.62-0.39
15 Matt Niskanen D 2 0 2 1 2 3 1 23:39 0.16 13-10 0.47-0.20
14 Chris Kunitz L 1 0 1 2 0 7 2 18:45 0.76 15-11 0.59-0.37
29 Brian Gibbons C 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 13:06 9-8 0.49-0.19
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 19:36 0.44 11-8 0.32-0.81
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:04 0.05 13-16 0.53-0.79
6 Simon Despres D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:28 12-10 0.31-0.49
7 Rob Scuderi D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:01 7-11 0.26-0.23
12 Chuck Kobasew R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:34 3-9 0.03-0.13
14 Joe Vitale C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:12 5-8 0.07-0.22
15 Tanner Glass L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:33 0.03 3-10 0.03-0.16
17 Taylor Pyatt L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:02 4-9 0.13-0.21
20 Brandon Sutter C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:45 0.03 6-9 0.14-0.21
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:32 2-8 0.01-0.15
36 Jussi Jokinen L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:01 0.10 11-7 0.38-0.77
41 Robert Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 11:04 9-10 0.29-0.49
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:31 0.02 9-17 0.30-0.82
81 James Neal L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 18:15 0.19 13-11 0.42-0.94
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury W 19 18 1 59:56 2.02 +1.02

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Legwand · Craig Smith · Gabriel Bourque9:0647.436.10-1
Eric Nystrom · Viktor Stalberg · Colin Wilson5:5871.469.50-0
Mike Fisher · Patric Hornqvist · Nick Spaling5:1266.791.01-0
Matt Cullen · Mike Fisher · Patric Hornqvist3:1925.036.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shea Weber · Roman Josi16:4452.943.60-2
Michael Del Zotto · Seth Jones8:2083.3100.00-0
Ryan Ellis · Mattias Ekholm8:1458.378.21-0

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
70 Patric Hornqvist R 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 14:50 0.36 5-6 0.48-0.11
12 Mike Fisher C 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 20:03 0.20 6-10 0.48-0.31
16 Nick Spaling C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:24 0.12 8-7 0.57-0.17
3 Seth Jones D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:58 0.01 9-4 0.16-0.03
6 Shea Weber D 0 0 0 -2 12 2 3 26:18 0.17 18-16 0.55-0.72
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 10:47 0.16 8-4 0.42-0.14
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:17 9-8 0.84-0.25
15 Michael Del Zotto D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16:45 0.03 7-8 0.07-0.11
15 Craig Smith C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:30 0.24 13-12 0.39-0.62
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 18:01 0.15 11-13 0.30-0.49
21 Simon Moser C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 09:35 0.03 11-5 0.53-0.21
22 Colin Wilson C 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 12:04 10-7 0.22-0.13
24 Eric Nystrom L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:22 0.07 8-2 0.18-0.03
24 Viktor Stalberg L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:43 11-8 0.16-0.21
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 13:35 0.28 9-5 0.50-0.17
57 Gabriel Bourque L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 13:56 0.15 11-17 0.30-0.63
59 Roman Josi D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 26:37 0.02 19-16 0.59-0.72
94 Ryan Ellis D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:12 0.03 12-12 0.82-0.32
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Pekka Rinne L 19 16 3 59:21 1.79 -1.21