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Pittsburgh Penguins at New York Rangers

Dec 8, 2014 · Madison Square Garden

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 35
New York Rangers 4 29

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
12:35 PIT Nick Spaling (4) Sidney Crosby (26), Steve Downie (8) 1 - 0
2nd Period
03:50 NYR J.T. Miller (2) Martin St. Louis (11), Dominic Moore (6) 1 - 1
08:40 NYR Rick Nash (18) Mats Zuccarello (7), Derick Brassard (14) 1 - 2
3rd Period
12:58 NYR Kevin Hayes (4) Unassisted 1 - 3
15:17 PIT Evgeni Malkin (15) Brandon Sutter (7), Blake Comeau (8) 2 - 3
15:41 PIT Steve Downie (4) Nick Spaling (6), Rob Scuderi (3) 3 - 3
Overtime
03:45 NYR Kevin Klein (6) Ryan McDonagh (7), Dominic Moore (7) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
17:19 PIT Zach Sill High sticking double minor 4
2nd Period
10:51 NYR Kevin Hayes Delaying game smothering puck 2
15:09 PIT Nick Spaling Interference 2
18:05 PIT Sidney Crosby Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 63 50 35 3 3.3 59.5
New York Rangers 47 38 29 4 2.8 40.5

How the game went

1510505Start2nd3rdOTNew York Rangers 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 York Rangers had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.3 expected, 3 scored · New York Rangers: 2.8 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTPIT goal, 12:35 of 1st, a 7% chancePIT goal, 15:17 of 3rd, a 22% chancePIT goal, 15:41 of 3rd, a 14% chanceNYR goal, 3:50 of 2nd, a 17% chanceNYR goal, 8:40 of 2nd, a 24% chanceNYR goal, 12:58 of 3rd, a 27% chanceNYR goal, 3:45 of overtime, a 5% chancePIT 3.3NYR 2.8

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 York Rangers

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
Evgeni Malkin · Blake Comeau · Brandon Sutter15:0263.057.91-1
Sidney Crosby · Steve Downie · Nick Spaling11:4781.374.22-0
Marcel Goc · Rob Klinkhammer · Jayson Megna6:2466.736.90-1
Craig Adams · Andrew Ebbett · Zach Sill3:05100.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Robert Bortuzzo11:2253.863.20-0
Paul Martin · Brian Dumoulin8:2459.128.31-3
Rob Scuderi · Simon Despres6:4945.542.80-0

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
16 Nick Spaling C 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 16:51 0.21 13-7 0.56-0.59
17 Steve Downie R 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 17:15 0.30 17-8 0.60-0.46
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 22:37 0.74 19-13 0.99-0.84
7 Rob Scuderi D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 20:47 11-12 0.52-0.42
15 Blake Comeau L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 20:17 0.12 18-13 0.99-1.05
20 Brandon Sutter C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 4 24:21 0.47 19-14 0.98-1.17
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 18:56 0.18 15-6 0.58-0.26
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:59 17-10 0.62-1.17
6 Simon Despres D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:08 11-9 0.55-0.30
7 Paul Martin D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 25:12 0.17 25-12 1.06-1.36
12 Rob Klinkhammer L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:10 6-7 0.15-0.42
20 Jayson Megna C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 10:27 0.08 4-10 0.11-0.41
23 Zach Sill C 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 09:00 0.12 9-5 0.26-0.07
25 Andrew Ebbett C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:08 2-7 0.16-0.22
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 09:21 0.16 8-1 0.26-0.01
41 Robert Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 21:50 0.24 11-11 0.35-0.27
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 27:34 0.15 19-10 0.82-0.34
57 Marcel Goc C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 14:07 0.33 11-5 0.24-0.27
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury 29 25 4 63:45 2.78 -1.22

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rick Nash · Derick Brassard · Mats Zuccarello13:5230.839.31-1
Martin St. Louis · Derek Stepan · J.T. Miller11:2733.339.50-1
Lee Stempniak · Carl Hagelin · Kevin Hayes8:1444.423.40-1
Dominic Moore · Tanner Glass · Jesper Fast5:5044.422.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dan Boyle · Marc Staal13:1833.354.51-0
Dan Girardi · Ryan McDonagh12:0325.024.30-2
Kevin Klein · Marc Staal7:4050.029.80-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
20 Dominic Moore C 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 11:09 0.13 5-7 0.27-0.35
8 Kevin Klein D 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 18:55 0.12 15-13 0.87-0.52
10 J.T. Miller C 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 14:18 0.17 8-14 0.57-0.55
13 Kevin Hayes R 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 11:34 0.48 9-7 0.59-0.18
61 Rick Nash L 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 19:40 0.65 10-18 1.06-0.89
26 Martin St. Louis R 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 19:20 0.29 9-15 0.64-0.55
27 Ryan McDonagh D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 25:52 0.03 13-18 1.07-0.79
36 Mats Zuccarello R 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 23:07 14-20 1.12-0.91
61 Derick Brassard C 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 21:24 0.02 11-20 0.66-0.91
5 Dan Girardi D 0 0 0 -2 0 4 3 22:45 0.14 5-20 0.21-0.94
15 Tanner Glass L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 07:48 4-7 0.09-0.35
18 Lee Stempniak R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:02 0.13 4-7 0.04-0.18
18 Marc Staal D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 27:08 0.04 12-23 0.60-1.01
21 Derek Stepan C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:08 0.26 7-13 0.41-0.52
22 Dan Boyle D 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 22:05 0.14 12-14 0.84-0.50
27 John Moore D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 10:45 0.16 7-6 0.25-0.16
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 15:13 10-8 0.20-0.18
71 Jesper Fast R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 07:47 0.04 5-5 0.12-0.32
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Henrik Lundqvist 35 32 3 63:45 3.25 +0.25