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Pittsburgh Penguins at New Jersey Devils

Dec 29, 2014 · Prudential Center

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 28
New Jersey Devils 3 27

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
14:37 PIT Sidney Crosby (11) Chris Kunitz (12), Derrick Pouliot (2) 1 - 0
2nd Period
05:33 NJD Travis Zajac (5) PP Dainius Zubrus (3), Marek Zidlicky (14) 1 - 1
18:40 NJD Jaromir Jagr (6) Jon Merrill (6) 1 - 2
3rd Period
05:32 NJD Adam Henrique (10) Travis Zajac (5) 1 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:50 NJD Eric Gelinas High sticking 2
2nd Period
03:25 PIT Robert Bortuzzo Fighting 5
03:25 NJD Jordin Tootoo Fighting 5
04:55 PIT Andrew Ebbett Boarding 2
16:16 NJD Jordin Tootoo Fighting 5
16:16 PIT Robert Bortuzzo Fighting 5
16:16 NJD Tuomo Ruutu Holding 2
3rd Period
05:47 NJD Scott Gomez Interference 2
09:07 PIT Simon Despres Slashing 2
18:56 PIT Team Too many men on the ice 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 53 41 28 1 2.5 52.6
New Jersey Devils 44 34 27 3 3.1 47.4

How the game went

108642024Start2nd3rdNew 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: 2.5 expected, 1 scored · New Jersey Devils: 3.1 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 14:37 of 1st, a 6% chanceNJD goal, 5:33 of 2nd, a 27% chanceNJD goal, 18:40 of 2nd, a 4% chanceNJD goal, 5:32 of 3rd, a 42% chanceNJD 3.1PIT 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
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 · Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust11:0864.733.31-1
Evgeni Malkin · Brandon Sutter · Jayson Megna8:4350.037.80-0
Marcel Goc · Nick Spaling · Bobby Farnham4:1866.773.80-0
Evgeni Malkin · Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust4:0571.472.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin15:0157.136.70-1
Simon Despres · Derrick Pouliot12:0660.060.60-0
Rob Scuderi · Robert Bortuzzo8:2947.138.70-0

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 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 23:04 0.31 17-10 0.79-0.91
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 19:54 0.70 14-8 0.48-0.79
33 Derrick Pouliot D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 20:48 0.14 17-9 0.70-0.38
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:51 15-10 0.61-0.90
6 Simon Despres D 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 20:14 0.33 15-14 0.54-0.54
7 Rob Scuderi D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:25 0.01 11-19 0.34-0.89
12 Rob Klinkhammer L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 08:48 0.04 4-8 0.22-0.23
16 Nick Spaling C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:57 0.10 8-7 0.30-0.28
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 19:13 0.24 17-11 0.85-1.12
20 Brandon Sutter C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 17:20 0.13 14-15 0.37-0.69
20 Jayson Megna C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 13:58 0.20 11-13 0.26-0.60
25 Andrew Ebbett C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 06:58 3-3 0.04-0.09
41 Robert Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 0 10 0 3 12:01 8-10 0.28-0.45
44 Bobby Farnham R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 08:26 0.11 6-7 0.16-0.10
46 Dominik Uher C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:38 4-4 0.07-0.12
57 Marcel Goc C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:45 7-9 0.36-0.30
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 28:58 0.06 16-13 0.65-0.84
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:00 0.16 18-15 0.78-0.73
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury 27 24 3 59:00 2.67 -0.33

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dainius Zubrus · Michael Cammalleri · Travis Zajac16:0142.940.30-0
Jaromir Jagr · Scott Gomez · Adam Henrique11:2952.477.10-0
Tuomo Ruutu · Steve Bernier · Stephen Gionta6:2738.539.10-0
Tuomo Ruutu · Steve Bernier · Tim Sestito3:3033.315.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marek Zidlicky · Jon Merrill17:1453.868.40-0
Andy Greene · Peter Harrold14:2731.837.30-1
Eric Gelinas · Adam Larsson8:2952.930.60-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
14 Travis Zajac C 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 21:53 0.45 12-12 0.96-0.61
19 Adam Henrique C 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 18:18 0.77 14-11 1.16-0.21
68 Jaromir Jagr R 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:26 0.30 15-10 0.84-0.18
4 Jon Merrill D 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 22:08 0.03 19-13 1.42-0.42
9 Dainius Zubrus C 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 22:33 9-13 0.41-0.64
28 Marek Zidlicky D 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 22:23 0.07 15-14 0.85-0.48
4 Andy Greene D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 24:59 8-19 0.39-0.67
6 Adam Larsson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17:35 0.05 10-11 0.18-0.42
8 Steve Bernier R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:18 0.09 9-16 0.19-0.67
10 Peter Harrold D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 21:26 0.01 12-16 0.96-0.67
10 Stephen Gionta C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:06 5-8 0.14-0.22
12 Tim Sestito L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:11 5-8 0.09-0.46
13 Michael Cammalleri L 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 20:50 0.39 12-12 0.96-0.61
15 Tuomo Ruutu L 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 13:58 0.07 10-14 0.22-0.54
22 Jordin Tootoo R 0 0 0 -1 10 0 3 02:37 1-2 0.00-0.07
23 Scott Gomez C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 17:18 0.23 15-13 0.80-0.27
33 Joe Whitney R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:17 4-4 0.19-0.20
44 Eric Gelinas D 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 11:44 0.03 10-9 0.18-0.47
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Cory Schneider 28 27 1 59:58 2.51 +1.51