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Carolina Hurricanes at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 31, 2014 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Carolina Hurricanes 1 25
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 39

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
09:12 CAR Eric Staal (9) Elias Lindholm (8), Jiri Tlusty (5) 1 - 0
19:38 PIT Chris Kunitz (11) Beau Bennett (3), Andrew Ebbett (3) 1 - 1
3rd Period
18:18 PIT Brandon Sutter (8) Beau Bennett (4), Chris Kunitz (13) 1 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:35 CAR Eric Staal Interference 2
16:45 PIT Team Too many men on the ice 2
2nd Period
03:31 PIT Jayson Megna Holding the stick 2
03:31 CAR Elias Lindholm Hooking 2
07:16 CAR Jay McClement Hooking 2
13:56 CAR Brad Malone Hooking 2
3rd Period
00:51 PIT Christian Ehrhoff Boarding 2
06:33 PIT Chris Kunitz Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Carolina Hurricanes 49 34 25 1 1.7 37.6
Pittsburgh Penguins 72 50 39 2 2.5 62.4

How the game went

0510152025Start2nd3rdPittsburgh Penguins aheadCarolina Hurricanes 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 Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while Carolina Hurricanes had.

Expected goals

Carolina Hurricanes: 1.7 expected, 1 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.5 expected, 2 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndCAR goal, 9:12 of 1st, a 7% chancePIT goal, 19:38 of 1st, a 10% chancePIT goal, 18:18 of 3rd, a 4% chancePIT 2.5CAR 1.7

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

Carolina Hurricanes
Pittsburgh Penguins

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Eric Staal · Jiri Tlusty · Elias Lindholm8:1730.851.71-0
Patrick Dwyer · Nathan Gerbe · Victor Rask5:4175.013.50-0
Eric Staal · Jeff Skinner · Elias Lindholm4:3041.752.60-0
Jay McClement · Brad Malone · Zach Boychuk3:4114.39.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrej Sekera · Justin Faulk17:1530.69.90-0
Ron Hainsey · Brett Bellemore11:5945.564.01-1
Michal Jordan · Ryan Murphy8:3627.821.00-0

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
12 Eric Staal C 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 20:42 0.20 11-18 0.46-0.48
9 Jiri Tlusty L 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 19:22 0.15 11-18 0.35-0.62
28 Elias Lindholm C 0 1 1 0 2 5 2 18:22 0.32 11-20 0.45-0.54
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26:16 12-25 0.08-0.72
15 Chris Terry L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:30 0.01 14-16 0.57-0.37
18 Jay McClement C 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 10:48 0.12 7-13 0.22-0.24
18 Riley Nash C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:42 0.12 12-15 0.49-0.27
22 Zach Boychuk L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:13 1-9 0.01-0.15
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:35 0.04 6-11 0.02-0.45
24 Brad Malone C 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 07:15 2-12 0.03-0.29
32 Ryan Murphy D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:32 0.06 8-14 0.23-0.34
39 Patrick Dwyer R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 14:27 0.10 9-10 0.50-0.18
47 Michal Jordan D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:07 5-17 0.09-0.36
49 Victor Rask C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:35 0.07 8-15 0.05-0.65
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 16:53 0.09 13-16 0.19-0.40
72 Justin Faulk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 28:34 0.07 17-29 0.27-0.85
73 Brett Bellemore D 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 15:15 0.30 11-12 0.62-0.34
81 Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 21:30 17-19 0.93-0.49
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Cam Ward 39 37 2 58:59 2.48 +0.48

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Evgeni Malkin · Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust12:3860.787.00-0
Chris Kunitz · Brandon Sutter · Beau Bennett9:2469.661.51-0
Craig Adams · Marcel Goc · Nick Spaling6:0160.015.30-0
Andrew Ebbett · Bobby Farnham · Jayson Megna2:2577.886.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Kris Letang15:1571.979.40-0
Rob Scuderi · Simon Despres10:5676.093.72-0
Robert Bortuzzo · Derrick Pouliot10:1950.014.70-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
14 Chris Kunitz L 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 16:12 0.38 20-10 0.61-0.36
78 Beau Bennett R 0 2 2 2 0 4 1 17:29 0.30 19-9 0.55-0.35
20 Brandon Sutter C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 18:46 0.16 16-11 0.40-0.48
25 Andrew Ebbett C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 05:46 8-3 0.22-0.10
6 Simon Despres D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:00 0.07 20-11 0.50-0.23
7 Rob Scuderi D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18:53 22-10 0.57-0.09
16 Nick Spaling C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:34 0.12 9-8 0.08-0.54
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 14:40 0.43 18-14 0.62-0.18
20 Jayson Megna C 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 07:07 0.03 10-5 0.14-0.16
27 Craig Adams R 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 13:49 0.12 9-6 0.20-0.42
33 Derrick Pouliot D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:58 0.03 12-12 0.24-0.66
41 Robert Bortuzzo D 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 16:32 0.02 12-14 0.21-0.75
44 Bobby Farnham R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:06 0.09 9-4 0.19-0.05
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 24:59 0.33 25-12 0.82-0.23
57 Marcel Goc C 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 14:44 0.09 14-8 0.27-0.42
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 26:44 0.08 25-11 0.76-0.28
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 21:20 0.22 22-15 0.71-0.19
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:47 0.02 20-12 0.66-0.10
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury 25 24 1 59:40 1.65 +0.65