Pittsburgh Penguins at Chicago Blackhawks

Feb 15, 2015 · United Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	37
Chicago Blackhawks	2	32

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
03:22	CHI	Niklas Hjalmarsson (2)	Brandon Saad (22), Jonathan Toews (31)	0 - 1
3rd Period
03:54	PIT	Nick Spaling (9)	Beau Bennett (7), Brandon Sutter (10)	1 - 1
Shootout
	CHI	Patrick Sharp	Shootout winner	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
10:32	CHI	Patrick Kane	Hooking	2
13:17	PIT	Brandon Sutter	Hooking	2
3rd Period
01:16	PIT	Robert Bortuzzo	Slashing	2
01:16	CHI	Patrick Kane	Slashing	2
05:18	CHI	Brent Seabrook	Cross checking	2
14:04	PIT	Sidney Crosby	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	64	49	37	1	2.6	50.5
Chicago Blackhawks	60	45	32	1	2.4	49.5

How the game went

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 Chicago Blackhawks had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.6 expected, 1 scored · Chicago Blackhawks: 2.4 expected, 1 scored

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

Chicago Blackhawks

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · David Perron	13:51	77.3	82.8	0-1
Brandon Sutter · Nick Spaling · Beau Bennett	12:23	58.6	56.5	1-0
Evgeni Malkin · Blake Comeau · Patric Hornqvist	12:10	45.5	62.6	0-0
Craig Adams · Maxim Lapierre · Steve Downie	6:22	16.7	4.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Paul Martin · Kris Letang	18:43	61.0	72.6	0-1
Rob Scuderi · Simon Despres	14:49	46.9	49.5	1-0
Robert Bortuzzo · Derrick Pouliot	10:52	35.7	38.7	0-0

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	0	1	1	0	1	1	14:51	0.15	18-15	0.57-0.47
20	Brandon Sutter	C	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	14:32	0.03	17-15	0.56-0.86
78	Beau Bennett	R	0	1	1	1	0	9	2	13:52	0.30	18-14	0.57-0.46
6	Simon Despres	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	20:09	0.06	16-17	0.59-0.59
7	Rob Scuderi	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	20:31		16-21	0.58-1.04
7	Paul Martin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	26:09		25-16	1.17-0.44
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	19:47	0.10	17-6	0.99-0.22
15	Blake Comeau	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	18:39	0.17	10-15	0.34-0.62
17	Steve Downie	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	08:49		2-10	0.02-0.41
27	Craig Adams	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	09:21	0.03	2-10	0.02-0.41
33	Derrick Pouliot	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16:33	0.13	6-9	0.16-0.24
40	Maxim Lapierre	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	09:19		3-10	0.03-0.41
41	Robert Bortuzzo	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	14:43	0.02	6-12	0.15-0.68
57	David Perron	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	4	19:11	0.54	17-7	0.99-0.22
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	5	30:27	0.16	25-17	1.17-0.46
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	14:49	0.14	10-12	0.34-0.20
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18:24	0.19	10-16	0.34-0.64
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	20:42	0.61	17-8	0.99-0.25

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	32	31	1	65:00	2.41	+1.41

Chicago Blackhawks

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marian Hossa · Jonathan Toews · Brandon Saad	13:08	56.3	54.5	1-0
Brad Richards · Kris Versteeg · Patrick Kane	7:28	50.0	44.2	0-0
Bryan Bickell · Andrew Shaw · Ryan Hartman	7:15	58.8	64.6	0-0
Kris Versteeg · Ben Smith · Marcus Kruger	4:38	50.0	75.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Johnny Oduya · Niklas Hjalmarsson	16:10	43.5	24.3	1-0
Michal Rozsival · Duncan Keith	12:35	57.7	69.6	0-0
Brent Seabrook · Kyle Cumiskey	10:04	37.5	28.3	0-1

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
4	Niklas Hjalmarsson	D	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	22:12	0.05	10-15	0.26-0.93
19	Jonathan Toews	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	3	21:09	0.40	9-9	0.63-0.55
20	Brandon Saad	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	17:39	0.09	9-11	0.63-0.83
2	Duncan Keith	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	28:10	0.06	24-16	1.15-0.42
7	Brent Seabrook	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	23:45	0.05	19-22	0.51-0.70
10	Patrick Sharp	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	13:04	0.28	11-11	0.39-0.44
10	Kris Versteeg	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	16:19	0.06	15-16	0.36-0.34
16	Marcus Kruger	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:38	0.02	11-14	0.30-0.64
17	Brad Richards	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	14:25	0.10	14-15	0.34-0.51
18	Ben Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	13:04	0.22	8-12	0.27-0.54
26	Kyle Cumiskey	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	10:25	0.07	9-16	0.22-0.56
29	Johnny Oduya	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	23:25	0.03	13-15	0.36-0.93
29	Bryan Bickell	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	10:13	0.04	11-7	0.36-0.19
32	Michal Rozsival	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	16:42		16-12	0.92-0.40
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	07:35	0.10	10-7	0.34-0.19
65	Andrew Shaw	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	14:10	0.31	13-9	0.49-0.21
81	Marian Hossa	R	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	21:34	0.42	9-11	0.63-0.65
88	Patrick Kane	R	0	0	0	-1	4	3	2	22:19	0.14	19-17	0.49-0.53

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
50	Corey Crawford	37	36	1	65:00	2.61	+1.61