Pittsburgh Penguins at Nashville Predators

Oct 24, 2015 · Bridgestone Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	2	25
Nashville Predators	1	39

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
15:04	PIT	Chris Kunitz (1)	Evgeni Malkin (3), Matt Cullen (2)	1 - 0
3rd Period
11:27	NSH	James Neal (6)	Mike Ribeiro (5), Barret Jackman (1)	1 - 1
Overtime
00:41	PIT	Phil Kessel (3)	Evgeni Malkin (4)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
05:25	NSH	Austin Watson	Boarding	5
11:16	PIT	Pascal Dupuis	Holding	2
2nd Period
08:18	NSH	Ryan Ellis	Interference	2
12:54	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	Tripping	2
19:16	NSH	Shea Weber	Slashing	2
3rd Period
15:17	PIT	Ian Cole	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	42	30	25	2	1.7	37.8
Nashville Predators	70	58	39	1	2.9	62.2

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

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 1.7 expected, 2 scored · Nashville Predators: 2.9 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

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Pascal Dupuis · Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist	12:05	36.0	43.7	0-0
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Sergei Plotnikov	7:58	47.1	61.1	0-0
Chris Kunitz · Nick Bonino · Daniel Sprong	5:20	40.0	12.9	0-0
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel	3:06	50.0	27.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Ian Cole	15:36	30.6	40.5	0-0
Ben Lovejoy · Brian Dumoulin	12:58	44.0	43.3	0-0
Rob Scuderi · Olli Maatta	12:38	40.0	30.1	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
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	2	2	1	2	1	0	18:52	0.06	13-13	0.50-0.40
8	Phil Kessel	R	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	19:20	0.77	14-15	0.48-0.46
14	Chris Kunitz	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	17:24	0.05	8-12	0.15-0.58
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	13:21		7-12	0.26-0.28
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14:47	0.04	12-14	0.28-0.37
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:39	0.01	10-16	0.33-0.79
7	Rob Scuderi	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16:45		11-16	0.39-0.81
9	Pascal Dupuis	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	18:40	0.06	10-22	0.28-0.58
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	09:47	0.03	4-13	0.05-0.65
12	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:52	0.02	4-15	0.05-0.72
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	03:21		2-4	0.00-0.03
21	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17:31		12-15	0.33-0.40
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	22:17	0.02	11-26	0.39-0.59
57	David Perron	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	12:58	0.22	7-13	0.22-0.34
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	26:44	0.04	12-25	0.39-0.57
61	Sergei Plotnikov	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	08:54	0.04	9-9	0.40-0.23
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	18:15	0.09	13-18	0.48-0.47
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	23:36	0.20	11-22	0.30-0.57

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	39	38	1	60:41	2.88	+1.88

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Fisher · James Neal · Filip Forsberg	11:56	71.9	65.0	0-0
Mike Ribeiro · Colin Wilson · Craig Smith	11:40	70.8	69.7	0-0
Cody Hodgson · Gabriel Bourque · Viktor Arvidsson	6:27	61.5	88.2	0-0
Paul Gaustad · Eric Nystrom · Austin Watson	5:22	50.0	18.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Shea Weber · Roman Josi	14:53	65.1	64.2	0-0
Barret Jackman · Seth Jones	13:03	64.0	72.4	0-0
Ryan Ellis · Mattias Ekholm	12:20	56.3	44.2	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
81	James Neal	L	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	17:54	0.70	24-10	0.73-0.35
5	Barret Jackman	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	18:51	0.05	18-11	0.88-0.33
63	Mike Ribeiro	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	19:39	0.13	20-13	0.81-0.43
3	Seth Jones	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	22:07	0.18	17-12	0.76-0.38
6	Shea Weber	D	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	22:40	0.12	28-17	0.60-0.38
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	20:07	0.09	25-13	0.80-0.41
11	Cody Hodgson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	07:50	0.02	8-7	0.29-0.09
12	Mike Fisher	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	19:58	0.10	23-11	0.63-0.36
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:13	0.11	10-7	0.30-0.35
15	Craig Smith	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	19:14	0.45	18-11	0.70-0.37
22	Colin Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	17:02	0.25	17-8	0.63-0.28
24	Eric Nystrom	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10:20		5-4	0.04-0.23
24	Austin Watson	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	07:13		3-5	0.04-0.25
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	12:12	0.09	5-3	0.04-0.18
33	Viktor Arvidsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	07:40	0.14	9-7	0.30-0.09
57	Gabriel Bourque	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	13:17	0.07	11-8	0.30-0.08
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	-1	0	6	1	22:46	0.27	30-15	0.74-0.33
94	Ryan Ellis	D	0	0	0	-1	2	5	2	18:50	0.16	9-8	0.27-0.40

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Pekka Rinne	25	23	2	59:51	1.62	-0.38