Pittsburgh Penguins at Minnesota Wild

Dec 26, 2015 · Xcel Energy Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	3	32
Minnesota Wild	1	26

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
04:23	PIT	Sidney Crosby (7)	David Perron (10), Kris Letang (14)	1 - 0
18:10	PIT	Eric Fehr (4)	Kevin Porter (2), Matt Cullen (7)	2 - 0
18:55	MIN	Jason Zucker (9)	Thomas Vanek (14), Marco Scandella (6)	2 - 1
19:26	PIT	Patric Hornqvist (6) PP	Sidney Crosby (17), Kris Letang (15)	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
09:06	MIN	Team	Too many men on the ice	2
15:03	PIT	Sidney Crosby	Hooking	2
2nd Period
04:34	PIT	Patric Hornqvist	Delaying game puck over glass	2
12:18	PIT	Scott Wilson	Hooking	2
19:10	MIN	Jared Spurgeon	Cross checking	2
3rd Period
03:19	MIN	Jarret Stoll	Illegal check to head	2
13:43	PIT	David Perron	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	61	47	32	3	3.0	65.8
Minnesota Wild	47	37	26	1	2.4	34.2

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 Minnesota Wild had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.0 expected, 3 scored · Minnesota Wild: 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

Minnesota Wild

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	11:31	64.7	67.1	1-0
Evgeni Malkin · Patric Hornqvist · Conor Sheary	10:01	75.0	75.0	0-0
Matt Cullen · Eric Fehr · Kevin Porter	8:35	62.5	72.5	1-0
Phil Kessel · Nick Bonino · Scott Wilson	7:37	60.0	61.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Olli Maatta	15:11	82.8	85.5	1-0
Ben Lovejoy · Brian Dumoulin	15:10	44.4	35.4	1-1
Trevor Daley · Ian Cole	10:24	63.2	61.3	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
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	1	2	1	2	3	0	17:18	0.30	15-6	0.63-0.19
58	Kris Letang	D	0	2	2	1	0	3	0	21:42	0.10	24-5	1.52-0.26
21	Eric Fehr	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	14:30	0.26	6-4	0.41-0.18
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	1	0	1	0	2	6	2	15:07	1.09	20-5	1.14-0.24
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	15:55		5-6	0.38-0.30
11	Kevin Porter	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	14:28	0.09	6-5	0.41-0.26
57	David Perron	L	0	1	1	0	2	5	1	13:39	0.32	13-9	0.45-0.33
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	19:44	0.03	14-15	0.39-0.52
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	22:59	0.08	25-5	1.54-0.26
8	Phil Kessel	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	15:23	0.14	16-8	0.50-0.23
12	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:32	0.17	11-9	0.22-0.19
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	16:36	0.07	16-9	0.66-0.27
20	Scott Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	08:23		9-7	0.18-0.15
21	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	19:42		13-15	0.28-0.52
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:47		13-7	0.43-0.22
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	11:58	0.15	18-7	0.82-0.33
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	17:32	0.22	21-6	1.05-0.32
83	Trevor Daley	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17:45	0.02	15-7	0.40-0.22

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Matt Murray	26	25	1	60:00	2.37	+1.37

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jason Pominville · Zach Parise · Mikael Granlund	13:10	41.2	47.7	0-1
Mikko Koivu · Thomas Vanek · Jason Zucker	10:26	36.0	48.7	1-0
Jarret Stoll · Chris Porter · Erik Haula	6:31	0.0	0.0	0-0
Charlie Coyle · Nino Niederreiter · Justin Fontaine	5:23	54.5	39.9	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon	14:02	52.2	43.8	0-2
Jonas Brodin · Mathew Dumba	7:50	21.1	14.2	0-0
Marco Scandella · Mathew Dumba	7:10	37.5	32.4	1-0

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
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	14:37	0.18	9-19	0.44-0.99
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	21:00	0.10	8-22	0.27-0.66
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	18:15	0.34	11-20	0.49-0.67
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	14:20	0.04	8-8	0.24-0.45
7	Chris Porter	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10:10		2-13	0.01-0.45
9	Mikko Koivu	C	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	18:41	0.33	10-18	0.47-0.65
9	Zach Parise	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	21:49	0.28	8-13	0.28-0.47
14	Justin Fontaine	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	08:05	0.14	8-6	0.26-0.37
19	Jarret Stoll	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	10:21		2-14	0.01-0.59
22	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	26:37	0.04	13-15	0.61-0.74
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	21:25	0.12	7-22	0.21-0.98
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17:24	0.02	7-25	0.19-1.21
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	19:49	0.19	7-14	0.25-0.83
39	Nate Prosser	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	07:45		6-8	0.14-0.29
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	3	21:13		13-12	0.57-0.68
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:39		1-10	0.01-0.31
62	Nino Niederreiter	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	14:02	0.42	8-7	0.27-0.37
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	20:28	0.20	7-14	0.25-0.68

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Devan Dubnyk	32	29	3	58:04	2.98	-0.02