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Nashville Predators at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 31, 2016 · CONSOL Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Nashville Predators 2 24
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 41

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:06 PIT Phil Kessel (24) Justin Schultz (10), Nick Bonino (16) 0 - 1
19:00 NSH Ryan Johansen (14) James Neal (23), Filip Forsberg (28) 1 - 1
2nd Period
02:29 PIT Phil Kessel (25) Trevor Daley (21), Oskar Sundqvist (2) 1 - 2
10:57 PIT Kris Letang (16) PP Chris Kunitz (22), Sidney Crosby (48) 1 - 3
14:24 NSH James Neal (31) Mattias Ekholm (26), Ryan Johansen (41) 2 - 3
18:24 PIT Patric Hornqvist (19) PP Trevor Daley (22), Kris Letang (45) 2 - 4
3rd Period
15:49 PIT Nick Bonino (8) Carl Hagelin (24), Ian Cole (12) 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:25 PIT Carl Hagelin Tripping 2
16:10 NSH Mattias Ekholm Hooking 2
2nd Period
09:24 NSH Petter Granberg Holding 2
12:17 PIT Conor Sheary Tripping 2
17:35 NSH Viktor Arvidsson Holding 2
3rd Period
00:26 PIT Chris Kunitz Roughing 2
00:26 PIT Chris Kunitz Roughing 2
00:26 NSH Calle Jarnkrok Roughing 2
09:35 NSH Colton Sissons Slashing 2
09:47 PIT Sidney Crosby Interference goalkeeper 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators 51 31 24 2 1.7 45.6
Pittsburgh Penguins 56 46 41 5 3.2 54.4

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdPittsburgh Penguins aheadNashville Predators 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 Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 1.7 expected, 2 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.2 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndNSH goal, 19:00 of 1st, a 5% chanceNSH goal, 14:24 of 2nd, a 14% chancePIT goal, 3:06 of 1st, a 5% chancePIT goal, 2:29 of 2nd, a 3% chancePIT goal, 10:57 of 2nd, a 6% chancePIT goal, 18:24 of 2nd, a 19% chancePIT goal, 15:49 of 3rd, a 9% chancePIT 3.2NSH 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

Nashville Predators
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.

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
James Neal · Calle Jarnkrok · Ryan Johansen10:0747.429.10-0
Mike Ribeiro · Craig Smith · Filip Forsberg9:3053.355.80-0
Mike Fisher · Miikka Salomaki · Viktor Arvidsson7:5333.320.60-1
Paul Gaustad · Austin Watson · Colton Sissons7:0125.00.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shea Weber · Roman Josi17:3760.762.40-0
Mattias Ekholm · Petter Granberg11:4538.91.50-1
Barret Jackman · Stefan Elliott8:4826.325.71-1

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

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 Ryan Johansen C 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 18:12 0.16 15-15 0.48-0.90
81 James Neal L 1 1 2 2 0 5 4 18:19 0.40 14-17 0.45-1.03
9 Filip Forsberg L 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:59 0.03 11-10 0.43-0.48
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 1 1 -1 2 0 3 23:16 0.09 12-17 0.26-1.03
5 Barret Jackman D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:04 7-15 0.25-0.57
6 Shea Weber D 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 25:29 0.12 20-12 0.74-0.36
8 Petter Granberg D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 14:47 7-11 0.01-0.64
12 Mike Fisher C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:40 0.25 6-8 0.23-0.38
15 Craig Smith C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:26 0.17 12-10 0.39-0.29
15 Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 -2 2 1 4 09:41 0.09 5-8 0.09-0.28
19 Calle Jarnkrok C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16:16 0.18 13-14 0.26-0.53
20 Miikka Salomaki R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 14:34 6-11 0.19-0.62
24 Austin Watson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 08:29 6-6 0.13-0.18
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 08:35 2-9 0.00-0.33
29 Stefan Elliott D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:20 7-16 0.24-0.61
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 0 0 0 -2 2 3 1 14:19 0.06 5-11 0.10-0.46
59 Roman Josi D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 27:21 0.12 20-16 0.68-0.68
63 Mike Ribeiro C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:51 0.05 12-9 0.39-0.30
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Pekka Rinne 29 25 4 40:00 2.32 -1.68
40 Carter Hutton 12 11 1 20:00 0.84 -0.16

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Phil Kessel · Nick Bonino · Carl Hagelin11:0164.760.82-0
Matt Cullen · Eric Fehr · Tom Kuhnhackl10:3041.271.10-1
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · Patric Hornqvist9:3238.577.50-0
Beau Bennett · Oskar Sundqvist · Conor Sheary4:0362.530.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Trevor Daley · Kris Letang14:4356.768.41-0
Ben Lovejoy · Derrick Pouliot13:2235.339.40-1
Ian Cole · Justin Schultz11:0863.274.72-0

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
8 Phil Kessel R 2 0 2 3 0 5 0 17:57 0.23 14-6 0.58-0.32
12 Nick Bonino C 1 1 2 2 0 4 1 17:04 0.31 12-7 0.52-0.37
58 Kris Letang D 1 1 2 1 0 6 2 28:50 0.18 22-16 1.19-0.49
83 Trevor Daley D 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 23:27 0.18 17-13 0.91-0.42
70 Patric Hornqvist R 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 16:05 1.13 12-10 0.86-0.18
4 Justin Schultz D 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 12:44 0.00 12-7 0.37-0.13
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 1 1 0 4 3 3 16:23 0.21 8-8 0.63-0.13
28 Ian Cole D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 20:16 0.06 17-10 0.58-0.33
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 15:21 0.06 12-6 0.50-0.32
70 Oskar Sundqvist C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 06:38 0.11 9-3 0.26-0.15
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 0 2 4 0 20:37 0.30 13-14 0.72-0.31
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 16:05 0.03 9-12 0.43-0.23
14 Tom Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:36 8-12 0.42-0.16
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 15:36 0.14 7-14 0.23-0.29
21 Ben Lovejoy D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 7 19:05 9-14 0.43-0.45
33 Derrick Pouliot D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:38 0.03 9-12 0.39-0.32
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 09:25 0.13 14-9 0.36-0.41
78 Beau Bennett R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 08:54 0.10 11-7 0.29-0.32
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury 24 22 2 59:19 1.69 -0.31