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Montréal Canadiens at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 31, 2016 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 3 40
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 41

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:07 MTL Alexander Radulov (8) Paul Byron (11), Shea Weber (12) 1 - 0
2nd Period
01:07 PIT Patric Hornqvist (9) Evgeni Malkin (27), Carl Hagelin (10) 1 - 1
04:28 PIT Phil Kessel (12) Carl Hagelin (11), Olli Maatta (3) 1 - 2
19:21 MTL Paul Byron (12) Jeff Petry (10) 2 - 2
3rd Period
02:04 MTL Brian Flynn (4) Daniel Carr (5) 3 - 2
19:05 PIT Conor Sheary (9) Justin Schultz (17), Kris Letang (18) 3 - 3
Overtime
01:54 PIT Evgeni Malkin (16) PP Phil Kessel (26), Kris Letang (19) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:05 MTL Jeff Petry Tripping 2
08:34 MTL Tomas Plekanec Delaying game puck over glass 2
15:21 MTL Phillip Danault Slashing 2
2nd Period
11:18 PIT Patric Hornqvist Roughing 2
15:52 PIT Trevor Daley High sticking 2
3rd Period
16:32 MTL Paul Byron Holding 2
Overtime
01:10 MTL Team Too many men on the ice 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 58 46 40 3 4.1 50.0
Pittsburgh Penguins 68 51 41 4 3.5 50.0

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdOTPittsburgh Penguins aheadMontréal Canadiens 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 Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 4.1 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.5 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTMTL goal, 4:07 of 1st, a 10% chanceMTL goal, 19:21 of 2nd, a 10% chanceMTL goal, 2:04 of 3rd, a 18% chancePIT goal, 1:07 of 2nd, a 11% chancePIT goal, 4:28 of 2nd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 19:05 of 3rd, a 11% chancePIT goal, 1:54 of overtime, a 9% chanceMTL 4.1PIT 3.5

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

Montréal Canadiens
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.

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tomas Plekanec · Brian Flynn · Artturi Lehkonen6:2173.388.60-0
Alexander Radulov · Torrey Mitchell · Paul Byron6:0046.242.71-1
Max Pacioretty · Brendan Gallagher · Phillip Danault5:0445.565.60-0
Alexander Radulov · Max Pacioretty · Phillip Danault4:4166.796.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shea Weber · Alexei Emelin17:4943.251.70-1
Jeff Petry · Nathan Beaulieu15:4951.360.21-0
Mark Barberio · Ryan Johnston5:3860.024.40-1

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
41 Paul Byron L 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 15:50 0.29 16-11 0.85-0.41
32 Brian Flynn C 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 14:27 0.30 14-13 0.54-0.31
47 Alexander Radulov R 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 19:03 0.22 13-12 0.63-0.55
2 Jeff Petry D 0 1 1 0 2 2 3 26:20 0.05 21-24 1.13-0.88
6 Shea Weber D 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 28:42 0.05 21-22 0.96-0.60
28 Daniel Carr L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 11:17 0.07 11-14 0.61-0.59
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 15:03 0.45 15-13 0.74-0.34
14 Tomas Plekanec C 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 17:39 0.14 15-19 0.54-0.46
15 Chris Terry L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:28 0.16 8-7 0.47-0.38
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 17:14 0.19 15-16 0.81-0.34
25 Alexei Emelin D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 25:05 0.04 17-23 0.61-0.70
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 2 0 5 3 24:58 0.14 26-20 1.60-0.77
44 Mark Barberio D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:18 0.06 9-7 0.40-0.24
47 Michael McCarron C 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 07:08 0.15 9-6 0.54-0.23
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:42 0.05 11-10 0.30-0.22
67 Max Pacioretty L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 22:22 0.34 12-16 0.62-0.51
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:35 11-13 0.50-0.75
89 Ryan Johnston D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 05:38 6-4 0.07-0.22
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price OTL 41 37 4 61:47 3.44 -0.56

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Evgeni Malkin · Patric Hornqvist · Carl Hagelin11:2470.469.41-1
Chris Kunitz · Phil Kessel · Nick Bonino8:4735.36.90-1
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Conor Sheary6:4552.929.70-0
Matt Cullen · Eric Fehr · Scott Wilson4:4022.227.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ian Cole · Justin Schultz16:1150.037.81-1
Trevor Daley · Kris Letang14:2636.011.70-1
Olli Maatta · Chad Ruhwedel11:3063.061.01-1

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
8 Phil Kessel R 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 21:52 0.44 11-20 0.29-1.32
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 0 0 7 2 21:23 0.62 22-13 1.03-0.53
58 Kris Letang D 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 25:40 0.03 12-21 0.18-1.10
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 15:49 0.04 23-8 1.14-0.37
43 Conor Sheary L 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 14:46 0.45 11-18 0.18-0.67
70 Patric Hornqvist R 1 0 1 0 2 5 7 18:14 0.65 20-12 0.92-0.41
3 Olli Maatta D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 15:17 0.05 18-11 0.86-0.50
4 Justin Schultz D 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 23:19 0.08 21-19 0.56-0.88
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:32 0.02 17-10 0.79-0.50
7 Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:10 0.03 7-11 0.24-0.40
12 Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:39 0.05 7-12 0.11-0.95
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:26 9-13 0.18-0.96
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:50 0.08 16-11 0.37-0.43
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 07:21 0.05 4-8 0.13-0.22
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 08:07 0.20 3-8 0.17-0.22
28 Ian Cole D 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 19:19 0.06 20-22 0.65-1.06
83 Trevor Daley D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 3 19:11 12-17 0.35-0.73
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 23:00 0.61 17-16 0.35-0.69
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Marc-Andre Fleury W 40 37 3 61:25 2.94 -0.06