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Nashville Predators at Pittsburgh Penguins

Stanley Cup Final, Game 1 · May 29, 2017 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Nashville Predators 3 26
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 12

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
15:32 PIT Evgeni Malkin (8) PP Trevor Daley (3), Sidney Crosby (14) 0 - 1
16:37 PIT Conor Sheary (1) Chris Kunitz (4), Sidney Crosby (15) 0 - 2
19:43 PIT Nick Bonino (3) Brian Dumoulin (3) 0 - 3
2nd Period
08:21 NSH Ryan Ellis (5) PP P.K. Subban (9), Mike Fisher (1) 1 - 3
3rd Period
10:06 NSH Colton Sissons (6) PP Roman Josi (6), Calle Jarnkrok (3) 2 - 3
13:29 NSH Frederick Gaudreau (1) Austin Watson (3), Mike Fisher (2) 3 - 3
16:43 PIT Jake Guentzel (10) Matt Cullen (6), Justin Schultz (8) 3 - 4
18:58 PIT Nick Bonino (4) Chris Kunitz (5) 3 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
13:50 NSH Calle Jarnkrok Interference 2
13:50 NSH James Neal Cross checking 2
2nd Period
03:43 PIT Olli Maatta Interference 2
06:39 PIT Ian Cole Roughing 2
3rd Period
09:36 PIT Evgeni Malkin Slashing 2
11:24 NSH P.K. Subban Delaying game puck over glass 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators 46 37 26 3 1.9 58.1
Pittsburgh Penguins 28 14 12 5 1.3 41.9

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 1.9 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 1.3 expected, 5 scored

00.511.5Start2nd3rdEndNSH goal, 8:21 of 2nd, a 5% chanceNSH goal, 10:06 of 3rd, a 13% chanceNSH goal, 13:29 of 3rd, a 11% chancePIT goal, 15:32 of 1st, a 6% chancePIT goal, 16:37 of 1st, a 5% chancePIT goal, 19:43 of 1st, a 6% chancePIT goal, 16:43 of 3rd, a 8% chancePIT goal, 18:58 of 3rd, a 49% chanceNSH 1.9PIT 1.3

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
Mike Fisher · James Neal · Viktor Arvidsson12:5668.870.10-1
Pontus Aberg · Filip Forsberg · Colton Sissons12:2076.989.40-0
Craig Smith · Calle Jarnkrok · Frederick Gaudreau7:3757.1100.00-0
Vernon Fiddler · Cody McLeod · Austin Watson5:2250.067.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Josi · Ryan Ellis20:2656.574.30-1
P.K. Subban · Mattias Ekholm17:4580.086.40-0
Yannick Weber · Matt Irwin7:3245.525.70-1

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 Mike Fisher C 0 2 2 -2 0 1 4 20:47 0.37 13-8 0.59-0.27
15 Colton Sissons C 1 0 1 -1 0 7 1 18:21 0.43 13-6 0.48-0.24
89 Frederick Gaudreau C 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 11:45 0.11 9-7 0.30-0.15
94 Ryan Ellis D 1 0 1 -2 0 1 1 26:59 0.05 13-12 0.69-0.33
19 Calle Jarnkrok C 0 1 1 -1 2 3 2 15:40 0.12 5-9 0.12-0.21
24 Austin Watson L 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 10:38 0.04 5-8 0.22-0.13
59 Roman Josi D 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 28:22 0.26 18-15 0.78-0.32
76 P.K. Subban D 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 22:57 0.13 16-5 0.59-0.10
3 Yannick Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 07:40 7-6 0.13-0.23
9 Filip Forsberg L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 18:46 0.11 12-5 0.54-0.16
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 25:03 13-7 0.56-0.21
15 Craig Smith C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:21 7-7 0.13-0.06
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:30 0.06 12-10 0.53-0.33
46 Pontus Aberg L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:28 0.07 10-4 0.41-0.13
52 Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:04 6-7 0.18-0.23
55 Cody McLeod L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 07:48 0.06 5-3 0.18-0.06
81 James Neal L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 19:43 0.09 11-7 0.46-0.31
83 Vernon Fiddler C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:38 5-4 0.18-0.06
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Pekka Rinne L 11 7 4 58:48 0.73 -3.27

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kunitz · Sidney Crosby · Conor Sheary9:4366.769.71-0
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Scott Wilson6:2633.30.00-0
Evgeni Malkin · Patric Hornqvist · Scott Wilson4:4120.00.00-0
Nick Bonino · Bryan Rust · Carter Rowney4:2142.960.41-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Trevor Daley · Olli Maatta17:1629.612.30-1
Ron Hainsey · Brian Dumoulin13:4960.052.52-0
Ian Cole · Justin Schultz11:5447.142.41-0

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
12 Nick Bonino C 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 15:59 0.06 7-11 0.22-0.25
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 2 2 1 0 1 4 15:47 0.12 12-5 0.35-0.26
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 20:09 0.13 11-10 0.35-0.47
43 Conor Sheary L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 16:01 0.10 10-9 0.35-0.39
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 11:52 0.08 4-10 0.14-0.66
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 17:05 0.06 5-9 0.00-0.24
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 19:55 10-6 0.36-0.28
4 Justin Schultz D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:03 9-9 0.29-0.32
7 Matt Cullen C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:56 0.06 5-9 0.22-0.52
83 Trevor Daley D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 23:12 8-19 0.11-0.75
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 22:14 8-19 0.11-0.75
8 Phil Kessel R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:35 6-8 0.00-0.15
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 14:35 0.08 6-10 0.14-0.26
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12:17 3-8 0.00-0.18
28 Ian Cole D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 16:04 8-11 0.23-0.38
37 Carter Rowney C 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 13:11 0.08 6-11 0.30-0.56
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:14 3-8 0.06-0.32
81 Ron Hainsey D 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 19:53 9-8 0.31-0.34
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray W 26 23 3 59:46 1.81 -1.19