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Nashville Predators at Pittsburgh Penguins

Stanley Cup Final, Game 2 · May 31, 2017 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Nashville Predators 1 38
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 27

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
12:57 NSH Pontus Aberg (2) Viktor Arvidsson (9), Mike Fisher (3) 1 - 0
16:36 PIT Jake Guentzel (11) Conor Sheary (5), Chris Kunitz (6) 1 - 1
3rd Period
00:10 PIT Jake Guentzel (12) Bryan Rust (2), Ron Hainsey (5) 1 - 2
03:13 PIT Scott Wilson (3) Phil Kessel (13), Matt Cullen (7) 1 - 3
03:28 PIT Evgeni Malkin (9) Chris Kunitz (7), Ian Cole (8) 1 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:04 NSH Craig Smith Cross checking 2
09:36 PIT Chris Kunitz Cross checking 2
09:36 PIT Evgeni Malkin Hooking 2
10:34 NSH Mike Fisher Interference 2
14:32 NSH Roman Josi Cross checking 2
2nd Period
11:48 NSH Austin Watson Interference 2
17:25 NSH Cody McLeod High sticking 2
3rd Period
04:51 NSH Pontus Aberg Slashing 2
09:20 PIT Sidney Crosby Interference 2
12:14 PIT Evgeni Malkin Roughing 2
12:14 PIT Evgeni Malkin Fighting 5
12:14 NSH P.K. Subban Fighting 5
18:01 NSH Cody McLeod Interference 2
18:29 PIT Chris Kunitz Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators 71 51 38 1 2.7 61.8
Pittsburgh Penguins 41 33 27 4 1.3 38.2

How the game went

3025201510505Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 2.7 expected, 1 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 1.3 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndNSH goal, 12:57 of 1st, a 10% chancePIT goal, 16:36 of 1st, a 16% chancePIT goal, 0:10 of 3rd, a 9% chancePIT goal, 3:13 of 3rd, a 3% chancePIT goal, 3:28 of 3rd, a 7% chanceNSH 2.7PIT 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
Pontus Aberg · Filip Forsberg · Colton Sissons7:2960.092.40-0
Craig Smith · Calle Jarnkrok · Frederick Gaudreau6:2683.393.00-0
Mike Fisher · James Neal · Viktor Arvidsson6:0361.159.70-1
Vernon Fiddler · Cody McLeod · Austin Watson4:3680.060.10-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Josi · Ryan Ellis15:3461.356.40-2
P.K. Subban · Mattias Ekholm12:2963.074.50-0
Yannick Weber · Matt Irwin6:3375.077.20-1

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
46 Pontus Aberg L 1 0 1 1 2 2 3 13:38 0.33 16-12 0.98-0.14
12 Mike Fisher C 0 1 1 -1 2 5 5 16:57 0.24 15-13 0.50-0.59
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 0 1 1 -2 0 2 3 16:35 0.14 17-12 0.60-0.57
3 Yannick Weber D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:27 0.05 14-4 0.56-0.16
9 Filip Forsberg L 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 18:41 0.45 17-12 0.85-0.30
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 25:06 0.03 19-17 0.46-0.51
15 Craig Smith C 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 12:35 0.41 17-7 0.69-0.27
15 Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 17:35 0.05 15-13 0.82-0.46
19 Calle Jarnkrok C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:24 0.06 14-4 0.50-0.06
24 Austin Watson L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 12:56 5-8 0.05-0.38
52 Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:04 12-6 0.54-0.20
55 Cody McLeod L 0 0 0 -1 4 1 6 06:14 0.01 6-1 0.04-0.03
59 Roman Josi D 0 0 0 -2 2 5 0 27:27 0.41 24-18 1.25-0.84
76 P.K. Subban D 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 24:33 22-13 0.99-0.35
81 James Neal L 0 0 0 -1 0 7 3 15:24 0.37 19-10 0.93-0.30
83 Vernon Fiddler C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:19 0.02 6-3 0.04-0.21
89 Frederick Gaudreau C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:21 18-5 0.69-0.08
94 Ryan Ellis D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 23:45 0.14 19-12 0.67-0.52
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Pekka Rinne L 25 21 4 43:28 1.17 -2.83
74 Juuse Saros 2 2 0 16:32 0.11 +0.11

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Chris Kunitz · Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel6:2383.378.21-0
Matt Cullen · Patric Hornqvist · Scott Wilson6:0218.244.90-0
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Conor Sheary5:1316.74.50-0
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel3:4461.567.71-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ron Hainsey · Brian Dumoulin13:2748.449.41-0
Trevor Daley · Ian Cole7:3020.016.21-0
Justin Schultz · Olli Maatta6:4346.266.60-0

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
59 Jake Guentzel C 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 14:09 0.26 14-10 0.65-0.26
14 Chris Kunitz L 0 2 2 2 4 0 2 14:30 10-9 0.42-0.34
20 Scott Wilson C 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 10:29 0.03 6-14 0.26-0.58
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 2 9 1 0 16:44 0.07 6-7 0.20-0.26
7 Matt Cullen C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 16:18 6-24 0.23-1.36
8 Phil Kessel R 0 1 1 2 0 4 1 15:24 0.13 7-6 0.21-0.18
17 Bryan Rust R 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 17:18 0.13 13-23 0.38-1.03
28 Ian Cole D 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 18:10 3-19 0.13-1.18
43 Conor Sheary L 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 13:26 0.07 8-14 0.26-0.45
81 Ron Hainsey D 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 19:50 0.03 20-21 0.67-0.56
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 19:41 0.06 18-18 0.40-0.40
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:44 0.11 13-18 0.66-0.63
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:11 0.01 8-17 0.39-0.89
12 Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:06 0.08 9-10 0.20-0.26
37 Carter Rowney C 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 13:09 7-12 0.10-0.64
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 11:31 0.23 5-13 0.31-0.68
83 Trevor Daley D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 17:26 0.02 6-17 0.14-0.80
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 19:54 0.12 11-23 0.37-0.67
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray W 38 37 1 59:29 2.57 +1.57