Colorado Avalanche at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 11, 2017 · PPG Paints Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Colorado Avalanche	2	28
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	40

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
3rd Period
06:17	COL	Mark Barberio (2)	Unassisted	1 - 0
18:31	COL	Blake Comeau (7)	Erik Johnson (8)	2 - 0
19:48	PIT	Phil Kessel (15)	Evgeni Malkin (19), Jake Guentzel (9)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
11:24	COL	Gabriel Landeskog	Slashing	2
2nd Period
03:19	PIT	Ryan Reaves	Roughing	2
04:31	PIT	Ian Cole	Hooking	2
04:35	COL	Nathan MacKinnon	Slashing	2
13:01	PIT	Chad Ruhwedel	High sticking	2
16:56	COL	Anton Lindholm	Slashing	2
3rd Period
09:26	PIT	Matt Hunwick	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Colorado Avalanche	49	40	28	2	4.2	37.0
Pittsburgh Penguins	69	55	40	1	2.7	63.0

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 Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while Colorado Avalanche had.

Expected goals

Colorado Avalanche: 4.2 expected, 2 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.7 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

Colorado Avalanche

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Gabriel Landeskog · Nathan MacKinnon · Mikko Rantanen	12:47	46.4	60.1	0-0
Blake Comeau · Carl Soderberg · Matt Nieto	8:48	13.0	27.7	0-0
Colin Wilson · Alexander Kerfoot · Sven Andrighetto	3:14	20.0	6.2	0-0
Colin Wilson · Sven Andrighetto · J.T. Compher	2:58	50.0	77.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Erik Johnson · Nikita Zadorov	6:14	40.0	54.5	0-0
Erik Johnson · Patrik Nemeth	4:56	40.0	48.2	0-0
Erik Johnson · Samuel Girard	4:56	57.1	90.0	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
15	Blake Comeau	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	17:33	0.28	7-27	0.62-1.21
44	Mark Barberio	D	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	14:29	0.10	12-8	0.71-0.24
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	26:51	0.10	14-20	1.05-0.60
2	Patrik Nemeth	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17:10		9-17	0.68-0.56
8	Tyson Barrie	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	17:33	0.09	10-17	0.25-0.58
10	Sven Andrighetto	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	13:29	0.74	7-9	0.45-0.23
14	Alexander Kerfoot	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	07:41	0.01	2-4	0.01-0.13
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	12:06	0.06	6-5	0.12-0.11
22	Colin Wilson	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	14:41	0.24	13-19	0.76-0.67
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	22:05	0.60	16-20	0.79-0.95
34	Carl Soderberg	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	19:50	0.14	5-24	0.23-0.78
37	J.T. Compher	L	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	17:38	0.35	10-7	0.62-0.18
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14:16		6-18	0.27-0.91
54	Anton Lindholm	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	09:42		3-13	0.09-0.32
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	15:47	0.02	8-25	0.53-0.89
91	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	16:59	0.03	14-23	0.73-1.15
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	19:02	0.22	14-19	0.78-0.93
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17:08	0.12	14-15	0.73-0.48

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
45	Jonathan Bernier	W	40	39	1	60:00	2.74	+1.74

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Bryan Rust	11:32	69.6	64.6	0-0
Sidney Crosby · Jake Guentzel · Conor Sheary	7:26	53.3	33.2	0-0
Patric Hornqvist · Riley Sheahan · Dominik Simon	6:27	36.4	17.6	0-0
Sidney Crosby · Jake Guentzel · Dominik Simon	4:40	55.6	34.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin	14:47	72.0	58.1	0-0
Matt Hunwick · Olli Maatta	12:58	53.3	32.1	0-0
Ian Cole · Chad Ruhwedel	9:38	66.7	46.5	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
8	Phil Kessel	R	1	0	1	-1	0	7	1	20:01	0.60	22-12	0.75-0.47
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	18:37	0.17	20-15	0.71-1.12
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	20:00	0.17	23-10	0.82-0.41
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	20:36	0.06	20-9	0.69-0.48
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	3	17:37	0.09	21-18	0.60-0.98
5	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	12:30	0.01	17-6	0.87-0.25
8	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	16:03	0.00	11-9	0.32-0.37
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:41	0.22	19-7	0.54-0.23
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	15:43	0.03	14-7	0.29-0.24
37	Carter Rowney	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	07:58		5-1	0.45-0.13
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	14:13	0.08	16-11	0.42-0.47
48	Matt Hunwick	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	20:00	0.03	19-16	0.52-0.97
51	Dominik Simon	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	13:59	0.21	12-14	0.39-0.90
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	27:39	0.12	25-10	1.40-0.69
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	09:22	0.53	10-1	0.76-0.13
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	16:41	0.20	12-9	0.34-0.34
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	04:56	0.06	6-1	0.46-0.13
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	20:42	0.10	18-14	0.59-1.11

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Tristan Jarry	L	27	26	1	58:42	3.19	+2.19