Pittsburgh Penguins at Vegas Golden Knights

Dec 14, 2017 · T-Mobile Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	25
Vegas Golden Knights	2	26

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
01:41	VGK	James Neal (15)	Colin Miller (13), David Perron (17)	0 - 1
12:04	PIT	Ian Cole (2)	Carl Hagelin (4), Riley Sheahan (7)	1 - 1
3rd Period
08:17	VGK	Jon Merrill (1)	Erik Haula (10)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
02:08	VGK	Jon Merrill	Interference	2
14:43	VGK	Tomas Nosek	Holding	2
2nd Period
05:18	PIT	Ian Cole	Interference	2
15:05	VGK	Jon Merrill	Delaying game smothering puck	2
3rd Period
17:58	PIT	Chad Ruhwedel	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	56	34	25	1	1.8	50.0
Vegas Golden Knights	57	41	26	2	2.2	50.0

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 Vegas Golden Knights had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 1.8 expected, 1 scored · Vegas Golden Knights: 2.2 expected, 2 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

Pittsburgh Penguins

Vegas Golden Knights

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Sidney Crosby · Jake Guentzel · Dominik Simon	14:26	60.0	64.6	0-0
Evgeni Malkin · Patric Hornqvist · Phil Kessel	14:07	37.0	10.5	0-1
Carl Hagelin · Riley Sheahan · Conor Sheary	9:20	61.5	66.2	1-1
Ryan Reaves · Bryan Rust · Carter Rowney	4:48	75.0	71.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin	15:26	46.7	41.2	0-1
Olli Maatta · Chad Ruhwedel	14:16	32.0	25.7	0-1
Matt Hunwick · Ian Cole	12:51	66.7	61.4	1-0

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
28	Ian Cole	D	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	16:44	0.04	20-12	0.41-0.29
8	Riley Sheahan	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	13:32		9-9	0.34-0.33
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	13:13	0.18	9-8	0.34-0.29
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	21:32	0.06	16-20	0.55-0.86
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	19:12	0.03	13-18	0.32-0.77
5	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	17:01	0.03	13-20	0.40-0.83
8	Phil Kessel	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	20:49	0.08	10-20	0.10-0.83
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	08:09	0.07	7-8	0.11-0.35
37	Carter Rowney	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	06:35		7-2	0.11-0.04
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:39	0.02	11-6	0.34-0.21
48	Matt Hunwick	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	15:17	0.05	16-9	0.26-0.23
51	Dominik Simon	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:03	0.02	22-13	0.75-0.40
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	25:14	0.03	18-18	0.63-0.80
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	20:59	0.39	22-18	0.66-0.68
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	20:26	0.57	11-20	0.18-0.83
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	20:56	0.05	11-18	0.10-0.87
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	05:10	0.04	6-2	0.11-0.04
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23:18	0.16	19-19	0.75-0.61

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Matt Murray	26	24	2	58:11	2.28	+0.28

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Reilly Smith · William Karlsson · Jonathan Marchessault	14:03	47.1	36.0	0-0
James Neal · David Perron · Erik Haula	11:49	65.4	84.5	2-0
Cody Eakin · Brendan Leipsic · Alex Tuch	8:39	33.3	34.1	0-0
Oscar Lindberg · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Tomas Nosek	6:32	72.7	71.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brayden McNabb · Nate Schmidt	14:44	63.3	70.4	0-0
Deryk Engelland · Shea Theodore	14:35	36.4	44.6	0-1
Jon Merrill · Colin Miller	12:49	50.0	47.6	2-0

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
4	Jon Merrill	D	1	0	1	2	4	2	1	15:02	0.13	11-14	0.37-0.47
81	James Neal	L	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	16:48	0.59	24-13	1.12-0.25
6	Colin Miller	D	0	1	1	2	0	2	3	17:59	0.05	13-11	0.34-0.38
56	Erik Haula	L	0	1	1	1	0	3	3	15:19	0.35	19-13	0.81-0.22
57	David Perron	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	4	18:06	0.27	21-17	0.91-0.30
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	22:50		22-18	0.94-0.34
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	23:42	0.04	12-25	0.48-0.52
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	18:46	0.07	8-12	0.16-0.38
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:09	0.11	8-14	0.34-0.48
24	Oscar Lindberg	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	09:52	0.21	10-6	0.33-0.21
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	17:39		12-15	0.53-0.46
28	Brendan Leipsic	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10:43	0.13	7-12	0.28-0.44
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	13:02	0.08	10-14	0.34-0.34
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19:19		11-10	0.36-0.33
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:10	0.11	11-9	0.40-0.28
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	21:57	0.04	25-14	0.98-0.42
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12:55		5-15	0.21-0.45
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	09:42	0.06	11-8	0.36-0.21

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	25	24	1	60:00	1.86	+0.86