Pittsburgh Penguins at New Jersey Devils

Feb 3, 2018 · Prudential Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	16
New Jersey Devils	3	38

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
00:30	NJD	Travis Zajac (6)	Blake Coleman (8), Stefan Noesen (9)	0 - 1
03:05	NJD	Blake Coleman (6)	Stefan Noesen (10), Travis Zajac (3)	0 - 2
3rd Period
06:16	PIT	Evgeni Malkin (29)	Ian Cole (8), Phil Kessel (40)	1 - 2
09:51	NJD	Travis Zajac (7)	Damon Severson (7), Taylor Hall (33)	1 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
01:34	NJD	Miles Wood	Hooking	2
05:28	PIT	Jamie Oleksiak	Interference	2
13:26	NJD	Stefan Noesen	Fighting	5
13:26	PIT	Ian Cole	Fighting	5
14:09	PIT	Kris Letang	Slashing	2
2nd Period
08:30	PIT	Jake Guentzel	Interference	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	41	26	16	1	1.7	38.3
New Jersey Devils	75	58	38	3	4.2	61.7

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 New Jersey Devils had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 1.7 expected, 1 scored · New Jersey Devils: 4.2 expected, 3 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

New Jersey Devils

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
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Carl Hagelin	9:22	66.7	54.8	1-0
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel	9:05	45.5	31.4	0-0
Riley Sheahan · Tom Kuhnhackl · Dominik Simon	5:13	21.4	8.4	0-0
Phil Kessel · Riley Sheahan · Jake Guentzel	4:46	33.3	36.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Justin Schultz · Olli Maatta	15:06	40.0	32.5	0-1
Ian Cole · Jamie Oleksiak	13:20	40.9	36.5	1-0
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin	13:02	30.8	19.1	0-2

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
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	17:02	0.13	12-13	0.49-0.76
8	Phil Kessel	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	20:12	0.19	16-15	0.69-0.89
28	Ian Cole	D	0	1	1	1	5	0	0	18:07		9-16	0.36-0.86
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	17:21	0.03	9-19	0.37-1.17
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	20:32	0.01	14-23	0.44-1.01
4	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	20:51	0.13	18-22	0.60-1.01
4	Jamie Oleksiak	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	19:40		13-14	0.40-0.65
8	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17:31	0.35	9-17	0.24-0.76
14	Tom Kuhnhackl	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	12:04	0.11	4-16	0.15-0.81
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	18:25	0.09	14-22	0.37-1.26
27	Zachary Aston-Reese	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	06:24	0.10	2-6	0.00-0.16
37	Carter Rowney	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	07:54		2-3	0.11-0.08
51	Dominik Simon	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	12:19	0.04	6-19	0.13-0.89
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	22:20	0.00	10-23	0.37-1.37
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	18:10	0.28	13-21	0.47-1.13
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	18:29	0.13	12-11	0.49-0.72
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	06:57		2-5	0.00-0.03
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	21:38	0.08	15-25	0.39-1.39

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Casey DeSmith	38	35	3	58:04	4.28	+1.28

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Taylor Hall · Jesper Bratt · Nico Hischier	11:37	46.7	50.6	0-0
Travis Zajac · Blake Coleman · Stefan Noesen	11:03	73.9	80.5	2-0
Kyle Palmieri · Miles Wood · Pavel Zacha	8:57	57.1	78.0	0-0
Brian Boyle · Drew Stafford · Taylor Hall	5:12	91.7	81.8	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Andy Greene · Sami Vatanen	12:53	58.3	70.2	1-0
John Moore · Damon Severson	10:23	78.6	86.1	2-0
Ben Lovejoy · Mirco Mueller	6:02	53.8	63.3	0-1

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
14	Travis Zajac	C	2	1	3	3	0	5	0	17:03	0.57	19-10	1.31-0.33
20	Blake Coleman	L	1	1	2	2	0	3	3	15:49	0.38	19-7	1.30-0.29
11	Stefan Noesen	R	0	2	2	3	5	4	3	14:43	0.41	19-7	1.31-0.29
71	Taylor Hall	L	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	25:58	0.74	23-17	1.03-0.63
78	Damon Severson	D	0	1	1	2	0	2	2	18:47	0.07	20-7	1.25-0.22
4	Andy Greene	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	18:05	0.02	21-10	0.98-0.32
4	Will Butcher	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	11:44	0.19	10-7	0.33-0.18
11	Brian Boyle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	12:10	0.05	15-5	0.53-0.24
11	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	14:15	0.22	15-9	0.65-0.14
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16:08	0.42	9-8	0.32-0.19
18	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	14:05	0.12	13-4	0.50-0.24
18	Pavel Zacha	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15:09	0.26	16-14	0.85-0.45
21	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	14:50	0.10	16-9	0.72-0.25
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	17:56	0.37	17-16	0.85-0.53
25	Mirco Mueller	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	14:08	0.21	13-12	0.59-0.47
27	John Moore	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	19:21	0.04	21-12	1.30-0.57
45	Sami Vatanen	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	20:22	0.02	15-15	0.80-0.42
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	17:27	0.01	9-11	0.32-0.31

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Keith Kinkaid	16	15	1	60:00	1.71	+0.71