New Jersey Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins

Feb 27, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
New Jersey Devils	3	38
Pittsburgh Penguins	2	38

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
08:17	PIT	Sidney Crosby (21)	Brian Dumoulin (9), Jake Guentzel (17)	0 - 1
12:19	NJD	Kyle Palmieri (17)	Damon Severson (9), Taylor Hall (41)	1 - 1
2nd Period
04:25	NJD	Taylor Hall (27) PP	Damon Severson (10), Travis Zajac (8)	2 - 1
17:02	PIT	Matt Hunwick (4)	Jake Guentzel (18)	2 - 2
3rd Period
05:01	NJD	Stefan Noesen (9)	Andy Greene (8), Travis Zajac (9)	3 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
16:53	NJD	Miles Wood	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
16:53	PIT	Kris Letang	Cross checking	2
19:38	NJD	Ben Lovejoy	Hooking	2
2nd Period
03:00	PIT	Kris Letang	Slashing	2
06:04	NJD	Brian Boyle	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New Jersey Devils	61	48	38	3	3.7	49.1
Pittsburgh Penguins	68	48	38	2	3.9	50.9

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 New Jersey Devils had.

Expected goals

New Jersey Devils: 3.7 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.9 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

New Jersey Devils

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.

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Travis Zajac · Michael Grabner · Stefan Noesen	12:52	53.8	33.7	1-0
Kyle Palmieri · Taylor Hall · Nico Hischier	12:33	30.8	28.2	1-0
Miles Wood · Pavel Zacha · Jesper Bratt	7:15	61.1	68.2	0-1
Brian Boyle · Drew Stafford · Blake Coleman	5:41	35.7	28.6	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Andy Greene · Sami Vatanen	18:42	43.9	35.8	1-2
John Moore · Damon Severson	16:10	41.9	34.1	1-0
Ben Lovejoy · Will Butcher	11:11	72.0	81.8	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
71	Taylor Hall	L	1	1	2	1	0	3	2	19:06	0.32	18-20	0.60-0.74
14	Travis Zajac	C	0	2	2	1	0	2	1	19:35	0.12	14-13	0.74-1.46
78	Damon Severson	D	0	2	2	1	0	1	3	19:52	0.10	15-18	0.70-1.16
11	Stefan Noesen	R	1	0	1	1	0	4	3	15:32	0.44	16-13	0.91-1.48
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	1	0	1	1	0	5	1	18:38	0.34	11-21	0.47-0.73
4	Andy Greene	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	24:48	0.06	19-24	1.19-1.80
4	Will Butcher	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:11	0.09	19-11	0.78-0.23
11	Brian Boyle	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	08:52	0.16	9-10	0.44-0.67
11	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	12:23	0.08	14-11	0.89-0.35
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	15:34	0.08	14-19	0.50-0.68
18	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	07:52		11-10	0.54-0.67
18	Pavel Zacha	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	2	16:35	0.45	16-14	1.00-0.42
20	Blake Coleman	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	13:50	0.22	6-13	0.30-0.75
21	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	15:09	0.06	21-9	0.99-0.21
27	John Moore	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	19:01	0.07	13-20	0.60-1.22
40	Michael Grabner	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	17:32	0.26	15-13	0.91-1.48
45	Sami Vatanen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	27:14	0.06	19-28	1.08-1.86
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	09:16	0.22	15-7	0.73-0.27

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Keith Kinkaid	W	38	36	2	60:00	3.97	+1.97

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel	13:34	73.1	74.0	2-0
Evgeni Malkin · Patric Hornqvist · Carl Hagelin	12:23	35.5	45.0	0-1
Derick Brassard · Phil Kessel · Conor Sheary	9:33	57.1	36.2	0-0
Derick Brassard · Phil Kessel · Riley Sheahan	3:38	9.1	2.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin	19:01	58.1	58.5	1-0
Justin Schultz · Olli Maatta	13:55	48.3	60.2	0-1
Matt Hunwick · Jamie Oleksiak	11:24	42.3	25.1	1-1

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
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	2	2	2	0	3	3	18:40	0.14	21-10	1.44-0.71
48	Matt Hunwick	D	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	15:10	0.11	12-18	0.21-0.64
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	0	1	1	0	7	2	21:09	1.04	25-10	1.57-0.72
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	20:59	0.04	20-14	1.36-0.98
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	18:27	0.07	19-18	1.64-0.87
4	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	20:44	0.13	18-19	1.05-0.81
4	Jamie Oleksiak	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	16:04	0.13	18-19	0.83-0.83
8	Phil Kessel	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	22:45	0.10	14-17	0.66-0.58
8	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	09:47	0.10	8-14	0.13-0.38
14	Tom Kuhnhackl	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	04:31		4-5	0.03-0.20
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	16:53	0.10	26-9	1.62-0.64
37	Carter Rowney	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	04:01		2-4	0.03-0.10
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:01		12-9	0.56-0.47
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	25:07	0.03	23-18	1.40-1.21
61	Derick Brassard	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	16:58	0.05	10-19	0.13-0.75
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	14:12	0.07	13-21	1.09-1.14
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	19:01	0.92	13-21	0.93-1.23
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	20:51	0.87	17-20	1.52-1.11

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Casey DeSmith	L	38	35	3	58:15	3.19	+0.19