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Montréal Canadiens at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 21, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 3 30
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 39

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
09:53 PIT Evgeni Malkin (41) Carl Hagelin (19) 0 - 1
17:31 PIT Patric Hornqvist (23) PP Evgeni Malkin (50), Phil Kessel (52) 0 - 2
19:30 MTL Jonathan Drouin (12) Paul Byron (14), Jordie Benn (10) 1 - 2
2nd Period
08:19 MTL Nikita Scherbak (4) SH Charles Hudon (19), Brett Lernout (1) 2 - 2
14:24 MTL Jacob de la Rose (4) Brendan Gallagher (19) 3 - 2
15:02 PIT Sidney Crosby (24) Jake Guentzel (22), Bryan Rust (25) 3 - 3
3rd Period
02:38 PIT Derick Brassard (20) PP Jake Guentzel (23), Olli Maatta (20) 3 - 4
18:27 PIT Jake Guentzel (21) Phil Kessel (53), Sidney Crosby (55) 3 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
01:19 MTL Brett Lernout Ps hooking on breakaway 0
16:58 MTL Karl Alzner Holding 2
2nd Period
03:14 PIT Jamie Oleksiak Ps slash on breakaway 0
05:37 MTL Michael McCarron Fighting 5
05:37 PIT Jamie Oleksiak Fighting 5
06:09 PIT Jake Guentzel Holding 2
07:10 MTL Brendan Gallagher High sticking 2
10:39 PIT Olli Maatta Hooking 2
3rd Period
01:05 MTL Artturi Lehkonen Hooking 2
08:42 PIT Sidney Crosby Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 55 37 30 3 2.8 45.2
Pittsburgh Penguins 66 51 39 5 4.3 54.8

How the game went

2024681012Start2nd3rdPittsburgh Penguins aheadMontréal Canadiens 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 Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 2.8 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.3 expected, 5 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 19:30 of 1st, a 14% chanceMTL goal, 8:19 of 2nd, a 11% chanceMTL goal, 14:24 of 2nd, a 21% chancePIT goal, 9:53 of 1st, a 31% chancePIT goal, 17:31 of 1st, a 10% chancePIT goal, 15:02 of 2nd, a 12% chancePIT goal, 2:38 of 3rd, a 12% chancePIT goal, 18:27 of 3rd, a 4% chancePIT 4.3MTL 2.8

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

Montréal Canadiens
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.

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Paul Byron · Brendan Gallagher · Jonathan Drouin12:5944.429.11-2
Alex Galchenyuk · Jacob de la Rose · Artturi Lehkonen12:5044.09.00-0
Logan Shaw · Daniel Carr · Nikita Scherbak9:3552.273.80-0
Nicolas Deslauriers · Charles Hudon · Michael McCarron5:2337.519.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Petry · Mike Reilly15:5232.427.61-2
Jordie Benn · Brett Lernout15:0764.066.41-0
Karl Alzner · Noah Juulsen14:4348.328.10-1

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
21 Nikita Scherbak R 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 13:37 0.20 13-11 0.73-0.26
61 Jacob de la Rose L 1 0 1 1 0 2 8 15:47 0.28 14-17 0.35-1.07
92 Jonathan Drouin L 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 18:03 0.20 14-16 0.66-1.75
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 1 1 0 2 5 3 17:51 0.41 17-17 0.93-1.92
18 Jordie Benn D 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 17:41 0.04 16-9 0.45-0.23
36 Brett Lernout D 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 19:08 18-13 0.54-0.37
41 Paul Byron L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 3 16:54 0.22 12-15 0.64-1.57
54 Charles Hudon L 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 10:35 7-11 0.12-0.45
2 Jeff Petry D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 20:52 0.07 14-27 0.83-2.06
6 Mike Reilly D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 19:23 0.01 15-28 0.91-2.07
20 Logan Shaw R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 16:11 0.49 14-19 0.78-0.46
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 19:50 16-20 0.50-1.26
28 Daniel Carr L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 15:33 0.59 13-16 0.77-0.36
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10:29 0.03 5-8 0.10-0.38
47 Alex Galchenyuk C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:46 0.14 15-19 0.31-0.94
47 Michael McCarron C 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 08:33 0.03 5-5 0.08-0.28
47 Noah Juulsen D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 6 18:08 0.05 15-17 0.50-1.14
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 18:33 12-17 0.11-1.24
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Carey Price L 39 34 5 60:00 4.37 -0.63

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Evgeni Malkin · Patric Hornqvist · Carl Hagelin12:4056.773.71-1
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel12:1960.966.81-0
Derick Brassard · Phil Kessel · Conor Sheary9:4640.034.00-0
Riley Sheahan · Tom Kuhnhackl · Josh Jooris4:0375.092.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin17:4252.862.01-1
Justin Schultz · Jamie Oleksiak14:5545.560.92-1
Olli Maatta · Chad Ruhwedel12:1564.062.10-0

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 1 2 3 2 2 3 2 15:14 0.36 16-10 1.14-0.55
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 -1 0 1 0 19:37 0.31 20-17 1.48-0.41
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 1 2 4 1 18:12 0.63 18-11 1.49-0.59
8 Phil Kessel R 0 2 2 -1 0 4 0 18:06 0.30 15-18 0.83-0.90
61 Derick Brassard C 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 15:39 0.62 15-15 0.69-0.61
70 Patric Hornqvist R 1 0 1 -2 0 5 2 18:44 0.56 23-20 1.71-0.68
3 Olli Maatta D 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 16:36 0.02 17-9 0.69-0.31
17 Bryan Rust R 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 17:41 0.36 18-12 1.22-0.54
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 18:22 0.45 18-16 1.07-0.41
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 22:27 0.07 22-17 1.26-0.71
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:18 0.07 18-20 1.30-0.80
4 Jamie Oleksiak D 0 0 0 1 5 1 3 17:16 0.05 15-18 1.20-0.77
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:42 0.01 17-10 0.56-0.34
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:11 0.10 10-6 0.37-0.28
14 Tom Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:24 0.24 7-3 0.31-0.03
16 Josh Jooris R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:44 4-1 0.24-0.01
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:14 0.07 9-13 0.49-0.59
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 25:33 0.07 23-19 1.76-0.75
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Casey DeSmith W 30 27 3 60:00 2.82 -0.18