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Montréal Canadiens at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 31, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Montréal Canadiens 2 26
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 33

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:42 MTL Jeff Petry (11) Brendan Gallagher (20), Paul Byron (15) 1 - 0
09:41 PIT Conor Sheary (17) Riley Sheahan (20), Matt Hunwick (6) 1 - 1
10:18 PIT Patric Hornqvist (26) PP Justin Schultz (20), Phil Kessel (56) 1 - 2
14:36 PIT Carl Hagelin (10) Evgeni Malkin (52) 1 - 3
19:49 MTL Jonathan Drouin (13) PP Alex Galchenyuk (31), Brendan Gallagher (21) 2 - 3
3rd Period
07:18 PIT Phil Kessel (31) PP Sidney Crosby (58), Evgeni Malkin (53) 2 - 4
09:07 PIT Riley Sheahan (11) PP Olli Maatta (21), Kris Letang (41) 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:57 MTL Michael McCarron Hooking 2
11:33 MTL Jordie Benn Slashing 2
19:05 PIT Jake Guentzel Cross checking 2
2nd Period
03:36 MTL Daniel Carr Holding 2
3rd Period
06:26 MTL Jonathan Drouin Hooking 2
07:32 MTL Alex Galchenyuk Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens 53 37 26 2 2.2 52.3
Pittsburgh Penguins 54 42 33 5 4.2 47.7

How the game went

051015Start2nd3rdPittsburgh 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: 2.2 expected, 2 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.2 expected, 5 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndMTL goal, 8:42 of 1st, a 2% chanceMTL goal, 19:49 of 1st, a 10% chancePIT goal, 9:41 of 1st, a 20% chancePIT goal, 10:18 of 1st, a 25% chancePIT goal, 14:36 of 1st, a 22% chancePIT goal, 7:18 of 3rd, a 12% chancePIT goal, 9:07 of 3rd, a 15% chancePIT 4.2MTL 2.2

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 Drouin13:2860.756.91-0
Alex Galchenyuk · Jacob de la Rose · Artturi Lehkonen12:1475.047.40-0
Logan Shaw · Charles Hudon · Nikita Scherbak11:2330.011.20-1
Nicolas Deslauriers · Michael McCarron · Daniel Carr9:0838.531.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Petry · Jordie Benn17:0651.633.41-0
David Schlemko · Brett Lernout15:5344.438.60-1
Karl Alzner · Noah Juulsen14:4671.447.40-0

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
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 2 2 1 0 3 1 17:56 0.28 19-14 1.10-0.80
2 Jeff Petry D 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 22:51 0.06 17-18 0.48-1.42
92 Jonathan Drouin L 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 17:16 0.25 21-13 1.16-1.09
41 Paul Byron L 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 17:52 0.81 18-13 1.08-1.09
47 Alex Galchenyuk C 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 14:35 0.09 14-4 0.34-0.31
18 Jordie Benn D 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 21:26 0.13 18-18 0.56-0.91
20 Logan Shaw R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 15:10 0.19 7-14 0.22-1.29
21 David Schlemko D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 17:17 0.01 13-17 0.44-0.94
21 Nikita Scherbak R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:40 7-14 0.16-1.29
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:15 0.03 15-7 0.78-1.08
28 Daniel Carr L 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10:22 5-8 0.11-0.25
36 Brett Lernout D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 6 19:07 0.02 12-18 0.41-0.66
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:31 0.02 6-8 0.13-0.25
47 Michael McCarron C 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 10:12 0.07 6-8 0.11-0.25
47 Noah Juulsen D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 19:55 0.08 17-9 0.88-0.86
54 Charles Hudon L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 13:11 0.01 7-16 0.16-1.57
61 Jacob de la Rose L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:40 0.07 13-4 0.34-0.31
62 Artturi Lehkonen L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:56 0.12 15-7 0.40-0.31
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
37 Antti Niemi L 33 28 5 60:00 4.28 -0.72

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel14:1750.064.40-0
Patric Hornqvist · Riley Sheahan · Conor Sheary11:5734.863.71-0
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Carl Hagelin10:4555.073.81-1
Tom Kuhnhackl · Josh Jooris · Zachary Aston-Reese5:3787.5100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin18:1035.737.40-0
Matt Hunwick · Jamie Oleksiak14:1968.486.62-0
Justin Schultz · Olli Maatta13:2941.768.70-0

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 1 2 0 0 1 0 16:48 0.12 11-9 0.69-0.24
8 Riley Sheahan C 1 1 2 1 0 4 2 16:42 0.43 12-17 1.10-0.68
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 20:10 0.42 11-13 0.69-0.44
43 Conor Sheary L 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 15:53 0.44 12-16 1.10-0.60
62 Carl Hagelin L 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 15:02 0.38 12-14 0.76-0.57
70 Patric Hornqvist R 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 19:06 0.90 8-17 1.03-0.60
3 Olli Maatta D 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 18:19 0.20 13-17 0.31-0.31
4 Justin Schultz D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 21:13 0.10 16-19 0.90-0.31
48 Matt Hunwick D 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 15:09 0.02 13-7 1.39-0.22
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 24:10 0.04 16-21 1.13-1.22
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 21:06 0.23 12-13 1.01-0.69
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:16 13-21 0.76-1.14
4 Jamie Oleksiak D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15:46 13-7 1.39-0.35
14 Tom Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:44 7-6 0.14-0.17
16 Josh Jooris R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 08:10 0.12 7-4 0.14-0.03
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:10 0.73 12-13 1.01-0.69
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 07:16 7-2 0.14-0.00
59 Jake Guentzel C 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 19:16 0.09 15-14 1.01-0.60
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray W 26 24 2 60:00 2.29 +0.29