Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 20, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Minnesota Wild	1	41
Pittsburgh Penguins	2	37

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
07:13	MIN	Jordan Greenway (6)	Charlie Coyle (11), Jonas Brodin (6)	1 - 0
13:30	PIT	Bryan Rust (8)	Jake Guentzel (17)	1 - 1
3rd Period
08:12	PIT	Bryan Rust (9)	Jake Guentzel (18)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
08:09	MIN	Mikael Granlund	Tripping	2
2nd Period
11:17	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	Slashing	2
3rd Period
03:20	PIT	Jack Johnson	Roughing	2
03:20	MIN	Jason Zucker	Roughing	2
04:48	MIN	Jonas Brodin	Hooking	2
16:23	PIT	Juuso Riikola	Hooking	2
18:00	MIN	Team	Too many men on the ice	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild	62	46	41	1	3.1	53.6
Pittsburgh Penguins	56	48	37	2	4.5	46.4

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 Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 3.1 expected, 1 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.5 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

Minnesota Wild

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.

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Eric Staal · Jason Zucker · Mikael Granlund	13:13	65.6	69.2	0-1
Mikko Koivu · Zach Parise · Nino Niederreiter	11:30	78.9	69.2	0-1
Charlie Coyle · Jordan Greenway · Luke Kunin	11:12	42.9	48.9	1-0
Eric Fehr · Marcus Foligno · Joel Eriksson Ek	7:42	8.3	0.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon	18:35	57.1	63.0	0-1
Greg Pateryn · Jonas Brodin	17:55	48.0	40.5	0-1
Nate Prosser · Nick Seeler	7:39	37.5	9.5	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
12	Jordan Greenway	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	13:09	0.04	9-13	0.59-0.74
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	1	1	1	0	7	3	16:49	0.60	12-14	0.71-0.74
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	1	1	-1	2	1	2	23:59	0.05	17-16	0.93-0.72
9	Mikko Koivu	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	17:25	0.30	15-6	0.48-0.37
9	Zach Parise	L	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	16:48	0.18	18-6	0.60-0.27
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	18:00	0.50	21-12	1.28-0.64
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:00		5-13	0.00-0.42
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:39		4-13	0.00-0.42
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	16:18	0.47	21-13	1.28-0.74
21	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:49		1-11	0.00-0.40
22	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	28:20	0.12	30-20	1.89-0.85
24	Nick Seeler	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	09:35		10-10	0.10-0.59
29	Greg Pateryn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	21:05	0.04	13-14	0.51-0.72
39	Nate Prosser	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	09:08	0.02	7-12	0.06-0.63
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	25:28	0.11	27-18	1.44-0.85
62	Nino Niederreiter	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	13:36	0.15	17-8	0.57-0.45
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	16:53	0.46	21-13	1.28-0.70
71	Luke Kunin	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	14:27	0.04	12-13	0.62-0.64

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Devan Dubnyk	37	35	2	59:32	3.19	+1.19

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel	11:47	56.0	44.7	2-0
Matt Cullen · Riley Sheahan · Zachary Aston-Reese	8:21	43.5	62.7	0-0
Evgeni Malkin · Phil Kessel · Dominik Simon	6:40	37.5	47.5	0-0
Patric Hornqvist · Derick Brassard · Tanner Pearson	4:57	50.0	64.4	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin	15:51	56.7	50.9	2-0
Jack Johnson · Marcus Pettersson	12:46	36.7	59.0	0-0
Olli Maatta · Juuso Riikola	11:41	47.8	23.1	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
17	Bryan Rust	R	2	0	2	2	0	4	1	15:30	0.45	14-14	0.78-1.11
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	2	2	2	0	4	1	17:16	0.23	16-12	0.94-0.97
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	21:07	0.06	18-14	1.15-1.10
3	Jack Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	18:18	0.04	14-22	0.76-0.44
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	17:39	0.00	14-16	0.40-0.92
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	12:05	0.36	12-19	0.74-0.97
8	Phil Kessel	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:06	0.25	9-9	0.21-0.14
8	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12:18		12-21	0.71-1.02
26	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	16:13	0.02	11-22	0.61-0.44
27	Zachary Aston-Reese	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10:57	0.17	12-16	0.82-0.40
50	Juuso Riikola	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	16:23	0.03	12-15	0.26-0.89
51	Dominik Simon	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:56	0.08	7-8	0.11-0.13
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	2	0	6	1	26:37	0.20	21-15	1.18-1.14
61	Derick Brassard	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	13:59	0.13	11-11	0.51-0.36
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	15:53	0.39	10-13	0.37-0.81
70	Tanner Pearson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	13:02	0.21	10-11	0.41-0.36
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	18:07	0.09	7-10	0.11-0.18
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	19:45	0.20	15-12	0.81-0.97

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Casey DeSmith	41	40	1	59:49	3.04	+2.04