Montréal Canadiens at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 10, 2019 · PPG Paints Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Montréal Canadiens	4	26
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	34

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
02:59	PIT	Jake Guentzel (17)	Bryan Rust (9), Evgeni Malkin (19)	0 - 1
2nd Period
12:24	MTL	Tomas Tatar (10) PP	Brendan Gallagher (11), Phillip Danault (17)	1 - 1
16:17	MTL	Joel Armia (11)	Jeff Petry (13)	2 - 1
19:45	MTL	Shea Weber (10)	Artturi Lehkonen (7), Joel Armia (6)	3 - 1
3rd Period
18:21	MTL	Brendan Gallagher (14)	Tomas Tatar (17), Shea Weber (15)	4 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
10:21	MTL	Team	Delaying game bench face off violation	2
2nd Period
11:00	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens	38	29	26	4	2.4	39.6
Pittsburgh Penguins	58	45	34	1	2.1	60.4

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 Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 2.4 expected, 4 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.1 expected, 1 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

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Tomas Tatar · Brendan Gallagher · Phillip Danault	13:35	47.6	41.0	0-1
Jordan Weal · Nick Cousins · Nick Suzuki	12:18	30.8	62.7	0-0
Joel Armia · Artturi Lehkonen · Max Domi	11:36	22.7	25.9	1-0
Nate Thompson · Matthew Peca · Riley Barber	7:48	50.0	44.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Shea Weber · Ben Chiarot	17:29	40.7	44.6	1-1
Jeff Petry · Brett Kulak	11:52	35.3	23.4	0-0
Cale Fleury · Otto Leskinen	5:56	45.5	56.1	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	+/-	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
6	Shea Weber	D	1	1	2	1	2	4	21:53	0.12	13-19	0.58-0.62
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	1	1	2	0	4	3	15:39	0.16	11-11	0.30-0.38
40	Joel Armia	R	1	1	2	2	2	2	16:39	0.14	6-25	0.28-0.86
90	Tomas Tatar	L	1	1	2	0	2	4	16:37	0.15	14-12	0.39-0.39
2	Jeff Petry	D	0	1	1	1	2	8	22:34	0.03	16-22	0.58-0.68
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	1	1	0	1	1	17:30	0.08	11-11	0.35-0.38
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	1	1	1	2	6	16:02	0.18	9-19	0.47-0.50
8	Ben Chiarot	D	0	0	0	1	0	8	25:42	0.01	14-25	0.81-0.86
8	Cale Fleury	D	0	0	0	0	1	4	15:55	0.01	7-13	0.38-0.67
11	Max Domi	C	0	0	0	1	1	1	15:39	0.04	7-20	0.19-0.52
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	16:30	0.05	5-12	0.58-0.37
21	Nick Cousins	C	0	0	0	0	3	4	15:31	0.52	5-10	0.58-0.32
26	Riley Barber	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	12:00	0.03	11-11	0.30-0.60
27	Brett Kulak	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	20:29		10-19	0.39-0.53
43	Jordan Weal	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	14:24		5-11	0.52-0.37
44	Nate Thompson	C	0	0	0	1	0	5	13:38		14-12	0.68-0.62
53	Matthew Peca	C	0	0	0	1	3	1	09:15	0.33	10-10	0.58-0.35
64	Otto Leskinen	D	0	0	0	1	0	5	12:03		12-12	0.73-0.44

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Carey Price	W	34	33	1	60:00	2.10	+1.10

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Evgeni Malkin · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel	18:26	64.5	55.9	1-1
Jared McCann · Dominik Simon · Dominik Kahun	8:35	42.9	11.8	0-1
Stefan Noesen · Alex Galchenyuk · Sam Lafferty	8:00	69.2	61.5	0-0
Teddy Blueger · Brandon Tanev · Zachary Aston-Reese	7:46	45.5	59.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · John Marino	18:46	60.7	69.6	1-2
Jack Johnson · Justin Schultz	16:19	65.2	51.1	0-0
Chad Ruhwedel · Marcus Pettersson	12:27	52.6	27.7	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	0	1	-1	0	1	2	20:32	0.14	21-11	0.89-0.62
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	1	1	-1	0	5	3	21:52	0.41	21-11	0.89-0.62
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	1	1	-1	2	2	1	21:10	0.12	21-12	0.78-0.62
3	Jack Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	20:30	0.05	20-9	0.42-0.31
4	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	19:27	0.09	16-10	0.39-0.59
5	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	15:20	0.02	13-10	0.35-0.66
6	John Marino	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	7	24:08	0.28	23-13	1.22-0.43
11	Stefan Noesen	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	08:57	0.01	9-6	0.28-0.20
13	Brandon Tanev	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14:19		11-10	0.19-0.22
19	Jared McCann	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	14:46	0.11	13-8	0.48-0.70
21	Dominik Kahun	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	15:09	0.13	14-12	0.20-0.81
24	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	09:18	0.07	11-5	0.45-0.19
26	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	17:52	0.08	17-16	0.55-1.05
27	Zachary Aston-Reese	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	14:18	0.25	11-8	0.53-0.13
47	Alex Galchenyuk	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	10:42	0.21	11-5	0.36-0.18
51	Dominik Simon	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	13:28	0.02	11-9	0.45-0.70
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	22:43	0.09	21-14	0.86-0.43
73	Teddy Blueger	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	14:16	0.02	11-11	0.19-0.22

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Tristan Jarry	L	25	22	3	59:49	1.86	-1.14