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Pittsburgh Penguins at Nashville Predators

Dec 27, 2019 · Bridgestone Arena

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 25
Nashville Predators 2 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:17 PIT Dominik Simon (3) Juuso Riikola (2), Chad Ruhwedel (3) 1 - 0
04:30 NSH Craig Smith (6) Mattias Ekholm (16) 1 - 1
14:16 PIT Alex Galchenyuk (3) Marcus Pettersson (13), John Marino (12) 2 - 1
14:50 PIT Teddy Blueger (5) Zachary Aston-Reese (6), Brandon Tanev (11) 3 - 1
2nd Period
04:38 PIT Bryan Rust (14) Jake Guentzel (20), Evgeni Malkin (23) 4 - 1
18:04 PIT Juuso Riikola (1) Dominik Kahun (12), Jared McCann (12) 5 - 1
3rd Period
09:18 NSH Viktor Arvidsson (8) Roman Josi (22), Rocco Grimaldi (12) 5 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
12:15 NSH Nick Bonino Tripping 2
16:22 PIT Evgeni Malkin Tripping 2
3rd Period
08:59 NSH Mattias Ekholm Slashing 2
08:59 PIT Evgeni Malkin Roughing 2
08:59 PIT Bryan Rust Roughing 2
08:59 NSH Matt Irwin Roughing 2
08:59 NSH Mattias Ekholm Misconduct 10
08:59 NSH Mattias Ekholm Roughing 2
08:59 PIT Evgeni Malkin Roughing 2
15:23 PIT Evgeni Malkin Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 50 39 25 5 3.8 47.1
Nashville Predators 62 47 32 2 2.3 52.9

How the game went

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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 Nashville Predators had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.8 expected, 5 scored · Nashville Predators: 2.3 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 2:17 of 1st, a 2% chancePIT goal, 14:16 of 1st, a 21% chancePIT goal, 14:50 of 1st, a 35% chancePIT goal, 4:38 of 2nd, a 14% chancePIT goal, 18:04 of 2nd, a 23% chanceNSH goal, 4:30 of 1st, a 9% chanceNSH goal, 9:18 of 3rd, a 10% chancePIT 3.8NSH 2.3

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

Pittsburgh Penguins
Nashville Predators

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Evgeni Malkin · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel13:1757.158.41-0
Teddy Blueger · Brandon Tanev · Zachary Aston-Reese10:3245.062.41-0
Alex Galchenyuk · Jared McCann · Dominik Kahun10:0250.081.11-1
Joseph Blandisi · Sam Lafferty · Dominik Simon7:4542.971.61-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jack Johnson · Kris Letang18:0944.151.00-1
Marcus Pettersson · John Marino14:3044.065.51-0
Chad Ruhwedel · Juuso Riikola13:1755.080.83-0

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
50 Juuso Riikola D 1 1 2 4 0 2 1 14:29 0.42 14-9 1.21-0.18
17 Bryan Rust R 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 20:51 0.14 16-16 0.71-0.55
47 Alex Galchenyuk C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 11:39 0.34 9-7 0.90-0.14
51 Dominik Simon C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10:50 0.09 6-8 0.27-0.11
73 Teddy Blueger C 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 18:45 0.40 11-12 0.89-0.41
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 14:39 0.03 11-10 0.75-0.18
6 John Marino D 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 18:27 0.01 13-15 1.06-0.31
13 Brandon Tanev L 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16:38 0.03 10-14 0.58-0.44
19 Jared McCann L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 15:42 0.12 8-12 0.59-0.21
21 Dominik Kahun C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 12:56 9-8 0.90-0.17
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 21:12 0.03 13-17 0.70-0.56
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:35 0.13 10-14 0.58-0.44
59 Jake Guentzel C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:11 0.41 16-16 0.71-0.55
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 1 8 2 1 17:59 0.11 16-12 0.71-0.51
3 Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 23:20 0.10 15-19 0.57-0.54
24 Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10:23 0.16 6-9 0.27-0.14
36 Joseph Blandisi C 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 07:56 0.11 6-10 0.27-0.15
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 25:41 0.14 16-21 0.66-0.72
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry 32 30 2 60:00 2.35 +0.35

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Duchene · Mikael Granlund · Filip Forsberg14:3951.734.90-1
Kyle Turris · Craig Smith · Rocco Grimaldi10:0866.733.61-2
Calle Jarnkrok · Ryan Johansen · Viktor Arvidsson8:5756.349.50-0
Nick Bonino · Austin Watson · Rocco Grimaldi3:5550.041.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Josi · Ryan Ellis16:1460.054.80-1
Mattias Ekholm · Dante Fabbro11:3962.534.41-2
Matt Irwin · Dante Fabbro7:2230.018.30-0

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
15 Craig Smith C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 12:03 0.19 13-6 0.28-0.55
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:00 0.36 10-9 0.29-0.23
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 1 1 -2 14 2 1 19:01 0.04 21-16 0.52-1.62
23 Rocco Grimaldi R 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 16:40 0.13 19-14 0.57-0.91
59 Roman Josi D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 27:27 0.04 23-14 0.70-0.57
5 Dan Hamhuis D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03:42 0-3 0.00-0.02
8 Kyle Turris C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 15:57 0.18 14-8 0.43-0.71
9 Filip Forsberg L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 20:15 0.35 15-14 0.45-0.84
12 Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 12:29 7-11 0.20-0.70
12 Ryan Johansen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:57 0.20 10-10 0.21-0.54
15 Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 03:21 2-2 0.05-0.17
15 Dante Fabbro D 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 24:29 0.12 24-22 0.74-1.42
19 Calle Jarnkrok C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:50 0.23 10-11 0.21-0.55
24 Austin Watson L 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 12:33 0.14 8-9 0.26-0.41
52 Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 14:05 0.06 6-11 0.10-0.28
64 Mikael Granlund C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 20:12 0.10 15-15 0.45-0.97
94 Ryan Ellis D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 26:23 0.14 18-16 0.49-1.03
95 Matt Duchene C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:24 0.07 15-14 0.45-0.84
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
74 Juuse Saros 19 17 2 42:22 1.79 -0.21
35 Pekka Rinne 6 3 3 14:50 0.99 -2.01