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Nashville Predators at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 28, 2019 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Nashville Predators 4 48
Pittsburgh Penguins 6 36

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:32 PIT Bryan Rust (15) Jake Guentzel (21), Evgeni Malkin (24) 0 - 1
01:05 PIT Dominik Kahun (9) Alex Galchenyuk (9), Juuso Riikola (3) 0 - 2
09:04 PIT Kris Letang (10) PP Evgeni Malkin (25), Bryan Rust (13) 0 - 3
2nd Period
04:07 NSH Viktor Arvidsson (9) PP Calle Jarnkrok (15), Roman Josi (23) 1 - 3
08:02 PIT Alex Galchenyuk (4) PP John Marino (13), Juuso Riikola (4) 1 - 4
16:03 NSH Craig Smith (7) Colin Blackwell (2), Roman Josi (24) 2 - 4
19:01 NSH Mikael Granlund (5) Matt Duchene (17), Filip Forsberg (13) 3 - 4
3rd Period
08:56 NSH Mikael Granlund (6) Matt Duchene (18), Roman Josi (25) 4 - 4
18:57 PIT Jake Guentzel (19) PP Evgeni Malkin (26), Bryan Rust (14) 4 - 5
19:22 PIT Bryan Rust (16) Unassisted 4 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:01 NSH Kyle Turris High sticking 2
2nd Period
03:41 PIT Sam Lafferty High sticking 2
04:31 NSH Kyle Turris Hooking 2
06:53 NSH Team Too many men on the ice 2
3rd Period
04:37 PIT Evgeni Malkin Hooking 2
18:34 NSH Austin Watson Interference goalkeeper 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators 75 59 48 4 3.9 62.5
Pittsburgh Penguins 46 39 36 6 3.5 37.5

How the game went

302010010Start2nd3rdPittsburgh Penguins aheadNashville Predators 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 Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 3.9 expected, 4 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.5 expected, 6 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndNSH goal, 4:07 of 2nd, a 24% chanceNSH goal, 16:03 of 2nd, a 7% chanceNSH goal, 19:01 of 2nd, a 20% chanceNSH goal, 8:56 of 3rd, a 13% chancePIT goal, 0:32 of 1st, a 34% chancePIT goal, 1:05 of 1st, a 16% chancePIT goal, 9:04 of 1st, a 4% chancePIT goal, 8:02 of 2nd, a 15% chancePIT goal, 18:57 of 3rd, a 17% chancePIT goal, 19:22 of 3rd, a 42% chanceNSH 3.9PIT 3.5

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

Nashville Predators
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.

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Duchene · Mikael Granlund · Filip Forsberg12:4374.183.22-0
Kyle Turris · Craig Smith · Colin Blackwell10:4161.550.61-0
Calle Jarnkrok · Ryan Johansen · Viktor Arvidsson10:0775.058.80-1
Nick Bonino · Austin Watson · Rocco Grimaldi7:5355.639.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Josi · Ryan Ellis20:0971.165.03-1
Mattias Ekholm · Dante Fabbro19:5250.044.80-1
Yannick Weber · Jarred Tinordi9:2268.262.50-0

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
59 Roman Josi D 0 3 3 1 0 3 0 26:43 0.13 32-13 1.54-0.99
64 Mikael Granlund C 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 16:01 0.32 20-10 1.09-0.41
95 Matt Duchene C 0 2 2 1 0 9 4 16:25 0.87 21-7 1.16-0.22
15 Craig Smith C 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 11:41 0.22 17-10 0.71-0.66
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 1 0 1 -2 0 4 2 16:04 0.73 19-11 1.08-1.01
9 Filip Forsberg L 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 18:40 0.27 22-10 1.31-0.41
15 Colin Blackwell C 0 1 1 1 0 4 5 12:39 0.22 18-13 0.68-0.92
19 Calle Jarnkrok C 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 16:06 0.31 19-6 0.96-0.65
3 Yannick Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:31 0.04 17-7 0.86-0.50
8 Kyle Turris C 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 14:18 0.16 19-13 0.73-0.93
12 Nick Bonino C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:10 0.06 6-5 0.12-0.19
12 Ryan Johansen C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 16:47 0.31 19-14 1.08-1.20
14 Mattias Ekholm D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 23:48 0.12 21-20 0.78-1.23
15 Dante Fabbro D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 20:45 15-15 0.60-0.74
23 Rocco Grimaldi R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 12:26 0.06 6-10 0.14-0.55
24 Austin Watson L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 5 12:51 0.00 9-8 0.22-0.46
25 Jarred Tinordi D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:35 16-11 0.84-0.80
94 Ryan Ellis D 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 26:43 0.11 29-12 1.55-0.80
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Pekka Rinne L 27 25 2 50:08 2.24 +0.24
74 Juuse Saros 8 5 3 09:04 0.85 -2.15

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Evgeni Malkin · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel15:2442.461.21-1
Alex Galchenyuk · Jared McCann · Dominik Kahun10:1535.336.41-1
Teddy Blueger · Brandon Tanev · Zachary Aston-Reese9:2947.146.50-1
Patric Hornqvist · Sam Lafferty · Dominik Simon8:4730.036.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jack Johnson · Kris Letang20:2234.126.70-2
Marcus Pettersson · John Marino15:5258.361.10-0
Chad Ruhwedel · Juuso Riikola11:3225.933.41-1

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 2 4 1 0 3 0 22:36 0.47 15-22 1.46-1.03
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 3 3 1 2 4 0 22:06 0.68 14-25 1.46-1.29
47 Alex Galchenyuk C 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 13:13 0.15 8-11 0.31-0.47
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 22:23 0.57 15-21 1.46-1.16
50 Juuso Riikola D 0 2 2 0 0 2 3 15:01 0.06 9-24 0.61-0.81
21 Dominik Kahun C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 12:37 0.16 7-17 0.29-0.86
58 Kris Letang D 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 28:01 0.07 18-32 1.27-1.70
6 John Marino D 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 19:53 0.03 14-13 0.91-0.68
3 Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 20:59 0.06 14-27 0.56-1.54
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14:23 7-24 0.35-0.87
13 Brandon Tanev L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:16 0.04 8-11 0.34-0.45
19 Jared McCann L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:27 0.09 9-12 0.31-0.47
24 Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 09:59 0.09 7-18 0.33-0.91
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:09 0.03 16-10 1.36-0.58
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:15 0.17 8-11 0.34-0.45
51 Dominik Simon C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:44 0.21 9-16 0.45-0.62
70 Patric Hornqvist R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15:23 0.12 8-21 0.43-1.14
73 Teddy Blueger C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 12:31 0.08 9-10 0.43-0.42
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Matt Murray W 48 44 4 59:38 3.94 -0.06