Pittsburgh Penguins at Calgary Flames

Nov 29, 2021 · Scotiabank Saddledome

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	22
Calgary Flames	2	32

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
09:44	CGY	Milan Lucic (6)	Oliver Kylington (10), Chris Tanev (5)	0 - 1
3rd Period
12:35	PIT	Jake Guentzel (9) PP	Sidney Crosby (5), Kris Letang (11)	1 - 1
Shootout
	CGY	Mikael Backlund	Shootout winner	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
18:51	PIT	Chad Ruhwedel	High sticking	2
18:51	CGY	Blake Coleman	Holding the stick	2
3rd Period
12:28	CGY	Mikael Backlund	Interference	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	33	27	22	1	1.4	32.6
Calgary Flames	71	51	32	1	4.2	67.4

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 Calgary Flames had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 1.4 expected, 1 scored · Calgary Flames: 4.2 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

Pittsburgh Penguins

Calgary Flames

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Sidney Crosby · Jake Guentzel · Evan Rodrigues	15:45	41.7	15.2	0-0
Jeff Carter · Jason Zucker · Kasperi Kapanen	8:26	20.0	7.6	0-0
Teddy Blueger · Brock McGinn · Zachary Aston-Reese	7:32	30.0	20.0	0-0
Jeff Carter · Jason Zucker · Brock McGinn	6:01	12.5	12.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin	15:23	23.5	7.0	0-0
Mike Matheson · John Marino	11:06	26.1	37.0	0-0
Marcus Pettersson · John Marino	7:35	28.6	21.4	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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	22:01	0.14	11-18	0.22-1.01
58	Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	27:04	0.21	11-21	0.19-1.56
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	21:06		10-18	0.17-1.00
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23:03		7-20	0.12-1.09
5	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	14:26		8-10	0.26-0.29
6	John Marino	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22:51	0.00	16-29	0.79-1.41
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	21:47	0.04	14-22	0.73-1.00
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	17:20	0.09	5-17	0.10-0.95
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	19:44	0.11	11-17	0.22-0.97
24	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	08:24	0.01	6-8	0.41-0.42
26	Brock McGinn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	15:01	0.09	5-18	0.14-0.81
26	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:11	0.02	6-22	0.18-1.26
27	Zachary Aston-Reese	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:11	0.01	4-10	0.10-0.55
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16:45	0.01	7-18	0.31-1.10
51	Dominik Simon	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	09:41	0.47	8-17	0.58-0.79
58	Danton Heinen	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	09:09	0.07	7-10	0.42-0.47
73	Teddy Blueger	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	16:04		7-20	0.16-0.98
77	Jeff Carter	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18:12	0.08	7-15	0.35-0.86

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Tristan Jarry	OTL	32	31	1	65:00	4.20	+3.20

Calgary Flames

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Johnny Gaudreau · Elias Lindholm · Matthew Tkachuk	15:15	77.8	86.5	0-0
Mikael Backlund · Blake Coleman · Andrew Mangiapane	14:15	65.2	71.5	0-0
Tyler Pitlick · Sean Monahan · Dillon Dube	13:04	73.7	91.5	0-0
Brad Richardson · Trevor Lewis · Milan Lucic	10:29	50.0	53.9	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Noah Hanifin · Rasmus Andersson	20:04	61.5	77.1	0-0
Chris Tanev · Oliver Kylington	19:41	75.9	73.0	1-0
Erik Gudbranson · Nikita Zadorov	15:32	71.4	73.6	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
17	Milan Lucic	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	10:53	0.06	7-6	0.20-0.17
8	Chris Tanev	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	22:28	0.02	22-7	0.83-0.31
58	Oliver Kylington	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	22:29	0.05	23-8	0.90-0.32
4	Rasmus Andersson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	23:57	0.11	25-17	1.56-0.46
11	Mikael Backlund	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	18:47	0.16	16-9	0.61-0.40
13	Brad Richardson	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11:57	0.02	8-7	0.34-0.17
13	Johnny Gaudreau	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	19:01	0.58	23-9	1.46-0.44
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	23:14	0.26	24-15	1.49-0.44
19	Tyler Pitlick	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13:43	0.02	14-5	0.88-0.08
19	Matthew Tkachuk	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17:11	0.36	23-7	1.48-0.38
20	Blake Coleman	L	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	16:52	0.63	17-12	0.76-0.49
23	Sean Monahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:23	0.23	15-5	0.88-0.08
26	Andrew Mangiapane	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	20:26	0.32	17-10	0.75-0.36
28	Elias Lindholm	C	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	20:11	0.78	23-9	1.48-0.44
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16:41	0.06	15-6	0.91-0.33
61	Trevor Lewis	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11:05	0.12	8-6	0.20-0.17
65	Dillon Dube	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	14:24	0.49	15-5	0.88-0.08
91	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	16:11		15-7	0.91-0.33

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
25	Jacob Markstrom	W	22	21	1	65:00	1.34	+0.34