Pittsburgh Penguins at San Jose Sharks

Jan 15, 2022 · SAP Center at San Jose

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	2	27
San Jose Sharks	1	41

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
07:01	SJS	Rudolfs Balcers (3)	Erik Karlsson (15), Timo Meier (25)	0 - 1
10:56	PIT	Kris Letang (3)	Jake Guentzel (18), Teddy Blueger (8)	1 - 1
Overtime
00:37	PIT	Jake Guentzel (19)	Sidney Crosby (20), Kris Letang (29)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
12:48	SJS	Rudolfs Balcers	High sticking	2
2nd Period
18:50	PIT	Jake Guentzel	High sticking double minor	4
3rd Period
09:58	PIT	Marcus Pettersson	Interference	2
14:36	PIT	Marcus Pettersson	Cross checking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	56	38	27	2	2.3	48.5
San Jose Sharks	67	51	41	1	4.3	51.5

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 San Jose Sharks had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.3 expected, 2 scored · San Jose Sharks: 4.3 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

San Jose Sharks

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	15:25	47.1	36.8	0-0
Jeff Carter · Evgeni Malkin · Radim Zohorna	6:13	70.0	58.7	0-0
Teddy Blueger · Brock McGinn · Kasperi Kapanen	5:43	46.2	43.2	0-0
Jeff Carter · Evgeni Malkin · Kasperi Kapanen	4:55	18.2	6.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Brian Dumoulin	16:40	42.9	24.7	1-0
Mike Matheson · Chad Ruhwedel	12:20	40.0	40.3	0-1
Marcus Pettersson · John Marino	11:46	52.4	49.9	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
58	Kris Letang	D	1	1	2	2	0	5	0	24:48	0.22	23-22	0.86-1.31
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	1	2	1	4	1	0	20:00	0.20	17-23	0.50-1.34
73	Teddy Blueger	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	15:23	0.03	11-10	0.69-0.48
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	19:13	0.34	17-18	0.44-0.63
2	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	25:20	0.05	16-23	0.41-1.36
5	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	16:14		8-14	0.47-0.72
6	John Marino	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	21:14		16-15	0.36-0.39
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	17:19	0.03	17-16	1.05-0.95
11	Brian Boyle	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10:34	0.24	8-10	0.22-0.61
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	20:02	0.03	20-19	0.60-0.69
18	Drew O'Connor	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	05:36	0.07	7-5	0.16-0.10
26	Brock McGinn	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	16:46	0.15	9-11	0.51-0.55
26	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	14:08	0.27	16-12	0.50-0.35
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	12:11	0.08	9-18	0.41-1.07
51	Dominik Simon	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	08:45	0.19	9-8	0.41-0.59
63	Radim Zohorna	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:18	0.36	14-4	0.66-0.17
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	15:58		14-15	0.61-0.84
77	Jeff Carter	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	17:02	0.05	9-12	0.26-0.55

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
70	Louis Domingue	W	41	40	1	60:37	4.24	+3.24

San Jose Sharks

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Tomas Hertl · Timo Meier · Rudolfs Balcers	12:15	63.2	70.5	1-0
Logan Couture · Jonathan Dahlen · Noah Gregor	11:08	53.6	64.0	0-0
Andrew Cogliano · Nick Bonino · Matt Nieto	8:50	50.0	41.5	0-1
Jeffrey Viel · Jasper Weatherby · Adam Raska	6:22	50.0	73.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brent Burns · Mario Ferraro	18:00	52.9	66.2	0-1
Erik Karlsson · Jaycob Megna	14:21	57.1	61.0	1-0
Marc-Edouard Vlasic · Ryan Merkley	9:12	50.0	77.8	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
22	Rudolfs Balcers	L	1	0	1	1	2	2	4	14:45	0.24	15-11	0.67-0.41
28	Timo Meier	R	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	20:17	0.38	15-9	0.71-0.28
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	24:31	0.15	21-17	1.01-0.85
6	Ryan Merkley	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13:22		12-8	0.48-0.09
11	Andrew Cogliano	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	11:49	0.22	10-10	0.35-0.70
12	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	16:49	0.06	10-14	0.42-0.72
18	Noah Gregor	L	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	18:27	0.58	18-19	0.84-0.60
25	Jeffrey Viel	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	08:40	0.51	8-10	0.64-0.24
26	Jasper Weatherby	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10:40	0.08	7-5	0.24-0.05
38	Mario Ferraro	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	23:34		21-24	1.22-1.14
39	Logan Couture	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	20:39	0.58	19-19	1.26-0.78
44	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10:47	0.03	9-10	0.31-0.13
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	20:56	0.94	16-12	0.62-0.37
51	Adam Raska	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	08:19	0.12	8-8	0.64-0.32
76	Jonathan Dahlen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	15:45	0.11	17-15	0.82-0.47
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	14:39	0.12	10-12	0.41-0.53
84	Brent Burns	D	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	26:51	0.18	20-19	1.22-0.64
88	Jaycob Megna	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	19:01		19-18	0.84-0.80

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
33	Adin Hill	OTL	27	25	2	60:37	2.27	+0.27