Colorado Avalanche at Pittsburgh Penguins

Oct 26, 2023 · PPG Paints Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Colorado Avalanche	0	31
Pittsburgh Penguins	4	29

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
04:40	PIT	Reilly Smith (3)	Unassisted	0 - 1
16:51	PIT	Reilly Smith (4)	Evgeni Malkin (5), Bryan Rust (1)	0 - 2
2nd Period
06:00	PIT	Lars Eller (1)	Radim Zohorna (1)	0 - 3
3rd Period
10:35	PIT	Sidney Crosby (4)	Jake Guentzel (7)	0 - 4

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
02:37	COL	Nathan MacKinnon	Slashing	2
13:47	PIT	Ryan Shea	Hooking	2
2nd Period
07:59	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	Tripping	2
16:25	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	High sticking double minor	4
3rd Period
07:05	PIT	Noel Acciari	Delaying game puck over glass	2
19:24	COL	Ryan Johansen	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Colorado Avalanche	62	48	31	0	3.0	50.5
Pittsburgh Penguins	50	39	29	4	2.5	49.5

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 Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while Colorado Avalanche had.

Expected goals

Colorado Avalanche: 3.0 expected, 0 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.5 expected, 4 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.

Where the attempts came from

Colorado Avalanche

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Artturi Lehkonen · Nathan MacKinnon · Valeri Nichushkin	9:53	50.0	51.1	0-0
Tomas Tatar · Ryan Johansen · Mikko Rantanen	8:23	47.1	57.5	0-0
Miles Wood · Jonathan Drouin · Ross Colton	6:51	55.6	68.5	0-0
Andrew Cogliano · Fredrik Olofsson · Logan O'Connor	6:43	81.8	87.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Devon Toews · Cale Makar	12:31	55.6	66.2	0-0
Samuel Girard · Bowen Byram	12:29	54.8	53.9	0-0
Jack Johnson · Josh Manson	8:31	47.1	40.4	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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
3	Jack Johnson	D	0	0	2	0	11:50	0.02	9-11	0.29-0.44
7	Devon Toews	D	-1	0	0	1	21:22		17-13	1.07-0.73
8	Cale Makar	D	-1	0	0	0	23:07	0.09	13-14	0.91-0.70
11	Andrew Cogliano	C	0	0	0	0	08:49	0.10	9-3	0.29-0.16
11	Miles Wood	L	-2	0	1	2	10:40	0.06	11-14	0.77-0.82
12	Ryan Johansen	C	0	2	2	2	19:58	0.17	10-13	0.45-0.58
22	Fredrik Olofsson	L	-1	0	1	0	09:56	0.15	9-4	0.29-0.30
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	4	2	21:22	0.30	21-22	0.88-0.86
25	Logan O'Connor	R	0	0	0	1	10:44	0.01	9-2	0.29-0.04
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	-3	2	5	0	24:16	0.57	15-15	0.73-0.88
42	Josh Manson	D	-3	0	1	4	16:15	0.02	14-12	0.71-0.77
43	Valeri Nichushkin	R	0	0	3	1	16:55	0.26	14-10	0.62-0.60
49	Samuel Girard	D	-3	0	1	0	18:35	0.04	20-20	0.77-1.20
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	-1	0	1	1	20:19	0.07	8-13	0.44-0.74
79	Ross Colton	C	0	0	3	3	13:18	0.49	15-16	0.98-0.67
90	Tomas Tatar	L	-2	0	0	1	14:17	0.08	12-17	0.51-0.68
92	Jonathan Drouin	L	-1	0	5	0	13:14	0.33	14-12	0.85-0.50
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	-2	0	2	1	22:27	0.23	15-19	0.70-1.08

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Alexandar Georgiev	L	24	20	4	51:55	2.12	-1.88
50	Ivan Prosvetov		5	5	0	08:05	0.43	+0.43

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel	11:36	41.9	27.8	1-0
Evgeni Malkin · Reilly Smith · Rickard Rakell	9:45	30.0	57.3	0-0
Lars Eller · Drew O'Connor · Radim Zohorna	7:46	62.5	58.2	1-0
Jeff Carter · Matt Nieto · Noel Acciari	5:33	69.2	57.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Ryan Graves	12:38	41.9	35.1	0-0
Erik Karlsson · Marcus Pettersson	12:09	50.0	62.7	0-0
Chad Ruhwedel · Ryan Shea	5:49	66.7	72.2	1-0

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
19	Reilly Smith	R	2	0	2	2	0	3	1	15:27	0.36	6-8	0.45-0.15
20	Lars Eller	C	1	0	1	1	0	4	1	18:30	0.43	14-9	0.77-0.51
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	15:08	0.26	13-20	0.39-1.09
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	19:57		14-23	0.53-1.24
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	16:38	0.30	16-25	0.59-1.31
63	Radim Zohorna	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	10:45	0.12	13-7	0.69-0.48
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	1	1	1	6	2	0	15:20	0.10	9-12	0.64-0.30
5	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	14:09		7-6	0.43-0.15
6	Ryan Shea	D	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	13:59	0.01	20-13	0.86-0.60
18	Drew O'Connor	L	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	13:16	0.31	15-6	1.02-0.41
26	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21:15	0.06	12-17	0.72-0.59
27	Ryan Graves	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	21:21	0.02	14-20	0.77-1.20
52	Noel Acciari	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	12:21	0.07	12-7	0.61-0.42
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	26:26	0.02	25-23	1.15-1.29
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	21:09	0.10	14-16	0.77-0.81
67	Rickard Rakell	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13:18		7-10	0.51-0.23
77	Jeff Carter	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	08:14	0.26	9-5	0.42-0.33
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	12:47	0.12	10-8	0.42-0.44

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Tristan Jarry	W, SO	31	31	0	60:00	3.02	+3.02