Vegas Golden Knights at Pittsburgh Penguins

Nov 19, 2023 · PPG Paints Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Vegas Golden Knights	0	38
Pittsburgh Penguins	3	32

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
02:13	PIT	Ryan Graves (1)	Radim Zohorna (3), Drew O'Connor (3)	0 - 1
2nd Period
11:39	PIT	Noel Acciari (1)	Matt Nieto (1)	0 - 2
3rd Period
18:42	PIT	Evgeni Malkin (9)	Jake Guentzel (15), Kris Letang (9)	0 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
03:16	VGK	Nicolas Roy	Holding	2
09:21	PIT	Jeff Carter	Slashing	2
18:06	VGK	Nicolas Hague	Tripping	2
2nd Period
13:26	PIT	Sidney Crosby	Slashing	2
3rd Period
15:55	PIT	Team	Too many men on the ice	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights	74	57	38	0	3.6	50.8
Pittsburgh Penguins	71	49	32	3	4.2	49.2

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 Vegas Golden Knights had.

Expected goals

Vegas Golden Knights: 3.6 expected, 0 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.2 expected, 3 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

Vegas Golden Knights

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
William Carrier · Keegan Kolesar · Nicolas Roy	9:56	68.4	69.9	0-0
Mark Stone · Chandler Stephenson · Brett Howden	6:51	40.0	19.0	0-2
William Karlsson · Michael Amadio · Paul Cotter	6:48	41.2	42.3	0-0
Jonathan Marchessault · Ivan Barbashev · Jack Eichel	6:44	36.8	49.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore	13:13	67.9	81.7	0-0
Alec Martinez · Alex Pietrangelo	11:37	36.7	34.8	0-1
Nicolas Hague · Zach Whitecloud	10:17	48.4	41.0	0-1

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

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	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	1	1	16:59	0.04	20-10	0.92-0.22
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	-2	0	1	1	23:17	0.17	21-31	1.16-1.63
9	Chandler Stephenson	C	-2	0	4	0	16:29	0.34	17-21	1.01-1.31
9	Jack Eichel	C	-1	0	2	0	20:16	0.27	14-18	0.70-0.77
10	Nicolas Roy	C	0	2	0	0	15:03	0.11	19-7	0.67-0.22
21	Brett Howden	C	-2	0	3	1	13:03	0.47	14-21	0.74-1.73
22	Michael Amadio	R	0	0	1	2	13:49	0.04	19-21	0.79-1.06
25	Alec Martinez	D	-1	0	0	1	18:38	0.01	16-23	0.60-0.95
27	Shea Theodore	D	-1	0	5	0	20:19	0.12	24-10	0.91-0.22
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	6	0	12:40	0.24	19-7	0.96-0.25
28	Zach Whitecloud	D	-1	0	2	4	16:35	0.05	20-20	0.99-1.31
41	Nicolas Hague	D	-1	2	0	1	17:53	0.09	23-26	1.41-1.92
47	Paul Cotter	L	0	0	2	5	13:11	0.34	19-16	0.64-0.74
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	0	0	1	1	12:16	0.00	10-16	0.49-0.84
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	2	11:03	0.16	13-6	0.51-0.22
61	Mark Stone	R	-3	0	0	0	18:21	0.14	15-14	0.91-1.05
71	William Karlsson	C	-1	0	4	0	18:46	0.45	13-14	0.88-0.42
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	-1	0	6	1	17:28	0.60	14-19	0.70-0.80

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
33	Adin Hill	L	31	29	2	59:54	3.77	+1.77

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Jake Guentzel	12:41	61.1	56.5	0-0
Evgeni Malkin · Reilly Smith · Rickard Rakell	10:54	15.0	22.7	0-0
Lars Eller · Drew O'Connor · Radim Zohorna	8:10	60.9	67.5	1-0
Jeff Carter · Matt Nieto · Noel Acciari	6:52	50.0	55.0	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Erik Karlsson · Marcus Pettersson	17:45	38.3	33.7	0-0
Kris Letang · Ryan Graves	16:30	60.5	61.6	2-0
Chad Ruhwedel · Ryan Shea	7:17	69.2	84.6	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
27	Ryan Graves	D	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	23:09	0.23	24-27	1.71-1.99
52	Noel Acciari	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	4	14:12	0.13	9-11	0.46-0.43
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	20:23	0.14	14-27	0.76-0.98
18	Drew O'Connor	L	0	1	1	1	0	4	0	12:27	0.41	18-12	1.23-0.93
58	Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	3	0	1	4	24:26	0.01	32-16	2.40-1.05
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	1	1	1	0	5	0	18:03	0.74	28-16	1.29-0.69
63	Radim Zohorna	L	0	1	1	1	0	4	1	10:56	0.50	15-11	1.18-0.66
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	10:18		6-6	0.30-0.24
5	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10:46		9-8	0.23-0.30
6	Ryan Shea	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:23		10-10	0.25-0.63
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	18:36	0.61	27-19	1.26-1.15
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:02	0.26	9-26	0.33-0.99
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	13:48	0.10	18-16	1.25-0.85
26	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	24:22	0.04	19-30	0.50-0.96
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	24:22	0.26	26-33	1.17-1.06
67	Rickard Rakell	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14:30		7-18	0.22-0.69
77	Jeff Carter	C	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	09:55	0.18	7-9	0.32-0.47
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	17:22	0.13	23-16	0.81-0.99

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
33	Alex Nedeljkovic	W, SO	38	38	0	60:00	3.69	+3.69