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Minnesota Wild at Pittsburgh Penguins

Dec 18, 2023 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Minnesota Wild 3 27
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 30

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:39 PIT Reilly Smith (8) Valtteri Puustinen (3), Marcus Pettersson (7) 0 - 1
2nd Period
00:36 PIT Jake Guentzel (14) PP Erik Karlsson (16), Sidney Crosby (15) 0 - 2
03:34 PIT Evgeni Malkin (11) Valtteri Puustinen (4), Marcus Pettersson (8) 0 - 3
15:06 MIN Ryan Hartman (8) Brock Faber (12), Marcus Johansson (12) 1 - 3
17:30 MIN Jake Middleton (5) Matt Boldy (10), Kirill Kaprizov (17) 2 - 3
3rd Period
05:33 MIN Vinni Lettieri (3) Jon Merrill (3), Daemon Hunt (1) 3 - 3
06:20 PIT Sidney Crosby (18) PP Jake Guentzel (20), Evgeni Malkin (15) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
18:47 MIN Zach Bogosian Holding the stick 2
2nd Period
05:42 MIN Ryan Hartman Holding the stick 2
08:05 PIT Kris Letang Interference 2
12:18 PIT Evgeni Malkin Tripping 2
18:52 PIT Evgeni Malkin Roughing 2
18:52 MIN Alex Goligoski Holding 2
19:25 MIN Joel Eriksson Ek Interference 2
3rd Period
05:45 MIN Kirill Kaprizov High sticking 2
07:27 PIT Radim Zohorna High sticking double minor 4
07:27 MIN Ryan Hartman Interference 2
12:21 MIN Connor Dewar Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild 57 44 27 3 2.3 50.0
Pittsburgh Penguins 64 47 30 4 3.4 50.0

How the game went

0510Start2nd3rdPittsburgh Penguins aheadMinnesota Wild 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 Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 2.3 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.4 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndMIN goal, 15:06 of 2nd, a 10% chanceMIN goal, 17:30 of 2nd, a 12% chanceMIN goal, 5:33 of 3rd, a 5% chancePIT goal, 7:39 of 1st, a 23% chancePIT goal, 0:36 of 2nd, a 17% chancePIT goal, 3:34 of 2nd, a 11% chancePIT goal, 6:20 of 3rd, a 18% chancePIT 3.4MIN 2.3

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

Minnesota Wild
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.

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joel Eriksson Ek · Kirill Kaprizov · Matt Boldy9:4642.975.01-0
Marcus Johansson · Ryan Hartman · Marco Rossi8:1350.040.60-1
Patrick Maroon · Marcus Foligno · Frederick Gaudreau6:0175.0100.00-0
Brandon Duhaime · Vinni Lettieri · Connor Dewar5:3946.215.01-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake Middleton · Brock Faber15:1826.131.21-0
Alex Goligoski · Zach Bogosian11:1668.430.10-2
Jon Merrill · Daemon Hunt11:0354.255.31-0

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
38 Ryan Hartman R 1 0 1 0 4 1 1 13:01 0.10 11-11 0.31-0.64
55 Jake Middleton D 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 23:49 0.26 10-17 0.37-0.47
95 Vinni Lettieri C 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 09:30 0.07 9-8 0.10-0.46
4 Jon Merrill D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 12:19 0.02 14-12 0.53-0.42
7 Brock Faber D 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 28:18 0.21 10-18 0.32-0.48
12 Matt Boldy L 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 19:35 0.35 12-16 0.54-0.29
48 Daemon Hunt D 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 15:52 0.02 16-14 0.62-0.68
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:56 0.10 14-12 0.33-0.66
97 Kirill Kaprizov L 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 20:58 0.30 13-15 0.56-0.28
14 Joel Eriksson Ek C 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 22:34 0.34 11-17 0.48-0.49
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:50 0.00 8-7 0.20-0.29
19 Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 09:45 0.02 10-10 0.24-0.62
23 Marco Rossi C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:52 0.31 10-11 0.27-0.39
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 4 16:18 0.01 16-10 0.30-0.62
24 Brandon Duhaime L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 08:26 0.01 9-8 0.23-0.53
33 Alex Goligoski D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 15:14 0.13 14-7 0.16-0.35
77 Patrick Maroon L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:10 8-6 0.08-0.09
89 Frederick Gaudreau C 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 12:51 0.06 10-5 0.18-0.33
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Filip Gustavsson L 30 26 4 58:18 3.48 -0.52

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Rickard Rakell · Jake Guentzel11:3059.147.70-2
Evgeni Malkin · Reilly Smith · Valtteri Puustinen7:5438.968.32-1
Jeff Carter · Jansen Harkins · Noel Acciari7:4856.365.80-0
Lars Eller · Drew O'Connor · Radim Zohorna6:0637.50.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Marcus Pettersson15:5557.657.02-1
Erik Karlsson · Ryan Graves15:1933.327.70-1
Chad Ruhwedel · John Ludvig5:3353.887.80-0

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
59 Jake Guentzel C 1 1 2 -2 0 3 0 23:01 0.57 17-11 0.73-0.70
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 1 2 1 4 3 0 16:42 0.35 9-14 0.59-0.41
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 -2 0 4 0 22:04 0.99 17-9 0.73-0.48
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 23:40 0.07 20-14 0.78-0.59
48 Valtteri Puustinen R 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 15:12 0.26 9-14 0.48-0.20
19 Reilly Smith R 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15:15 0.25 8-15 0.42-0.21
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 1 1 -2 0 4 0 26:10 0.18 12-21 0.39-0.53
3 John Ludvig D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 08:51 9-11 0.59-0.30
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:57 0.01 9-6 0.37-0.05
10 Jansen Harkins C 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 10:30 0.26 11-10 0.39-0.22
18 Drew O'Connor L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:10 5-6 0.00-0.05
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:40 0.09 6-11 0.09-0.07
27 Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 18:48 0.08 10-16 0.20-0.28
52 Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:22 13-8 0.51-0.21
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 25:59 0.01 21-14 0.87-0.59
63 Radim Zohorna L 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 06:29 4-5 0.00-0.04
67 Rickard Rakell R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 14:45 0.27 14-11 0.53-0.70
77 Jeff Carter C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:25 0.06 11-9 0.48-0.21
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
33 Alex Nedeljkovic W 27 24 3 60:00 2.34 -0.66