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Pittsburgh Penguins at Montréal Canadiens

Dec 12, 2024 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 9 33
Montréal Canadiens 2 23

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:12 MTL Nick Suzuki (11) Cole Caufield (9) 0 - 1
04:18 PIT Rickard Rakell (12) PP Kris Letang (8), Matt Grzelcyk (13) 1 - 1
2nd Period
10:03 PIT Bryan Rust (10) Sidney Crosby (20) 2 - 1
13:27 PIT Bryan Rust (11) Rickard Rakell (8), Sidney Crosby (21) 3 - 1
14:36 MTL Joel Armia (4) Emil Heineman (3), Jake Evans (10) 3 - 2
3rd Period
04:40 PIT Rickard Rakell (13) Bryan Rust (8), Sidney Crosby (22) 4 - 2
07:42 PIT Kris Letang (6) PP Michael Bunting (7), Rickard Rakell (9) 5 - 2
08:41 PIT Anthony Beauvillier (8) Cody Glass (6), Drew O'Connor (7) 6 - 2
11:56 PIT Bryan Rust (12) Unassisted 7 - 2
14:20 PIT Matt Nieto (1) Matt Grzelcyk (14), Blake Lizotte (4) 8 - 2
18:42 PIT Noel Acciari (3) Unassisted 9 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:11 MTL Patrik Laine Hooking 2
19:11 PIT Blake Lizotte Hooking 2
2nd Period
03:02 PIT Drew O'Connor Tripping 2
06:53 PIT Kris Letang Slashing 2
3rd Period
01:11 MTL Josh Anderson Interference 2
05:51 MTL Josh Anderson High sticking 2
09:24 PIT Ryan Graves Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 62 46 33 9 4.0 60.2
Montréal Canadiens 44 32 23 2 2.3 39.8

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdMontréal Canadiens aheadPittsburgh Penguins 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 Montréal Canadiens had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.0 expected, 9 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 2.3 expected, 2 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndPIT goal, 4:18 of 1st, a 36% chancePIT goal, 10:03 of 2nd, a 20% chancePIT goal, 13:27 of 2nd, a 4% chancePIT goal, 4:40 of 3rd, a 24% chancePIT goal, 7:42 of 3rd, a 4% chancePIT goal, 8:41 of 3rd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 11:56 of 3rd, a 13% chancePIT goal, 14:20 of 3rd, a 8% chancePIT goal, 18:42 of 3rd, a 46% chanceMTL goal, 2:12 of 1st, a 12% chanceMTL goal, 14:36 of 2nd, a 6% chancePIT 4.0MTL 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

Pittsburgh Penguins
Montréal Canadiens

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Evgeni Malkin · Michael Bunting · Philip Tomasino11:2154.259.40-1
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Rickard Rakell10:5276.075.84-1
Anthony Beauvillier · Cody Glass · Drew O'Connor8:4270.660.21-0
Matt Nieto · Noel Acciari · Blake Lizotte7:3050.072.52-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Karlsson · Marcus Pettersson13:5075.978.43-0
Kris Letang · Owen Pickering13:3942.950.51-0
Matt Grzelcyk · Ryan Graves9:4558.878.43-0

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
17 Bryan Rust R 3 1 4 3 0 6 1 15:43 0.49 19-7 1.19-0.66
67 Rickard Rakell R 2 2 4 3 0 4 0 16:00 0.69 19-7 1.19-0.42
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 3 3 3 0 3 3 15:40 0.39 19-6 1.19-0.38
58 Kris Letang D 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 24:12 0.10 15-16 0.70-0.89
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 17:24 0.04 15-11 0.86-0.60
52 Noel Acciari C 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 13:11 0.76 7-9 0.70-0.58
72 Anthony Beauvillier R 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 10:44 0.10 12-8 0.44-0.43
83 Matt Nieto L 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 13:26 0.08 8-10 0.70-0.41
12 Cody Glass C 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 14:58 0.29 12-6 0.44-0.29
18 Drew O'Connor L 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 13:31 0.16 12-6 0.44-0.29
46 Blake Lizotte C 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 13:01 0.01 8-13 0.71-0.72
58 Michael Bunting L 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 15:04 0.45 14-11 0.70-0.47
26 Marcus Pettersson D 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 23:09 27-9 1.50-0.40
27 Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 14:24 13-9 0.83-0.45
38 Owen Pickering D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:10 10-14 0.62-0.71
53 Philip Tomasino R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:25 0.14 15-11 0.70-0.47
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 19:26 0.09 27-11 1.54-0.69
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:32 0.24 13-11 0.69-0.47
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Tristan Jarry W 23 21 2 60:00 2.33 +0.33

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brendan Gallagher · Josh Anderson · Christian Dvorak7:3355.662.20-2
Joel Armia · Jake Evans · Emil Heineman7:0030.028.61-1
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Alex Newhook6:0950.067.31-0
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský5:4466.774.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kaiden Guhle · Arber Xhekaj12:1935.544.70-2
Mike Matheson · Lane Hutson10:2645.050.61-1
Jayden Struble · Justin Barron7:4835.720.90-0

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
14 Nick Suzuki C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 20:24 0.25 12-13 0.57-0.58
40 Joel Armia R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 15:38 0.23 8-16 0.63-1.02
13 Cole Caufield R 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 19:46 0.07 13-9 0.75-0.24
51 Emil Heineman L 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 11:26 4-8 0.23-0.67
71 Jake Evans C 0 1 1 -2 0 0 2 14:00 8-16 0.63-1.48
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:02 0.03 12-13 0.64-0.40
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 23:01 0.13 14-14 0.76-0.73
15 Alex Newhook C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 15:13 0.16 6-11 0.31-1.19
17 Josh Anderson R 0 0 0 -3 4 2 1 12:40 0.52 14-21 0.84-0.83
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 18:08 0.06 9-15 0.29-0.54
21 Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 -3 0 3 3 22:20 0.09 15-25 0.94-1.14
22 Christian Dvorak C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 12:09 0.28 11-10 0.64-0.29
47 Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 12:53 6-14 0.13-1.34
48 Lane Hutson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 20:48 0.26 12-18 0.73-0.94
72 Justin Barron D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12:21 7-9 0.19-0.49
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 7 21:01 0.02 16-26 0.97-1.42
77 Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13:58 0.11 5-13 0.05-0.59
92 Patrik Laine L 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 16:14 0.10 3-14 0.03-1.27
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Samuel Montembeault L 26 20 6 48:41 2.92 -3.08
30 Cayden Primeau 7 4 3 11:19 1.15 -1.85