Pittsburgh Penguins at San Jose Sharks

Jan 27, 2025 · SAP Center at San Jose

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	30
San Jose Sharks	2	28

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
07:41	SJS	Mikael Granlund (15)	Will Smith (13)	0 - 1
3rd Period
00:24	PIT	Sidney Crosby (15)	Bryan Rust (20), Matt Grzelcyk (25)	1 - 1
03:41	SJS	Macklin Celebrini (16)	Tyler Toffoli (14)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
00:59	SJS	Timothy Liljegren	Interference	2
12:56	PIT	Kevin Hayes	Tripping	2
19:48	SJS	Jake Walman	Holding	2
2nd Period
10:48	SJS	Macklin Celebrini	Holding	2
3rd Period
09:15	PIT	Bryan Rust	Interference goalkeeper	2
10:19	SJS	Timothy Liljegren	Ps holding on breakaway	0
17:23	PIT	Cody Glass	Cross checking	2
17:56	SJS	Jake Walman	Interference	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	53	30	1	3.6	58.8
San Jose Sharks	56	41	28	2	2.7	41.2

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

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.6 expected, 1 scored · San Jose Sharks: 2.7 expected, 2 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

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 · Bryan Rust · Rickard Rakell	14:08	51.7	57.3	1-1
Michael Bunting · Anthony Beauvillier · Cody Glass	10:58	75.0	91.3	0-0
Kevin Hayes · Philip Tomasino · Drew O'Connor	9:42	76.0	73.1	0-1
Matt Nieto · Bokondji Imama · Noel Acciari	5:03	38.5	24.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Marcus Pettersson	16:09	54.5	60.9	0-1
Erik Karlsson · Matt Grzelcyk	15:27	54.1	49.3	1-0
Ryan Graves · Ryan Shea	8:33	71.4	68.6	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	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	23:20	0.10	16-17	0.55-0.47
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	1	1	0	2	6	2	21:35	0.85	16-16	0.67-0.46
24	Matt Grzelcyk	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	20:46	0.13	26-17	1.24-0.78
6	Ryan Shea	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	12:01	0.01	13-9	0.67-0.27
12	Cody Glass	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	15:36	0.18	14-7	0.51-0.20
13	Kevin Hayes	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	15:05	0.28	20-9	0.96-0.46
14	Bokondji Imama	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	05:27		6-8	0.16-0.48
18	Drew O'Connor	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	13:38	0.34	21-10	0.97-0.43
26	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	20:56	0.14	20-17	0.71-0.51
27	Ryan Graves	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	12:47	0.04	17-4	0.87-0.12
52	Noel Acciari	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10:36	0.15	10-12	0.50-0.59
53	Philip Tomasino	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	13:04	0.26	20-9	0.84-0.47
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	22:54	0.20	23-19	1.09-0.58
58	Michael Bunting	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	18:33	0.61	16-5	0.80-0.04
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	24:18	0.04	21-18	0.75-0.87
67	Rickard Rakell	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	21:58	0.16	18-16	0.60-0.46
72	Anthony Beauvillier	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	13:02	0.10	17-5	0.56-0.04
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	10:28	0.02	6-12	0.16-0.59

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
33	Alex Nedeljkovic	L	28	26	2	57:56	2.34	+0.34

San Jose Sharks

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Tyler Toffoli · William Eklund · Macklin Celebrini	13:53	48.4	55.4	1-1
Alexander Wennberg · Luke Kunin · Nikolai Kovalenko	10:01	30.0	11.1	0-0
Mikael Granlund · Fabian Zetterlund · Will Smith	9:59	38.5	36.0	1-0
Barclay Goodrow · Colin White · Walker Duehr	5:03	44.4	64.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mario Ferraro · Timothy Liljegren	15:38	48.5	54.4	0-0
Cody Ceci · Jake Walman	14:09	30.8	21.7	1-1
Henry Thrun · Jack Thompson	9:59	39.1	43.9	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
64	Mikael Granlund	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	19:29	0.19	10-17	0.59-1.17
71	Macklin Celebrini	C	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	21:55	0.47	18-20	0.56-0.71
2	Will Smith	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	12:44	0.04	13-18	0.67-1.29
73	Tyler Toffoli	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	18:47	0.51	17-16	0.58-0.35
3	Henry Thrun	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	14:01	0.03	11-17	0.73-0.84
5	Cody Ceci	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23:18	0.02	12-18	0.33-0.88
15	Nikolai Kovalenko	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	11:03	0.05	6-15	0.07-0.58
16	Colin White	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	06:24	0.20	5-5	0.27-0.13
20	Fabian Zetterlund	L	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	12:04	0.38	12-18	0.65-1.29
21	Alexander Wennberg	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:34		9-19	0.14-0.64
23	Barclay Goodrow	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11:11		6-10	0.24-0.18
26	Jack Thompson	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	14:26	0.05	13-20	0.50-0.94
27	Timothy Liljegren	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17:14	0.11	17-19	0.54-0.42
27	William Eklund	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	22:43	0.13	17-17	0.51-0.47
38	Mario Ferraro	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	24:11	0.01	23-19	0.87-0.43
71	Luke Kunin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:33		6-19	0.07-0.58
71	Walker Duehr	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	06:46	0.03	6-6	0.24-0.18
96	Jake Walman	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	23:37	0.11	9-27	0.24-1.54

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Yaroslav Askarov	W	30	29	1	60:00	3.64	+2.64