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Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 21, 2025 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 47
Pittsburgh Penguins 6 34

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:28 PIT Evgeni Malkin (14) Philip Tomasino (11), Connor Dewar (4) 0 - 1
13:51 PIT Noel Acciari (5) Blake Lizotte (9) 0 - 2
14:07 CBJ Boone Jenner (1) Denton Mateychuk (4), Ivan Provorov (22) 1 - 2
14:53 PIT Rickard Rakell (32) Bryan Rust (28), Sidney Crosby (51) 1 - 3
2nd Period
01:35 CBJ Justin Danforth (8) Mathieu Olivier (11), Damon Severson (19) 2 - 3
08:15 PIT Bokondji Imama (1) Danton Heinen (17), Kevin Hayes (10) 2 - 4
15:31 PIT Sidney Crosby (25) Matt Grzelcyk (31) 2 - 5
3rd Period
03:45 CBJ Kent Johnson (22) Sean Kuraly (10), Egor Chinakhov (8) 3 - 5
18:03 PIT Bryan Rust (23) Rickard Rakell (29), Alex Nedeljkovic (1) 3 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
11:49 PIT Bokondji Imama Fighting 5
11:49 CBJ Mathieu Olivier Fighting 5
2nd Period
19:05 PIT Bokondji Imama Interference 2
3rd Period
06:54 CBJ Zachary Aston-Reese Boarding 2
08:39 PIT Philip Tomasino Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Columbus Blue Jackets 93 68 47 3 4.7 58.2
Pittsburgh Penguins 56 47 34 6 3.7 41.8

How the game went

3020100Start2nd3rdPittsburgh Penguins aheadColumbus Blue Jackets 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 Columbus Blue Jackets had.

Expected goals

Columbus Blue Jackets: 4.7 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.7 expected, 6 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndCBJ goal, 14:07 of 1st, a 7% chanceCBJ goal, 1:35 of 2nd, a 27% chanceCBJ goal, 3:45 of 3rd, a 8% chancePIT goal, 5:28 of 1st, a 7% chancePIT goal, 13:51 of 1st, a 14% chancePIT goal, 14:53 of 1st, a 30% chancePIT goal, 8:15 of 2nd, a 12% chancePIT goal, 15:31 of 2nd, a 7% chancePIT goal, 18:03 of 3rd, a 50% chanceCBJ 4.7PIT 3.7

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

Columbus Blue Jackets
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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kirill Marchenko · Dmitri Voronkov · Adam Fantilli9:0051.946.00-1
James van Riemsdyk · Sean Kuraly · Luke Kunin8:0150.047.20-1
Mathieu Olivier · Justin Danforth · Zachary Aston-Reese8:0150.061.31-2
Boone Jenner · Egor Chinakhov · Kent Johnson7:5373.366.61-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Werenski · Dante Fabbro17:2056.561.71-1
Ivan Provorov · Denton Mateychuk15:3251.739.81-3
Jack Johnson · Damon Severson8:1357.161.20-0

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
15 Justin Danforth R 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 12:51 0.63 17-12 1.52-0.58
22 Boone Jenner C 1 0 1 -1 0 6 3 16:13 0.94 17-6 0.74-0.53
91 Kent Johnson C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 18:40 0.28 20-10 0.93-0.55
5 Denton Mateychuk D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 17:17 0.03 19-14 0.89-1.18
9 Ivan Provorov D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 21:15 0.02 22-16 0.97-1.56
24 Mathieu Olivier R 0 1 1 -1 5 3 2 12:43 0.23 18-13 1.00-0.69
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 15:40 0.35 18-15 0.48-0.46
59 Egor Chinakhov R 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 12:07 0.05 17-10 0.78-0.71
78 Damon Severson D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:20 24-15 1.45-0.85
3 Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:12 0.13 13-11 0.73-0.62
8 Zach Werenski D 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 29:15 0.36 38-24 1.79-0.81
10 Dmitri Voronkov L 0 0 0 -2 0 5 1 16:31 0.53 18-16 0.79-1.04
15 Dante Fabbro D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:49 0.12 26-22 1.12-0.79
19 Adam Fantilli C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:22 0.25 19-18 0.74-1.32
21 James van Riemsdyk L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 14:40 0.11 10-11 0.32-0.69
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 14:42 0.16 23-13 1.60-0.60
71 Luke Kunin C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 15:56 0.34 14-13 0.68-0.49
86 Kirill Marchenko R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 19:08 0.22 22-16 0.87-1.03
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Elvis Merzlikins L 33 28 5 58:19 3.21 -1.79

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Rickard Rakell13:0850.056.22-0
Evgeni Malkin · Connor Dewar · Philip Tomasino12:4848.049.11-0
Noel Acciari · Joona Koppanen · Blake Lizotte10:2525.022.11-2
Kevin Hayes · Danton Heinen · Bokondji Imama6:0525.040.21-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Karlsson · Matt Grzelcyk17:3543.145.53-1
Kris Letang · Conor Timmins14:1046.439.51-1
Ryan Graves · Vladislav Kolyachonok12:0230.026.90-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
17 Bryan Rust R 1 1 2 3 0 5 0 19:07 0.43 21-22 1.29-1.00
67 Rickard Rakell R 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 17:43 0.58 24-22 1.45-1.02
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 3 0 3 1 18:10 0.18 20-22 1.28-1.02
14 Bokondji Imama L 1 0 1 0 7 2 3 07:50 0.15 5-14 0.27-0.37
52 Noel Acciari C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 4 14:07 0.26 6-20 0.35-1.27
71 Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 16:54 0.40 16-17 0.95-0.85
13 Kevin Hayes R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10:37 0.11 6-14 0.36-0.45
19 Connor Dewar C 0 1 1 1 0 4 3 16:36 0.20 14-13 0.74-0.72
24 Matt Grzelcyk D 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 22:34 23-33 1.12-1.35
46 Blake Lizotte C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 15:36 0.07 10-20 0.40-1.25
53 Philip Tomasino R 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 14:44 0.43 14-15 0.84-0.76
58 Danton Heinen L 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10:20 0.03 8-14 0.38-0.45
15 Joona Koppanen L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7 15:25 9-20 0.41-1.29
21 Conor Timmins D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 20:51 0.02 16-18 0.95-1.15
27 Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 16:42 0.03 12-20 0.57-0.84
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 23:05 15-21 0.87-1.32
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 21:56 0.27 28-34 1.67-1.42
74 Vladislav Kolyachonok D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:43 0.03 8-16 0.62-0.89
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
33 Alex Nedeljkovic W 47 44 3 60:00 4.78 +1.78