Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 21, 2017

Final / SOThursday, Dec 21, 2017· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
CBJ	0	1	1	0	0	2		CBJ	8	11	8	5	32
PIT	0	0	2	0	1	3		PIT	15	15	10	1	41

: CBJ 54PIT 76
: CBJ 2.89PIT 3.47
PP goals: CBJ 1PIT 2
Hits: CBJ 29PIT 33
Blocks: CBJ 14PIT 10
PIM: CBJ 35PIT 24
: CBJ 57%PIT 43%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 (SO)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 in a shootout at home. Pierre-Luc Dubois (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel, Maatta and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:04 together.

Points
Artemi Panarin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:32.Panarin
Points
Pierre-Luc Dubois had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:52.Dubois
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel, Maatta and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:04 together.Letang Hornqvist Kessel Maatta Guentzel
Goalie
Sergei Bobrovsky (CBJ) faced 41 shots and stopped 39 (.951), +10 against a season average of 30.7; the overtime loss.Bobrovsky
New line
New look for CBJ: Foligno–Calvert–Bjorkstrand skated 9:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Calvert Bjorkstrand
Usage
Kris Letang (PIT) played 29:42, +4:26 up on his 25:16 season average over 78 games.Letang
Usage
Sonny Milano (CBJ) played 4:51, −6:56 down on his 11:47 season average over 54 games.Milano
Usage
Markus Nutivaara (CBJ) played 22:05, +6:09 up on his 15:56 season average over 60 games.Nutivaara

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CBJ attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · PIT 76 · CBJ 54

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT pressure
CBJ pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CBJ 32% of the game, PIT 42%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

PIT

CBJ

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CBJ	PIT
	41	66
	1.67	2.61
	1.55	2.54
	5	18
	2	4
	12	7
	+0.102	−0.102
	32%	42%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Anderson – Panarin – Dubois
10:2642% CF
L2Foligno – Calvert – Bjorkstrand
9:0033% CF
L3Atkinson – Jenner – Wennberg
8:1333% CF
L4Sedlak – Milano – Hannikainen
1:430% CF
D1Johnson – Savard
15:1323% CF
D2Jones – Nutivaara
14:5346% CF
D3Harrington – Carlsson
8:3232% CF

PP1Atkinson – Jones – Wennberg – Panarin – Dubois
3:3983% CF
PP2Foligno – Anderson – Bjorkstrand – Milano – Nutivaara
1:49100% CF
PK1FAtkinson – Wennberg
1:54
PK2FCalvert – Jenner
1:31
PK1DJohnson – Savard
3:52
PK2DHarrington – Carlsson
1:14

Current CBJ line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
7:2863% CF
L2Malkin – Kessel – Sheary
6:5380% CF
L3Hornqvist – Hagelin – Sheahan
3:4375% CF
L4Reaves – Rowney – Simon
1:1017% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
13:4971% CF
D2Maatta – Ruhwedel
10:2379% CF
D3Hunwick – Oleksiak
9:0047% CF

PP1Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel – Maatta – Guentzel
3:04100% CF
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
1:34100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
3:08
PK2FRust – Rowney
2:34
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
3:41
PK2DHunwick – Maatta
2:01

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:09
CBJPierre-Luc Dubois (Artemi Panarin, Gabriel Carlsson)wrist0.16 xG
CBJ: Harrington, Anderson, Carlsson, Panarin, DuboisPIT: Letang, Reaves, Dumoulin, Rowney, Simon
CBJ 1 – 0 PIT

3rd period

2:25
PITPatric HornqvistPP (Phil Kessel, Kris Letang)tip-in0.10 xG
CBJ: Johnson, Calvert, Savard, SedlakPIT: Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel, Maatta, Guentzel
CBJ 1 – 1 PIT
15:03
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Sidney Crosby, Olli Maatta)backhand0.04 xG
CBJ: Johnson, Calvert, SedlakPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Kessel, Maatta
CBJ 1 – 2 PIT
16:14
CBJArtemi PanarinPP (Seth Jones, Pierre-Luc Dubois)snap0.10 xG
CBJ: Atkinson, Jones, Panarin, DuboisPIT: Dumoulin, Sheahan, Rowney
CBJ 2 – 2 PIT

Decided in the shootout: CBJ 2 – 3 PIT.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.54	0	0	0	22:32	—	—	43	44
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.27	3	1	2	20:20	—	—	44	44
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.45	4	0	0	18:52	—	—	39	49
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	3	2	5	19:40	—	—	44	35
Matt Calvert L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	16:38	—	—	33	20
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	13:37	—	—	41	25
Cam Atkinson R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	23:24	—	—	33	40
Alexander Wennberg C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	19:33	—	—	39	45
Boone Jenner C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.24	2	1	15	12:52	—	—	33	25
Lukas Sedlak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	7	7:01	—	—	29	46
Markus Hannikainen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	5:05	—	—	29	44
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	4:51	—	—	33	41
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	3	0	23:21	—	—	25	20
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	7	1	0	22:18	—	—	30	28
Seth Jones D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	1	6	26:44	—	—	45	48
Markus Nutivaara D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	1	0	22:05	—	—	55	56
Scott Harrington D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.27	0	2	0	13:17	—	—	33	39
Gabriel Carlsson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	2	1	0	11:33	—	—	38	43

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	O	41	39	2	.951	3.47	65:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.18	1	0	6	21:04	—	—	58	62
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.47	3	0	0	21:01	—	—	60	67
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	4	0	0	17:30	—	—	71	89
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.75	0	0	0	20:24	—	—	74	82
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	0	1	0	6	0.51	1	0	5	17:59	—	—	75	91
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	0	2	15:27	—	—	74	83
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	3	1	0	17:19	—	—	63	61
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	14:50	—	—	57	34
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.23	1	1	2	14:04	—	—	63	47
Carter Rowney C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	0	0	9:42	—	—	44	22
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	1	0	5	5:59	—	—	62	32
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	1	0	5:53	—	—	40	18
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.28	1	1	4	29:42	—	—	71	56
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	2	0	25:48	—	—	59	48
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	4	0	0	18:10	—	—	76	93
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	15:59	—	—	77	93
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	5	1	0	17:26	—	—	42	44
Matt Hunwick D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	16:20	—	—	48	53

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.89	65:00

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.