Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 27, 2017

Final / SOWednesday, Dec 27, 2017· PPG Paints Arena

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
CBJ	2	1	1	0	0	4		CBJ	9	7	15	2	33
PIT	0	1	3	0	1	5		PIT	10	16	9	2	37

: CBJ 64PIT 67
: CBJ 3.02PIT 3.28
PP goals: CBJ 0PIT 2
Hits: CBJ 36PIT 36
Blocks: CBJ 17PIT 16
PIM: CBJ 8PIT 6
: CBJ 40%PIT 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Columbus Blue Jackets 5–4 (SO)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–4 in a shootout at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Hornqvist, Kessel and Maatta) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:45 together.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 20:54.Malkin
Points
Artemi Panarin had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:10.Panarin
Points
Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:37.Kessel
Points
Patric Hornqvist had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:39.Hornqvist
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Hornqvist, Kessel and Maatta) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:45 together.Malkin Crosby Hornqvist Kessel Maatta
Usage
Markus Nutivaara (CBJ) played 24:16, +8:23 up on his 15:53 season average over 60 games.Nutivaara
New line
New look for CBJ: Foligno–Jenner–Bjorkstrand skated 12:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (65.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Jenner Bjorkstrand
Usage
Bryan Rust (PIT) played 10:06, −6:02 down on his 16:08 season average over 68 games.Rust

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 131 of 131 attempts · PIT 67 · CBJ 64

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 28% of the game, PIT 31%.

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
	58	62
	2.06	2.14
	2.04	2.10
	12	7
	10	0
	14	13
	−0.086	+0.086
	28%	31%

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
14:1252% CF
L2Foligno – Jenner – Bjorkstrand
12:0865% CF
L3Schroeder – Motte – Hannikainen
6:2518% CF
L4Calvert – Sedlak – Milano
6:2444% CF
D1Jones – Nutivaara
20:0166% CF
D2Johnson – Savard
15:2042% CF
D3Harrington – Carlsson
9:4548% CF

PP1Anderson – Bjorkstrand – Jones – Panarin – Dubois
2:30100% CF
PP2Foligno – Schroeder – Jenner – Milano – Nutivaara
1:12
PK1FFoligno – Anderson
2:16
PK2FCalvert – Sedlak
1:29
PK1DJohnson – Savard
3:34
PK2DHarrington – Jones
1:10

Current CBJ line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Hornqvist – Guentzel
8:3957% CF
L2Malkin – Kessel – Hagelin
8:3369% CF
L3Reaves – Kuhnhackl – Rowney
4:0738% CF
L4Sheahan – Rust – Sheary
2:5257% CF
D1Hunwick – Dumoulin
14:5554% CF
D2Cole – Oleksiak
13:2357% CF
D3Maatta – Ruhwedel
9:1342% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Hornqvist – Kessel – Maatta
3:4569% CF
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Maatta – Guentzel – Sheary
0:49100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
1:38
PK2FRust – Rowney
1:14
PK1DCole – Dumoulin
2:18
PK2DHunwick – Oleksiak
1:37

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:06
CBJSonny Milano (Seth Jones, Markus Nutivaara)wrist0.01 xG
CBJ: Calvert, Sedlak, Jones, Milano, NutivaaraPIT: Malkin, Kessel, Cole, Oleksiak, Guentzel
CBJ 1 – 0 PIT
14:34
CBJBoone Jenner (Oliver Bjorkstrand, Nick Foligno)wrist0.11 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Jones, NutivaaraPIT: Malkin, Kessel, Cole, Oleksiak, Guentzel
CBJ 2 – 0 PIT

2nd period

5:57
PITConor Sheary (Bryan Rust, Riley Sheahan)snap0.06 xG
CBJ: Calvert, Sedlak, Jones, Milano, NutivaaraPIT: Cole, Sheahan, Rust, Oleksiak, Sheary
CBJ 2 – 1 PIT
16:49
CBJArtemi Panarin (Matt Calvert, David Savard)wrist0.13 xG
CBJ: Johnson, Calvert, Savard, Panarin, DuboisPIT: Hunwick, Sheahan, Rust, Maatta, Sheary
CBJ 3 – 1 PIT

3rd period

3:34
PITPhil KesselPP (Patric Hornqvist, Evgeni Malkin)snap0.04 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Jenner, Harrington, JonesPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Hornqvist, Kessel, Oleksiak
CBJ 3 – 2 PIT
10:02
CBJArtemi Panarin (Josh Anderson, Pierre-Luc Dubois)wrist0.26 xG
CBJ: Harrington, Anderson, Carlsson, Panarin, DuboisPIT: Hunwick, Crosby, Hornqvist, Maatta, Guentzel
CBJ 4 – 2 PIT
14:24
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Phil Kessel, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.04 xG
CBJ: Johnson, Calvert, Savard, SedlakPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Hornqvist, Kessel, Maatta
CBJ 4 – 3 PIT
18:20
PITJake Guentzel (Patric Hornqvist, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.16 xG
CBJ: Johnson, Foligno, Calvert, Savard, JennerPIT: Malkin, Hornqvist, Cole, Oleksiak, Guentzel
CBJ 4 – 4 PIT

Decided in the shootout: CBJ 4 – 5 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	2	0	2	+2	4	0.71	0	0	0	23:10	—	—	55	58
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	1	1	+2	5	0.31	2	0	0	22:38	—	—	52	65
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	3	0	0	22:01	—	—	55	62
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.68	3	0	0	24:26	—	—	58	53
Boone Jenner C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.35	3	2	0	18:22	—	—	59	45
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	2	0	0	17:16	—	—	66	57
Markus Hannikainen L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:23	—	—	13	30
Jordan Schroeder C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	9:18	—	—	24	18
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	4	1	0	8:56	—	—	23	37
Matt Calvert L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	3	2	2	12:43	—	—	48	46
Lukas Sedlak C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	2	1	0	11:36	—	—	45	45
Sonny Milano L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	11:09	—	—	29	19
Seth Jones D	D1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.29	1	2	2	30:08	—	—	63	61
Markus Nutivaara D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	4	2	4	24:16	—	—	52	52
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	21:33	—	—	38	33
David Savard D	D2	0	1	1	0	4	0.06	2	3	0	20:40	—	—	43	49
Scott Harrington D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	14:05	—	—	44	61
Gabriel Carlsson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	10:42	—	—	44	59

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	O	37	33	4	.892	3.28	65:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.29	0	0	2	23:06	—	—	64	59
Patric Hornqvist R	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.22	3	0	2	20:39	—	—	62	64
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.41	2	2	2	19:50	—	—	51	44
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	2	3	-1	4	0.72	1	0	0	20:54	—	—	53	52
Phil Kessel R	L2	1	1	2	-2	3	0.32	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	52	44
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	16:30	—	—	53	62
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	11:25	—	—	36	20
Carter Rowney C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:13	—	—	33	22
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	7:24	—	—	31	37
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	17:10	—	—	46	44
Conor Sheary L	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.22	1	0	0	15:57	—	—	59	56
Bryan Rust R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	10:06	—	—	52	51
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	3	4	0	24:12	—	—	57	66
Matt Hunwick D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	3	2	0	22:31	—	—	47	42
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	2	1	0	21:04	—	—	62	69
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	7	0	0	20:43	—	—	57	62
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	-2	5	0.33	4	2	0	21:57	—	—	43	23
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	2	0	0	10:03	—	—	42	33

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	33	29	4	.879	3.02	65:00

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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.