Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsOct 5, 2019

FinalSaturday, Oct 5, 2019· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	1	1	2		CBJ	12	12	6	30
PIT	0	5	2	7		PIT	10	14	16	40

: CBJ 47PIT 68
: CBJ 2.57PIT 3.73
PP goals: CBJ 0PIT 1
Hits: CBJ 49PIT 44
Blocks: CBJ 15PIT 8
PIM: CBJ 13PIT 7
: CBJ 49%PIT 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Columbus Blue Jackets 7–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 7–2 at home. Jared McCann (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for CBJ: Nyquist–Atkinson–Dubois skated 10:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jared McCann had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:43.McCann
Points
Patric Hornqvist had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 18:12.Hornqvist
Points
Alex Galchenyuk had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:42.Galchenyuk
Points
Riley Nash had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:00.Nash
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:08.Crosby
New line
New look for CBJ: Nyquist–Atkinson–Dubois skated 10:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nyquist Atkinson Dubois
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Guentzel–Simon skated 11:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Guentzel Simon
Usage
Evgeni Malkin (PIT) played 7:50, −11:54 down on his 19:44 season average over 54 games.Malkin

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 115 of 115 attempts · PIT 68 · CBJ 47

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 19% of the game, PIT 44%.

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
	49	70
	1.88	3.48
	1.76	3.21
	5	8
	5	10
	6	20
	−0.027	+0.027
	19%	44%

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

L1Nyquist – Atkinson – Dubois
10:2729% CF
L2Foligno – Jenner – Anderson
9:4145% CF
L3Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – Texier
7:3770% CF
L4Nash – Bemstrom – Lilja
2:2633% CF
D1Murray – Jones
11:1628% CF
D2Kukan – Gavrikov
10:1461% CF
D3Savard – Werenski
9:1147% CF

PP1Nyquist – Atkinson – Jones – Wennberg – Dubois
1:35100% CF
PP2Foligno – Anderson – Bjorkstrand – Werenski – Bemstrom
0:25100% CF
PK1FAtkinson – Wennberg
1:17
PK2FJenner – Lilja
1:09
PK1DMurray – Jones
2:44
PK2DSavard – Werenski
1:16

Current CBJ line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Guentzel – Simon
11:2561% CF
L2Galchenyuk – McCann – Tanev
8:0043% CF
L3Blueger – Aston-Reese – Kahun
6:0167% CF
L4Malkin – Hornqvist – Bjugstad
0:00
D1Letang – Dumoulin
16:2271% CF
D2Schultz – Pettersson
15:1045% CF
D3Johnson – Gudbranson
15:0050% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Schultz – Galchenyuk – Guentzel
2:21
PP2Letang – Hornqvist – Bjugstad – McCann – Pettersson
1:3175% CF
PK1FBjugstad – Tanev
0:51
PK2FBlueger – Aston-Reese
0:37
PK1DJohnson – Letang
1:19
PK2DGudbranson – Pettersson
0:37

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:45
PITPatric Hornqvist (Jack Johnson, Jared McCann)wrist0.23 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Savard, Jenner, Anderson, WerenskiPIT: Malkin, Johnson, Hornqvist, Gudbranson, McCann
CBJ 0 – 1 PIT
4:14
PITMarcus Pettersson (Sidney Crosby)snap0.04 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Atkinson, Savard, Werenski, DuboisPIT: Crosby, Gudbranson, Guentzel, Pettersson, Simon
CBJ 0 – 2 PIT
6:45
CBJZach Werenski (Riley Nash, Nick Foligno)snap0.03 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Nash, Savard, Werenski, LiljaPIT: Crosby, Schultz, Guentzel, Pettersson, Simon
CBJ 1 – 2 PIT
8:45
PITJared McCannwrist0.06 xG
CBJ: Jenner, Murray, Anderson, Jones, BemstromPIT: Johnson, Gudbranson, Galchenyuk, McCann, Tanev
CBJ 1 – 3 PIT
15:23
PITJared McCann (Alex Galchenyuk)snap0.03 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Atkinson, Savard, Werenski, TexierPIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Galchenyuk, McCann, Tanev
CBJ 1 – 4 PIT
19:58
PITKris LetangPP (Alex Galchenyuk, Justin Schultz)slap0.11 xG
CBJ: Savard, Jenner, Murray, AndersonPIT: Letang, Hornqvist, Schultz, Galchenyuk, McCann
CBJ 1 – 5 PIT

3rd period

9:50
PITPatric Hornqvist (Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel)wrist0.08 xG
CBJ: Nash, Atkinson, Kukan, Gavrikov, LiljaPIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Dumoulin, Guentzel
CBJ 1 – 6 PIT
11:58
PITTeddy Blueger (Dominik Kahun, Brandon Tanev)snap0.04 xG
CBJ: Foligno, Jenner, Anderson, Jones, GavrikovPIT: Johnson, Gudbranson, Blueger, Tanev, Kahun
CBJ 1 – 7 PIT
14:19
CBJGustav Nyquist (Riley Nash)wrist0.12 xG
CBJ: Nash, Nyquist, Atkinson, Jones, WerenskiPIT: Letang, Gudbranson, Galchenyuk, McCann, Tanev
CBJ 2 – 7 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
Cam Atkinson R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	3	0	0	16:10	—	—	29	27
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.74	2	1	0	15:48	—	—	30	30
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	3	1	5	15:22	—	—	33	30
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.27	1	1	0	16:21	—	—	41	20
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.03	2	0	2	16:01	—	—	41	20
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	1	1	-1	7	0.18	8	0	2	13:18	—	—	53	32
Alexander Wennberg C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	1	0	0	18:21	—	—	48	43
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	4	0	0	15:38	—	—	50	83
Alexandre Texier L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	3	0	0	14:43	—	—	55	65
Riley Nash C	L4	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	3	2	2	12:00	—	—	42	55
Jakob Lilja L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	4	2	0	11:40	—	—	37	42
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	10:26	—	—	50	13
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	4	2	26:12	—	—	34	35
Ryan Murray D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	21:21	—	—	24	25
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	2	1	0	16:07	—	—	43	32
Dean Kukan D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	0	0	15:16	—	—	52	28
Zach Werenski D	D3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.17	1	0	0	20:33	—	—	48	44
David Savard D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	4	2	0	18:19	—	—	44	36

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	40	33	7	.825	3.73	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.26	1	0	5	18:08	—	—	61	73
Dominik Simon C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	64	73
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.54	2	0	0	17:06	—	—	64	75
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.09	3	0	0	16:42	—	—	44	43
Jared McCann L	L2	2	1	3	+2	3	0.10	2	0	0	15:43	—	—	57	67
Brandon Tanev L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	4	2	0	14:53	—	—	52	59
Dominik Kahun C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	56	51
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.43	5	0	0	13:55	—	—	59	77
Teddy Blueger C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	1	0	0	13:25	—	—	68	67
Patric Hornqvist R	L4	2	0	2	+2	7	1.08	6	1	0	18:12	—	—	64	68
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	0	0	12:52	—	—	53	36
Evgeni Malkin C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:50	—	—	50	71
Kris Letang D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.28	1	1	0	24:08	—	—	69	75
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	2	0	2	18:30	—	—	74	84
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.21	2	1	0	20:46	—	—	50	56
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	1	0	1	0	3	0.08	4	2	0	19:12	—	—	47	50
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.02	5	1	0	18:08	—	—	50	67
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	+3	1	0.01	2	0	0	17:07	—	—	55	60

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	2.57	59:55

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.