Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 6, 2022

FinalTuesday, Dec 6, 2022· PPG Paints Arena

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	1	0	0	1		CBJ	10	13	16	39
PIT	0	3	1	4		PIT	9	18	7	34

: CBJ 76PIT 59
: CBJ 3.46PIT 3.69
PP goals: CBJ 0PIT 1
Hits: CBJ 27PIT 29
Blocks: CBJ 9PIT 25
PIM: CBJ 8PIT 10
: CBJ 53%PIT 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–1 at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Petry, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 5:21 together.

Points
Sidney Crosby had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:43.Crosby
Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:20.Rust
Points
Jake Guentzel had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:33.Guentzel
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Petry, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 5:21 together.Malkin Crosby Petry Rakell Guentzel
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +9 against a season average of 30.1; the win.Jarry
Luck
CBJ scored 1 goal on 3.46 expected goals (76 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Johnny Gaudreau (CBJ) played 24:36, +5:15 up on his 19:21 season average over 79 games.Gaudreau
Usage
Patrik Laine (CBJ) played 23:21, +4:18 up on his 19:03 season average over 54 games.Laine

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 135 of 135 attempts · PIT 59 · CBJ 76

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 38% of the game, PIT 28%.

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
	64	52
	2.71	2.92
	2.58	2.82
	14	13
	6	5
	13	13
	+0.047	−0.047
	38%	28%

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

L1Gaudreau – Jenner – Laine
13:3655% CF
L2Kuraly – Olivier – Robinson
8:3440% CF
L3Nyquist – Roslovic – Johnson
5:3445% CF
L4Marchenko – Chinakhov – Sillinger
3:15100% CF
D1Gudbranson – Berni
12:2472% CF
D2Gavrikov – Bjork
11:3454% CF
D3Peeke – Bayreuther
9:4529% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Jenner – Laine – Marchenko – Bjork
3:41100% CF
PP2Nyquist – Roslovic – Gavrikov – Chinakhov – Johnson
3:20100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Robinson
3:04
PK2FNyquist – Roslovic
1:51
PK1DGavrikov – Peeke
6:01
PK2DGudbranson – Bayreuther
0:25

Current CBJ line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel
13:3447% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rust
6:4565% CF
L3Carter – McGinn – Kapanen
6:4233% CF
L4Archibald – Blueger – Heinen
3:4750% CF
D1Petry – Pettersson
13:4537% CF
D2Dumoulin – Rutta
11:4646% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Joseph
10:1861% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Petry – Rakell – Guentzel
5:2179% CF
PP2Carter – Crosby – Petry – Heinen – Joseph
0:480% CF
PK1FRust – Blueger
2:04
PK2FArchibald – McGinn
1:02
PK1DDumoulin – Rutta
4:00
PK2DPetry – Pettersson
3:27

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:00
CBJJohnny Gaudreau (Patrik Laine)snap0.22 xG
CBJ: Gaudreau, Jenner, Gavrikov, Laine, BjorkPIT: Malkin, Dumoulin, Zucker, Rust, Rutta
CBJ 1 – 0 PIT

2nd period

1:15
PITBryan Rust (Brian Dumoulin)wrist0.03 xG
CBJ: Gaudreau, Jenner, Gavrikov, Laine, BjorkPIT: Malkin, Dumoulin, Zucker, Rust, Rutta
CBJ 1 – 1 PIT
2:02
PITSidney Crosby (Jake Guentzel, Rickard Rakell)wrist0.02 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Roslovic, Peeke, Bayreuther, JohnsonPIT: Crosby, Rakell, Ruhwedel, Guentzel, Joseph
CBJ 1 – 2 PIT
10:14
PITSidney CrosbyPP (Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin)tip-in0.16 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Roslovic, Gavrikov, PeekePIT: Malkin, Crosby, Petry, Rakell, Guentzel
CBJ 1 – 3 PIT

3rd period

16:33
PITTeddy Blueger (Bryan Rust)wrist0.03 xG
CBJ: Gaudreau, Jenner, Laine, BjorkPIT: Dumoulin, Rust, Blueger, Rutta
CBJ 1 – 4 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
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.26	0	0	0	24:36	—	—	54	45
Patrik Laine L	L1	0	1	1	-1	8	0.48	0	0	0	23:21	—	—	57	43
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.31	5	0	0	22:14	—	—	55	38
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	5	3	0	14:13	—	—	42	42
Eric Robinson L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	1	0	0	13:37	—	—	39	42
Mathieu Olivier R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	4	0	0	11:38	—	—	44	38
Gustav Nyquist R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.56	0	0	2	18:48	—	—	65	65
Kent Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	1	0	14:56	—	—	47	65
Jack Roslovic C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:36	—	—	50	56
Egor Chinakhov R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	11:16	—	—	93	83
Kirill Marchenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	2	1	0	10:03	—	—	54	69
Cole Sillinger C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	9:31	—	—	92	94
Erik Gudbranson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	66	64
Tim Berni D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	2	13:39	—	—	70	69
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.06	0	3	0	24:57	—	—	66	63
Marcus Bjork D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	2	21:27	—	—	55	65
Andrew Peeke D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	18:25	—	—	27	20
Gavin Bayreuther D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	3	0	2	13:36	—	—	41	19

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	34	30	4	.882	3.69	57:06

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.35	2	0	0	21:14	—	—	46	61
Sidney Crosby C	L1	2	0	2	+1	4	0.46	1	1	0	20:43	—	—	46	54
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	2	2	+1	5	0.75	1	1	2	20:33	—	—	46	55
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.42	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	59	69
Bryan Rust R	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.28	0	1	0	14:20	—	—	60	68
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	3	1	0	13:15	—	—	51	62
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	3	2	14:21	—	—	32	20
Brock McGinn L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	0	2	11:58	—	—	30	17
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	5	1	0	10:43	—	—	38	24
Teddy Blueger C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.33	2	0	0	13:14	—	—	27	12
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:18	—	—	46	77
Josh Archibald R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	2	8:48	—	—	40	48
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	4	5	2	27:00	—	—	39	44
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	4	0	23:09	—	—	38	41
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.19	1	4	0	18:50	—	—	47	53
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	2	3	0	18:15	—	—	43	51
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	61	74
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	55	73

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	39	38	1	.974	3.46	59:47

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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.