Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 7, 2023

Final / OTTuesday, Mar 7, 2023· 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	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
CBJ	3	1	0	0	4		CBJ	10	9	8	0	27
PIT	0	1	3	1	5		PIT	7	16	18	6	47

: CBJ 48PIT 98
: CBJ 3.06PIT 4.52
PP goals: CBJ 1PIT 1
Hits: CBJ 43PIT 51
Blocks: CBJ 28PIT 10
PIM: CBJ 4PIT 4
: CBJ 50%PIT 50%

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 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–4 in overtime at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Michael Hutchinson (CBJ) faced 40 shots and stopped 35 (.875), +13 against a season average of 27.0; the overtime loss.

Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 23:50.Crosby
Points
Evgeni Malkin had 3 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:49.Malkin
Points
Jason Zucker had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:32.Zucker
Points
Emil Bemstrom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 11:03.Bemstrom
Points
Liam Foudy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:38.Foudy
Points
Kent Johnson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:53.Johnson
Points
Rickard Rakell had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:51.Rakell
Goalie
Michael Hutchinson (CBJ) faced 40 shots and stopped 35 (.875), +13 against a season average of 27.0; the overtime loss.Hutchinson

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 146 of 146 attempts · PIT 98 · CBJ 48

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 12% of the game, PIT 52%.

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
	46	104
	2.67	4.27
	2.57	4.20
	11	29
	8	8
	19	30
	−0.045	+0.046
	12%	52%

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

L1Roslovic – Laine – Johnson
13:2632% CF
L2Gaudreau – Jenner – Marchenko
13:1421% CF
L3Olivier – Robinson – Sillinger
10:5724% CF
L4Pederson – Bemstrom – Foudy
7:5541% CF
D1Gudbranson – Berni
9:0833% CF
D2Peeke – Blankenburg
8:1523% CF
D3Bayreuther – Boqvist
7:3126% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Jenner – Laine – Boqvist – Marchenko
1:5671% CF
PP2Roslovic – Bemstrom – Johnson – Sillinger – Blankenburg
1:44100% CF
PK1FRoslovic – Robinson
0:55
PK2FFoudy – Sillinger
0:26
PK1DGudbranson – Peeke
1:01

Current CBJ line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel
17:3877% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Nylander
8:5275% CF
L3Carter – Heinen – O'Connor
6:1491% CF
D1Letang – Pettersson
11:2357% CF
D2Kulikov – Rutta
10:1065% CF
D3Petry – Dumoulin
10:0186% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Guentzel
1:070% CF
PP2Carter – Petry – Zucker – Heinen – Nylander
0:36
PK1FBonino – Archibald
1:53
PK2FCarter – Heinen
1:01
PK1DPetry – Dumoulin
1:53
PK2DKulikov – Rutta
1:01

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:02
CBJEmil BemstromPP (Cole Sillinger, Kent Johnson)snap0.13 xG
CBJ: Roslovic, Bemstrom, Johnson, Sillinger, BlankenburgPIT: Petry, Bonino, Dumoulin, Archibald
CBJ 1 – 0 PIT
7:54
CBJLane Pederson (Liam Foudy)wrist0.24 xG
CBJ: Pederson, Peeke, Bayreuther, Bemstrom, FoudyPIT: Malkin, Kulikov, Zucker, Heinen, Rutta
CBJ 2 – 0 PIT
10:11
CBJPatrik Laine (Jack Roslovic, Kent Johnson)wrist0.16 xG
CBJ: Roslovic, Laine, Peeke, Bayreuther, JohnsonPIT: Malkin, Petry, Zucker, Pettersson, Heinen
CBJ 3 – 0 PIT

2nd period

2:37
CBJLiam Foudy (Emil Bemstrom)snap0.10 xG
CBJ: Pederson, Peeke, Bemstrom, Foudy, BlankenburgPIT: Crosby, Petry, Guentzel, Pettersson, Heinen
CBJ 4 – 0 PIT
10:23
PITJason Zucker (Evgeni Malkin, Alex Nylander)backhand0.16 xG
CBJ: Gudbranson, Roslovic, Laine, Berni, JohnsonPIT: Malkin, Letang, Zucker, Pettersson, Nylander
CBJ 4 – 1 PIT

3rd period

0:21
PITJake Guentzel (Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell)wrist0.07 xG
CBJ: Roslovic, Laine, Peeke, Johnson, BlankenburgPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Guentzel, Pettersson
CBJ 4 – 2 PIT
3:16
PITJason Zucker (Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.02 xG
CBJ: Gaudreau, Jenner, Bayreuther, Boqvist, MarchenkoPIT: Malkin, Petry, Dumoulin, Zucker, Nylander
CBJ 4 – 3 PIT
3:59
PITDanton Heinen (Rickard Rakell, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.20 xG
CBJ: Gudbranson, Olivier, Robinson, Berni, SillingerPIT: Crosby, Petry, Dumoulin, Rakell, Heinen
CBJ 4 – 4 PIT

OT period

2:45
PITSidney CrosbyPP (Evgeni Malkin)slap0.10 xG
CBJ: Gudbranson, Peeke, RobinsonPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Guentzel
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
Patrik Laine L	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.64	0	1	2	19:08	—	—	28	34
Jack Roslovic C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.10	1	3	0	19:05	—	—	31	34
Kent Johnson C	L1	0	2	2	-1	3	0.17	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	35	39
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.51	2	1	2	18:54	—	—	20	30
Johnny Gaudreau L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	0	0	0	18:26	—	—	21	31
Kirill Marchenko R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	1	0	15:53	—	—	21	31
Cole Sillinger C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.17	4	0	0	15:52	—	—	32	35
Mathieu Olivier R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	7	2	0	14:28	—	—	36	25
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	1	0	13:40	—	—	26	7
Liam Foudy C	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.29	0	0	0	11:38	—	—	44	55
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	1	1	2	+2	4	0.47	0	2	0	11:03	—	—	40	64
Lane Pederson C	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.24	8	0	0	10:36	—	—	46	57
Erik Gudbranson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	3	0	24:29	—	—	29	31
Tim Berni D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	2	2	0	12:15	—	—	29	23
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.03	3	7	0	27:57	—	—	29	48
Nick Blankenburg D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	4	1	0	21:47	—	—	28	24
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	3	0	17:16	—	—	27	34
Gavin Bayreuther D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	16:55	—	—	40	54

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Michael Hutchinson	O	40	35	5	.875	3.75	42:45
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	—	7	7	0	.1000	0.78	20:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	2	3	+1	4	0.67	1	2	0	23:50	—	—	71	68
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.74	2	0	0	23:04	—	—	75	71
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.11	8	0	0	22:51	—	—	67	67
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	3	3	0	5	0.35	1	0	0	19:49	—	—	66	46
Jason Zucker L	L2	2	0	2	0	4	0.51	2	0	0	18:32	—	—	69	45
Alex Nylander L	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.14	3	0	0	14:56	—	—	76	62
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	1	2	15:51	—	—	67	63
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	2	0	0	14:44	—	—	79	67
Danton Heinen L	L3	1	0	1	-2	5	0.48	2	0	0	14:15	—	—	67	51
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.35	9	3	0	24:09	—	—	60	65
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	0	19:49	—	—	62	56
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	0	0	15:03	—	—	69	51
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	0	2	14:06	—	—	64	52
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	0	5	0.14	5	0	0	22:07	—	—	83	66
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.02	2	2	0	19:59	—	—	75	76
Josh Archibald R	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	6	1	0	8:41	—	—	69	79
Nick Bonino C	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	7:53	—	—	54	69
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	6:22	—	—	71	66

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith	W	15	15	0	.1000	1.50	40:08
Tristan Jarry(start)	—	12	8	4	.667	1.56	22:37

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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.