Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 28, 2024

FinalThursday, Mar 28, 2024· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	2	0	2		CBJ	8	4	7	19
PIT	0	2	1	3		PIT	10	16	10	36

: CBJ 55PIT 65
: CBJ 2.83PIT 4.00
PP goals: CBJ 0PIT 2
Hits: CBJ 26PIT 12
Blocks: CBJ 12PIT 17
PIM: CBJ 10PIT 4
: 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 3–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Bunting) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 5:09 together.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:58.Malkin
Points
Cole Sillinger had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:26.Sillinger
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:02.Crosby
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Bunting) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 5:09 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rust Bunting
New line
New look for CBJ: Gaudreau–Jenner–Voronkov skated 13:30 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaudreau Jenner Voronkov
Usage
Ryan Graves (PIT) played 5:27, −13:08 down on his 18:35 season average over 69 games.Graves
Usage
Kris Letang (PIT) played 31:15, +6:39 up on his 24:36 season average over 81 games.Letang
Goalie
Daniil Tarasov (CBJ) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +3 against a season average of 33.2; the loss.Tarasov

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 120 of 120 attempts · PIT 65 · CBJ 55

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 33% of the game, PIT 38%.

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
	48	59
	2.75	2.86
	2.57	2.71
	11	19
	10	4
	18	13
	−0.042	+0.042
	33%	38%

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 – Voronkov
13:3052% CF
L2Texier – Marchenko – Sillinger
10:5942% CF
L3Gaunce – Olivier – Pyyhtia
8:1053% CF
L4Meyer – Angle – Malatesta
6:2425% CF
D1Severson – Werenski
13:2533% CF
D2Provorov – Bean
8:2664% CF
D3Gudbranson – Christiansen
5:1380% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Jenner – Werenski – Marchenko – Voronkov
1:03100% CF
PP2Severson – Provorov – Texier – Pyyhtia – Sillinger
0:40
PK1FJenner – Texier
2:01
PK2FOlivier – Sillinger
1:31
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
2:18
PK2DSeverson – Werenski
1:26

Current CBJ line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – O'Connor
12:2159% CF
L2Malkin – Rakell – Bunting
10:1767% CF
L3Eller – Smith – Puustinen
8:3957% CF
L4Carter – Puljujarvi – Poulin
6:1357% CF
D1Letang – Joseph
13:3954% CF
D2Karlsson – Pettersson
12:4565% CF
D3Graves – St. Ivany
5:2657% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Bunting
5:0977% CF
PP2Carter – Eller – Karlsson – Smith – Rakell
1:3650% CF
PK1FCarter – Rust
1:03
PK2FEller – O'Connor
0:51
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
1:03
PK2DJoseph – St. Ivany
0:24

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:20
CBJMathieu Olivier (Damon Severson, Cole Sillinger)wrist0.67 xG
CBJ: Severson, Provorov, Olivier, Pyyhtia, SillingerPIT: Crosby, Rust, Pettersson, St. Ivany, Poulin
CBJ 1 – 0 PIT
9:50
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Kris Letang, Bryan Rust)slap0.06 xG
CBJ: Gudbranson, Provorov, Olivier, SillingerPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, Bunting
CBJ 1 – 1 PIT
13:11
CBJCole Sillinger (Alexandre Texier, Ivan Provorov)snap0.10 xG
CBJ: Severson, Provorov, Texier, Marchenko, SillingerPIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, St. Ivany, O'Connor
CBJ 2 – 1 PIT
16:11
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Sidney Crosby, Michael Bunting)wrist0.13 xG
CBJ: Gudbranson, Gaunce, Bean, OlivierPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Bunting
CBJ 2 – 2 PIT

3rd period

0:35
PITDrew O'Connor (Sidney Crosby, Pierre-Olivier Joseph)snap0.15 xG
CBJ: Gaudreau, Jenner, Severson, Werenski, VoronkovPIT: Crosby, Letang, Karlsson, Rust, O'Connor
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
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	1	2	22:50	—	—	52	50
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	0	0	0	20:18	—	—	48	43
Dmitri Voronkov L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	5	0	2	17:08	—	—	50	50
Alexandre Texier L	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.53	0	1	2	19:56	—	—	40	42
Cole Sillinger C	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.10	0	0	0	19:26	—	—	43	59
Kirill Marchenko R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	18:31	—	—	44	34
Mathieu Olivier R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.79	2	1	0	14:33	—	—	55	59
Mikael Pyyhtia L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	0	0	12:34	—	—	57	59
Brendan Gaunce C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	4	0	0	11:22	—	—	56	24
Carson Meyer R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:35	—	—	25	49
James Malatesta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	5	0	0	7:13	—	—	25	49
Tyler Angle C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	7:02	—	—	25	49
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	1	0	27:10	—	—	40	39
Damon Severson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	1	0	2	22:23	—	—	41	58
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	3	3	0	23:27	—	—	44	59
Jake Bean D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:55	—	—	60	57
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	2	16:53	—	—	48	25
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:41	—	—	42	25

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Daniil Tarasov(start)	L	36	33	3	.917	3.36	57:33

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.16	0	0	0	23:20	—	—	48	32
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	2	2	-1	3	0.33	0	1	2	21:02	—	—	50	33
Drew O'Connor L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.58	1	1	0	15:56	—	—	55	47
Michael Bunting L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.39	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	65	70
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	2	0	2	0	5	0.39	0	0	0	17:58	—	—	63	63
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	0	0	13:50	—	—	64	69
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:19	—	—	48	82
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	0	0	0	16:16	—	—	50	88
Valtteri Puustinen R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.45	1	2	0	9:44	—	—	57	88
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	14:12	—	—	50	41
Sam Poulin R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	3	1	2	9:01	—	—	55	16
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	8:40	—	—	55	39
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.78	0	2	0	31:15	—	—	62	49
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	19:11	—	—	50	41
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	1	3	0	21:59	—	—	57	68
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	3	0	21:15	—	—	61	48
Jack St. Ivany D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	5	1	0	13:56	—	—	37	41
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:27	—	—	57	78

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	19	17	2	.895	2.83	59:38

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Mathieu Olivier (CBJ) 2nd 5:20 · assists Damon Severson, Cole Sillinger · Rush · carried in · 9.8 mph shot · 4.6 s from entry to goal.

Mathieu Olivier · 2nd 5:20 · CBJ

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 9.8 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s

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Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 9:50 · PIT PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3
Shot: 75.7 mph
Distance: 43 ft

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Cole Sillinger · 2nd 13:11 · CBJ

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 3
Shot: 63.5 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s
Type: one-timer

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Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 16:11 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 30.8 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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Drew O'Connor · 3rd 0:35 · PIT

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 65.6 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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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.