Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 21, 2018

FinalWednesday, Mar 21, 2018· PPG Paints Arena

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

3

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	2	0	3		MTL	9	12	9	30
PIT	2	1	2	5		PIT	16	12	11	39

: MTL 55PIT 66
: MTL 3.12PIT 4.02
PP goals: MTL 0PIT 2
Hits: MTL 41PIT 23
Blocks: MTL 15PIT 18
PIM: MTL 11PIT 11
: MTL 47%PIT 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3 at home. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:29 together.

Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:14.Guentzel
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:37.Malkin
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:12.Crosby
Points
Phil Kessel had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:06.Kessel
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:29 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Hornqvist Kessel
Goalie
Carey Price (MTL) faced 39 shots and stopped 34 (.872), +9 against a season average of 30.3; the loss.Price
Usage
Jacob de la Rose (MTL) played 15:47, +4:01 up on his 11:46 season average over 54 games.de la Rose
Usage
Charles Hudon (MTL) played 10:35, −3:30 down on his 14:05 season average over 71 games.Hudon

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

← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 121 of 121 attempts · PIT 66 · MTL 55

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT pressure
MTL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 20% of the game, PIT 39%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

PIT

MTL

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	MTL	PIT
	56	68
	2.57	3.75
	2.54	3.73
	13	17
	7	6
	18	7
	−0.039	+0.039
	20%	39%

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.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Byron – Gallagher – Drouin
12:5944% CF
L2Galchenyuk – de la Rose – Lehkonen
12:5044% CF
L3Shaw – Carr – Scherbak
9:3552% CF
L4Deslauriers – Hudon – McCarron
5:2338% CF
D1Petry – Reilly
15:5232% CF
D2Benn – Lernout
15:0764% CF
D3Alzner – Juulsen
14:4348% CF

PP1Petry – Byron – Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Drouin
2:3467% CF
PP2Reilly – Hudon – Lehkonen – Carr – Scherbak
1:5880% CF
PK1FByron – Shaw
0:36
PK2FDeslauriers – Gallagher
0:34
PK1DBenn – Lernout
1:16
PK2DAlzner – Juulsen
1:16

Current MTL line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Hornqvist – Hagelin
12:4057% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
12:1961% CF
L3Brassard – Kessel – Sheary
9:4640% CF
L4Sheahan – Kuhnhackl – Jooris
4:0375% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
17:4353% CF
D2Schultz – Oleksiak
14:5545% CF
D3Maatta – Ruhwedel
12:1564% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
2:2967% CF
PP2Letang – Brassard – Maatta – Guentzel – Sheary
0:34100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
2:06
PK2FRust – Kuhnhackl
1:48
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
2:29
PK2DOleksiak – Maatta
1:12

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:53
PITEvgeni Malkin (Carl Hagelin)backhand0.14 xG
MTL: Alzner, Byron, Gallagher, Drouin, JuulsenPIT: Malkin, Hornqvist, Hagelin, Schultz, Oleksiak
MTL 0 – 1 PIT
17:31
PITPatric HornqvistPP (Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel)wrist0.13 xG
MTL: Petry, Benn, Shaw, LehkonenPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel
MTL 0 – 2 PIT
19:30
MTLJonathan Drouin (Paul Byron, Jordie Benn)wrist0.09 xG
MTL: Byron, Benn, Gallagher, Drouin, LernoutPIT: Malkin, Letang, Hornqvist, Hagelin, Dumoulin
MTL 1 – 2 PIT

2nd period

8:19
MTLNikita ScherbakSH (Charles Hudon, Brett Lernout)backhand0.23 xG
MTL: Benn, Hudon, Scherbak, LernoutPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel
MTL 2 – 2 PIT
14:24
MTLJacob de la Rose (Brendan Gallagher)backhand0.09 xG
MTL: Petry, Gallagher, Reilly, Galchenyuk, de la RosePIT: Hornqvist, Kessel, Schultz, Sheahan, Oleksiak
MTL 3 – 2 PIT
15:02
PITSidney Crosby (Jake Guentzel, Bryan Rust)backhand0.06 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Gallagher, Reilly, DrouinPIT: Crosby, Schultz, Rust, Oleksiak, Guentzel
MTL 3 – 3 PIT

3rd period

2:38
PITDerick BrassardPP (Jake Guentzel, Olli Maatta)snap0.18 xG
MTL: Alzner, Deslauriers, Gallagher, JuulsenPIT: Letang, Brassard, Maatta, Guentzel, Sheary
MTL 3 – 4 PIT
18:27
PITJake Guentzel (Phil Kessel, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.05 xG
MTL: Petry, Shaw, Reilly, Galchenyuk, CarrPIT: Crosby, Letang, Kessel, Dumoulin, Guentzel
MTL 3 – 5 PIT

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.18	1	0	0	18:03	—	—	47	41
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.47	3	0	2	17:51	—	—	50	44
Paul Byron L	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.69	3	0	0	16:54	—	—	44	43
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	44	16
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	18:33	—	—	41	11
Jacob de la Rose L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	8	0	0	15:47	—	—	45	19
Logan Shaw R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.46	2	2	0	16:11	—	—	42	65
Daniel Carr L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.33	1	2	0	15:33	—	—	45	71
Nikita Scherbak R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.34	0	1	0	13:37	—	—	54	78
Charles Hudon L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:35	—	—	39	17
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	4	2	0	10:29	—	—	39	21
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	5	8:33	—	—	50	22
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	4	2	0	20:52	—	—	34	37
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	19:23	—	—	35	37
Brett Lernout D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:08	—	—	58	48
Jordie Benn D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.04	0	1	0	17:41	—	—	64	59
Karl Alzner D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	19:50	—	—	44	40
Noah Juulsen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	6	1	0	18:08	—	—	47	44

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	39	34	5	.872	4.02	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	1	1	2	-1	1	0.14	0	1	0	19:37	—	—	54	74
Patric Hornqvist R	L1	1	0	1	-2	5	0.55	2	2	0	18:44	—	—	54	70
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.30	2	0	0	18:22	—	—	53	68
Sidney Crosby C	L2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.27	1	0	2	18:12	—	—	62	57
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.25	4	0	0	17:41	—	—	60	58
Jake Guentzel C	L2	1	2	3	+2	3	0.68	2	1	2	15:14	—	—	62	56
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	2	2	-1	4	0.36	0	0	0	18:06	—	—	46	45
Derick Brassard C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.65	2	1	0	15:39	—	—	50	47
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	12:14	—	—	41	38
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	0	0	11:11	—	—	63	73
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	0	0	7:24	—	—	70	94
Josh Jooris R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:44	—	—	80	96
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	1	0	0	25:33	—	—	55	60
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	1	2	0	22:27	—	—	56	58
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	0	4	0	20:18	—	—	47	54
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	3	1	5	17:16	—	—	46	52
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	1	1	2	16:36	—	—	65	74
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	4	0	14:42	—	—	63	66

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	30	27	3	.900	3.12	60:00

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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.