Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 31, 2018

FinalSaturday, Mar 31, 2018· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	2	0	0	2		MTL	11	4	11	26
PIT	3	0	2	5		PIT	16	7	10	33

: MTL 53PIT 54
: MTL 2.40PIT 4.61
PP goals: MTL 1PIT 3
Hits: MTL 39PIT 30
Blocks: MTL 12PIT 16
PIM: MTL 10PIT 2
: MTL 35%PIT 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2 at home. Riley Sheahan (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Hornqvist, Kessel and Schultz) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 4:36 together.

Points
Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:48.Kessel
Points
Riley Sheahan had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:42.Sheahan
Points
Brendan Gallagher had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:56.Gallagher
Points
Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:10.Malkin
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Hornqvist, Kessel and Schultz) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 4:36 together.Malkin Crosby Hornqvist Kessel Schultz
Usage
Zachary Aston-Reese (PIT) played 7:16, −4:23 down on his 11:39 season average over 15 games.Aston-Reese
Usage
Logan Shaw (MTL) played 15:10, +3:20 up on his 11:50 season average over 71 games.Shaw
Luck
Evgeni Malkin (PIT) generated 1.01 xG on 5 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.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

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

PIT
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · PIT 54 · MTL 53

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 24% of the game, PIT 50%.

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
	55	50
	2.00	4.43
	1.92	4.33
	11	12
	4	2
	17	14
	−0.128	+0.128
	24%	50%

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
13:2861% CF
L2Galchenyuk – de la Rose – Lehkonen
12:1475% CF
L3Shaw – Hudon – Scherbak
11:2330% CF
L4Deslauriers – McCarron – Carr
9:0838% CF
D1Petry – Benn
17:0652% CF
D2Schlemko – Lernout
16:0544% CF
D3Alzner – Juulsen
14:4671% CF

PP1Petry – Byron – Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Drouin
0:44100% CF
PK1FShaw – Lehkonen
2:54
PK2FByron – Gallagher
1:44
PK1DAlzner – Juulsen
1:56
PK2DPetry – Benn
1:28

Current MTL line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
14:1750% CF
L2Hornqvist – Sheahan – Sheary
11:5735% CF
L3Malkin – Kessel – Hagelin
10:4555% CF
L4Kuhnhackl – Jooris – Aston-Reese
5:3788% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
18:1036% CF
D2Hunwick – Oleksiak
14:1968% CF
D3Schultz – Maatta
13:2942% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Hornqvist – Kessel – Schultz
4:3664% CF
PP2Letang – Sheahan – Maatta – Guentzel – Sheary
1:30100% CF
PK1FKuhnhackl – Jooris
0:23
PK2FHagelin – Sheahan
0:21
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
0:23
PK2DOleksiak – Maatta
0:21

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:42
MTLJeff Petry (Brendan Gallagher, Paul Byron)wrist0.00 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Benn, Gallagher, DrouinPIT: Malkin, Kessel, Hagelin, Schultz, Dumoulin
MTL 1 – 0 PIT
9:41
PITConor Sheary (Riley Sheahan, Matt Hunwick)wrist0.32 xG
MTL: Schlemko, Shaw, Hudon, Scherbak, LernoutPIT: Hunwick, Hornqvist, Sheahan, Oleksiak, Sheary
MTL 1 – 1 PIT
10:18
PITPatric HornqvistPP (Justin Schultz, Phil Kessel)backhand0.04 xG
MTL: Petry, Alzner, Shaw, LehkonenPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Hornqvist, Kessel, Schultz
MTL 1 – 2 PIT
14:36
PITCarl Hagelin (Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.04 xG
MTL: Petry, Schlemko, Byron, Hudon, DrouinPIT: Malkin, Hunwick, Kessel, Hagelin, Oleksiak
MTL 1 – 3 PIT
19:49
MTLJonathan DrouinPP (Alex Galchenyuk, Brendan Gallagher)snap0.17 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Gallagher, Galchenyuk, DrouinPIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Kuhnhackl, Jooris
MTL 2 – 3 PIT

3rd period

7:18
PITPhil KesselPP (Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.09 xG
MTL: Petry, Byron, Benn, GallagherPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Hornqvist, Kessel, Schultz
MTL 2 – 4 PIT
9:07
PITRiley SheahanPP (Olli Maatta, Kris Letang)tip-in0.10 xG
MTL: Benn, Shaw, Lehkonen, LernoutPIT: Letang, Sheahan, Maatta, Guentzel, Sheary
MTL 2 – 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
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.29	1	2	0	17:56	—	—	58	62
Paul Byron L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.78	4	0	0	17:52	—	—	58	58
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.35	0	0	2	17:16	—	—	62	61
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	17:56	—	—	68	53
Jacob de la Rose L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	3	1	0	14:40	—	—	77	49
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	0	0	2	14:35	—	—	78	50
Logan Shaw R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	6	0	0	15:10	—	—	33	10
Charles Hudon L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	1	0	13:11	—	—	30	7
Nikita Scherbak R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:40	—	—	33	8
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	11:31	—	—	43	19
Daniel Carr L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	10:22	—	—	39	16
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	4	0	2	10:12	—	—	43	16
Jeff Petry D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.04	2	3	0	22:51	—	—	49	24
Jordie Benn D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.16	1	0	2	21:26	—	—	50	32
Brett Lernout D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	6	0	0	19:07	—	—	40	38
David Schlemko D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	2	2	0	17:17	—	—	43	37
Noah Juulsen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	1	0	19:55	—	—	65	35
Karl Alzner D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	19:15	—	—	68	27

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Niemi(start)	L	33	28	5	.848	4.61	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	3	0	0	21:06	—	—	48	54
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	4	2	2	19:16	—	—	52	57
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.55	1	0	0	15:10	—	—	48	54
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.52	0	1	0	19:06	—	—	32	80
Riley Sheahan C	L2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.72	2	3	0	16:42	—	—	41	79
Conor Sheary L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.55	1	1	0	15:53	—	—	43	81
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	2	2	0	3	1.01	0	0	0	20:10	—	—	46	68
Phil Kessel R	L3	1	1	2	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	16:48	—	—	55	77
Carl Hagelin L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	4	1	0	15:02	—	—	46	64
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:44	—	—	54	63
Josh Jooris R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	1	1	0	8:10	—	—	64	90
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	7:16	—	—	78	100
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	24:10	—	—	43	48
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:16	—	—	38	34
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	65	86
Matt Hunwick D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.04	1	1	0	15:09	—	—	65	91
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.12	1	1	0	21:13	—	—	46	76
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.21	3	2	0	18:19	—	—	43	61

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	2.40	60:00

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.