Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 10, 2019

FinalTuesday, Dec 10, 2019· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	3	1	4		MTL	5	17	4	26
PIT	1	0	0	1		PIT	10	11	13	34

: MTL 38PIT 58
: MTL 2.23PIT 2.67
PP goals: MTL 1PIT 0
Hits: MTL 67PIT 53
Blocks: MTL 13PIT 9
PIM: MTL 0PIT 2
: MTL 44%PIT 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 at PIT. Brendan Gallagher (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for PIT: McCann–Simon–Kahun skated 8:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:39.Gallagher
Points
Joel Armia had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:39.Armia
Points
Shea Weber had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:53.Weber
Points
Tomas Tatar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:37.Tatar
New line
New look for PIT: McCann–Simon–Kahun skated 8:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McCann Simon Kahun
New line
New look for MTL: Thompson–Peca–Barber skated 7:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Thompson Peca Barber
Luck
MTL scored 4 goals on 2.23 expected goals (38 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
PIT scored 1 goal on 2.67 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 96 of 96 attempts · PIT 58 · MTL 38

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 16% of the game, PIT 48%.

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
	43	66
	1.77	2.96
	1.66	2.71
	12	6
	7	6
	20	22
	−0.048	+0.048
	16%	48%

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

L1Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
13:3548% CF
L2Weal – Cousins – Suzuki
12:1831% CF
L3Armia – Lehkonen – Domi
11:3623% CF
L4Thompson – Peca – Barber
7:4850% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
17:2941% CF
D2Petry – Kulak
11:5235% CF
D3Fleury – Leskinen
5:5645% CF

PP1Petry – Tatar – Gallagher – Danault – Suzuki
0:47100% CF
PP2Weber – Weal – Cousins – Armia – Domi
0:37
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
1:16
PK2FArmia – Suzuki
0:25
PK1DPetry – Fleury
0:56
PK2DWeber – Chiarot
0:55

Current MTL line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Rust – Guentzel
18:2665% CF
L2McCann – Simon – Kahun
8:3543% CF
L3Noesen – Galchenyuk – Lafferty
8:0069% CF
L4Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
7:4645% CF
D1Letang – Marino
18:4661% CF
D2Johnson – Schultz
16:1965% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Pettersson
12:2753% CF

PP1Malkin – Letang – Schultz – Rust – Guentzel
0:56100% CF
PP2Galchenyuk – McCann – Pettersson – Marino – Kahun
0:55100% CF
PK1FRust – Aston-Reese
0:41
PK2FBlueger – Tanev
0:25
PK1DRuhwedel – Marino
0:59
PK2DJohnson – Letang
0:25

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:59
PITJake Guentzel (Bryan Rust, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.16 xG
MTL: Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Gallagher, DanaultPIT: Malkin, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Marino
MTL 0 – 1 PIT

2nd period

12:24
MTLTomas TatarPP (Brendan Gallagher, Phillip Danault)wrist0.10 xG
MTL: Petry, Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, SuzukiPIT: Ruhwedel, Marino, Tanev, Aston-Reese
MTL 1 – 1 PIT
16:17
MTLJoel Armia (Jeff Petry)wrist0.07 xG
MTL: Thompson, Petry, Peca, Armia, LeskinenPIT: Letang, McCann, Marino, Simon, Kahun
MTL 2 – 1 PIT
19:45
MTLShea Weber (Artturi Lehkonen, Joel Armia)backhand0.04 xG
MTL: Weber, Chiarot, Armia, Lehkonen, DomiPIT: Malkin, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Marino
MTL 3 – 1 PIT

3rd period

18:21
MTLBrendan GallagherEN (Tomas Tatar, Shea Weber)wrist0.66 xG
MTL: Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Gallagher, DanaultPIT: Malkin, Letang, Schultz, Rust, Guentzel, McCann
MTL 4 – 1 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
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	17:30	—	—	50	47
Tomas Tatar L	L1	1	1	2	0	2	0.11	4	0	0	16:37	—	—	54	49
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.79	3	1	0	15:39	—	—	50	40
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	16:30	—	—	29	60
Nick Cousins C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.63	4	1	0	15:31	—	—	33	64
Jordan Weal C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	14:24	—	—	31	57
Joel Armia R	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.09	2	2	0	16:39	—	—	19	15
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	6	1	0	16:02	—	—	32	28
Max Domi C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	0	0	15:39	—	—	26	23
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	0	0	13:38	—	—	54	28
Riley Barber R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	0	0	12:00	—	—	50	24
Matthew Peca C	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.14	1	1	0	9:15	—	—	50	34
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	8	2	0	25:42	—	—	36	41
Shea Weber D	D1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.08	4	0	0	21:53	—	—	41	48
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	8	1	0	22:34	—	—	42	31
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:29	—	—	35	18
Cale Fleury D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	1	0	15:55	—	—	35	31
Otto Leskinen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	0	0	12:03	—	—	50	53

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	2.67	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.41	3	0	0	21:52	—	—	66	74
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.07	1	0	2	21:10	—	—	64	70
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.16	2	0	0	20:32	—	—	66	74
Dominik Kahun C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	15:09	—	—	54	21
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.30	3	0	0	14:46	—	—	62	51
Dominik Simon C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	13:28	—	—	55	48
Alex Galchenyuk C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	3	0	0	10:42	—	—	69	77
Sam Lafferty C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	5	1	0	9:18	—	—	69	77
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	8:57	—	—	60	68
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:19	—	—	52	60
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	1	1	0	14:18	—	—	58	88
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	14:16	—	—	50	60
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.43	7	2	0	24:08	—	—	64	83
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	2	3	0	22:43	—	—	60	74
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	8	1	0	20:30	—	—	69	57
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	4	0	0	19:27	—	—	62	53
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	3	0	0	17:52	—	—	52	50
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	0	0	15:20	—	—	57	39

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	1.57	59:49

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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.