Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 14, 2020

FinalFriday, Feb 14, 2020· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	1	0	1		MTL	6	11	18	35
PIT	0	3	1	4		PIT	8	12	8	28

: MTL 57PIT 51
: MTL 3.00PIT 4.14
PP goals: MTL 1PIT 1
Hits: MTL 30PIT 38
Blocks: MTL 10PIT 13
PIM: MTL 6PIT 6
: MTL 53%PIT 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1 at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for MTL: Cousins–Drouin–Domi skated 9:13 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Sidney Crosby had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:23.Crosby
Points
Jason Zucker had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:57.Zucker
New line
New look for MTL: Cousins–Drouin–Domi skated 9:13 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cousins Drouin Domi
Luck
MTL scored 1 goal on 3.00 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MTL: Thompson–Lehkonen–Evans skated 7:08 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Thompson Lehkonen Evans
New line
New look for PIT: Hornqvist–Agozzino–Lafferty skated 5:19 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hornqvist Agozzino Lafferty
Usage
Patric Hornqvist (PIT) played 10:56, −5:06 down on his 16:02 season average over 51 games.Hornqvist
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +5 against a season average of 29.8; the win.Jarry

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 108 of 108 attempts · PIT 51 · MTL 57

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 24%.

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	44
	2.44	2.49
	2.35	2.32
	13	8
	4	6
	14	13
	+0.001	−0.001
	20%	24%

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
11:5774% CF
L2Cousins – Drouin – Domi
9:1361% CF
L3Kovalchuk – Armia – Suzuki
8:3847% CF
L4Thompson – Lehkonen – Evans
7:0856% CF
D1Petry – Kulak
14:3857% CF
D2Chiarot – Mete
13:2468% CF
D3Scandella – Ouellet
13:1252% CF

PP1Kovalchuk – Petry – Armia – Drouin – Domi
2:4150% CF
PP2Petry – Tatar – Gallagher – Cousins – Suzuki
1:31100% CF
PK1FThompson – Armia
2:29
PK2FDanault – Lehkonen
1:56
PK1DPetry – Chiarot
3:08
PK2DKulak – Mete
0:40

Current MTL line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Zucker – Simon
13:1130% CF
L2Malkin – Rust – McCann
11:0839% CF
L3Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
9:5645% CF
L4Hornqvist – Agozzino – Lafferty
5:1983% CF
D1Johnson – Letang
16:4827% CF
D2Schultz – Pettersson
14:0740% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Riikola
8:4164% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Schultz – Rust
3:3150% CF
PP2Letang – Zucker – McCann – Pettersson – Simon
1:19
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
1:26
PK2FRust – Aston-Reese
1:16
PK1DJohnson – Letang
2:46
PK2DRuhwedel – Pettersson
0:52

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:25
PITKris LetangPP (Sidney Crosby, Patric Hornqvist)snap0.15 xG
MTL: Thompson, Petry, Chiarot, ArmiaPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Rust
MTL 0 – 1 PIT
18:00
PITJason Zucker (Sidney Crosby, Dominik Simon)snap0.07 xG
MTL: Tatar, Chiarot, Gallagher, Mete, SuzukiPIT: Crosby, Schultz, Zucker, Simon, Riikola
MTL 0 – 2 PIT
19:06
MTLTomas TatarPP (Victor Mete, Nick Suzuki)wrist0.11 xG
MTL: Tatar, Gallagher, Domi, Mete, SuzukiPIT: Johnson, Letang, Rust, Aston-Reese
MTL 1 – 2 PIT
19:42
PITJason Zucker (Marcus Pettersson, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.21 xG
MTL: Kovalchuk, Petry, Kulak, Drouin, DomiPIT: Crosby, Zucker, Ruhwedel, Pettersson, Simon
MTL 1 – 3 PIT

3rd period

18:16
PITZachary Aston-ReeseEN (Brandon Tanev, Teddy Blueger)wrist0.95 xG
MTL: Kovalchuk, Chiarot, Armia, Drouin, Domi, MetePIT: Blueger, Ruhwedel, Pettersson, Tanev, Aston-Reese
MTL 1 – 4 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	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	0	0	17:23	—	—	68	70
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.39	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	60	63
Tomas Tatar L	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.14	2	0	2	16:29	—	—	68	67
Max Domi C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	54	38
Nick Cousins C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	2	0	0	14:55	—	—	58	41
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	0	0	0	14:31	—	—	57	24
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.52	6	0	0	16:24	—	—	47	42
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L3	0	0	0	-2	8	0.70	1	0	2	15:45	—	—	44	47
Nick Suzuki C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.13	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	48	40
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	2	0	0	13:44	—	—	42	55
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:33	—	—	54	51
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	10:31	—	—	55	68
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	5	0	0	23:43	—	—	57	64
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	3	0	19:06	—	—	49	52
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	3	2	2	20:07	—	—	61	51
Victor Mete D	D2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.04	1	1	0	19:15	—	—	63	43
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	17:30	—	—	48	36
Xavier Ouellet D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	3	1	0	15:56	—	—	52	37

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	3.19	59:12

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	3	3	+2	3	0.16	1	1	0	18:23	—	—	33	37
Jason Zucker L	L1	2	0	2	+2	2	0.49	0	0	0	16:57	—	—	36	43
Dominik Simon C	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.10	2	0	0	16:29	—	—	36	38
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.40	3	1	0	20:05	—	—	39	57
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	1	0	18:10	—	—	48	60
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.55	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	47	56
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.26	10	1	0	15:29	—	—	43	65
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	14:48	—	—	54	71
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	1.30	3	0	2	13:18	—	—	54	70
Patric Hornqvist R	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.12	1	0	2	10:56	—	—	71	54
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	3	0	0	8:01	—	—	71	24
Andrew Agozzino L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:49	—	—	71	23
Kris Letang D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.24	0	2	0	25:52	—	—	29	26
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	0	0	22:46	—	—	33	43
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	2	3	2	21:42	—	—	43	46
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	2	0	19:24	—	—	47	43
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.11	1	2	0	17:59	—	—	62	76
Juuso Riikola D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	11:51	—	—	68	80

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	3.00	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.