Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 14, 2023

FinalTuesday, Mar 14, 2023· PPG Paints Arena

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

6

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	4	0	2	6		MTL	7	4	11	22
PIT	2	2	0	4		PIT	15	17	11	43

: MTL 44PIT 84
: MTL 2.10PIT 5.41
PP goals: MTL 0PIT 2
Hits: MTL 32PIT 25
Blocks: MTL 22PIT 14
PIM: MTL 10PIT 6
: MTL 31%PIT 69%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4

Montreal Canadiens beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4 at PIT. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 3:04 together.

Points
Jake Guentzel had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 20:02.Guentzel
Points
Kris Letang had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 26:00.Letang
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:27.Malkin
Points
Joel Edmundson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:28.Edmundson
Points
Jonathan Drouin had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:51.Drouin
Points
Justin Barron had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:14.Barron
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 3:04 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rakell Guentzel
Luck
MTL scored 6 goals on 2.11 expected goals (44 attempts), finishing well above 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 128 of 128 attempts · PIT 84 · MTL 44

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 14% of the game, PIT 58%.

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
	47	83
	2.04	5.33
	1.97	4.86
	7	28
	4	6
	16	22
	−0.143	+0.143
	14%	58%

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

L1Suzuki – Ylonen – Harvey-Pinard
11:1917% CF
L2Anderson – Drouin – Gurianov
9:5268% CF
L3Hoffman – Belzile – Pitlick
9:3420% CF
L4Tierney – Richard – Pezzetta
5:3025% CF
D1Matheson – Kovacevic
15:5133% CF
D2Savard – Guhle
14:5530% CF
D3Edmundson – Barron
9:4641% CF

PP1Matheson – Anderson – Pitlick – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard
2:04100% CF
PP2Hoffman – Belzile – Drouin – Gurianov – Guhle
0:36
PK1FSuzuki – Harvey-Pinard
2:27
PK2FTierney – Anderson
0:51
PK1DSavard – Edmundson
1:50
PK2DMatheson – Kovacevic
1:09

Current MTL line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
12:4474% CF
L2Granlund – Rakell – O'Connor
11:2367% CF
L3Malkin – Zucker – Nylander
11:1359% CF
L4Carter – Archibald – Heinen
4:0673% CF
D1Letang – Pettersson
16:0268% CF
D2Petry – Dumoulin
9:0850% CF
D3Joseph – Rutta
6:5055% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Guentzel
3:04100% CF
PP2Carter – Petry – Zucker – Granlund – Rust
0:25100% CF
PK1FCarter – Rust
1:19
PK2FGranlund – Archibald
1:04
PK1DPetry – Dumoulin
1:43
PK2DPettersson – Rutta
0:45

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:21
PITJake Guentzel (Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Kovacevic, Ylonen, Harvey-PinardPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Pettersson
MTL 0 – 1 PIT
4:49
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel)slap0.12 xG
MTL: Savard, Matheson, Suzuki, Harvey-PinardPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Guentzel
MTL 0 – 2 PIT
5:21
MTLMike Hoffman (Rem Pitlick, Justin Barron)snap0.18 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Belzile, Edmundson, Pitlick, BarronPIT: Carter, Petry, Dumoulin, Archibald, Heinen
MTL 1 – 2 PIT
7:13
MTLJesse Ylonen (Mike Matheson, Rafael Harvey-Pinard)snap0.05 xG
MTL: Belzile, Matheson, Kovacevic, Ylonen, Harvey-PinardPIT: Crosby, Rust, Guentzel, Joseph, Rutta
MTL 2 – 2 PIT
11:31
MTLDenis Gurianov (Alex Belzile, Jonathan Drouin)backhand0.12 xG
MTL: Savard, Belzile, Drouin, Gurianov, GuhlePIT: Carter, Petry, Dumoulin, Granlund, O'Connor
MTL 3 – 2 PIT
19:49
MTLJoel Edmundson (Johnathan Kovacevic, Jonathan Drouin)slap0.04 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Anderson, Drouin, Gurianov, KovacevicPIT: Carter, Crosby, Petry, Dumoulin, Guentzel
MTL 4 – 2 PIT

2nd period

10:57
PITKris Letang (Marcus Pettersson, Rickard Rakell)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Savard, Suzuki, Ylonen, Harvey-Pinard, GuhlePIT: Letang, Granlund, Rakell, Pettersson, O'Connor
MTL 4 – 3 PIT
18:05
PITJake GuentzelPP (Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang)slap0.14 xG
MTL: Savard, Belzile, Edmundson, AndersonPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Guentzel
MTL 4 – 4 PIT

3rd period

3:05
MTLAnthony Richard (Justin Barron, Joel Edmundson)snap0.15 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Tierney, Richard, Pezzetta, BarronPIT: Carter, Archibald, Heinen, Joseph, Rutta
MTL 5 – 4 PIT
19:25
MTLJosh AndersonENwrist0.25 xG
MTL: Savard, Edmundson, Anderson, Drouin, GurianovPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, Rakell, Guentzel
MTL 6 – 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
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.23	0	0	0	22:40	—	—	24	18
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:36	—	—	25	21
Jesse Ylonen R	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.05	0	1	0	13:07	—	—	19	5
Josh Anderson R	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.36	4	0	2	18:52	—	—	54	27
Denis Gurianov R	L2	1	0	1	+3	4	0.52	2	0	0	16:11	—	—	63	35
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	2	2	+3	4	0.19	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	69	39
Alex Belzile R	L3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.01	1	1	6	15:11	—	—	32	36
Rem Pitlick C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:43	—	—	19	19
Mike Hoffman C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	0	1	0	14:31	—	—	24	18
Chris Tierney C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	8:52	—	—	14	31
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	6	0	0	8:02	—	—	33	42
Anthony Richard C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.33	3	0	0	7:21	—	—	47	41
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.08	0	6	0	24:00	—	—	30	17
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	3	1	0	17:43	—	—	37	20
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	4	0	23:52	—	—	36	41
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	20:01	—	—	31	32
Joel Edmundson D	D3	1	1	2	+4	1	0.04	2	2	0	18:28	—	—	45	41
Justin Barron D	D3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	5	1	2	13:14	—	—	37	36

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	43	39	4	.907	5.41	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.18	0	1	2	21:15	—	—	73	90
Jake Guentzel C	L1	2	1	3	-2	6	0.73	1	2	0	20:02	—	—	68	79
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.38	1	2	0	19:37	—	—	74	87
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.74	1	1	0	18:03	—	—	57	76
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	1	1	0	6	0.58	3	1	0	16:47	—	—	65	93
Drew O'Connor L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	2	15:43	—	—	59	77
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	1	1	2	-1	3	0.30	0	1	2	18:27	—	—	55	59
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.67	3	0	0	15:18	—	—	65	72
Alex Nylander L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	2	0	0	14:16	—	—	61	66
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	0	0	-4	2	0.17	0	0	0	8:28	—	—	56	42
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:23	—	—	62	48
Josh Archibald R	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.36	4	0	0	5:53	—	—	62	47
Kris Letang D	D1	1	2	3	+1	4	0.17	2	0	0	26:00	—	—	71	82
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.76	1	1	0	23:14	—	—	69	82
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.08	3	2	0	24:09	—	—	57	67
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:52	—	—	58	55
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.05	2	0	0	17:39	—	—	71	75
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	3	0	9:24	—	—	44	58

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith	L	14	13	1	.929	1.22	38:31
Tristan Jarry(start)	—	7	3	4	.429	0.64	20:00

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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.