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Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsNov 2, 2024

Final· PPG Paints Arena
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MTL
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Goals123TShots123T
MTL0011MTL5101126
PIT1113PIT516324
MTL 56PIT 63
MTL 1.80PIT 2.60
PP goals
MTL 0PIT 1
Hits
MTL 28PIT 19
Blocks
MTL 24PIT 19
PIM
MTL 13PIT 11
MTL 43%PIT 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 3–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 3–1 at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MTL: Gallagher–Armia–Evans skated 9:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Sidney Crosby had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:02.Crosby
  2. New line
    New look for MTL: Gallagher–Armia–Evans skated 9:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GallagherArmiaEvans
  3. Usage
    Lars Eller (PIT) played 19:22, +6:09 up on his 13:13 season average over 79 games.Eller
  4. New line
    New look for MTL: Anderson–Suzuki–Caufield skated 5:54 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.AndersonSuzukiCaufield
  5. Usage
    Blake Lizotte (PIT) played 9:10, −3:37 down on his 12:47 season average over 58 games.Lizotte
  6. Usage
    Kevin Hayes (PIT) played 7:13, −4:54 down on his 12:07 season average over 63 games.Hayes
  7. Usage
    Noel Acciari (PIT) played 18:30, +4:48 up on his 13:42 season average over 78 games.Acciari
  8. Usage
    Drew O'Connor (PIT) played 17:41, +3:16 up on his 14:25 season average over 83 games.O'Connor

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.

Shot map, MTL at PIT: 119 attempts, 50 on goal, 4 goals, 4.40 expected goals; best chance Blake Lizotte at 0.55 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →
  • PIT
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · PIT 63 · MTL 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, MTL at PIT: expected goals 2.60 to 1.80 (PIT led the chances), shot attempts 63 to 56, 4 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdPITMTLCCDLnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • PIT
  • MTL
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
PITMTLcontrol2nd3rdCrosby · 1st 15:57Crosby · 2nd 18:40Dvorak · 3rd 5:32Lizotte · 3rd 19:15
  • 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 19% of the game, PIT 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, MTL at PIT: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Alex Nedeljkovic (60:00) for PIT and Samuel Montembeault (58:15) for MTL, 4 goals.

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
StatMTLPIT
5966
1.691.92
1.641.82
811
64
2326
−0.015+0.015
19%37%

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

Current MTL line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 15:57
    PITSidney Crosby (Rickard Rakell)snap0.16 xG
    MTL: Matheson, Dach, Newhook, Guhle, SlafkovskýPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Grzelcyk
    MTL 0 – 1 PIT

2nd period

  1. 18:40
    PITSidney CrosbyPP (Kris Letang, Erik Karlsson)wrist0.07 xG
    MTL: Matheson, Evans, Suzuki, StrublePIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Karlsson, Rakell
    MTL 0 – 2 PIT

3rd period

  1. 5:32
    MTLChristian Dvorak (Emil Heineman, Juraj Slafkovský)snap0.41 xG
    MTL: Dvorak, Struble, Heineman, Xhekaj, SlafkovskýPIT: Letang, Eller, Rakell, Grzelcyk, O'Connor
    MTL 1 – 2 PIT
  2. 19:15
    PITBlake LizotteEN (Lars Eller)wrist0.55 xG
    MTL: Gallagher, Matheson, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield, HutsonPIT: Letang, Eller, Rakell, Pettersson, Lizotte
    MTL 1 – 3 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Joel Armia RL1000010.0711014:36——5250
Jake Evans CL1000000.0001013:40——4631
Brendan Gallagher RL1000-120.2111012:46——4129
Kirby Dach CL2000-220.1020019:06——3632
Juraj Slafkovský LL2011030.2822017:08——2940
Alex Newhook CL2000-120.0712014:46——3327
Christian Dvorak CL3101+130.5301013:34——7287
Oliver Kapanen CL3000020.0800012:09——6448
Emil Heineman LL3011+100.0010010:12——6573
Nick Suzuki CL4000-110.0012020:01——4466
Cole Caufield RL4000-120.1531019:37——5472
Josh Anderson RL4000010.1060013:49——4643
Lane Hutson DD1000-110.0801024:19——3623
David Savard DD1000010.0125219:44——3120
Mike Matheson DD2000-200.0003025:41——5348
Kaiden Guhle DD2000-110.0432022:04——6055
Jayden Struble DD3000+120.0411512:23——6797
Arber Xhekaj DD3000+120.0441612:16——4494
MTL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)L23212.9132.0558:15

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Sidney Crosby CL1202+130.4000020:02——4750
Evgeni Malkin CL1000+120.0301019:17——4750
Rickard Rakell RL1011+110.2121017:51——5336
Lars Eller CL2011010.1031019:22——4629
Noel Acciari CL2000010.1241218:30——4452
Drew O'Connor LL2000-120.0901017:41——4528
Anthony Beauvillier RL3000000.0012011:33——6577
Blake Lizotte CL3101+110.612109:10——5651
Kevin Hayes RL3000010.010007:13——6957
Michael Bunting LL4000020.2810014:21——6778
Cody Glass CL4000010.1710012:26——6478
Valtteri Puustinen RL4000020.3400210:08——5977
Marcus Pettersson DD1000+100.0214022:38——5168
Erik Karlsson DD1011040.1103020:56——5876
Kris Letang DD2011+110.0731221:14——5138
Matt Grzelcyk DD2000000.0010019:56——4427
Ryan Graves DD3000010.0101516:52——6181
Jack St. Ivany DD3000010.0202016:50——4858
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)W26251.9621.8060:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Sidney Crosby (PIT) 1st 15:57 · assists Rickard Rakell · Forecheck turnover · 56.7 mph shot.

Blake Lizotte · 3rd 19:15 · PIT EN

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
62.6 mph
Distance
71 ft
Entry to goal
0.8 s

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