Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Columbus Blue JacketsFeb 26, 2019

FinalTuesday, Feb 26, 2019· Nationwide Arena

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	2	1	2	5		PIT	8	12	7	27
CBJ	0	2	0	2		CBJ	5	11	7	23

: PIT 48CBJ 49
: PIT 2.83CBJ 2.11
PP goals: PIT 0CBJ 1
Hits: PIT 11CBJ 24
Blocks: PIT 19CBJ 15
PIM: PIT 6CBJ 4
: PIT 31%CBJ 69%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–2 at CBJ. Jared McCann (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Foligno, Atkinson, Duchene, Werenski and Panarin) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:38 together.

Points
Jared McCann had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:44.McCann
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:02.Crosby
PP1
CBJ's first power-play unit (Foligno, Atkinson, Duchene, Werenski and Panarin) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:38 together.Foligno Atkinson Duchene Werenski Panarin
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Bryan Rust (PIT) played 4:28, −11:36 down on his 16:04 season average over 71 games.Rust
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Jack Johnson (PIT) played 26:50, +7:39 up on his 19:11 season average over 81 games.Johnson
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Justin Schultz (PIT) played 26:36, +6:19 up on his 20:17 season average over 28 games.Schultz
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Ryan Dzingel (CBJ) played 10:54, −6:00 down on his 16:54 season average over 77 games.Dzingel
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Chad Ruhwedel (PIT) played 10:52, −5:44 down on his 16:36 season average over 17 games.Ruhwedel

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

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

CBJ
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 97 of 97 attempts · CBJ 49 · PIT 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CBJ pressure
PIT pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PIT 20% of the game, CBJ 29%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CBJ

PIT

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	PIT	CBJ
	52	48
	2.12	1.86
	2.11	1.77
	6	4
	6	4
	12	5
	−0.103	+0.103
	20%	29%

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Hornqvist – Guentzel
16:0245% CF
L2Malkin – Kessel – Aston-Reese
14:3659% CF
L3Bjugstad – McCann – Simon
5:2469% CF
L4Cullen – Wilson – Rust
0:00
D1Johnson – Schultz
17:3932% CF
D2Ruhwedel – Pettersson
9:3762% CF
D3Trotman – Riikola
7:5445% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Schultz – Guentzel – Riikola
2:0450% CF
PP2Kessel – Bjugstad – Pettersson – Aston-Reese – Riikola
0:37
PK1FCullen – Aston-Reese
1:49
PK2FCrosby – Guentzel
0:50
PK1DJohnson – Trotman
1:21
PK2DSchultz – Pettersson
0:50

Current PIT line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Foligno – Jenner – Anderson
13:2147% CF
L2Dubinsky – Nash – Robinson
8:1250% CF
L3Atkinson – Panarin – Dubois
7:1667% CF
L4Duchene – Dzingel – Bjorkstrand
5:4746% CF
D1Jones – Werenski
17:4760% CF
D2Savard – Nutivaara
15:4846% CF
D3McQuaid – Harrington
8:3456% CF

PP1Foligno – Atkinson – Duchene – Werenski – Panarin
3:3883% CF
PK1FAtkinson – Panarin
1:05
PK2FDubinsky – Anderson
0:41
PK1DJones – Werenski
1:08
PK2DSavard – Nutivaara
0:22

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:45
PITJake Guentzel (Sidney Crosby, Patric Hornqvist)snap0.11 xG
PIT: Crosby, Hornqvist, Ruhwedel, Guentzel, PetterssonCBJ: Atkinson, Duchene, Jones, Werenski, Panarin
PIT 1 – 0 CBJ
18:22
PITJared McCann (Matt Cullen, Chad Ruhwedel)wrist0.07 xG
PIT: Cullen, Johnson, Rust, Ruhwedel, McCannCBJ: Duchene, Savard, Werenski, Panarin, Dubois
PIT 2 – 0 CBJ

2nd period

1:15
PITEvgeni Malkin (Zachary Aston-Reese, Phil Kessel)slap0.01 xG
PIT: Malkin, Kessel, Trotman, Aston-Reese, RiikolaCBJ: Dubinsky, McQuaid, Nash, Harrington, Robinson
PIT 3 – 0 CBJ
4:55
CBJOliver Bjorkstrand (Ryan Dzingel, Scott Harrington)snap0.15 xG
PIT: Crosby, Hornqvist, Ruhwedel, Guentzel, PetterssonCBJ: Nash, Duchene, Dzingel, Harrington, Bjorkstrand, Jones
PIT 3 – 1 CBJ
7:09
CBJCam AtkinsonPP (Artemi Panarin, Zach Werenski)slap0.01 xG
PIT: Cullen, Johnson, Schultz, Aston-ReeseCBJ: Foligno, Atkinson, Duchene, Werenski, Panarin
PIT 3 – 2 CBJ

3rd period

13:27
PITJared McCann (Dominik Simon, Justin Schultz)wrist0.03 xG
PIT: Hornqvist, Bjugstad, Trotman, McCann, PetterssonCBJ: Foligno, Savard, Jenner, Harrington, Anderson
PIT 4 – 2 CBJ
19:55
PITSidney CrosbyEN (Jack Johnson)wrist0.92 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Johnson, Hornqvist, SchultzCBJ: Foligno, Atkinson, Duchene, Jones, Panarin, Dubois
PIT 5 – 2 CBJ

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	1.19	1	1	0	22:02	—	—	50	40
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.11	2	1	0	21:17	—	—	48	44
Patric Hornqvist R	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	2	1	0	19:29	—	—	52	46
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.03	0	0	0	19:58	—	—	55	69
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	19:25	—	—	57	69
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.21	1	2	0	18:21	—	—	57	69
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	1	0	0	13:20	—	—	52	52
Jared McCann L	L3	2	0	2	+2	3	0.13	0	1	0	12:44	—	—	58	55
Dominik Simon C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	0	0	2	10:04	—	—	56	46
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	9:18	—	—	30	45
Garrett Wilson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:14	—	—	29	33
Bryan Rust R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	4:28	—	—	33	37
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.07	1	4	0	26:50	—	—	44	43
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	0	2	0	26:36	—	—	41	44
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	3	2	22:22	—	—	65	49
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	10:52	—	—	60	74
Zach Trotman D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:08	—	—	65	75
Juuso Riikola D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.47	0	2	0	14:21	—	—	43	49

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	2.11	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	4	0	0	19:49	—	—	42	28
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	0	0	17:48	—	—	48	28
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	2	0	0	17:15	—	—	50	28
Riley Nash C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.47	1	2	0	10:33	—	—	47	71
Brandon Dubinsky C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	9:42	—	—	44	66
Eric Robinson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	9:36	—	—	50	71
Artemi Panarin L	L3	0	1	1	-3	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:53	—	—	50	22
Cam Atkinson R	L3	1	0	1	-2	4	0.22	0	0	0	20:45	—	—	50	31
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	1	1	0	14:44	—	—	56	53
Matt Duchene C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	0	1	0	15:46	—	—	41	31
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.41	0	1	0	11:27	—	—	50	60
Ryan Dzingel C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	0	0	0	10:54	—	—	48	65
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.10	2	1	0	27:03	—	—	53	39
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	1	2	23:15	—	—	59	37
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	2	1	0	22:37	—	—	42	63
Markus Nutivaara D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:10	—	—	39	58
Scott Harrington D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	2	2	13:55	—	—	46	42
Adam McQuaid D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	1	0	9:38	—	—	53	57

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	1.90	59:10

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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.