Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Columbus Blue JacketsMar 9, 2019

FinalSaturday, Mar 9, 2019· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	0	1		PIT	9	9	11	29
CBJ	1	1	2	4		CBJ	11	9	13	33

: PIT 53CBJ 52
: PIT 3.50CBJ 3.24
PP goals: PIT 0CBJ 0
Hits: PIT 13CBJ 22
Blocks: PIT 10CBJ 12
PIM: PIT 10CBJ 8
: PIT 51%CBJ 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 at home. Cam Atkinson (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Alexander Wennberg (CBJ) played 6:48, −8:23 down on his 15:11 season average over 74 games.

Points
Cam Atkinson had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 22:09.Atkinson
Usage
Alexander Wennberg (CBJ) played 6:48, −8:23 down on his 15:11 season average over 74 games.Wennberg
Luck
PIT scored 1 goal on 3.50 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Ryan Dzingel (CBJ) played 12:05, −4:48 down on his 16:53 season average over 77 games.Dzingel
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Marcus Pettersson (PIT) played 23:36, +7:00 up on his 16:36 season average over 83 games.Pettersson
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Riley Nash (CBJ) played 4:07, −6:49 down on his 10:56 season average over 77 games.Nash
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Brandon Dubinsky (CBJ) played 6:30, −5:57 down on his 12:27 season average over 60 games.Dubinsky
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Boone Jenner (CBJ) played 20:02, +3:00 up on his 17:02 season average over 76 games.Jenner

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 105 of 105 attempts · CBJ 52 · PIT 53

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 24% of the game, CBJ 30%.

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
	49	47
	3.10	2.80
	3.07	2.74
	7	11
	5	2
	16	22
	−0.016	+0.016
	24%	30%

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 – Guentzel – Simon
11:5050% CF
L2Malkin – Kessel – Aston-Reese
10:1660% CF
L3Hornqvist – Bjugstad – McCann
6:5973% CF
L4Cullen – Wilson – Blueger
6:2358% CF
D1Gudbranson – Pettersson
13:2762% CF
D2Johnson – Schultz
13:1452% CF
D3Dumoulin – Trotman
8:1833% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Hornqvist – Kessel – Schultz
2:120% CF
PP2Bjugstad – Trotman – Guentzel – Pettersson – Simon
2:1150% CF
PK1FCullen – Aston-Reese
1:37
PK2FBlueger – McCann
1:16
PK1DJohnson – Dumoulin
3:23
PK2DGudbranson – Pettersson
2:23

Current PIT line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Foligno – Jenner – Anderson
12:1654% CF
L2Atkinson – Panarin – Dubois
11:5570% CF
L3Duchene – Dzingel – Bjorkstrand
9:4742% CF
L4Dubinsky – Nash – Wennberg
3:0425% CF
D1Jones – Werenski
18:4953% CF
D2Savard – Nutivaara
14:5550% CF
D3McQuaid – Harrington
8:2844% CF

PP1Foligno – Atkinson – Duchene – Jones – Panarin
4:4491% CF
PP2Jenner – Anderson – Bjorkstrand – Werenski – Dubois
1:09
PK1FAtkinson – Wennberg
2:10
PK2FDubinsky – Foligno
1:30
PK1DHarrington – Jones
1:05
PK2DSavard – Werenski
0:55

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:31
CBJBoone Jenner (Josh Anderson, Nick Foligno)wrist0.14 xG
PIT: Crosby, Hornqvist, Schultz, Dumoulin, McCannCBJ: Foligno, Jenner, Anderson, Jones, Nutivaara
PIT 0 – 1 CBJ

2nd period

2:17
CBJCam AtkinsonSHsnap0.05 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Hornqvist, Kessel, SchultzCBJ: Atkinson, Savard, Harrington, Wennberg
PIT 0 – 2 CBJ
6:39
PITZachary Aston-Reese (Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Malkin, Kessel, Dumoulin, Trotman, Aston-ReeseCBJ: Dubinsky, Nash, Jones, Wennberg, Werenski
PIT 1 – 2 CBJ

3rd period

16:59
CBJOliver Bjorkstrand (Ryan Dzingel, Matt Duchene)wrist0.13 xG
PIT: Johnson, Hornqvist, Bjugstad, Trotman, McCannCBJ: Duchene, Savard, Dzingel, Bjorkstrand, Nutivaara
PIT 1 – 3 CBJ
18:11
CBJCam AtkinsonEN (Zach Werenski, Seth Jones)slap0.41 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Hornqvist, Kessel, Schultz, GuentzelCBJ: Dubinsky, Atkinson, Jones, Werenski, Panarin
PIT 1 – 4 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
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.43	2	0	2	20:46	—	—	42	50
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.42	0	0	0	20:00	—	—	49	53
Dominik Simon C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	17:00	—	—	48	62
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.96	0	0	0	19:15	—	—	44	51
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.38	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	43	50
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	1	1	2	14:25	—	—	56	62
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	1	0	2	13:29	—	—	62	63
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	0	0	2	13:07	—	—	61	42
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	0	0	0	-4	3	0.28	3	0	2	12:45	—	—	61	46
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	3	0	10:38	—	—	58	46
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	9:30	—	—	58	46
Garrett Wilson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	0	9:06	—	—	58	46
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	3	0	23:36	—	—	58	82
Erik Gudbranson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	19:45	—	—	64	76
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	21:38	—	—	53	47
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.11	0	1	0	20:11	—	—	52	50
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	19:04	—	—	43	34
Zach Trotman D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	11:54	—	—	35	21

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	32	29	3	.906	2.83	59:07

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Boone Jenner C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	3	2	2	20:02	—	—	44	46
Nick Foligno L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	3	1	0	19:49	—	—	54	53
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	7	0.50	7	0	0	19:25	—	—	46	45
Cam Atkinson R	L2	2	0	2	+2	7	0.80	0	0	0	22:09	—	—	67	53
Artemi Panarin L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	0	0	0	21:07	—	—	56	46
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	58	51
Matt Duchene C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.08	1	1	0	17:07	—	—	42	50
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	1	0	0	12:31	—	—	45	53
Ryan Dzingel C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	12:05	—	—	46	57
Alexander Wennberg C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:48	—	—	20	8
Brandon Dubinsky C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:30	—	—	25	9
Riley Nash C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	4:07	—	—	20	8
Seth Jones D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.25	1	2	2	28:57	—	—	54	40
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	25:34	—	—	49	32
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	2	2	2	19:58	—	—	45	65
Markus Nutivaara D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.63	1	0	0	16:18	—	—	52	66
Scott Harrington D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:05	—	—	44	36
Adam McQuaid D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:03	—	—	44	36

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	3.50	60:00

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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.