Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Columbus Blue JacketsNov 29, 2019

FinalFriday, Nov 29, 2019· Nationwide Arena

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	1	2		PIT	3	16	12	31
CBJ	1	3	1	5		CBJ	13	11	6	30

: PIT 53CBJ 48
: PIT 2.68CBJ 4.02
PP goals: PIT 0CBJ 2
Hits: PIT 22CBJ 22
Blocks: PIT 7CBJ 16
PIM: PIT 8CBJ 8
: PIT 50%CBJ 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 at home. Gustav Nyquist (CBJ) led the scoring with 3G 0A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Nyquist, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Werenski and Dubois) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:10 together.

Points
Gustav Nyquist had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 17:38.Nyquist
Points
Nick Foligno had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:18.Foligno
Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 20:28.Guentzel
Points
Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:44.Malkin
PP1
CBJ's first power-play unit (Nyquist, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Werenski and Dubois) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:10 together.Nyquist Jenner Bjorkstrand Werenski Dubois
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Guentzel–Simon skated 13:29 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Guentzel Simon
New line
New look for CBJ: Anderson–Milano–Dubois skated 9:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Anderson Milano Dubois
Usage
Nick Foligno (CBJ) played 13:18, −5:27 down on his 18:45 season average over 66 games.Foligno

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 101 of 101 attempts · CBJ 48 · 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 34% of the game, CBJ 42%.

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
	43	42
	1.79	2.50
	1.75	2.38
	7	10
	2	2
	16	10
	+0.012	−0.012
	34%	42%

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

L1Malkin – Guentzel – Simon
13:2965% CF
L2Hornqvist – McCann – Kahun
12:5345% CF
L3Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
7:1217% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
15:0257% CF
D2Johnson – Marino
9:2545% CF
D3Trotman – Pettersson
8:2736% CF

PP1Malkin – Letang – Hornqvist – Guentzel – Kahun
3:2860% CF
PP2Galchenyuk – McCann – Pettersson – Simon – Riikola
2:11100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
2:30
PK2FMcCann – Aston-Reese
2:06
PK1DJohnson – Marino
2:45
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
1:44

Current PIT line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand
10:2945% CF
L2Anderson – Milano – Dubois
9:5960% CF
L3Foligno – Atkinson – Wennberg
8:1064% CF
L4Nash – Texier – Bemstrom
7:1555% CF
D1Savard – Murray
15:4844% CF
D2Kukan – Gavrikov
14:2850% CF
D3Jones – Werenski
13:1353% CF

PP1Nyquist – Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Werenski – Dubois
4:1088% CF
PP2Foligno – Atkinson – Anderson – Jones – Wennberg
1:25
PK1FJenner – Anderson
2:01
PK2FAtkinson – Wennberg
1:32
PK1DJones – Werenski
3:53
PK2DSavard – Murray
2:27

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:21
CBJGustav Nyquist (Oliver Bjorkstrand)tip-in0.08 xG
PIT: Malkin, Trotman, Guentzel, Pettersson, SimonCBJ: Nyquist, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Jones, Werenski
PIT 0 – 1 CBJ
17:57
PITJake Guentzel (Evgeni Malkin, Dominik Simon)wrist0.10 xG
PIT: Malkin, Johnson, Guentzel, Marino, SimonCBJ: Foligno, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Jones, Werenski
PIT 1 – 1 CBJ

2nd period

0:26
CBJNick Folignosnap0.01 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Dumoulin, Guentzel, SimonCBJ: Foligno, Atkinson, Jones, Wennberg, Werenski
PIT 1 – 2 CBJ
2:52
CBJGustav NyquistPP (Pierre-Luc Dubois, Zach Werenski)backhand0.16 xG
PIT: Johnson, McCann, Marino, Aston-ReeseCBJ: Nyquist, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Werenski, Dubois
PIT 1 – 3 CBJ
15:09
CBJNick FolignoPP (Alexander Wennberg, Seth Jones)wrist0.07 xG
PIT: Johnson, McCann, Marino, Aston-ReeseCBJ: Foligno, Anderson, Jones, Wennberg, Milano
PIT 1 – 4 CBJ

3rd period

5:20
PITKris Letang (Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin)slap0.04 xG
PIT: Malkin, Johnson, Letang, Guentzel, SimonCBJ: Foligno, Savard, Anderson, Jones, Wennberg
PIT 2 – 4 CBJ
19:01
CBJGustav NyquistEN (Josh Anderson, David Savard)wrist0.97 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Guentzel, McCann, Simon, TanevCBJ: Foligno, Nyquist, Savard, Anderson, Jones
PIT 2 – 5 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
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	2	2	-1	2	0.30	1	1	0	20:44	—	—	66	74
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	1	2	-1	7	0.60	2	1	2	20:28	—	—	63	73
Dominik Simon C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	19:09	—	—	67	74
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	1	0	20:58	—	—	42	18
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	4	0	0	19:59	—	—	42	21
Dominik Kahun C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	19:09	—	—	44	24
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	39	23
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:06	—	—	33	15
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.39	2	0	0	11:05	—	—	22	15
Kris Letang D	D1	1	0	1	-1	6	0.21	2	0	0	24:55	—	—	62	59
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	19:16	—	—	52	45
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	19:42	—	—	46	36
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.04	4	1	0	18:12	—	—	56	33
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.21	1	0	0	16:13	—	—	35	38
Zach Trotman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	1	0	13:13	—	—	50	48
Alex Galchenyuk C	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	2	9:50	—	—	50	27
Juuso Riikola D	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	7:25	—	—	50	26
Sam Lafferty C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	6:45	—	—	50	29

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	3.05	57:55

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:01	—	—	41	33
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.27	2	1	0	18:43	—	—	43	34
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	3	0	3	+2	7	1.56	0	0	2	17:38	—	—	44	36
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.21	0	1	2	18:14	—	—	55	72
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.78	3	2	2	17:56	—	—	53	72
Sonny Milano L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	2	14:25	—	—	55	71
Alexander Wennberg C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	50	71
Nick Foligno L	L3	2	0	2	0	2	0.08	5	1	0	13:18	—	—	47	62
Cam Atkinson R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	0	0	0	13:01	—	—	58	67
Riley Nash C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	2	0	11:06	—	—	53	73
Alexandre Texier L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	9:43	—	—	54	75
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	8:18	—	—	50	83
David Savard D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	7	1	0	21:03	—	—	47	55
Ryan Murray D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	0	3	0	19:54	—	—	44	50
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	15:36	—	—	56	70
Dean Kukan D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	14:54	—	—	50	62
Zach Werenski D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	0	1	0	22:32	—	—	53	62
Seth Jones D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.12	0	2	0	20:55	—	—	48	60

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.68	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.