Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Columbus Blue JacketsJan 21, 2022

FinalFriday, Jan 21, 2022· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	2	0	3	5		PIT	11	12	8	31
CBJ	2	0	0	2		CBJ	12	11	4	27

: PIT 62CBJ 53
: PIT 5.64CBJ 3.08
PP goals: PIT 1CBJ 0
Hits: PIT 9CBJ 26
Blocks: PIT 14CBJ 20
PIM: PIT 4CBJ 12
: PIT 49%CBJ 51%

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. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 3G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 19 attempts in 7:39 together.

Points
Sidney Crosby had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 6 shots in 20:09.Crosby
Points
Brian Dumoulin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:54.Dumoulin
Points
Mike Matheson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:18.Matheson
Points
Bryan Rust had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:23.Rust
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 19 attempts in 7:39 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel
New line
New look for CBJ: Nyquist–Kuraly–Bjorkstrand skated 11:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nyquist Kuraly Bjorkstrand
Usage
Danton Heinen (PIT) played 17:50, +5:11 up on his 12:39 season average over 75 games.Heinen
New line
New look for CBJ: Domi–Roslovic–Robinson skated 8:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Domi Roslovic Robinson

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 115 of 115 attempts · CBJ 53 · PIT 62

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 49% of the game, CBJ 25%.

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
	46	49
	2.82	2.70
	2.68	2.35
	12	8
	0	5
	13	18
	−0.010	+0.010
	49%	25%

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 – Rust – Guentzel
10:3354% CF
L2Malkin – Kapanen – Heinen
6:5846% CF
L3Blueger – McGinn – Aston-Reese
6:3420% CF
L4Carter – Rodrigues – Simon
5:2263% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
11:4536% CF
D2Matheson – Marino
8:1236% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Pettersson
6:2867% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
7:3990% CF
PP2Carter – Kapanen – Heinen – Marino – Rodrigues
2:37100% CF
PK1FCarter – Aston-Reese
1:27
PK2FBlueger – McGinn
1:26
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
3:00
PK2DLetang – Ruhwedel
0:52

Current PIT line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Voracek – Jenner – Laine
11:4036% CF
L2Nyquist – Kuraly – Bjorkstrand
11:1157% CF
L3Domi – Roslovic – Robinson
8:0477% CF
L4Texier – Bemstrom – Chinakhov
6:2450% CF
D1Werenski – Peeke
15:5550% CF
D2Bean – Bayreuther
12:0755% CF
D3Carlsson – Christiansen
8:3956% CF

PP1Voracek – Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Werenski – Laine
3:35100% CF
PP2Nyquist – Domi – Roslovic – Laine – Bean
0:22
PK1FKuraly – Robinson
3:24
PK2FNyquist – Texier
1:53
PK1DWerenski – Peeke
2:53
PK2DCarlsson – Bean
1:33

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:32
PITBrian Dumoulin (Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang)wrist0.06 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelCBJ: Voracek, Jenner, Werenski, Laine, Peeke
PIT 1 – 0 CBJ
10:40
CBJGustav NyquistSHsnap0.04 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, GuentzelCBJ: Nyquist, Bean, Bayreuther, Texier
PIT 1 – 1 CBJ
18:46
CBJBoone Jenner (Jakub Voracek, Patrik Laine)wrist0.39 xG
PIT: Carter, Letang, Dumoulin, Heinen, RodriguesCBJ: Voracek, Jenner, Laine, Bean, Bayreuther
PIT 1 – 2 CBJ
19:31
PITSidney Crosby (Bryan Rust, Jake Guentzel)wrist0.03 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Matheson, GuentzelCBJ: Bean, Bayreuther, Texier, Bemstrom, Chinakhov
PIT 2 – 2 CBJ

3rd period

5:35
PITMike Matheson (Brian Dumoulin, Danton Heinen)slap0.04 xG
PIT: Malkin, Dumoulin, Matheson, Heinen, RodriguesCBJ: Nyquist, Bjorkstrand, Peeke, Bean, Texier
PIT 3 – 2 CBJ
13:32
PITSidney CrosbyPP (Bryan Rust, Evgeni Malkin)snap0.26 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, GuentzelCBJ: Jenner, Werenski, Peeke
PIT 4 – 2 CBJ
18:02
PITSidney CrosbyEN (Mike Matheson, Brian Dumoulin)wrist0.47 xG
PIT: Crosby, Dumoulin, Rust, Matheson, GuentzelCBJ: Voracek, Nyquist, Jenner, Bjorkstrand, Werenski, Laine
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	3	1	4	+2	6	1.38	0	1	4	20:09	—	—	56	81
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	1.02	0	0	0	19:51	—	—	56	78
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	2	2	+2	3	1.21	0	1	0	19:23	—	—	56	82
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.39	0	0	0	19:19	—	—	57	74
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.66	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	52	63
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	0	0	0	12:09	—	—	39	51
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:36	—	—	19	3
Brock McGinn L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:40	—	—	23	3
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	8:57	—	—	20	1
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	1	1	0	17:02	—	—	62	52
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.19	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	50	27
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:58	—	—	50	11
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.23	1	0	0	23:31	—	—	38	45
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	1	2	3	+2	2	0.09	1	2	0	19:54	—	—	38	45
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	4	0	20:59	—	—	43	63
Mike Matheson D	D2	1	1	2	+3	4	0.09	0	2	0	19:18	—	—	53	38
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:28	—	—	65	72
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:54	—	—	69	54

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry	W	15	15	0	.1000	1.47	40:00
Casey DeSmith(start)	—	12	10	2	.833	1.61	20:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Boone Jenner C	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.56	2	3	2	22:19	—	—	39	38
Jakub Voracek R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.15	2	1	0	17:41	—	—	41	39
Patrik Laine L	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.26	0	0	0	17:17	—	—	37	38
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.05	0	1	2	17:24	—	—	48	15
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	7	0	2	17:03	—	—	59	22
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	0	1	0	16:56	—	—	54	23
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	1	0	2	14:39	—	—	79	90
Jack Roslovic C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	0	0	11:31	—	—	77	90
Max Domi C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	1	0	0	10:46	—	—	80	90
Alexandre Texier L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.37	2	1	2	11:51	—	—	46	51
Egor Chinakhov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	8:04	—	—	58	81
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	7:18	—	—	46	58
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.39	0	3	0	28:45	—	—	50	51
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.11	3	4	0	25:54	—	—	49	41
Jake Bean D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	2	20:01	—	—	50	41
Gavin Bayreuther D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:38	—	—	57	35
Gabriel Carlsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	4	0	15:24	—	—	53	65
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	10:18	—	—	56	78

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	L	30	26	4	.867	5.17	59:29

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.