Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Columbus Blue JacketsOct 22, 2022

FinalSaturday, Oct 22, 2022· Nationwide Arena

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	3	3	6		PIT	7	16	16	39
CBJ	2	1	0	3		CBJ	17	6	9	32

: PIT 67CBJ 57
: PIT 3.46CBJ 2.47
PP goals: PIT 0CBJ 0
Hits: PIT 12CBJ 31
Blocks: PIT 17CBJ 15
PIM: PIT 2CBJ 6
: PIT 53%CBJ 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 6–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 6–3 at CBJ. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Justin Danforth (CBJ) played 4:46, −10:21 down on his 15:07 season average over 5 games.

Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:49.Crosby
Points
Danton Heinen had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:52.Heinen
Points
Jack Roslovic had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:12.Roslovic
Points
Jan Rutta had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:53.Rutta
Points
Kasperi Kapanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 13:24.Kapanen
Usage
Justin Danforth (CBJ) played 4:46, −10:21 down on his 15:07 season average over 5 games.Danforth
New line
New look for PIT: Carter–McGinn–Kapanen skated 10:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (63.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter McGinn Kapanen
Goalie
Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 39 shots and stopped 33 (.846), +9 against a season average of 29.6; the loss.Merzlikins

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 124 of 124 attempts · CBJ 57 · PIT 67

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 38% of the game, CBJ 24%.

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
	65	58
	3.04	2.06
	2.88	2.04
	11	11
	4	5
	14	14
	+0.059	−0.058
	38%	24%

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 – Rakell – Heinen
12:1365% CF
L2Carter – McGinn – Kapanen
10:0363% CF
L3Malkin – Zucker – Rust
9:2638% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
14:3154% CF
D2Pettersson – Rutta
10:5178% CF
D3Petry – Joseph
4:0367% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Rakell
4:1080% CF
PP2Carter – Petry – Zucker – Heinen – Joseph
1:22100% CF
PK1FCarter – Kapanen
0:42
PK2FArchibald – Poehling
0:21
PK1DDumoulin – Rutta
1:18
PK2DPetry – Ruhwedel
0:42

Current PIT line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Nyquist – Gaudreau – Jenner
14:0833% CF
L2Voracek – Roslovic – Johnson
11:3945% CF
L3Kuraly – Olivier – Robinson
6:5158% CF
L4Danforth – Chinakhov – Sillinger
3:0350% CF
D1Werenski – Blankenburg
17:5561% CF
D2Gavrikov – Peeke
13:1644% CF
D3Gudbranson – Bean
9:4340% CF

PP1Voracek – Nyquist – Gaudreau – Jenner – Werenski
1:18100% CF
PP2Roslovic – Bean – Danforth – Chinakhov – Johnson
0:41100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Robinson
2:08
PK2FNyquist – Roslovic
1:13
PK1DGavrikov – Peeke
2:37
PK2DGudbranson – Werenski
1:10

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:13
CBJBoone Jenner (Johnny Gaudreau)wrist0.14 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rakell, HeinenCBJ: Nyquist, Gaudreau, Jenner, Werenski, Blankenburg
PIT 0 – 1 CBJ
18:44
CBJJack RoslovicSHwrist0.12 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, RakellCBJ: Nyquist, Roslovic, Gavrikov, Peeke
PIT 0 – 2 CBJ

2nd period

3:43
PITJosh Archibald (Ryan Poehling)snap0.06 xG
PIT: Petry, Archibald, McGinn, Joseph, PoehlingCBJ: Nyquist, Gaudreau, Jenner, Werenski, Blankenburg
PIT 1 – 2 CBJ
3:57
CBJKent Johnson (Jack Roslovic)backhand0.11 xG
PIT: Malkin, Petry, Zucker, Rust, JosephCBJ: Voracek, Roslovic, Gavrikov, Peeke, Johnson
PIT 1 – 3 CBJ
10:04
PITJan Rutta (Kasperi Kapanen)slap0.03 xG
PIT: Archibald, Kapanen, Pettersson, Poehling, RuttaCBJ: Nyquist, Gaudreau, Jenner, Bean, Blankenburg
PIT 2 – 3 CBJ
14:19
PITDanton Heinen (Sidney Crosby, Marcus Pettersson)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rakell, Pettersson, Heinen, RuttaCBJ: Nyquist, Gudbranson, Gaudreau, Jenner, Gavrikov
PIT 3 – 3 CBJ

3rd period

5:38
PITSidney Crosby (Brian Dumoulin)slap0.17 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rakell, HeinenCBJ: Gudbranson, Kuraly, Bean, Olivier, Johnson
PIT 4 – 3 CBJ
14:07
PITDanton Heinen (Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.10 xG
PIT: Crosby, Petry, Rakell, Heinen, JosephCBJ: Voracek, Roslovic, Gavrikov, Peeke, Johnson
PIT 5 – 3 CBJ
14:51
PITBrock McGinn (Kasperi Kapanen, Jan Rutta)backhand0.01 xG
PIT: Carter, McGinn, Kapanen, Pettersson, RuttaCBJ: Voracek, Roslovic, Werenski, Chinakhov, Blankenburg
PIT 6 – 3 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
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.27	1	2	0	21:10	—	—	61	74
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	2	3	+1	5	0.60	1	0	0	20:49	—	—	58	61
Danton Heinen L	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.27	1	0	0	15:52	—	—	63	78
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	0	1	0	16:56	—	—	55	55
Brock McGinn L	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.01	1	1	0	15:25	—	—	59	71
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	2	2	+2	5	0.22	0	0	0	13:24	—	—	64	70
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.42	0	0	0	21:15	—	—	46	52
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	4	0	0	19:47	—	—	46	54
Bryan Rust R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.46	0	0	2	17:43	—	—	35	21
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.14	0	1	0	23:25	—	—	51	52
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.05	0	4	0	20:52	—	—	47	53
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	1	1	+3	3	0.23	1	2	0	17:13	—	—	69	85
Jan Rutta D	D2	1	1	2	+3	2	0.27	1	1	0	16:53	—	—	58	78
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	0	2	0	14:24	—	—	56	51
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	0	1	0	13:34	—	—	54	45
Josh Archibald R	—	1	0	1	+2	1	0.06	2	1	0	10:53	—	—	42	47
Ryan Poehling C	—	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:39	—	—	47	61
Chad Ruhwedel D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:28	—	—	20	75

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	2.47	59:18

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.23	2	0	0	19:33	—	—	42	31
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.14	0	0	0	18:38	—	—	34	15
Boone Jenner C	L1	1	0	1	-2	1	0.14	1	2	0	17:57	—	—	36	16
Kent Johnson C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.30	1	1	2	17:21	—	—	58	64
Jack Roslovic C	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.28	1	0	0	17:12	—	—	50	67
Jakub Voracek R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	43	45
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	2	0	2	12:48	—	—	56	44
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:23	—	—	53	68
Mathieu Olivier R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	5	1	0	9:35	—	—	50	36
Cole Sillinger C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	2	0	0	14:44	—	—	57	37
Egor Chinakhov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	0	0	13:48	—	—	50	36
Justin Danforth R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	0	0	4:46	—	—	67	43
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.24	0	1	0	25:51	—	—	58	59
Nick Blankenburg D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.22	3	2	0	19:37	—	—	60	62
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	21:11	—	—	37	30
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	2	2	18:19	—	—	52	57
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	4	1	0	17:58	—	—	35	26
Jake Bean D	D3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.17	2	1	0	15:19	—	—	44	31

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	39	33	6	.846	3.46	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.