Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Columbus Blue JacketsApr 13, 2023

Final / OTThursday, Apr 13, 2023· Nationwide Arena

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

3

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	1	0	1	0	2		PIT	13	12	11	0	36
CBJ	0	1	1	1	3		CBJ	8	14	11	1	34

: PIT 58CBJ 62
: PIT 3.37CBJ 4.46
PP goals: PIT 2CBJ 1
Hits: PIT 14CBJ 19
Blocks: PIT 11CBJ 9
PIM: PIT 8CBJ 4
: PIT 50%CBJ 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 (OT)

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 in overtime at home. Kris Letang (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 1:27 together.

Points
Kris Letang had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:59.Letang
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:11.Crosby
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 1:27 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rakell Guentzel
Usage
Kent Johnson (CBJ) played 22:40, +8:15 up on his 14:25 season average over 78 games.Johnson
Usage
Dmitry Kulikov (PIT) played 11:29, −8:07 down on his 19:36 season average over 66 games.Kulikov
Usage
Hunter McKown (CBJ) played 17:20, +5:34 up on his 11:46 season average over 11 games.McKown
Goalie
Michael Hutchinson (CBJ) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +9 against a season average of 27.0; the win.Hutchinson
Usage
Drew O'Connor (PIT) played 16:59, +7:20 up on his 9:39 season average over 45 games.O'Connor

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 120 of 120 attempts · CBJ 62 · PIT 58

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 22% of the game, CBJ 47%.

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
	60	65
	3.44	4.52
	3.14	4.21
	14	18
	5	8
	11	14
	+0.013	−0.013
	22%	47%

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
10:0219% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rakell
9:0267% CF
L3Carter – Heinen – O'Connor
6:4030% CF
L4Granlund – Nylander – Poehling
6:1967% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
15:2243% CF
D2Petry – Pettersson
15:1543% CF
D3Kulikov – Joseph
10:0261% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Guentzel
1:27100% CF
PK1FCarter – O'Connor
2:06
PK2FGranlund – Poehling
0:59
PK1DPetry – Dumoulin
5:01
PK2DLetang – Pettersson
2:37

Current PIT line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Gaudreau – Kuraly – Marchenko
10:2361% CF
L2Roslovic – Foudy – Johnson
8:1727% CF
L3Bemstrom – Luoto – McKown
6:3950% CF
D1Boqvist – Svozil
11:1842% CF
D2Peeke – Bayreuther
5:5840% CF
D3Sweezey – Knazko
4:5750% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Roslovic – Boqvist – Marchenko – Johnson
5:0280% CF
PP2Bemstrom – Foudy – Pyyhtia – Svozil – McKown
2:20100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Foudy
0:53
PK2FRoslovic – Angle
0:00
PK1DPeeke – Bayreuther
1:27

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:28
PITKris LetangPP (Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell)wrist0.02 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell, GuentzelCBJ: Roslovic, Peeke, Bayreuther, Foudy
PIT 1 – 0 CBJ

2nd period

2:12
CBJAndrew Peeke (Hunter McKown)slap0.03 xG
PIT: Kulikov, Granlund, Nylander, Joseph, PoehlingCBJ: Peeke, Bemstrom, Luoto, Knazko, McKown
PIT 1 – 1 CBJ

3rd period

3:53
PITJake GuentzelPP (Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell, GuentzelCBJ: Peeke, Bayreuther, Foudy, Angle
PIT 2 – 1 CBJ
16:35
CBJEmil BemstromPP (Mikael Pyyhtia, Stanislav Svozil)snap0.10 xG
PIT: Carter, Petry, Dumoulin, O'ConnorCBJ: Bemstrom, Foudy, Pyyhtia, Svozil, McKown
PIT 2 – 2 CBJ

OT period

1:00
CBJJohnny Gaudreau (Adam Boqvist, Sean Kuraly)backhand0.22 xG
PIT: Malkin, Petry, ZuckerCBJ: Gaudreau, Kuraly, Boqvist
PIT 2 – 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
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.33	0	0	0	18:25	—	—	32	29
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	2	2	0	1	0.25	0	0	0	18:11	—	—	31	23
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:58	—	—	23	11
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.85	1	0	0	15:48	—	—	63	68
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	62	63
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.32	1	0	0	14:47	—	—	62	68
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	0	0	16:59	—	—	35	23
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	3	2	13:49	—	—	52	47
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	1	0	10:36	—	—	42	42
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.39	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	48	23
Mikael Granlund C	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.26	0	0	2	14:03	—	—	60	64
Alex Nylander L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	2	10:48	—	—	59	42
Kris Letang D	D1	1	1	2	0	4	0.08	2	1	0	24:59	—	—	46	32
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	1	0	24:00	—	—	44	31
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	3	0	24:30	—	—	42	55
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	23:19	—	—	45	58
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	11:34	—	—	63	43
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	1	2	11:29	—	—	58	45

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	O	34	31	3	.912	4.46	61:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.92	0	0	0	22:14	—	—	62	81
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	0	0	0	19:37	—	—	55	71
Sean Kuraly C	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.46	5	1	0	19:25	—	—	66	74
Kent Johnson C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	0	0	0	22:40	—	—	53	40
Liam Foudy C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	18:55	—	—	44	36
Jack Roslovic C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.67	0	0	0	16:32	—	—	33	45
Hunter McKown C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.37	1	1	0	17:20	—	—	39	46
Emil Bemstrom C	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.57	0	0	0	16:05	—	—	46	70
Joona Luoto L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	13:31	—	—	50	59
Adam Boqvist D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:23	—	—	47	36
Stanislav Svozil D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	1	1	2	19:13	—	—	54	51
Andrew Peeke D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	2	1	0	18:34	—	—	54	74
Gavin Bayreuther D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:56	—	—	48	47
Billy Sweezey D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	13:27	—	—	53	60
Samuel Knazko D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:35	—	—	50	57
Tim Berni D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	13:29	—	—	56	85
Mikael Pyyhtia L	—	0	1	1	0	1	0.18	0	0	2	11:56	—	—	62	78
Tyler Angle C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	10:49	—	—	63	41

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Michael Hutchinson(start)	W	36	34	2	.944	3.37	60:52

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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.