Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Columbus Blue JacketsNov 14, 2023

FinalTuesday, Nov 14, 2023· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	1	3	5		PIT	12	12	17	41
CBJ	2	0	1	3		CBJ	6	13	11	30

: PIT 72CBJ 62
: PIT 4.04CBJ 3.00
PP goals: PIT 0CBJ 0
Hits: PIT 10CBJ 18
Blocks: PIT 9CBJ 22
PIM: PIT 8CBJ 2
: PIT 52%CBJ 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–3 at CBJ. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 3G 1A. Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 40 shots and stopped 36 (.900), +9 against a season average of 30.9; the loss.

Points
Sidney Crosby had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 3 shots in 17:30.Crosby
Points
Erik Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:34.Karlsson
Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:10.Guentzel
Goalie
Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 40 shots and stopped 36 (.900), +9 against a season average of 30.9; the loss.Merzlikins
New line
New look for CBJ: Gaudreau–Bemstrom–Sillinger skated 8:51 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaudreau Bemstrom Sillinger
Usage
Patrik Laine (CBJ) played 21:36, +6:45 up on his 14:51 season average over 17 games.Laine
Usage
Cole Sillinger (CBJ) played 11:52, −4:19 down on his 16:11 season average over 76 games.Sillinger
Usage
Ryan Graves (PIT) played 22:40, +4:20 up on his 18:20 season average over 69 games.Graves

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 134 of 134 attempts · CBJ 62 · PIT 72

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 46% of the game, CBJ 28%.

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
	77	50
	3.68	2.11
	3.31	1.96
	14	8
	4	4
	6	5
	−0.016	+0.016
	46%	28%

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
13:1461% CF
L2Malkin – Smith – Rakell
11:4764% CF
L3Eller – O'Connor – Zohorna
10:0970% CF
L4Nieto – Hinostroza – Acciari
5:2363% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
15:2560% CF
D2Letang – Graves
14:4452% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Shea
8:0168% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Smith – Guentzel
1:31100% CF
PP2Letang – Rust – Rakell – Hinostroza – Zohorna
0:29100% CF
PK1FNieto – Acciari
3:37
PK2FEller – Rust
2:19
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
4:05
PK2DRuhwedel – Graves
1:37

Current PIT line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Kuraly – Danforth – Texier
10:2648% CF
L2Jenner – Laine – Chinakhov
9:2543% CF
L3Gaudreau – Bemstrom – Sillinger
8:5153% CF
L4Marchenko – Voronkov – Fantilli
8:1224% CF
D1Severson – Provorov
15:4243% CF
D2Gudbranson – Werenski
13:3528% CF
D3Bean – Jiricek
11:3244% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Jenner – Werenski – Laine – Fantilli
5:0794% CF
PP2Provorov – Bemstrom – Marchenko – Voronkov – Chinakhov
2:07100% CF
PK1FDanforth – Sillinger
1:12
PK2FJenner – Texier
0:44
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
1:36
PK2DSeverson – Werenski
0:20

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	+2	5	0.48	1	1	0	18:49	—	—	56	52
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	1	2	+3	1	0.42	0	0	0	18:10	—	—	55	62
Sidney Crosby C	L1	3	1	4	+3	3	0.82	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	60	76
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.34	0	0	0	15:53	—	—	53	46
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.33	1	0	0	15:06	—	—	63	58
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.23	1	0	0	14:37	—	—	57	54
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.50	2	1	2	16:17	—	—	74	91
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.41	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	71	91
Radim Zohorna L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	0	2	12:33	—	—	64	83
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:51	—	—	57	30
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	9:45	—	—	63	38
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	2	7:37	—	—	50	49
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	1	1	+4	2	0.05	0	1	0	25:17	—	—	55	67
Erik Karlsson D	D1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.08	0	3	0	22:34	—	—	66	78
Kris Letang D	D2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.07	0	1	0	23:47	—	—	58	46
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	22:40	—	—	50	36
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	0	0	14:00	—	—	77	91
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	0	0	10:08	—	—	64	70

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	30	27	3	.900	3.00	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexandre Texier L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.18	2	2	0	15:10	—	—	34	32
Sean Kuraly C	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.49	1	1	2	13:41	—	—	39	38
Justin Danforth R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:43	—	—	54	51
Patrik Laine L	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.31	0	2	0	21:36	—	—	39	44
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.69	3	2	0	20:43	—	—	46	54
Egor Chinakhov R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.07	2	1	0	13:22	—	—	44	41
Johnny Gaudreau L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	0	0	19:20	—	—	61	44
Emil Bemstrom C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	2	2	0	13:29	—	—	46	26
Cole Sillinger C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	1	0	11:52	—	—	48	26
Adam Fantilli C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.30	0	0	0	16:30	—	—	23	29
Kirill Marchenko R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	0	2	0	13:56	—	—	21	21
Dmitri Voronkov L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:26	—	—	22	32
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	2	0	22:51	—	—	46	46
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	22:07	—	—	44	42
Zach Werenski D	D2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.36	0	1	0	24:00	—	—	30	26
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.04	1	1	0	18:10	—	—	35	20
Jake Bean D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:21	—	—	39	48
David Jiricek D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:49	—	—	41	33

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	40	36	4	.900	3.39	58:54

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Sidney Crosby (PIT) 1st 4:10 · assists Marcus Pettersson, Kris Letang · Forecheck turnover · 34.0 mph shot.

Sidney Crosby · 1st 4:10 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.0 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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Kirill Marchenko · 1st 10:29 · CBJ

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.1 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Egor Chinakhov · 1st 19:28 · CBJ

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 9.1 mph
Distance: 3 ft

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Jake Guentzel · 2nd 7:04 · PIT

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Erik Karlsson · 3rd 8:40 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 74.7 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Type: one-timer

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Alexandre Texier · 3rd 11:45 · CBJ

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.7 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s
Type: rebound

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Sidney Crosby · 3rd 14:28 · PIT

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 40.5 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 6.6 s
Type: deflection

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Sidney Crosby · 3rd 19:23 · PIT EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.0 mph
Distance: 45 ft
Entry to goal: 6.0 s

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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.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Columbus Blue JacketsNov 14, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Columbus Blue Jackets

Goal anatomy

Sidney Crosby · 1st 4:10 · PIT

Kirill Marchenko · 1st 10:29 · CBJ

Egor Chinakhov · 1st 19:28 · CBJ

Jake Guentzel · 2nd 7:04 · PIT

Erik Karlsson · 3rd 8:40 · PIT

Alexandre Texier · 3rd 11:45 · CBJ

Sidney Crosby · 3rd 14:28 · PIT

Sidney Crosby · 3rd 19:23 · PIT EN