Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Montreal CanadiensMar 15, 2018

FinalThursday, Mar 15, 2018· Centre Bell

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

5

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	2	1	2	5		PIT	11	18	10	39
MTL	2	1	0	3		MTL	9	4	7	20

: PIT 66MTL 48
: PIT 3.24MTL 1.70
PP goals: PIT 1MTL 1
Hits: PIT 27MTL 29
Blocks: PIT 16MTL 14
PIM: PIT 2MTL 4
: PIT 49%MTL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 5–3 at MTL. Patric Hornqvist (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Antti Niemi (MTL) faced 38 shots and stopped 34 (.895), +8 against a season average of 29.6; the loss.

Points
Patric Hornqvist had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 10 shots in 18:07.Hornqvist
Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:19.Rust
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:05.Malkin
Points
Alex Galchenyuk had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:22.Galchenyuk
Points
Kris Letang had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:58.Letang
Goalie
Antti Niemi (MTL) faced 38 shots and stopped 34 (.895), +8 against a season average of 29.6; the loss.Niemi
Usage
Mike Reilly (MTL) played 22:23, +7:33 up on his 14:50 season average over 56 games.Reilly
New line
New look for MTL: Shaw–Hudon–Scherbak skated 9:14 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Shaw Hudon Scherbak

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)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · MTL 48 · PIT 66

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL 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, MTL 19%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

MTL

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	MTL
	71	47
	2.38	1.23
	2.31	1.22
	14	12
	6	5
	20	23
	+0.022	−0.022
	49%	19%

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 – Hornqvist – Hagelin
13:5352% CF
L2Crosby – Guentzel – Sheary
13:4963% CF
L3Brassard – Kessel – Rust
10:4580% CF
L4Sheahan – Kuhnhackl – Rowney
3:1617% CF
D1Schultz – Oleksiak
17:0372% CF
D2Maatta – Ruhwedel
16:2550% CF
D3Letang – Dumoulin
15:2961% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Hornqvist – Kessel – Schultz
1:45100% CF
PP2Letang – Brassard – Maatta – Guentzel – Sheary
0:38100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
0:23
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
0:23

Current PIT line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Galchenyuk – de la Rose – Lehkonen
13:5137% CF
L2Byron – Gallagher – Drouin
13:3752% CF
L3Shaw – Hudon – Scherbak
9:1425% CF
L4Deslauriers – Froese – Carr
7:5938% CF
D1Petry – Reilly
19:4643% CF
D2Alzner – Juulsen
16:2244% CF
D3Benn – Lernout
13:5935% CF

PP1Petry – Byron – Gallagher – Galchenyuk – Drouin
0:23100% CF
PK1FDeslauriers – Froese
0:54
PK2FByron – Lehkonen
0:45
PK1DAlzner – Juulsen
1:38
PK2DBenn – Lernout
0:45

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:15
MTLArtturi Lehkonen (Jeff Petry, Alex Galchenyuk)tip-in0.03 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Guentzel, ShearyMTL: Petry, Reilly, Galchenyuk, de la Rose, Lehkonen
PIT 0 – 1 MTL
6:31
MTLPaul ByronPP (Brendan Gallagher, Alex Galchenyuk)wrist0.31 xG
PIT: Letang, Hagelin, Dumoulin, SheahanMTL: Petry, Byron, Gallagher, Galchenyuk, Drouin
PIT 0 – 2 MTL
10:05
PITPhil Kessel (Bryan Rust, Derick Brassard)wrist0.17 xG
PIT: Letang, Brassard, Kessel, Dumoulin, RustMTL: Petry, Deslauriers, Froese, Reilly, Carr
PIT 1 – 2 MTL
14:33
PITPatric Hornqvist (Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang)wrist0.10 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Hornqvist, Hagelin, SchultzMTL: Petry, Byron, Gallagher, Reilly, Drouin
PIT 2 – 2 MTL

2nd period

10:30
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby)slap0.07 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, KesselMTL: Alzner, Shaw, de la Rose, Juulsen
PIT 3 – 2 MTL
12:57
MTLNicolas Deslauriers (Daniel Carr, Jonathan Drouin)wrist0.13 xG
PIT: Letang, Hornqvist, Brassard, Hagelin, OleksiakMTL: Alzner, Deslauriers, Drouin, Carr, Juulsen
PIT 3 – 3 MTL

3rd period

12:24
PITPatric Hornqvist (Carl Hagelin, Brian Dumoulin)tip-in0.05 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Hornqvist, Hagelin, DumoulinMTL: Alzner, Byron, Gallagher, Drouin, Juulsen
PIT 4 – 3 MTL
18:07
PITBryan RustEN (Patric Hornqvist, Jamie Oleksiak)wrist0.73 xG
PIT: Malkin, Hornqvist, Schultz, Rust, OleksiakMTL: Petry, Byron, Gallagher, Reilly, Galchenyuk, Drouin
PIT 5 – 3 MTL

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	1	1	2	+3	1	0.07	1	0	0	20:05	—	—	48	67
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	1	0	0	18:58	—	—	53	63
Patric Hornqvist R	L1	2	1	3	+2	10	1.01	3	1	0	18:07	—	—	52	61
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	1	1	-1	5	0.12	3	0	0	21:18	—	—	64	65
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.43	0	0	0	18:57	—	—	65	66
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	1	0	15:55	—	—	61	64
Phil Kessel R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.26	0	0	0	17:41	—	—	79	88
Bryan Rust R	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.86	0	1	0	14:19	—	—	77	86
Derick Brassard C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	4	1	0	13:51	—	—	72	69
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:28	—	—	56	60
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	7:32	—	—	38	9
Carter Rowney C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	4:11	—	—	44	18
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.01	0	1	0	21:02	—	—	72	85
Jamie Oleksiak D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	4	1	2	18:37	—	—	69	71
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	2	2	0	19:04	—	—	50	45
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	3	2	0	17:54	—	—	52	43
Kris Letang D	D3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.08	0	2	0	22:58	—	—	59	65
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	3	0	18:40	—	—	62	72

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	20	17	3	.850	1.70	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Galchenyuk C	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	18:22	—	—	33	24
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	1	0	0	16:57	—	—	34	27
Jacob de la Rose L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	2	0	0	16:17	—	—	33	23
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.20	2	0	0	20:39	—	—	55	44
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	1	1	-3	2	0.41	0	1	2	18:52	—	—	52	36
Paul Byron L	L2	1	0	1	-3	1	0.34	3	0	0	18:43	—	—	50	34
Nikita Scherbak R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	12:52	—	—	36	35
Charles Hudon L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:48	—	—	25	20
Logan Shaw R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:33	—	—	25	24
Byron Froese C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	11:03	—	—	43	40
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.23	4	0	0	10:57	—	—	44	49
Daniel Carr L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:53	—	—	43	47
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.06	4	3	2	24:49	—	—	40	31
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	22:23	—	—	43	31
Karl Alzner D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	20:21	—	—	44	43
Noah Juulsen D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	2	0	19:02	—	—	44	43
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	16:53	—	—	31	27
Brett Lernout D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	4	0	16:09	—	—	35	27

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Niemi(start)	L	38	34	4	.895	2.51	58:04

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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.