Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Montreal CanadiensOct 13, 2018

Final / SOSaturday, Oct 13, 2018· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	2	1	0	0	0	3		PIT	7	4	14	3	28
MTL	0	3	0	0	1	4		MTL	8	19	11	2	40

: PIT 48MTL 78
: PIT 2.27MTL 3.15
PP goals: PIT 1MTL 1
Hits: PIT 32MTL 26
Blocks: PIT 25MTL 10
PIM: PIT 10MTL 2
: PIT 48%MTL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 (SO)

Montreal Canadiens beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 in a shootout at home. Tomas Tatar (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Petry, Tatar, Gallagher, Drouin and Domi) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:50 together.

Points
Tomas Tatar had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 21:30.Tatar
Points
Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 21:19.Gallagher
Points
Kris Letang had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 32:00.Letang
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Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:49.Kessel
Points
Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:19.Malkin
Points
Jeff Petry had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:33.Petry
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Petry, Tatar, Gallagher, Drouin and Domi) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:50 together.Petry Tatar Gallagher Drouin Domi
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:08 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Hornqvist Kessel

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 126 of 126 attempts · MTL 78 · PIT 48

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 23% of the game, MTL 45%.

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
	46	68
	2.03	2.25
	2.03	2.18
	8	7
	2	5
	26	20
	−0.025	+0.025
	23%	45%

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 – Brassard – Guentzel
15:1347% CF
L2Malkin – Kessel – Hagelin
11:2355% CF
L3Hornqvist – Sheahan – Rust
8:2845% CF
L4Cullen – Sprong – Simon
4:4025% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
17:3553% CF
D2Maatta – Riikola
8:267% CF
D3Johnson – Schultz
2:12100% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
2:08100% CF
PP2Brassard – Maatta – Guentzel – Sprong – Riikola
0:47100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
1:57
PK2FCullen – Rust
0:50
PK1DJohnson – Letang
1:28
PK2DMaatta – Riikola
0:45

Current PIT line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
13:2462% CF
L2Lehkonen – Drouin – Domi
12:4864% CF
L3Byron – Armia – Kotkaniemi
6:4669% CF
L4Plekanec – Shaw – Hudon
3:1157% CF
D1Reilly – Juulsen
16:3050% CF
D2Benn – Ouellet
13:5572% CF
D3Petry – Mete
11:4053% CF

PP1Petry – Tatar – Gallagher – Drouin – Domi
4:50100% CF
PP2Shaw – Reilly – Armia – Lehkonen – Drouin
1:19100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
1:01
PK2FByron – Armia
0:57
PK1DReilly – Juulsen
1:01
PK2DPetry – Benn
0:55

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:13
PITDominik Simon (Daniel Sprong, Kris Letang)backhand0.07 xG
PIT: Crosby, Johnson, Schultz, Sprong, SimonMTL: Petry, Shaw, Reilly, Danault, Hudon
PIT 1 – 0 MTL
15:16
PITKris Letang (Phil Kessel, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.07 xG
PIT: Malkin, Johnson, Letang, Kessel, HagelinMTL: Plekanec, Petry, Byron, Armia, Mete
PIT 2 – 0 MTL

2nd period

0:11
MTLTomas Tatar (Brendan Gallagher, Phillip Danault)wrist0.03 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Brassard, Dumoulin, GuentzelMTL: Tatar, Gallagher, Reilly, Danault, Juulsen
PIT 2 – 1 MTL
7:38
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Jeff Petry, Tomas Tatar)backhand0.06 xG
PIT: Crosby, Johnson, Sprong, Simon, RiikolaMTL: Petry, Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, Mete
PIT 2 – 2 MTL
8:51
MTLTomas TatarPP (Jonathan Drouin, Jeff Petry)wrist0.03 xG
PIT: Letang, Hagelin, Dumoulin, SheahanMTL: Petry, Tatar, Gallagher, Drouin, Domi
PIT 2 – 3 MTL
11:14
PITPhil KesselPP (Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, KesselMTL: Petry, Ouellet, Armia, Danault
PIT 3 – 3 MTL

Decided in the shootout: PIT 3 – 4 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
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.29	3	0	0	21:54	—	—	45	59
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.72	2	1	0	19:27	—	—	43	56
Derick Brassard C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	2	0	0	17:46	—	—	44	55
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.20	1	1	4	18:19	—	—	50	69
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	0	2	16:59	—	—	46	62
Phil Kessel R	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.16	0	0	0	15:49	—	—	48	67
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	2	0	20:00	—	—	30	31
Bryan Rust R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	16:09	—	—	42	32
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	0	0	13:24	—	—	37	37
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:36	—	—	22	4
Dominik Simon C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.08	3	1	2	8:03	—	—	19	13
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:45	—	—	29	17
Kris Letang D	D1	1	1	2	0	5	0.14	4	2	0	32:00	—	—	49	57
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	2	4	2	27:04	—	—	45	56
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	5	0	19:47	—	—	14	8
Juuso Riikola D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	5	0	18:53	—	—	29	35
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	5	4	0	22:05	—	—	57	57
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:34	—	—	60	90

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	O	40	37	3	.925	3.15	65:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Tatar L	L1	2	1	3	+2	6	0.53	1	0	0	21:30	—	—	66	44
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	1	1	2	+2	6	0.53	3	1	0	21:19	—	—	61	36
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	1	1	0	19:08	—	—	64	38
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.29	2	1	0	24:06	—	—	59	75
Max Domi C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	0	1	0	21:11	—	—	59	66
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.61	1	0	0	19:17	—	—	69	88
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	6	0	0	18:58	—	—	50	46
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	3	0	0	14:37	—	—	52	38
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	11:24	—	—	69	70
Tomas Plekanec C	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.29	0	0	0	8:44	—	—	44	42
Andrew Shaw R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	8:44	—	—	58	77
Charles Hudon L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	7:18	—	—	67	78
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	26:07	—	—	49	33
Noah Juulsen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	0	0	18:02	—	—	52	34
Xavier Ouellet D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.14	0	2	0	18:16	—	—	74	78
Jordie Benn D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	2	16:26	—	—	71	82
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	2	2	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	25:33	—	—	60	55
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	2	0	15:24	—	—	47	56

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Niemi(start)	W	28	25	3	.893	2.27	65:00

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.