Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 4, 2020

Final / OTSaturday, Jan 4, 2020· Centre Bell

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

2

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	1	0	1	1	3		PIT	11	10	14	2	37
MTL	1	1	0	0	2		MTL	6	13	9	0	28

: PIT 71MTL 55
: PIT 2.35MTL 1.54
PP goals: PIT 0MTL 0
Hits: PIT 21MTL 35
Blocks: PIT 19MTL 17
PIM: PIT 15MTL 15
: PIT 51%MTL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 in overtime at MTL. Artturi Lehkonen (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Carey Price (MTL) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +7 against a season average of 30.3; the overtime loss.

Points
Artturi Lehkonen had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:19.Lehkonen
Points
Teddy Blueger had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:51.Blueger
Goalie
Carey Price (MTL) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +7 against a season average of 30.3; the overtime loss.Price
Usage
Nick Suzuki (MTL) played 21:52, +5:58 up on his 15:54 season average over 70 games.Suzuki
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Rust–Kahun skated 6:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (81.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Rust Kahun
Usage
Teddy Blueger (PIT) played 19:51, +4:06 up on his 15:45 season average over 68 games.Blueger
Usage
Brandon Tanev (PIT) played 17:52, +3:10 up on his 14:42 season average over 67 games.Tanev
Usage
Nick Cousins (MTL) played 17:44, +4:17 up on his 13:27 season average over 64 games.Cousins

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 55 · PIT 71

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 28% of the game, MTL 15%.

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
	65	49
	1.76	1.39
	1.65	1.36
	10	6
	11	4
	19	14
	+0.052	−0.052
	28%	15%

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

L1Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
10:4550% CF
L2Hornqvist – McCann – Simon
8:2763% CF
L3Malkin – Rust – Kahun
6:1281% CF
L4Galchenyuk – Di Pauli – Blandisi
0:48100% CF
D1Johnson – Letang
14:1269% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
13:3650% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Riikola
7:3654% CF

PP1Malkin – Letang – Hornqvist – Rust – McCann
3:2689% CF
PP2Galchenyuk – Marino – Aston-Reese – Riikola – Kahun
1:0333% CF
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
4:40
PK2FRust – Aston-Reese
1:45
PK1DJohnson – Letang
2:25
PK2DPettersson – Marino
1:27

Current PIT line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Tatar – Cousins – Danault
11:3841% CF
L2Lehkonen – Domi – Suzuki
9:3631% CF
L3Weal – Poehling – Kotkaniemi
7:1653% CF
L4Thompson – Weise – Vejdemo
4:1545% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
13:3520% CF
D2Petry – Mete
9:1127% CF
D3Scandella – Fleury
9:0561% CF

PP1Petry – Tatar – Danault – Suzuki – Poehling
3:28100% CF
PP2Weber – Weal – Cousins – Domi – Kotkaniemi
3:1275% CF
PK1FThompson – Lehkonen
1:32
PK2FSuzuki – Poehling
1:08
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
1:50
PK2DPetry – Scandella
0:48

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:42
MTLArtturi Lehkonen (Max Domi, Nick Suzuki)wrist0.16 xG
PIT: Hornqvist, McCann, Pettersson, Marino, SimonMTL: Scandella, Lehkonen, Domi, Fleury, Suzuki
PIT 0 – 1 MTL
9:28
PITZachary Aston-Reese (Teddy Blueger)wrist0.07 xG
PIT: Rust, Blueger, Ruhwedel, Aston-Reese, RiikolaMTL: Petry, Chiarot, Weal, Poehling, Kotkaniemi
PIT 1 – 1 MTL

2nd period

3:37
MTLArtturi Lehkonenwrist0.28 xG
PIT: Johnson, Letang, Di Pauli, Blandisi, SimonMTL: Weber, Cousins, Lehkonen, Domi, Fleury
PIT 1 – 2 MTL

3rd period

5:24
PITBryan Rust (Evgeni Malkin, Jack Johnson)wrist0.00 xG
PIT: Malkin, Johnson, Letang, Rust, KahunMTL: Weber, Thompson, Weise, Chiarot, Vejdemo
PIT 2 – 2 MTL

OT period

1:49
PITBrandon Tanev (Teddy Blueger, Marcus Pettersson)wrist0.00 xG
PIT: Blueger, Pettersson, TanevMTL: Scandella, Tatar, Domi
PIT 3 – 2 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
Teddy Blueger C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.07	0	2	0	19:51	—	—	42	83
Brandon Tanev L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	4	2	0	17:52	—	—	52	90
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.31	2	1	0	15:32	—	—	45	80
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.71	3	0	0	17:05	—	—	59	67
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.38	2	1	0	16:22	—	—	69	72
Dominik Simon C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:38	—	—	59	34
Bryan Rust R	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.22	0	1	0	21:46	—	—	57	50
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.25	0	1	0	21:23	—	—	70	56
Dominik Kahun C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.01	0	2	0	14:59	—	—	74	82
Alex Galchenyuk C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	9:22	—	—	54	44
Joseph Blandisi C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	2	4:34	—	—	46	6
Thomas Di Pauli C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	0	0	4:16	—	—	46	6
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	3	2	28:57	—	—	64	46
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	3	2	20:15	—	—	65	59
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	3	2	22:22	—	—	43	43
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	1	0	7	19:17	—	—	50	32
Juuso Riikola D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:48	—	—	59	92
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	0	0	13:23	—	—	48	87

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	1.54	61:49

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	2	2	2	20:23	—	—	37	24
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	5	1	0	20:08	—	—	47	65
Nick Cousins C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	1	1	0	17:44	—	—	40	62
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	0	0	0	21:52	—	—	39	72
Max Domi C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.34	1	0	7	19:36	—	—	46	80
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0.46	1	1	0	15:19	—	—	25	58
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	14:06	—	—	44	10
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	1	0	0	13:38	—	—	55	30
Jordan Weal C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	12:43	—	—	60	24
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	3	0	0	12:12	—	—	36	36
Dale Weise R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	7:12	—	—	29	7
Lukas Vejdemo C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	6:50	—	—	50	16
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	3	0	26:39	—	—	24	7
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	2	1	4	23:27	—	—	43	54
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	2	1	0	22:59	—	—	47	39
Victor Mete D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	12:57	—	—	35	12
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	3	2	15:40	—	—	44	30
Cale Fleury D	D3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.04	2	0	0	12:23	—	—	69	70

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	O	37	34	3	.919	2.35	61:49

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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.