Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Montreal Canadiens Recap Aug 7, 2020

FinalPlayoffsFriday, Aug 7, 2020· Scotiabank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	0	0		PIT	8	5	9	22
MTL	0	0	2	2		MTL	5	6	11	22

: PIT 47MTL 55
: PIT 1.34MTL 2.71
PP goals: PIT 0MTL 0
Hits: PIT 35MTL 48
Blocks: PIT 18MTL 16
PIM: PIT 4MTL 4
: PIT 50%MTL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–0

Montreal Canadiens beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–0 at home. Artturi Lehkonen (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Guentzel skated 9:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Guentzel skated 9:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Rust Guentzel
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Hornqvist–Zucker skated 10:44 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Hornqvist Zucker
New line
New look for MTL: Weise–Belzile–Domi skated 7:12 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Weise Belzile Domi
New line
New look for PIT: Marleau–Sheary–McCann skated 5:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (11.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Sheary McCann
Usage
Max Domi (MTL) played 9:31, −5:22 down on his 14:53 season average over 9 games.Domi
Usage
Shea Weber (MTL) played 22:30, −3:05 down on his 25:35 season average over 9 games.Weber
Cats
Jesperi Kotkaniemi (MTL) threw 8 hits, a night for hits leagues.Kotkaniemi

Three stars

★ First starCarey PriceMTL · G · 1.000 SV%, 0.00 GAA
★★ Second starArtturi LehkonenMTL · L · 1 G
★★★ Third starJeff PetryMTL · D · No points

Officials

Referees: Eric Furlatt (#27), Trevor Hanson (#14) · Linesmen: Greg Devorski (#54), Shandor Alphonso (#52)

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 102 of 102 attempts · MTL 55 · PIT 47

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 26% 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
	50	59
	1.32	2.57
	1.29	2.43
	5	8
	0	4
	18	29
	+0.000	+0.000
	26%	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.