Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 18, 2021

FinalThursday, Nov 18, 2021· Centre Bell

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	3	2	1	6		PIT	16	15	12	43
MTL	0	0	0	0		MTL	5	9	10	24

: PIT 67MTL 50
: PIT 3.13MTL 1.49
PP goals: PIT 1MTL 0
Hits: PIT 12MTL 29
Blocks: PIT 19MTL 15
PIM: PIT 2MTL 2
: PIT 55%MTL 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Montreal Canadiens 6–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 6–0 at MTL. Teddy Blueger (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for MTL: Gallagher–Lehkonen–Evans skated 11:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (68% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Teddy Blueger had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 13:24.Blueger
Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:01.Guentzel
Points
Bryan Rust had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:24.Rust
Points
John Marino had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:48.Marino
Points
Zachary Aston-Reese had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:41.Aston-Reese
New line
New look for MTL: Gallagher–Lehkonen–Evans skated 11:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (68% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gallagher Lehkonen Evans
Luck
PIT scored 6 goals on 3.13 expected goals (67 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Pezzetta–Poehling skated 7:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Pezzetta Poehling

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 117 of 117 attempts · MTL 50 · PIT 67

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 44% of the game, MTL 25%.

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
	72	58
	3.63	1.78
	3.27	1.70
	14	7
	5	4
	16	23
	+0.070	−0.070
	44%	25%

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

L1Carter – Zucker – Kapanen
14:2433% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
14:1244% CF
L3Blueger – McGinn – Aston-Reese
10:4763% CF
L4Heinen – Rodrigues – Simon
10:0076% CF
D1Pettersson – Marino
17:3841% CF
D2Letang – Dumoulin
16:4251% CF
D3Matheson – Ruhwedel
14:5066% CF

PP1Carter – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
1:11100% CF
PP2Zucker – Kapanen – Heinen – Marino – Rodrigues
0:4967% CF
PK1FRodrigues – Aston-Reese
1:05
PK2FBlueger – McGinn
0:42
PK1DLetang – Ruhwedel
0:56
PK2DDumoulin – Marino
0:51

Current PIT line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Drouin – Dvorak
12:5347% CF
L2Gallagher – Lehkonen – Evans
11:5068% CF
L3Toffoli – Suzuki – Caufield
11:2144% CF
L4Armia – Pezzetta – Poehling
7:040% CF
D1Petry – Chiarot
16:4959% CF
D2Kulak – Romanov
14:2432% CF
D3Savard – Norlinder
14:2338% CF

PP1Chiarot – Anderson – Dvorak – Caufield – Norlinder
0:500% CF
PP2Petry – Toffoli – Gallagher – Drouin – Suzuki
0:42100% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Evans
0:43
PK2FToffoli – Suzuki
0:21
PK1DPetry – Chiarot
0:55
PK2DSavard – Romanov
0:52

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:36
PITSidney Crosby (Jake Guentzel, Bryan Rust)wrist0.15 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Matheson, Ruhwedel, GuentzelMTL: Petry, Chiarot, Gallagher, Lehkonen, Evans
PIT 1 – 0 MTL
12:38
PITDanton HeinenPP (John Marino, Kasperi Kapanen)wrist0.02 xG
PIT: Zucker, Kapanen, Heinen, Marino, RodriguesMTL: Savard, Lehkonen, Evans, Romanov
PIT 2 – 0 MTL
19:12
PITJake Guentzel (Bryan Rust, Kris Letang)wrist0.08 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelMTL: Petry, Chiarot, Anderson, Drouin, Dvorak
PIT 3 – 0 MTL

2nd period

13:49
PITTeddy Blueger (Zachary Aston-Reese)wrist0.16 xG
PIT: Letang, Blueger, McGinn, Pettersson, Aston-ReeseMTL: Petry, Chiarot, Toffoli, Suzuki, Caufield
PIT 4 – 0 MTL
16:12
PITBrock McGinn (Mike Matheson, Teddy Blueger)tip-in0.06 xG
PIT: Dumoulin, Matheson, Blueger, McGinn, Aston-ReeseMTL: Toffoli, Kulak, Suzuki, Romanov, Caufield
PIT 5 – 0 MTL

3rd period

19:49
PITTeddy Blueger (Zachary Aston-Reese, John Marino)wrist0.34 xG
PIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Blueger, McGinn, Aston-ReeseMTL: Chiarot, Pezzetta, Poehling, Romanov, Caufield
PIT 6 – 0 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
Kasperi Kapanen R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.01	0	1	0	17:18	—	—	39	32
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:54	—	—	41	42
Jeff Carter C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	0	2	0	16:39	—	—	32	31
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.07	0	1	2	17:24	—	—	44	55
Jake Guentzel C	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.13	1	0	0	17:01	—	—	46	57
Sidney Crosby C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.30	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	44	55
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	2	2	+3	3	0.21	0	1	0	13:41	—	—	61	73
Teddy Blueger C	L3	2	1	3	+4	5	0.64	0	0	0	13:24	—	—	65	75
Brock McGinn L	L3	1	0	1	+3	4	0.25	2	1	0	13:16	—	—	65	75
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	0	0	0	15:05	—	—	78	97
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	11:51	—	—	74	97
Danton Heinen L	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.28	2	2	0	11:24	—	—	78	97
John Marino D	D1	0	2	2	0	0	0.06	0	2	0	20:48	—	—	38	32
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	3	4	0	20:10	—	—	46	55
Kris Letang D	D2	0	1	1	+3	1	0.01	1	1	0	22:52	—	—	52	72
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	+3	2	0.11	0	2	0	19:43	—	—	55	69
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.43	2	1	0	17:19	—	—	68	72
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	1	1	+2	4	0.11	0	1	0	17:08	—	—	71	76

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	24	24	0	.1000	1.49	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.23	2	0	0	17:43	—	—	44	55
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.36	1	3	0	16:37	—	—	44	61
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	0	0	16:27	—	—	38	48
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	4	2	0	16:18	—	—	63	49
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	61	48
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	1	0	0	15:15	—	—	69	49
Nick Suzuki C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:11	—	—	39	20
Cole Caufield R	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.05	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	44	18
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.12	2	0	0	15:07	—	—	41	24
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	2	11:21	—	—	10	2
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	4	1	0	11:09	—	—	33	0
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:38	—	—	21	0
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	-4	2	0.03	1	2	0	23:26	—	—	57	38
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.02	3	2	0	21:47	—	—	60	47
Alexander Romanov D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	4	1	0	20:12	—	—	39	8
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	18:36	—	—	31	13
Mattias Norlinder D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	17:39	—	—	37	33
David Savard D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	17:22	—	—	34	33

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cayden Primeau(start)	L	31	26	5	.839	2.40	40:00
Samuel Montembeault	—	12	11	1	.917	0.74	20:00

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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.