Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Montreal CanadiensOct 17, 2022

Final / OTMonday, Oct 17, 2022· Centre Bell

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

3

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	0	2	0	0	2		PIT	6	15	6	1	28
MTL	0	0	2	1	3		MTL	11	13	11	4	39

: PIT 54MTL 68
: PIT 2.58MTL 3.44
PP goals: PIT 0MTL 1
Hits: PIT 17MTL 19
Blocks: PIT 17MTL 16
PIM: PIT 6MTL 6
: PIT 52%MTL 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 in overtime at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MTL: Monahan–Suzuki–Caufield skated 13:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:23.Malkin
Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 8 shots in 22:44.Suzuki
Points
Bryan Rust had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:40.Rust
Points
Kaiden Guhle had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:43.Guhle
New line
New look for MTL: Monahan–Suzuki–Caufield skated 13:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Monahan Suzuki Caufield
New line
New look for MTL: Dadonov–Gallagher–Dvorak skated 10:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Gallagher Dvorak
Goalie
Casey DeSmith (PIT) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +9 against a season average of 30.1; the overtime loss.DeSmith
Usage
Kirby Dach (MTL) played 13:22, −5:13 down on his 18:35 season average over 57 games.Dach

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 122 of 122 attempts · MTL 68 · PIT 54

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 37%.

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
	53	64
	2.47	2.47
	2.40	2.36
	11	6
	2	4
	18	32
	+0.025	−0.025
	26%	37%

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 – Rakell – Guentzel
13:3937% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rust
10:3567% CF
L3Carter – Kapanen – Heinen
10:0256% CF
L4Archibald – McGinn – Poehling
6:0930% CF
D1Petry – Pettersson
18:1954% CF
D2Letang – Dumoulin
15:5231% CF
D3Joseph – Rutta
11:4747% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
3:2675% CF
PP2Carter – Petry – Zucker – Rakell – Heinen
2:0375% CF
PK1FMcGinn – Poehling
1:50
PK2FCarter – Kapanen
0:52
PK1DDumoulin – Rutta
2:40
PK2DLetang – Pettersson
0:44

Current PIT line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Monahan – Suzuki – Caufield
13:0861% CF
L2Dadonov – Gallagher – Dvorak
10:1058% CF
L3Anderson – Drouin – Dach
8:4943% CF
L4Hoffman – Evans – Slafkovský
7:1779% CF
D1Savard – Guhle
16:3368% CF
D2Kovacevic – Harris
14:2844% CF
D3Wideman – Xhekaj
13:3057% CF

PP1Wideman – Drouin – Monahan – Suzuki – Caufield
1:4250% CF
PP2Hoffman – Gallagher – Dvorak – Dach – Guhle
1:33100% CF
PK1FDadonov – Evans
1:31
PK2FMonahan – Dvorak
0:39
PK1DSavard – Guhle
2:47
PK2DKovacevic – Harris
2:23

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:52
PITEvgeni Malkin (Marcus Pettersson, Bryan Rust)slap0.04 xG
PIT: Malkin, Petry, Zucker, Rust, PetterssonMTL: Dadonov, Savard, Gallagher, Dvorak, Guhle
PIT 1 – 0 MTL
7:56
PITEvgeni Malkin (Bryan Rust, Pierre-Olivier Joseph)wrist0.16 xG
PIT: Malkin, Zucker, Rust, Joseph, RuttaMTL: Monahan, Suzuki, Kovacevic, Harris, Caufield
PIT 2 – 0 MTL

3rd period

1:10
MTLNick Suzuki (Kaiden Guhle, Mike Hoffman)backhand0.04 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Guentzel, PetterssonMTL: Monahan, Suzuki, Harris, Caufield, Guhle
PIT 2 – 1 MTL
17:40
MTLCole Caufield (Jonathan Drouin, Kaiden Guhle)snap0.11 xG
PIT: Carter, Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, GuentzelMTL: Gallagher, Drouin, Monahan, Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle
PIT 2 – 2 MTL

OT period

3:09
MTLKirby DachPP (Sean Monahan, Nick Suzuki)tip-in0.11 xG
PIT: Carter, Dumoulin, ArchibaldMTL: Monahan, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield
PIT 2 – 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
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	0	0	0	20:02	—	—	43	40
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.17	1	0	0	19:19	—	—	41	40
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	0	0	0	18:58	—	—	39	38
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	2	0	2	+2	6	0.56	0	0	0	18:23	—	—	52	59
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.18	2	0	0	16:13	—	—	61	63
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.20	0	0	0	15:40	—	—	60	73
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	0	2	0	17:57	—	—	50	51
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	1	0	0	15:13	—	—	50	51
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	14:27	—	—	55	46
Brock McGinn L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:08	—	—	21	24
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	1	0	11:05	—	—	36	48
Josh Archibald R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	5	0	0	9:19	—	—	21	36
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.11	2	2	6	22:42	—	—	56	55
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	20:55	—	—	53	50
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.10	2	5	0	24:31	—	—	27	36
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	4	0	21:36	—	—	37	41
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:03	—	—	50	64
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	12:56	—	—	42	54

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	O	39	36	3	.923	3.44	63:09

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	1	2	+1	8	0.49	2	0	0	22:44	—	—	58	48
Sean Monahan C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.37	0	0	0	22:12	—	—	58	43
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.64	2	0	0	20:05	—	—	59	44
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:33	—	—	50	52
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	15:29	—	—	58	64
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	0	0	14:41	—	—	50	47
Kirby Dach C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.15	0	0	2	13:22	—	—	42	53
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	1	0	0	13:06	—	—	42	53
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.40	0	2	0	12:18	—	—	40	50
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	0	0	0	13:59	—	—	62	56
Mike Hoffman C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.25	1	0	0	11:38	—	—	71	48
Juraj Slafkovský L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:52	—	—	69	47
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.13	3	1	0	24:43	—	—	68	69
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	7	0	22:37	—	—	56	56
Jordan Harris D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.26	0	2	0	20:45	—	—	47	37
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	18:11	—	—	44	27
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	16:04	—	—	58	65
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	1	4	15:59	—	—	50	50

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.58	62:41

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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.