Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 13, 2023

Final / SOWednesday, Dec 13, 2023· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	1	2	0	0	1	4		PIT	11	15	3	1	30
MTL	3	0	0	0	0	3		MTL	15	7	11	9	42

: PIT 62MTL 73
: PIT 2.42MTL 5.75
PP goals: PIT 2MTL 1
Hits: PIT 32MTL 19
Blocks: PIT 15MTL 14
PIM: PIT 8MTL 4
: PIT 48%MTL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Montreal Canadiens 4–3 (SO)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 4–3 in a shootout at MTL. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Guentzel and Puustinen) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:49 together.

Points
Sidney Crosby had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 22:06.Crosby
Points
Erik Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 7 shots in 27:22.Karlsson
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Guentzel and Puustinen) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 2:49 together.Malkin Crosby Karlsson Guentzel Puustinen
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Monahan, Suzuki, Caufield and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:00 together.Matheson Monahan Suzuki Caufield Slafkovský
Goalie
Alex Nedeljkovic (PIT) faced 42 shots and stopped 39 (.929), +15 against a season average of 27.3; the win.Nedeljkovic
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Hinostroza–Guentzel skated 7:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Hinostroza Guentzel
Usage
Mike Matheson (MTL) played 32:21, +6:53 up on his 25:28 season average over 81 games.Matheson
Luck
MTL scored 3 goals on 5.75 expected goals (73 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 135 of 135 attempts · MTL 73 · PIT 62

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 41%.

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
	62	65
	2.19	4.29
	2.10	3.89
	11	19
	5	6
	25	25
	−0.039	+0.040
	28%	41%

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

L1Malkin – Smith – Puustinen
11:0470% CF
L2Crosby – Hinostroza – Guentzel
7:5648% CF
L3Eller – O'Connor – Zohorna
5:3856% CF
L4Carter – Harkins – Gruden
4:0067% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
16:1339% CF
D2Letang – Graves
14:5237% CF
D3Joseph – Ludvig
9:2867% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Guentzel – Puustinen
2:49100% CF
PP2Carter – Letang – Eller – Smith – Hinostroza
0:41100% CF
PK1FEller – Smith
2:09
PK2FCarter – Gruden
0:40
PK1DGraves – Ludvig
1:27
PK2DLetang – Pettersson
0:53

Current PIT line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
15:5964% CF
L2Anderson – Monahan – Evans
12:5953% CF
L3Gallagher – Armia – Dvorak
9:4058% CF
L4Stephens – Pezzetta – Ylonen
5:0443% CF
D1Savard – Matheson
17:1363% CF
D2Guhle – Barron
14:4536% CF
D3Kovacevic – Struble
11:0158% CF

PP1Matheson – Monahan – Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
3:00100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak – Ylonen – Barron
1:17100% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
1:35
PK2FDvorak – Suzuki
0:25
PK1DSavard – Matheson
2:28
PK2DGuhle – Barron
1:01

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:24
MTLDavid Savardwrist0.11 xG
PIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Guentzel, Pettersson, O'ConnorMTL: Savard, Matheson, Stephens, Pezzetta, Ylonen
PIT 0 – 1 MTL
12:21
MTLJayden Struble (Michael Pezzetta, Jesse Ylonen)wrist0.20 xG
PIT: Carter, Harkins, Joseph, Gruden, LudvigMTL: Stephens, Pezzetta, Kovacevic, Ylonen, Struble
PIT 0 – 2 MTL
13:48
PITSidney Crosby (Drew O'Connor)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Guentzel, Pettersson, O'ConnorMTL: Savard, Anderson, Monahan, Evans, Guhle
PIT 1 – 2 MTL
15:20
MTLSean MonahanPP (Nick Suzuki, Mike Matheson)wrist0.58 xG
PIT: Carter, Letang, Eller, GravesMTL: Matheson, Monahan, Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovský
PIT 1 – 3 MTL

2nd period

5:36
PITJake GuentzelPP (Sidney Crosby, Erik Karlsson)slap0.11 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Guentzel, PuustinenMTL: Savard, Armia, Matheson, Stephens
PIT 2 – 3 MTL
11:02
PITSidney CrosbyPP (Erik Karlsson, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Guentzel, PuustinenMTL: Savard, Armia, Matheson, Evans
PIT 3 – 3 MTL

Decided in the shootout: PIT 4 – 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
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	0	0	19:57	—	—	49	52
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	0	1	2	19:33	—	—	57	59
Valtteri Puustinen R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	3	1	0	15:36	—	—	64	66
Jake Guentzel C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.31	0	0	0	23:37	—	—	40	17
Sidney Crosby C	L2	2	1	3	0	2	0.22	0	1	0	22:06	—	—	48	14
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.28	5	0	0	15:00	—	—	50	27
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	1	1	0	19:22	—	—	55	71
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	1	0	2	18:09	—	—	42	30
Radim Zohorna L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	3	1	0	12:21	—	—	60	75
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	1	0	11:53	—	—	39	27
Jonathan Gruden L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	7:16	—	—	30	5
Jansen Harkins C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:24	—	—	67	0
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	2	2	0	7	0.28	1	2	0	27:22	—	—	52	38
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	3	1	2	25:07	—	—	42	30
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	2	2	25:38	—	—	42	31
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	2	0	21:29	—	—	43	31
John Ludvig D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	12:25	—	—	60	36
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:14	—	—	68	46

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	42	39	3	.929	5.75	65:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	0	0	0	26:25	—	—	54	83
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	0	6	1.37	0	0	0	23:07	—	—	55	86
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.53	1	1	2	22:04	—	—	50	80
Sean Monahan C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.73	0	2	0	21:10	—	—	49	58
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.77	1	1	0	17:32	—	—	55	64
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.62	1	1	0	17:26	—	—	51	59
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	16:34	—	—	52	51
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	0	2	0	15:30	—	—	52	47
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	1	0	12:44	—	—	57	54
Jesse Ylonen R	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:26	—	—	44	55
Mitchell Stephens C	L4	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	0	0	6:49	—	—	30	49
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	5	1	0	6:12	—	—	33	49
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.47	0	0	0	32:21	—	—	55	85
David Savard D	D1	1	0	1	0	4	0.28	1	1	0	23:27	—	—	59	83
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	19:07	—	—	37	34
Justin Barron D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	19:03	—	—	43	46
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	2	14:38	—	—	46	41
Jayden Struble D	D3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.25	3	1	0	13:58	—	—	56	51

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	O	30	27	3	.900	2.42	64:30

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

David Savard (MTL) 1st 6:24 · unassisted · Forecheck turnover · 64.6 mph shot.

David Savard · 1st 6:24 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.6 mph
Distance: 35 ft

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Jayden Struble · 1st 12:21 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.0 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s

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Sidney Crosby · 1st 13:48 · PIT

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Sean Monahan · 1st 15:20 · MTL PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 21.6 mph
Distance: 57 ft

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Jake Guentzel · 2nd 5:36 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 54.8 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Type: one-timer

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Sidney Crosby · 2nd 11:02 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 50.2 mph
Distance: 42 ft

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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.