Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Montreal CanadiensOct 14, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	2	1	3	6		PIT	11	9	10	30
MTL	1	2	0	3		MTL	6	13	9	28

: PIT 72MTL 57
: PIT 4.56MTL 3.48
PP goals: PIT 0MTL 1
Hits: PIT 23MTL 28
Blocks: PIT 16MTL 22
PIM: PIT 6MTL 4
: PIT 65%MTL 35%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 6–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 6–3 at MTL. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:04 together.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 18:20.Malkin
Points
Lars Eller had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:23.Eller
Points
Matt Grzelcyk had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:53.Grzelcyk
Points
Mike Matheson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:51.Matheson
Points
Nick Suzuki had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:23.Suzuki
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Suzuki, Dach, Caufield and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:04 together.Matheson Suzuki Dach Caufield Slafkovský
New line
New look for PIT: Eller–Puljujarvi–O'Connor skated 8:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (63.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Puljujarvi O'Connor
Usage
Noel Acciari (PIT) played 10:21, −3:27 down on his 13:48 season average over 78 games.Acciari

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 129 of 129 attempts · MTL 57 · PIT 72

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 47% of the game, MTL 31%.

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
	77	49
	3.73	2.81
	3.53	2.65
	19	10
	4	4
	18	32
	+0.068	−0.068
	47%	31%

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 – Rakell – Bunting
12:5071% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Beauvillier
12:2155% CF
L3Eller – Puljujarvi – O'Connor
8:4263% CF
L4Hayes – Acciari – Glass
6:3445% CF
D1Letang – Grzelcyk
15:4163% CF
D2Karlsson – Pettersson
14:0767% CF
D3Graves – Shea
12:1968% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Karlsson – Rust
1:12100% CF
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Hayes – Grzelcyk – Puljujarvi
0:270% CF
PK1FAcciari – Glass
1:10
PK2FEller – O'Connor
0:51
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
1:50
PK2DGrzelcyk – Shea
0:36

Current PIT line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
11:5541% CF
L2Armia – Dach – Newhook
9:5628% CF
L3Gallagher – Anderson – Evans
8:2539% CF
L4Dvorak – Heineman – Kapanen
7:5073% CF
D1Guhle – Hutson
11:4541% CF
D2Matheson – Barron
9:0045% CF
D3Savard – Xhekaj
6:4653% CF

PP1Matheson – Suzuki – Dach – Caufield – Slafkovský
2:04100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Armia – Newhook – Kapanen – Hutson
0:36100% CF
PK1FEvans – Suzuki
1:10
PK2FAnderson – Dvorak
0:45
PK1DSavard – Matheson
1:10
PK2DGuhle – Barron
0:30

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	1	2	3	+2	1	0.51	1	0	0	18:20	—	—	69	77
Michael Bunting L	L1	0	1	1	+3	2	0.46	1	0	0	15:46	—	—	72	84
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	0	1	+3	3	0.53	1	3	0	15:38	—	—	68	77
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	1.21	2	1	0	20:20	—	—	58	33
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	3	1	0	19:33	—	—	56	28
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	3	1	0	17:30	—	—	58	32
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	1	0	0	13:47	—	—	62	59
Lars Eller C	L3	2	0	2	+3	3	0.24	0	0	2	13:23	—	—	62	59
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	1	0	2	12:02	—	—	65	75
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.05	4	1	0	10:21	—	—	47	52
Cody Glass C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:51	—	—	46	63
Kevin Hayes R	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.57	2	0	0	8:51	—	—	47	62
Kris Letang D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.27	3	1	0	22:31	—	—	65	67
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.07	1	1	0	20:53	—	—	61	35
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.09	0	0	0	23:15	—	—	62	58
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	0	3	0	22:40	—	—	61	64
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	15:48	—	—	52	50
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	0	2	14:40	—	—	67	62

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	28	25	3	.893	3.48	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	2	2	-3	1	0.03	0	2	0	20:23	—	—	42	33
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.65	2	1	0	20:09	—	—	41	37
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.51	3	0	0	19:59	—	—	42	36
Kirby Dach C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:55	—	—	26	14
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.24	0	1	0	13:58	—	—	27	27
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	0	2	12:48	—	—	27	29
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	3	1	0	15:08	—	—	31	51
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.62	1	0	0	13:15	—	—	31	53
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.49	1	1	0	12:23	—	—	35	51
Christian Dvorak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	12:45	—	—	63	86
Oliver Kapanen C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	12:08	—	—	45	54
Emil Heineman L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	2	1	0	11:28	—	—	65	86
Lane Hutson D	D1	0	0	0	-4	0	0.01	1	4	0	24:45	—	—	35	51
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	2	4	2	19:07	—	—	37	67
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	2	2	-1	2	0.14	0	3	0	24:51	—	—	41	43
Justin Barron D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	3	3	0	17:57	—	—	41	30
David Savard D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.03	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	37	30
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	1	0	14:18	—	—	46	30

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	29	24	5	.828	4.12	57:18

Goal anatomy

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

Lars Eller (PIT) 1st 6:54 · assists Jesse Puljujarvi, Marcus Pettersson · Rush · carried in · 64.0 mph shot · 2.9 s from entry to goal.

Lars Eller · 1st 6:54 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.0 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Rickard Rakell · 1st 16:49 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 52.0 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: one-timer

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Kaiden Guhle · 1st 18:16 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 83.6 mph
Distance: 47 ft
Type: one-timer

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Juraj Slafkovský · 2nd 2:51 · MTL PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 14.3 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Emil Heineman · 2nd 14:26 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 77.9 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 1.6 s

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Lars Eller · 2nd 16:23 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 69.4 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Kevin Hayes · 3rd 7:47 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 21.0 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 6.9 s
Type: rebound

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Kris Letang · 3rd 11:32 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 42.2 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 18:50 · PIT EN

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 1.2 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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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.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Montreal CanadiensOct 14, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 6–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Lars Eller · 1st 6:54 · PIT

Rickard Rakell · 1st 16:49 · PIT

Kaiden Guhle · 1st 18:16 · MTL

Juraj Slafkovský · 2nd 2:51 · MTL PP

Emil Heineman · 2nd 14:26 · MTL

Lars Eller · 2nd 16:23 · PIT

Kevin Hayes · 3rd 7:47 · PIT

Kris Letang · 3rd 11:32 · PIT

Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 18:50 · PIT EN