Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 12, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	2	6	9		PIT	10	9	14	33
MTL	1	1	0	2		MTL	6	11	6	23

: PIT 66MTL 40
: PIT 4.12MTL 2.44
PP goals: PIT 2MTL 0
Hits: PIT 11MTL 26
Blocks: PIT 8MTL 16
PIM: PIT 8MTL 6
: PIT 51%MTL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Montreal Canadiens 9–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Montreal Canadiens 9–2 at MTL. Bryan Rust (PIT) led the scoring with 3G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Grzelcyk and Bunting) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 2:54 together.

Points
Bryan Rust had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 6 shots in 15:43.Rust
Points
Rickard Rakell had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 4 shots in 16:00.Rakell
Points
Sidney Crosby had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:40.Crosby
Points
Kris Letang had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:12.Letang
Points
Matt Grzelcyk had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:24.Grzelcyk
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Grzelcyk and Bunting) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 2:54 together.Crosby Letang Rakell Grzelcyk Bunting
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Bunting–Tomasino skated 11:21 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Bunting Tomasino
Luck
PIT scored 9 goals on 4.12 expected goals (66 attempts), finishing well above 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 106 of 106 attempts · MTL 40 · PIT 66

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 56% of the game, MTL 21%.

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
	68	37
	3.81	2.35
	3.52	2.27
	16	10
	5	5
	24	16
	+0.015	−0.015
	56%	21%

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 – Bunting – Tomasino
11:2158% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Rakell
10:5280% CF
L3Beauvillier – Glass – O'Connor
8:4276% CF
L4Nieto – Acciari – Lizotte
7:3057% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
13:5086% CF
D2Letang – Pickering
13:4943% CF
D3Grzelcyk – Graves
10:0667% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Grzelcyk – Bunting
2:5483% CF
PP2Malkin – Karlsson – Rust – Glass – Tomasino
1:47100% CF
PK1FNieto – Acciari
3:12
PK2FGlass – Lizotte
1:24
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
3:39
PK2DGraves – Pickering
1:07

Current PIT line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak
7:3344% CF
L2Armia – Evans – Heineman
7:0030% CF
L3Suzuki – Caufield – Newhook
6:0950% CF
L4Laine – Dach – Slafkovský
5:2211% CF
D1Guhle – Xhekaj
12:2332% CF
D2Matheson – Hutson
10:2940% CF
D3Struble – Barron
7:4829% CF

PP1Laine – Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
5:13100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Matheson – Dach – Newhook – Heineman
2:1367% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
2:13
PK2FDvorak – Suzuki
0:40
PK1DMatheson – Guhle
2:59
PK2DBarron – Xhekaj
0:55

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
Philip Tomasino R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	62	59
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	0	0	0	15:32	—	—	58	59
Michael Bunting L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.49	1	0	0	15:04	—	—	60	59
Rickard Rakell R	L2	2	2	4	+3	4	0.57	0	0	0	16:00	—	—	77	75
Bryan Rust R	L2	3	1	4	+3	6	0.41	1	0	0	15:43	—	—	77	67
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	3	3	+3	3	0.53	3	0	0	15:40	—	—	80	76
Cody Glass C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.30	1	2	0	14:58	—	—	72	52
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	2	0	2	13:31	—	—	72	52
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	1	0	0	10:44	—	—	65	44
Matt Nieto L	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.09	1	0	0	13:26	—	—	50	66
Noel Acciari C	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.84	0	0	0	13:11	—	—	50	61
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	2	13:01	—	—	43	55
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	0	1	0	23:09	—	—	83	83
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	+3	4	0.10	0	0	0	19:26	—	—	79	72
Kris Letang D	D2	1	1	2	0	3	0.13	0	1	2	24:12	—	—	48	41
Owen Pickering D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:10	—	—	42	44
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.06	0	2	0	17:24	—	—	62	62
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	2	14:24	—	—	64	67

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	2.44	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.09	1	0	0	13:02	—	—	40	60
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.43	1	1	4	12:40	—	—	34	47
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.26	0	1	0	12:09	—	—	43	66
Joel Armia R	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.31	2	0	0	15:38	—	—	33	37
Jake Evans C	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:00	—	—	33	28
Emil Heineman L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:26	—	—	33	30
Nick Suzuki C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.35	0	2	0	20:24	—	—	44	54
Cole Caufield R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	1	0	0	19:46	—	—	55	78
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	1	0	0	15:13	—	—	29	20
Juraj Slafkovský L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	1	0	18:08	—	—	33	41
Patrik Laine L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	0	2	2	16:14	—	—	12	2
Kirby Dach C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	13:58	—	—	22	8
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.09	3	2	0	22:20	—	—	35	43
Arber Xhekaj D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	7	3	0	21:01	—	—	33	39
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	1	0	0	23:01	—	—	46	51
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.24	0	0	0	20:48	—	—	37	42
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:53	—	—	20	14
Justin Barron D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	12:21	—	—	38	41

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	26	20	6	.769	2.86	48:41
Cayden Primeau	—	7	4	3	.571	1.26	11:19

Goal anatomy

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

Nick Suzuki (MTL) 1st 2:12 · assists Cole Caufield · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 23.8 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.

Nick Suzuki · 1st 2:12 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 23.8 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Rickard Rakell · 1st 4:18 · PIT PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 3
Shot: 22.8 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Bryan Rust · 2nd 10:03 · PIT

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.3 mph
Distance: 74 ft

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Bryan Rust · 2nd 13:27 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 43.9 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: one-timer

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Joel Armia · 2nd 14:36 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 76.5 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s
Type: one-timer

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Rickard Rakell · 3rd 4:40 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 22.7 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s
Type: rebound

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Kris Letang · 3rd 7:42 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 4
Shot: 18.0 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Anthony Beauvillier · 3rd 8:41 · PIT

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 6.4 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: deflection

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Bryan Rust · 3rd 11:56 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.3 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 6.0 s
Type: rebound

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Matt Nieto · 3rd 14:20 · PIT

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.0 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s
Type: one-timer

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Noel Acciari · 3rd 18:42 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 6.3 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s

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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 CanadiensDec 12, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Montreal Canadiens 9–2

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

Nick Suzuki · 1st 2:12 · MTL

Rickard Rakell · 1st 4:18 · PIT PP

Bryan Rust · 2nd 10:03 · PIT

Bryan Rust · 2nd 13:27 · PIT

Joel Armia · 2nd 14:36 · MTL

Rickard Rakell · 3rd 4:40 · PIT

Kris Letang · 3rd 7:42 · PIT PP

Anthony Beauvillier · 3rd 8:41 · PIT

Bryan Rust · 3rd 11:56 · PIT

Matt Nieto · 3rd 14:20 · PIT

Noel Acciari · 3rd 18:42 · PIT