Murray – breaks up a play in the defensive end,
skates the puck up through the neutral zone and passes it to Dupuis in stride
Dupuis – passes to the left to Morrow and draws
2 defensmen towards the net as he crashes the crease
Morrow – passes the puck to Jeffrey who is
trailing in the wake of the area Dupuis opened up
Jeffrey – one-times a shot past Anderson
2nd Goal For (Iginla): + for
Vokoun – stopped the puck behind the net and
passed it up the boards to Iginla
Jeffrey – takes the puck into the corner and
pushes it along for Morrow to retrieve
Morrow – chases the puck behind the net and then
quickly turns and passes it to Iginla at the goal line
Iginla – passed the puck to Jeffrey who took it
into the zone, then goes to the goal line to accept Morrow’s pass and beat
Anderson
1st Goal Against (Wiercioch): - for
Morrow – in the penalty box for tripping
Murray – screens Vokoun, causing a late reaction
by the goalie
3rd Goal For (Kennedy): + for
Cooke – dumps the puck into the corner and then
wins a puck battle and passes it out to Kennedy on the goal line
Kennedy – won a puck battle off the faceoff in
the defensive zone and passed it to Cooke, then made his way to the goal line
to tap Cooke’s pass in past Anderson
Letang – sets up play in defensive zone, passes
up to Niskanen
Niskanen – one-time passes the puck to Sutter
skating up the middle
Sutter – enters the zone and backs Subban off before just beating Budaj with a
wrist shot
2nd Goal For (Morrow): + for
Murray – backchecks and pokes the puck to
Despres
Despres – moves the puck over to Adams to head
into the offensive zone
Adams – skates the puck into the offensive zone
and passes it to Dupuis
Dupuis – draws 3 Canadiens and slides the puck
into open space where it ends up on Morrow’s stick
Morrow – beats Budaj with a quick wrist shot
3rd Goal For (Iginla): + for
Letang – brings puck into the zone and throws it
back to Bennett at the point, eventually passes the puck down to Kunitz on the
goal line as well, then drives to the crease to create a passing lane
Bennett – raced to the point to keep the puck in
and passes over to Kennedy
Kennedy – drew a defensemen over and passed the
puck to Letang
Kunitz – waits and passes the puck across the
crease to Iginla
Iginla – settles down the rolling puck and beats
Budaj
4th Goal For (Morrow): + for
Niskanen – throws a long stretch pass off the
boards to Bennett entering the zone
Bennett – beats his man at the blue line and
takes the puck in on a 2 on 1, passes to Morrow
Morrow – slides the puck in past Price
1st Goal Against (Gionta): - for
Dupuis – released on coverage on Eller when no
other defenseman was in position to take him
Letang – didn’t get Gionta tied up quickly
enough
5th Goal For (Sutter): + for
Letang – brings the puck out from the defensive
zone and passes to Morrow
Morrow – skates down the left wing and fires a
wrist shot that Price can’t handle
Sutter – skates to the crease and taps in the
rebound
2nd Goal Against (Galchenyuk): - for
Sutter – loses his guy at the offensive blue
line when he tries to stop the puck and misses
Despres – shows no awareness that there is an
odd-man against him and misses on a poke check to throw him completely out of
position
3rd Goal Against (Dumont): - for
Glass – loses Desharnais in the corner and
misses the puck
Kennedy – lets Dumont skate right past him
without any thought to following him
Cooke – lazily glides to Dumont and thus doesn’t
get there in time
Orpik – is slow to leave the crease to try and
block Dumont’s shot, ends up having the puck go off of his stick and in
6th Goal For (Murray): + for
Iginla – wins faceoff back to Murray
Murray – shoots the puck and has it deflect off
of Plekanec and in past Price
4th Goal Against (Markov): - for
Kennedy – drifts off of Markov and misses a pass
interception attempt
Kunitz – chips the puck from the defensive zone
to the offensive zone
Adams – forechecks and keeps the puck in the
offensive zone
Dupuis – follows up the forecheck by Adams to
pick up the puck and then pass it across the crease to Bortuzzo
Bortuzzo – gave the puck to Kunitz originally in
the defensive zone and streaks up the ice to tap in the pass from Dupuis
2nd Goal For (Morrow): + for
Jokinen – skates from deep in the offensive zone
back to the blue line to grab the puck before 4 Hurricanes’ players around him
do, then makes a perfect backhand pass to Morrow
Morrow – moves the puck to the left around Faulk
and fires a perfect wrist shot to the top corner of the net
2nd Goal Against (Sanguinetti): - for
Bortuzzo – ices the puck with all of the
forwards in front of him
Adams – loses the defensive zone faceoff cleanly
3rd Goal Against (Nash): - for
Engelland – gets beat to the puck off of a clean
faceoff win
Sutter – loses LaRose behind the net
Bortuzzo – fans on the puck in the slot and
doesn’t get a stick on Nash either
3rd Goal For (Bennett): + for
Engelland – makes the stretch pass up to Bennett
Adams – follows up Bennett when he can’t take
the pass from Engelland, keeps the puck in the zone, and then eventually feeds
Bennett
Glass – goes in with Bennett on a 2 on 1,
drawing McBain away from the puck
Bennett – goes in for a backhand on Peters and
has the puck bank off of McBain and in
4th Goal For (Malkin): + for
Kunitz – keeps Gleason honest when entering the
zone so the Pens have a 3 on 2 which they isolate into a 2 on 1 as Gleason
sticks to Kunitz
Iginla – intercepts the puck at the neutral zone,
feeds it to Malkin entering the zone, gets the puck on net when Malkin returns
the pass
Malkin – feeds the puck back to Iginla, scores
on the rebound of Iginla’s shot
5th Goal For (Dupuis): + for
Dupuis – intercepts the puck in the neutral zone
and puts it into an empty net
Dupuis – throws the puck behind the net for
Kunitz
Kunitz – settles the puck down and feeds Jokinen
at the left circle
Jokinen – beats Lundqvist high, glove side
1st Goal Against (Nash): - for
Dupuis – just getting out of the box for his
unsportsmanlike conduct penalty **I realize the penalty was iffy at best, but
he’s still the reason it’s 5 on 4**
Sutter – loses the faceoff cleanly in the
defensive zone
Quick recap for those new to my blog: Throughout this season, I have dissected every goal (for and against) to determine who contributed to goals for and who is at fault for goals against. I have provided a game by game recap and have kept a spreadsheet with the season totals. This all started because I hate plus/minus as a stat. It's lazy and doesn't actually tell you what is going on for any shift and which players actually did something right or wrong.
I have included powerplay goals for and against because I see no reason players shouldn't get credit (or fault) if they had a hand in a scoring play. Additionally, players in the penalty box during a powerplay goal against automatically get a minus for putting their team down a man.
The NHL +/- stat is next to my +/- stat for comparison's sake. With the recent additions the Penguins have made, I am going to keep track of their NHL and my +/- rating only with the Penguins.
In every post on this site, I will give the full explanations for my goal assessments. Additionally, you can find my post-game thoughts and analysis at The PensNation. Thanks for reading!
+/- Assessment
1st Goal For (Kunitz): + for
Malkin – retrieves puck after it hits the referee
in the corner, passes behind the net to Crosby
Orpik – takes a pass at the point and sends it
across to Martin
Martin – takes a shot that goes wide and bounces
to Crosby behind the net
Crosby – passes the puck to Orpik from Malkin,
then takes Martin’s missed shot and makes a no look pass back to Kunitz
Kunitz – one-times Crosby’s pass past Montoya
2nd Goal For (Malkin): + for
Murray – keeps the puck in the zone after it’s
blocked by the Jets, passes it to Niskanen
Niskanen – sends the puck down low to Neal
Neal – passes across the crease to Malkin
Morrow – gets in the way of 2 defensemen as Neal’s
pass glides by
Malkin – has the puck go off his skate, off
Montoya, off his skate, and in for a goal
3rd Goal For (Dupuis): + for
Crosby – passes the puck up to Kunitz off the
boards as they leave the defensive zone
Kunitz – passes across to Dupuis on a 2 on 1
Dupuis – initially retrieved the puck and sent
it to Crosby in the defensive zone, then one-times Kunitz’s pass to beat
Montoya
4th Goal For (Dupuis): + for
Glass – joins Dupuis on a 2 on 1, pulling
Enstrom away from Dupuis
(everyone goes where they are supposed to go,
Vokoun looks off of his angle a bit)
1st Goal For (Vitale): + for
Adams – takeaway at the offensive blue line
Glass – makes it a 2 on 1 with Vitale and pulls
Hamonic a little bit out of position away from Vitale
Vitale – snipes the corner on Nabokov
2nd Goal Against (Bailey): - for
Dupuis – failed clear with the puck sitting in
front of him
Crosby – failed clear, then doesn’t skate out to
Hamonic at the point OR shadow Bailey (lack of attention to what Kunitz is
doing)
Kunitz – gets caught wandering in the zone, too
far away from Hamonic at the point OR Bailey skating to the crease (lack of
attention to what Crosby is doing)
2nd Goal For (Kunitz): + for
Crosby – wins puck battle in the defensive zone
to Dupuis, eventually sets up Kunitz
Dupuis – takes puck from defensive zone and
passes it along to Crosby, then drives to the net causing a 3 player screen on
Nabokov
Kunitz – beats Nabokov 5 hole as the screen
clears away
3rd Goal For (Sutter): + for
Orpik – retrieves puck in the defensive zone and
clears it out to Neal
Neal – passes the puck from the neutral zone up
to Cooke heading into the offensive zone
Cooke – patiently waits for Carkner to go down
and end up out of position before passing the puck across the crease to Sutter
Sutter – beats Nabokov from point blank
4th Goal For (Dupuis): + for
(Vokoun – clears the puck to the blue line)
Crosby – knocks the puck to the offensive blue
line where Dupuis picks it up
Crosby – bad line change leads to an uncovered
defenseman entering the Penguins zone
Dupuis – bad line change leads to an uncovered
defenseman entering the Penguins zone
Kunitz – releases coverage on Bozak when he’s
unsure of what to do with the open man
1st Goal For (Dupuis): + for
Martin – moves the neutral zone faceoff win over
to Niskanen
Niskanen – slaps the puck in around the boards
for Kunitz forechecking on the other side
Kunitz – wins the forechecking battle and feeds
the puck to Sid at the faceoff circle
Crosby – makes a ridiculous backhanded spin pass
to Dupuis
Dupuis – turns the pass to his forehand and
scores
2nd Goal For (Dupuis): + for
Crosby – gets a clutch stick deflection on a
Leafs cross-crease pass in front of Fleury in the D zone (puck deflects to the
glass and rolls up the boards)
Kunitz – retrieves the puck off the boards in
the D zone and takes it into the O zone, pulls up and feeds the puck to Dupuis
in the high slot
Dupuis – takes a quick snap shot that beats
Scrivens
3rd Goal For (Adams): + for
Adams – blocks a shot, gathers the puck, and
shoots it into an empty net from his own zone
Crosby – too many men penalty: he was the 6th
man and easily could have / should have seen Kunitz go on a couple steps before
him
Martin – fails to retrieve the puck in the corner
and then shifts a little high, leaving 2 guys on the crease for Orpik
Orpik – doesn’t even attempt to keep Bergeron
from screening Fleury
2nd Goal Against (Seguin): - for
Cooke – has Bergeron on the crease and releases
on his coverage as Bergeron skates behind the net to open himself up for a pass
Letang – has Seguin on the crease and releases
on his coverage as Seguin goes to provide an outlet for Marchand, then leaves
the crease area to go after Bergeron once he receives the pass behind the net
Kennedy – is left with coverage on Seguin due to
above abandonments by Cooke and Letang, but doesn’t follow Seguin closely or
try to tie up his stick
1st Goal For (Kunitz): + for
Engelland – gives Letang a passing option and
feeds the puck back to him
Letang – gives Kunitz a perfect pass to one-time
Dupuis – skates the opposite direction of Kunitz
to pull Chara completely out of position with him
Kunitz – does the forechecking job to retrieve
the puck and pass it back to Letang on the point, then gets into shooting
position on the other side of the ice and scores on a one-timer
2nd Goal For (Sutter): + for
Bennett – carries the puck into the offensive
zone and passes it to the left to Neal
Neal – pulls the puck to the right to move a
defender towards him and then passes it to the left to Sutter with an open
shooting lane
Sutter – made the initial pass off the boards in
the neutral zone to spring Bennett and then took Neal’s pass and shot it past
Khudobin
3rd Goal For (Sutter): + for
Crosby – forces the defender to drop to the
ground to cover a pass on the 2 on 1
Sutter – intercepts the puck inside the
offensive zone and rips it past Khudobin
This will be a little out of order because I was out of town this past weekend. Here is the goal assessment for the Tampa Bay game. I will post the Montreal game on Tuesday (Game Center Live doesn't allow you to watch games until 48 hours afterwards) and update the season spreadsheet after that.
Full thoughts are at The PensNation.
+/- Assessment:
1st Goal For (Kunitz): + for
Crosby – wins the puck battle in the corner,
feeds Kunitz
Kunitz – slides into open space for a one-timer
goal
1st Goal Against (Stamkos): - for
Vitale – doesn’t get back into the play to cover
his guy, St. Louis
Engelland – goes to the wrong guy and never
actually covers his man, Stamkos
2nd Goal Against (Pyatt): - for
Engelland – beat by Palat behind the net
2nd Goal For (Malkin): + for
Malkin – forces turnover in the neutral zone and
makes a beautiful power move to get through 2 defensemen and beat Lindback
3rd Goal For (Crosby): + for
Letang – takes the puck behind the net and waits
patiently for Sid to open up
Crosby – steals puck back in defensive zone, feeds
it to Letang, then slides into open space for a one-timer goal
4th Goal For (Neal): + for
Letang – clears puck out of the zone to Malkin
Malkin – enters the zone with the puck and
passes it off to Neal
Neal – scores on an empty net
3rd Goal Against (Stamkos): - for
Glass – is completely unaware of Stamkos
sneaking past him to stand alone next to the net
As I make my transition to The PensNation, I'm going to start putting my thoughts on their site and the full +/- assessments on this blog (with links on each page). Also, if you are going through podcast withdrawal, subscribe to theirs here. Meanwhile, here are highlights and your goal assessment (if you have no clue what I'm doing with this goal assessment, visit http://www.crosbyftw.com/p/plusminus-spreadsheet.html).
+/- Assessment:
1st Goal For (Kunitz): + for
Niskanen – leads breakout through the neutral zone
Crosby – takes puck into the offensive zone and
passes to Kunitz
Neal – draws defenders deeper into the zone to open
up a passing lane
Kunitz – one-timer goal
1st Goal Against (E. Staal): - for
Crosby – left his guy (Staal) after the faceoff
and then doesn’t keep up with him going behind or to the net
Letang – over-pursues Tlusty for a hit instead of playing the puck
2nd Goal Against (Tlusty): - for
Crosby – doesn’t follow Staal / miscommunicates
with Niskanen
Niskanen – miscommunicates with Crosby / gets
caught between Staal and Tlusty
3rd Goal Against (Skinner): - for
Vitale – turnover in neutral zone
Adams – turnover in neutral zone
Bortuzzo – misses puck on a bad step up at the blue
line, then has a tough time getting to Dwyer on pass to Skinner
Martin – doesn’t step up to Skinner in the slot
4th Goal Against (Tlusty): - for
Bortuzzo – gets manhandled and loses the puck
Crosby – skates to empty area and doesn’t get
back in the play
Neal – leaves passing lane between Semin and
Tlusty
(Martin was not at fault for this goal, he was
tripped on the crease and couldn’t do anything)
As I make my transition to The PensNation, I'm going to start putting my thoughts on their site and the full +/- assessments on this blog (with links on each page). You can find my thoughts here.
Also, if you are going through podcast withdrawal, subscribe to theirs here. Meanwhile, here are highlights and your goal assessment (if you have no clue what I'm doing with this goal assessment, visit http://www.crosbyftw.com/p/plusminus-spreadsheet.html).
1st Goal Against (Kopecky), - for
Kennedy: was in the box for a boarding penalty
Dupuis: doesn’t take a single stride as Kopecky
skates past him
1st Goal For (Neal), + for
Orpik: retrieves the puck in the defensive
corner and pushes it along to Martin
Martin: taps the puck ahead to Kunitz leaving
the defensive zone
Kunitz: backhands the puck to Crosby skating
through the neutral zone
Crosby: passes the puck to Neal as they enter
the offensive zone
Neal: takes a wrist shot that beats Theodore
short-side
2nd Goal Against (Kopecky), - for
Orpik: was in the box for an elbowing penalty
Letang: fails to clear the puck when he has it
in the corner
3rd Goal Against (Campbell), - for
Glass: was in the box for a high sticking
penalty
Dupuis: fans on a clearing attempt at the blue
line
4th Goal Against (Goc), - for
Dupuis: was in the box for a hooking penalty
Sutter: fails to clear the puck on the boards,
then lets Kopecky skate right past him
Martin: backs away from Goc, giving him
positioning to tap the puck in
2nd Goal For (Jeffrey), + for
Kennedy: puts in forechecking effort to keep
Panthers’ defensemen off the puck
Bennett: goes to the corner to retrieve the puck
and passes it to Orpik at the point
Orpik: draws a Florida forward away and passes
the puck over to Jeffrey
Jeffrey: takes a wrist shot that beats Theodore
3rd Goal For (Martin), + for
Neal: retrieves a loose puck in the defensive
zone and skates it to the offensive zone, passing to Martin
Martin: one-times a shot past Theodore
4th Goal For (Kunitz), + for
Crosby: retrieves the puck in the corner and
passes it down to Kunitz
Kunitz: attempts to center the puck and it
deflects off of a defenseman and goes in
5th Goal Against (Fleischmann), - for
Letang: chases his own missed shot deep into the
offensive zone as a penalty expires, leaving Niskanen back for a 2 on 1
Niskanen: doesn’t compensate for Florida’s speed
coming down the ice and never turns towards the puck
6th Goal Against (Kopecky), - for
No One: empty netter and crazy bounce off the
boards
