Penguins - Canadiens: Goal Assessment

Better late than never, right?  Here's the breakdown for the Canadiens game.

+/- Assessment:

1st Goal Against (Prust): - for

• Orpik – doesn’t slide down to the crease to cover the area in front with Letang behind the net
• Adams – meanders around and behind the net without going after the puck or a guy

1st Goal For (Sutter): + for

• Niskanen – breaks the puck out of the defensive zone
• Bennett – moves the puck through the neutral zone to Sutter
• Letang – takes the shot that glances over to Sutter
• Sutter – passed the puck to Letang, and scores as Letang’s shot deflects to him

2nd Goal Against (Pacioretty): - for

• Jeffrey – fails to help Letang’s clearing effort out at the blue line
• Letang – over-pursues the puck and then doesn’t recover
• Orpik – under-pursues the puck and doesn’t make a play on it

2nd Goal For (Kunitz): + for

• Engelland – gets a takeaway in the defensive zone and pushes it up to Kunitz
• Crosby – takes the shot on net and feeds Kunitz from behind
• Kunitz – moved the puck to Crosby and then takes his pass and banks it in off of Price

3rd Goal For (Cooke): + for

• Letang – great keep at the blue line, passes to Orpik
• Orpik – moves the puck to Cooke
• Neal – screens Price on the crease
• Cooke – wrist shot finds its way into the net

4th Goal For (Cooke): + for

• Neal – breaks puck into the zone
• Cooke – wrist shot beats Price again

3rd Goal Against (Gionta): - for

• Kennedy – not back into the play yet from the penalty box

4th Goal Against (Subban): - for

• Orpik – ices the puck with 7 seconds left
• Letang – gets caught chasing the puck behind the net
• Neal – doesn’t follow Subban from the point to the crease

5th Goal Against (Desharnais): - for

• Engelland – fails to clear the puck
• Jeffrey – fails to help Engelland with the clear, then doesn’t cover Desharnais on the crease

5th Goal For (Kunitz): + for

• Dupuis – keeps puck in the zone
• Letang – skates puck below the goal line and passes across to Crosby
• Crosby – passes to Kunitz in the high slot
• Kunitz – scores on a one-timer

6th Goal For (Crosby): + for  

• Kennedy – backchecks to cause a turnover in the defensive zone
• Kunitz – takes the puck through the neutral zone
• Letang – takes the puck deep into the zone and tries to get it on net
• Crosby – skates in and shoots a loose puck past Price

6th Goal Against (Gionta): - for

• No One – that goal is on Vokoun completely

7th Goal For (Sutter): + for

• Despres – breaks the puck through the neutral zone and lets it go for Neal
• Neal – pulls a defender away and passes to Sutter
• Sutter – takes the puck around a defender and beats Price with a wrist shot