Engelland – takes a shot that goes off of
Nabokov and gets tangled up in Cooke’s jersey
Cooke – shoots the puck past Nabokov after it
drops at his skates
2nd Goal For (Neal): + for
Murray – digs the puck out of the defensive
corner and chips it to Malkin
Malkin – makes a pass to Neal in the neutral
zone so he can skate up with it
Niskanen – jumps into the play on the other side
of the offensive zone, causing the defenseman (Streit) to watch the pass and
give Neal room to get a better shooting angle
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