Dumb penalty to take haha

Wowwwww

Hahaha fvck yeah!

This should take about 30 seconds.
- madmike71

or 2 minutes and 30 seconds lol.

Woooooooooooo

CDS stole that. Easily his best game of the year.

Never doubted em lol

or 2 minutes and 30 seconds lol.
- Pags

You're welcome.

CDS stole that. Easily his best game of the year.
- madmike71

Watch he gives up 6 against the kings lol

CDS stole that. Easily his best game of the year.
- madmike71

Stood on his head this game. He needed that.

Once again. 4-4 is so much better.

CDS stole that. Easily his best game of the year.
- madmike71

Absolutely and really unexpected the way he was leaving juicy rebounds in the 1rst.

Carters job their is to cover the front and not let McKinnon make any passes to the slot. It wouldn’t have mattered if it was Crosby, Mckinnions scoring that goal.
- Grinder47

That’s not wrong, the issue I have is Carter didn’t even realize he was there until it was too late, it wasn’t a decision he made to just stay there and cover the net, he had no idea what was going on at that point, granted it all happens in a split second.

Tanger got that one across the line.

I was downtown for the game tonight and I can 100% see why attendance is lower. It is a nightmare down by the arena with all of the construction. It's a mess to get there, mess to park, and a mess to leave.

That’s not wrong, the issue I have is Carter didn’t even realize he was there until it was too late, it wasn’t a decision he made to just stay there and cover the net, he had no idea what was going on at that point, granted it all happens in a split second.
- JLT168

Carter was covering his man. I just watched it again the second Carter drops down he opens up a one timer. Petry chasing behind the net was the real break down. Can’t chase players like McKinnon behind the net. Jake should probably stop taking selfish lazy penalties, he’s really the one at blame.

F'n right I'll take this vs the champs who'd won 7 of their last 8

Carter was covering his man. I just watched it again the second Carter drops down he opens up a one timer. Petry chasing behind the net was the real break down. Can’t chase players like McKinnon behind the net. Jake should probably stop taking selfish lazy penalties, he’s really the one at blame.
- Grinder47

It was good execution by Colorado. Pittsburgh was playing man to man, which is normal in a four-on-four situation. Colorado set up a play where MacKinnon was alone one-on-one on the right side of the ice. Pettersson has two choices, force MacKinnon to his weak side or force him wide. Getting beat clean isn't one of them, but that's what happened.

Petry followed his man behind the net, another no-no. Let him go, pick him up when he circles back. No need to chase.

Yes, Carter was covering his man. What he wasn't doing was having his 'head on a swivel'. When not one but two defensemen got beat, he needed to collapse on the puck carrier.

Holding Colorado to one goal was impressive. Overall, the Pens played decent. DeSmith played, let's just say he stopped a lot of pucks. He certainly didn't look good. Unless you think all that pirouetting he did was impressive.

F'n right I'll take this vs the champs who'd won 7 of their last 8


- MattStrat

So expected goals were 6.78. I was robbed. Do you think I can get my money back.

So expected goals were 6.78. I was robbed. Do you think I can get my money back.
- Thunderbolt

Depends. What's the current exchange rate of expected goals to actual goals?

Depends. What's the current exchange rate of expected goals to actual goals?
- jmatchett383

I don't know. Might be a good idea to learn that before I bet again.

So expected goals were 6.78. I was robbed. Do you think I can get my money back.
- Thunderbolt

hahaha

Nope.

Depends. What's the current exchange rate of expected goals to actual goals?
- jmatchett383

hahaha

hahaha
- MattStrat

I'd like to see a study for all games league wide that compares expected goals to actual goals. If they're off by more than 10%, I'd say the current "expected goals" formula needs to be either discredited or redone.

Edit:
So I actually did this for last season (using vhttps://www.moneypuck.com/teams.htm). I know some of the GF and GA were off by a little by checking with nhl.com, but only by 1-2 in some cases, so close enough for a 1312 game sample.

The average %difference for GF vs. xGF and GA vs. xGA is 1.4%, which I'd call pretty darn good.

The largest difference in GF vs. xGF was Minnesota (21.7% above) and the smallest was Anaheim (0%).

The largest difference in GA vs. xGA was Columbus (25.5% below) and the smallest was San Jose (0%).

The best combined xG vs G team was St. Louis (23.6% above) and the worst was New Jersey (22.9% below).

The Penguins were 180 GF vs. 184 xGF (2.2% under) and 154 GA vs. 160 xGA (3.8% above).

One final note: 9 teams whose goalies received a Vezina vote all had a positions GA vs. xGA with an average of 7.5%.

It was good execution by Colorado. Pittsburgh was playing man to man, which is normal in a four-on-four situation. Colorado set up a play where MacKinnon was alone one-on-one on the right side of the ice. Pettersson has two choices, force MacKinnon to his weak side or force him wide. Getting beat clean isn't one of them, but that's what happened.

Petry followed his man behind the net, another no-no. Let him go, pick him up when he circles back. No need to chase.

Yes, Carter was covering his man. What he wasn't doing was having his 'head on a swivel'. When not one but two defensemen got beat, he needed to collapse on the puck carrier.

Holding Colorado to one goal was impressive. Overall, the Pens played decent. DeSmith played, let's just say he stopped a lot of pucks. He certainly didn't look good. Unless you think all that pirouetting he did was impressive.
- Thunderbolt

He has to be so aggressive to fill up the holes he creates by making himself so small. He had 3 or more shots ring of his helmet that were at chest height.

I'll take that performance but it doesn't seem sustainable with the way he plays.

Also thanks to Mack for missing the net a few times on the OT PP.