Colorado Avalanche vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsOct 26, 2023

FinalThursday, Oct 26, 2023· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	0	0	0		COL	5	13	13	31
PIT	2	1	1	4		PIT	9	8	12	29

: COL 64PIT 48
: COL 2.50PIT 2.67
PP goals: COL 0PIT 0
Hits: COL 19PIT 18
Blocks: COL 9PIT 14
PIM: COL 4PIT 10
: COL 39%PIT 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Colorado Avalanche 4–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Colorado Avalanche 4–0 at home. Reilly Smith (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL scored 0 goals on 2.50 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Reilly Smith had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:27.Smith
Luck
COL scored 0 goals on 2.50 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Sidney Crosby (PIT) played 15:08, −5:01 down on his 20:09 season average over 81 games.Crosby
Usage
Ryan Johansen (COL) played 19:58, +6:26 up on his 13:32 season average over 62 games.Johansen
Usage
Evgeni Malkin (PIT) played 15:20, −3:17 down on his 18:37 season average over 81 games.Malkin
Usage
Jake Guentzel (PIT) played 16:38, −3:26 down on his 20:04 season average over 66 games.Guentzel
Usage
Jonathan Drouin (COL) played 13:14, −5:01 down on his 18:15 season average over 78 games.Drouin
Usage
Jeff Carter (PIT) played 8:14, −4:24 down on his 12:38 season average over 71 games.Carter

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

← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · PIT 48 · COL 64

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT pressure
COL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: COL 35% of the game, PIT 33%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

PIT

COL

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	COL	PIT
	58	54
	2.32	3.03
	2.23	2.93
	16	7
	1	7
	12	18
	−0.104	+0.104
	35%	33%

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.

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin
9:5350% CF
L2Tatar – Johansen – Rantanen
8:2347% CF
L3Wood – Drouin – Colton
6:5161% CF
L4Cogliano – Olofsson – O'Connor
6:4382% CF
D1Toews – Makar
12:3356% CF
D2Girard – Byram
12:2955% CF
D3Johnson – Manson
8:3147% CF

PP1Johansen – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Rantanen – Makar
7:0589% CF
PP2Tatar – Nichushkin – Toews – Colton – Byram
2:040% CF
PK1FCogliano – O'Connor
0:57
PK2FNichushkin – Olofsson
0:38
PK1DManson – Girard
1:15
PK2DToews – Makar
0:25

Current COL line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
11:3642% CF
L2Malkin – Smith – Rakell
9:4530% CF
L3Eller – O'Connor – Zohorna
7:4663% CF
L4Carter – Nieto – Acciari
5:3362% CF
D1Letang – Graves
12:4342% CF
D2Karlsson – Pettersson
12:1950% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Shea
5:5460% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Guentzel
1:06
PP2Carter – Letang – Smith – Rakell – O'Connor
0:53100% CF
PK1FEller – Rust
3:42
PK2FNieto – Acciari
3:10
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
3:57
PK2DRuhwedel – Graves
3:19

Current PIT 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.

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	-3	5	0.47	0	0	2	24:16	—	—	50	39
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	20:19	—	—	38	32
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	3	0.20	1	0	0	16:55	—	—	58	46
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	-2	2	0.23	1	0	0	22:27	—	—	44	36
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	2	0.10	2	0	2	19:58	—	—	44	43
Tomas Tatar L	L2	-2	0	0.10	1	1	0	14:17	—	—	41	38
Ross Colton C	L3	0	3	0.35	3	1	0	13:18	—	—	52	54
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	-1	5	0.32	0	1	0	13:14	—	—	58	55
Miles Wood L	L3	-2	1	0.08	2	1	0	10:40	—	—	48	44
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	10:44	—	—	82	77
Fredrik Olofsson L	L4	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	9:56	—	—	69	34
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	8:49	—	—	75	47
Cale Makar D	D1	-1	0	0.11	0	1	0	23:07	—	—	52	47
Devon Toews D	D1	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:22	—	—	57	56
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	4	0.28	2	1	0	21:22	—	—	49	47
Samuel Girard D	D2	-3	1	0.01	0	1	0	18:35	—	—	53	35
Josh Manson D	D3	-3	1	0.02	4	0	0	16:15	—	—	54	39
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	2	0.02	0	1	0	11:50	—	—	45	31

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	24	20	4	.833	2.21	51:55
Ivan Prosvetov	—	5	5	0	.1000	0.46	8:05

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:57	—	—	38	31
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.16	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	39	29
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.32	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	39	25
Reilly Smith R	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0.43	1	0	0	15:27	—	—	43	77
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	0	3	6	15:20	—	—	43	72
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	41	70
Lars Eller C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.49	1	1	0	18:30	—	—	61	70
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.33	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	71	81
Radim Zohorna L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.15	4	0	0	10:45	—	—	65	71
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	0	1	0	12:47	—	—	50	62
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	1	2	12:21	—	—	58	71
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	1	0	0	8:14	—	—	57	72
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	2	3	0	26:26	—	—	50	54
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	1	0	21:21	—	—	41	45
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	21:15	—	—	41	56
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.15	0	1	0	21:09	—	—	47	53
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	2	0	14:09	—	—	54	77
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	+3	2	0.01	1	0	2	13:59	—	—	58	68

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	31	31	0	.1000	2.50	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Reilly Smith (PIT) 1st 4:40 · unassisted · Forecheck turnover · 62.8 mph shot.

Reilly Smith · 1st 4:40 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 62.8 mph
Distance: 18 ft

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Reilly Smith · 1st 16:51 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.4 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s
Type: one-timer

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Lars Eller · 2nd 6:00 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.8 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 5.0 s

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Sidney Crosby · 3rd 10:35 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.8 mph
Distance: 38 ft

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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.

Colorado Avalanche vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsOct 26, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Colorado Avalanche 4–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Reilly Smith · 1st 4:40 · PIT

Reilly Smith · 1st 16:51 · PIT

Lars Eller · 2nd 6:00 · PIT

Sidney Crosby · 3rd 10:35 · PIT