Chicago Blackhawks vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 8, 2025

FinalTuesday, Apr 8, 2025· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	0	0	0		CHI	7	8	11	26
PIT	1	1	3	5		PIT	11	11	5	27

: CHI 55PIT 55
: CHI 2.44PIT 3.13
PP goals: CHI 0PIT 1
Hits: CHI 7PIT 15
Blocks: CHI 8PIT 11
PIM: CHI 6PIT 4
: CHI 44%PIT 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Chicago Blackhawks 5–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–0 at home. Kevin Hayes (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Rust, Rakell, Grzelcyk and Koivunen) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:18 together.

Points
Kevin Hayes had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 11:08.Hayes
Points
Bryan Rust had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:42.Rust
Points
Danton Heinen had 2 assists (2 points) in 10:54.Heinen
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Rust, Rakell, Grzelcyk and Koivunen) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:18 together.Crosby Rust Rakell Grzelcyk Koivunen
New line
New look for PIT: Nieto–Acciari–Koppanen skated 10:44 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nieto Acciari Koppanen
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Koivunen skated 9:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Rust Koivunen
Luck
CHI scored 0 goals on 2.44 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Rakell–McGroarty skated 4:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Rakell McGroarty

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

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

PIT
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · PIT 55 · CHI 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CHI 26% of the game, PIT 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

CHI

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	CHI	PIT
	55	54
	2.49	3.09
	2.42	2.97
	11	11
	7	5
	34	34
	−0.055	+0.055
	26%	42%

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Nazar
11:4986% CF
L2Donato – Mikheyev – Bedard
10:1452% CF
L3Foligno – Veleno – Reichel
9:2838% CF
L4Kurashev – Slaggert – Moore
7:0325% CF
D1Vlasic – Rinzel
15:1157% CF
D2Kaiser – Levshunov
14:5354% CF
D3Murphy – Korchinski
13:5432% CF

PP1Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Donato – Rinzel – Bedard
3:12100% CF
PP2Kurashev – Korchinski – Nazar – Moore – Levshunov
0:060% CF
PK1FFoligno – Slaggert
1:00
PK2FMikheyev – Nazar
0:37
PK1DMurphy – Vlasic
1:05
PK2DKaiser – Rinzel
0:54

Current CHI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Nieto – Acciari – Koppanen
10:4446% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Koivunen
9:3545% CF
L3Hayes – Heinen – Dewar
5:5182% CF
L4Malkin – Rakell – McGroarty
4:2867% CF
D1Letang – Grzelcyk
16:2539% CF
D2Karlsson – Timmins
16:2449% CF
D3Graves – Shea
13:5948% CF

PP1Crosby – Rust – Rakell – Grzelcyk – Koivunen
2:18100% CF
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Karlsson – McGroarty
1:45100% CF
PK1FAcciari – Dewar
1:53
PK2FNieto – Koppanen
0:39
PK1DLetang – Timmins
2:25
PK2DKarlsson – Grzelcyk
0:57

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Teuvo Teravainen C	L1	-1	3	0.26	0	0	0	17:52	—	—	78	60
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L1	-1	1	0.20	0	0	0	17:28	—	—	76	61
Frank Nazar C	L1	-1	1	0.07	1	1	0	14:43	—	—	81	62
Connor Bedard C	L2	-2	3	0.17	1	0	0	20:50	—	—	48	45
Ryan Donato C	L2	0	2	0.14	0	1	0	18:45	—	—	54	61
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	-2	0	0.22	0	1	0	17:24	—	—	47	48
Nick Foligno L	L3	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:41	—	—	40	22
Joseph Veleno C	L3	-1	4	0.19	1	0	0	11:21	—	—	33	22
Lukas Reichel L	L3	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:13	—	—	38	25
Oliver Moore C	L4	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:02	—	—	37	40
Landon Slaggert L	L4	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	12:54	—	—	38	53
Philipp Kurashev C	L4	0	2	0.36	0	0	0	11:41	—	—	38	51
Sam Rinzel D	D1	-1	3	0.32	1	0	0	22:02	—	—	63	70
Alex Vlasic D	D1	-2	1	0.00	0	2	0	20:45	—	—	52	49
Wyatt Kaiser D	D2	-1	3	0.22	1	1	0	19:41	—	—	60	57
Artyom Levshunov D	D2	-2	1	0.11	0	0	0	19:05	—	—	53	39
Connor Murphy D	D3	-1	1	0.04	1	1	2	17:48	—	—	37	29
Kevin Korchinski D	D3	-1	0	0.00	0	1	4	17:39	—	—	37	27

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Knight(start)	L	27	22	5	.815	3.13	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Noel Acciari C	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.20	3	0	0	16:17	—	—	59	82
Joona Koppanen L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.19	4	1	0	14:23	—	—	56	77
Matt Nieto L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	2	12:55	—	—	46	66
Sidney Crosby C	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.67	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	43	52
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	2	2	+1	3	0.17	0	0	0	18:42	—	—	38	41
Ville Koivunen R	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.37	0	0	0	18:14	—	—	35	37
Connor Dewar C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	0	2	0	13:07	—	—	78	73
Kevin Hayes R	L3	2	0	2	+2	5	0.69	0	0	0	11:08	—	—	79	71
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:54	—	—	74	75
Evgeni Malkin C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	0	0	0	17:24	—	—	47	50
Rickard Rakell R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:59	—	—	39	32
Rutger McGroarty R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	2	0	11:45	—	—	40	39
Kris Letang D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.10	1	0	0	23:25	—	—	50	62
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:46	—	—	39	54
Erik Karlsson D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	1	0	0	22:04	—	—	49	53
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.07	0	1	0	20:42	—	—	54	57
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	2	2	2	15:43	—	—	50	45
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	1	1	0	15:01	—	—	52	46

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	2.44	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Sidney Crosby (PIT PP) 1st 19:44 · assists Rickard Rakell, Bryan Rust · Forecheck turnover · 32.2 mph shot.

Sidney Crosby · 1st 19:44 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3
Shot: 32.2 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: one-timer

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Erik Karlsson · 2nd 4:45 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 45.8 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 9.2 s

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Kris Letang · 3rd 4:28 · PIT

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 49.0 mph
Distance: 20 ft

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Kevin Hayes · 3rd 7:42 · PIT

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 4
Shot: 14.5 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Kevin Hayes · 3rd 18:13 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 35.1 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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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.

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 8, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Chicago Blackhawks 5–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Chicago Blackhawks

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Chicago Blackhawks

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Sidney Crosby · 1st 19:44 · PIT PP

Erik Karlsson · 2nd 4:45 · PIT

Kris Letang · 3rd 4:28 · PIT

Kevin Hayes · 3rd 7:42 · PIT

Kevin Hayes · 3rd 18:13 · PIT