St. Louis Blues vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 3, 2022

FinalSaturday, Dec 3, 2022· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	1	1	0	2		STL	8	7	13	28
PIT	3	2	1	6		PIT	15	13	10	38

: STL 49PIT 68
: STL 3.52PIT 5.24
PP goals: STL 0PIT 2
Hits: STL 36PIT 26
Blocks: STL 16PIT 12
PIM: STL 18PIT 4
: STL 49%PIT 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout St. Louis Blues 6–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat St. Louis Blues 6–2 at home. Bryan Rust (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 3A. New look for STL: Schenn–Pitlick–Barbashev skated 4:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (23.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 5 shots in 14:33.Rust
Points
Kasperi Kapanen had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 12:01.Kapanen
Points
Jason Zucker had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:52.Zucker
Points
Evgeni Malkin had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:06.Malkin
Points
Colton Parayko had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:57.Parayko
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Pitlick–Barbashev skated 4:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (23.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Pitlick Barbashev
New line
New look for STL: Walker–Acciari–Bitten skated 5:40 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Walker Acciari Bitten
Luck
STL scored 2 goals on 3.52 expected goals (49 attempts), well short of its chances.

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

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

PIT
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · PIT 68 · STL 49

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 21% of the game, PIT 49%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

STL

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	STL	PIT
	46	62
	2.13	3.87
	2.04	3.50
	7	16
	1	5
	11	10
	+0.004	−0.004
	21%	49%

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.

St. Louis Blues

L1Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas
11:4752% CF
L2O'Reilly – Leivo – Saad
9:0242% CF
L3Walker – Acciari – Bitten
5:4040% CF
L4Schenn – Pitlick – Barbashev
4:5023% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
10:2540% CF
D2Leddy – Parayko
10:1937% CF
D3Mikkola – Rosen
7:5129% CF

PP1Tarasenko – Saad – Krug – Buchnevich – Thomas
2:30100% CF
PP2O'Reilly – Schenn – Faulk – Leivo – Barbashev
1:10100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Buchnevich
2:13
PK2FWalker – Acciari
0:47
PK1DParayko – Mikkola
3:45
PK2DLeddy – Faulk
3:31

Current STL line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel
13:4269% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rust
10:1760% CF
L3Carter – McGinn – Kapanen
6:4278% CF
L4Archibald – Blueger – Poehling
6:2813% CF
D1Petry – Pettersson
15:3950% CF
D2Ruhwedel – Joseph
13:1368% CF
D3Dumoulin – Rutta
11:4860% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Petry – Rakell – Guentzel
4:5882% CF
PP2Carter – Zucker – Rust – Kapanen – Joseph
1:55100% CF
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
2:37
PK2FArchibald – Poehling
1:07
PK1DDumoulin – Rutta
1:47
PK2DRuhwedel – Pettersson
0:49

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.

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.62	2	0	2	19:35	—	—	54	46
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.24	0	0	0	18:08	—	—	55	58
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.62	3	1	0	17:23	—	—	52	54
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.21	0	1	0	17:34	—	—	48	33
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.49	1	0	0	16:10	—	—	39	35
Josh Leivo L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.23	4	1	0	14:41	—	—	44	33
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	13:36	—	—	36	22
Nathan Walker L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	2	0	0	10:12	—	—	33	15
William Bitten C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	6:18	—	—	50	19
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	4	1	2	17:07	—	—	36	38
Brayden Schenn C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	17:06	—	—	29	24
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	9:35	—	—	29	35
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	3	0	23:52	—	—	38	22
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.29	2	3	2	17:07	—	—	48	37
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.01	1	0	0	23:57	—	—	49	41
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.18	1	2	0	19:14	—	—	41	29
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	0	0	19:37	—	—	38	42
Calle Rosen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	4	0	12:03	—	—	38	49

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thomas Greiss	—	20	19	1	.950	2.59	37:08
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	17	13	4	.765	2.00	21:51

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.69	1	3	0	21:40	—	—	64	81
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	0	1	+1	8	1.06	1	0	0	21:27	—	—	70	82
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.55	0	0	0	21:12	—	—	69	81
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	3	3	+1	4	0.57	0	0	0	19:06	—	—	60	70
Jason Zucker L	L2	1	2	3	+2	1	0.26	0	1	0	16:52	—	—	57	64
Bryan Rust R	L2	1	3	4	+2	5	0.70	1	0	0	14:33	—	—	62	72
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	12:48	—	—	64	46
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	3	0	3	+1	4	0.77	2	0	0	12:01	—	—	67	39
Brock McGinn L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	11:07	—	—	69	57
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:15	—	—	17	6
Josh Archibald R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	5	0	0	10:34	—	—	27	16
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:54	—	—	9	7
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	2	0	24:26	—	—	50	63
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	3	0	20:27	—	—	46	57
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.13	5	0	2	17:53	—	—	63	60
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:38	—	—	68	64
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	17:19	—	—	63	78
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	1	2	2	17:14	—	—	59	67

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	3.52	59:34

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.

St. Louis Blues vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 3, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins rout St. Louis Blues 6–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Pittsburgh Penguins