Drew O'Connor · 1st 15:32 · PIT
- Play
- odd-man-rush
- Entry
- carry
- Odd man
- 3-on-2
- Passes
- 0
- Shot
- 57.8 mph
- Distance
- 15 ft
- Entry to goal
- 3.4 s
- Type
- one-timer
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St. Louis Blues vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 30, 2023
Final· PPG Paints Arena
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | STL | 8 | 9 | 10 | 27 | |
| PIT | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | PIT | 8 | 16 | 6 | 30 |
- STL 63PIT 63
- STL 2.54PIT 5.17
- PP goals
- STL 1PIT 1
- Hits
- STL 16PIT 21
- Blocks
- STL 18PIT 21
- PIM
- STL 6PIT 6
- STL 33%PIT 67%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Pittsburgh Penguins beat St. Louis Blues 4–2
Pittsburgh Penguins beat St. Louis Blues 4–2 at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:26 together.
- PointsEvgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:06.Malkin
- PointsJake Guentzel had 2 assists (2 points) on 9 shots in 20:27.Guentzel
- PP1
- PP1STL's first power-play unit (Schenn, Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou and Thomas) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 4:04 together.SchennKrugBuchnevichKyrouThomas
- New lineNew look for STL: Hayes–Kapanen–Toropchenko skated 10:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HayesKapanenToropchenko
- New lineNew look for STL: Schenn–Saad–Neighbours skated 9:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SchennSaadNeighbours
- UsageJordan Kyrou (STL) played 22:50, +4:33 up on his 18:17 season average over 81 games.Kyrou
- UsageRobert Thomas (STL) played 23:58, +3:02 up on his 20:56 season average over 81 games.Thomas
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.
Shot map, STL at PIT: 126 attempts, 57 on goal, 6 goals, 7.71 expected goals; best chance Sidney Crosby at 0.74 xG.
Strength
Period
Team
← STL attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →
- PIT
- STL
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 126 of 126 attempts · PIT 63 · STL 63
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, STL at PIT: expected goals 5.17 to 2.54 (PIT led the chances), shot attempts 63 to 63, 6 goals.
- 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 27% of the game, PIT 31%.
Shift chart
Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.
Shifts
Shift chart, STL at PIT: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Tristan Jarry (60:00) for PIT and Joel Hofer (58:28) for STL, 6 goals.
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).
| Stat | STL | PIT |
|---|---|---|
| 60 | 55 | |
| 2.19 | 3.05 | |
| 2.13 | 2.88 | |
| 8 | 8 | |
| 4 | 4 | |
| 16 | 13 | |
| −0.132 | +0.132 | |
| 27% | 31% |
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
- L1Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas13:1349% CF
- L2Hayes – Kapanen – Toropchenko10:0547% CF
- L3Schenn – Saad – Neighbours9:2958% CF
- L4Sundqvist – MacEachern – Blais3:2640% CF
- 16:4951% CF
- 13:0452% CF
- D3Scandella – Perunovich7:1657% CF
- PP1Schenn – Krug – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas4:04100% CF
- PP2Hayes – Saad – Kapanen – Perunovich – Neighbours1:00
- PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas2:47
- 0:40
- 3:50
- 0:40
Pittsburgh Penguins
- 14:4760% CF
- 10:1750% CF
- 5:5022% CF
- 5:1438% CF
- D1Letang – Pettersson16:5350% CF
- 14:0239% CF
- 8:0455% CF
- 3:26100% CF
- 0:5780% CF
- 2:37
- 2:33
- PK1DLetang – Pettersson3:09
- 1:18
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 15:32STL: Scandella, Sundqvist, MacEachern, Blais, PerunovichPIT: Malkin, Smith, Ruhwedel, Ludvig, O'ConnorSTL 0 – 1 PIT
2nd period
- 1:06STL 1 – 1 PIT
- 6:50STL 1 – 2 PIT
3rd period
- 4:48STL 1 – 3 PIT
- 10:31STL: Hayes, Saad, Kapanen, Perunovich, NeighboursPIT: Smith, Ruhwedel, Graves, Acciari, ZohornaSTL 2 – 3 PIT
- 18:29STL: Schenn, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas, Perunovich, NeighboursPIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rakell, Guentzel, GravesSTL 2 – 4 PIT
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
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Thomas C | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0.36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:58 | — | — | 51 | 48 |
| Pavel Buchnevich L | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:52 | — | — | 49 | 45 |
| Jordan Kyrou R | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:50 | — | — | 55 | 49 |
| Kasperi Kapanen R | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:34 | — | — | 53 | 31 |
| Kevin Hayes R | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:29 | — | — | 50 | 36 |
| Alexey Toropchenko R | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:19 | — | — | 47 | 16 |
| Brayden Schenn C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0.09 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20:26 | — | — | 52 | 41 |
| Jake Neighbours L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15:01 | — | — | 59 | 72 |
| Brandon Saad L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:01 | — | — | 59 | 58 |
| Oskar Sundqvist C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9:16 | — | — | 55 | 32 |
| Sammy Blais L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6:27 | — | — | 63 | 29 |
| Mackenzie MacEachern L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5:59 | — | — | 25 | 7 |
| Colton Parayko D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24:40 | — | — | 50 | 38 |
| Nick Leddy D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23:36 | — | — | 54 | 45 |
| Torey Krug D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0.32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24:55 | — | — | 49 | 32 |
| Matthew Kessel D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:32 | — | — | 48 | 40 |
| Marco Scandella D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.03 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12:28 | — | — | 45 | 29 |
| Scott Perunovich D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:22 | — | — | 68 | 69 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Hofer(start) | L | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 3.70 | 58:28 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Guentzel C | L1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 9 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:27 | — | — | 60 | 74 |
| Sidney Crosby C | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.74 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:22 | — | — | 60 | 74 |
| Rickard Rakell R | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.64 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:09 | — | — | 60 | 74 |
| Evgeni Malkin C | L2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 0.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:06 | — | — | 45 | 47 |
| Drew O'Connor L | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 | — | — | 50 | 47 |
| Reilly Smith R | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:03 | — | — | 44 | 37 |
| Noel Acciari C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.08 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14:48 | — | — | 28 | 45 |
| Jeff Carter C | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:23 | — | — | 27 | 49 |
| Jansen Harkins C | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:14 | — | — | 20 | 78 |
| Lars Eller C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:37 | — | — | 48 | 46 |
| Valtteri Puustinen R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10:29 | — | — | 37 | 47 |
| Radim Zohorna L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7:56 | — | — | 40 | 63 |
| Kris Letang D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25:11 | — | — | 55 | 59 |
| Marcus Pettersson D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 24:02 | — | — | 50 | 52 |
| Erik Karlsson D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:36 | — | — | 47 | 62 |
| Ryan Graves D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0.03 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19:27 | — | — | 38 | 46 |
| Chad Ruhwedel D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:38 | — | — | 40 | 66 |
| John Ludvig D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10:49 | — | — | 53 | 62 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan Jarry(start) | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 2.54 | 60:00 |
Goal anatomy
Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.
Drew O'Connor (PIT) 1st 15:32 · assists Evgeni Malkin, Reilly Smith · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 57.8 mph shot · 3.4 s from entry to goal.
Robert Thomas · 2nd 1:06 · STL PP
- Play
- turnover-forecheck
- Passes
- 2 (royal road)
- Shot
- 59.8 mph
- Distance
- 24 ft
- Type
- one-timer
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Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 6:50 · PIT PP
- Play
- deflection
- Passes
- 0
- Shot
- 35.7 mph
- Distance
- 3 ft
- Type
- one-timer
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Jeff Carter · 3rd 4:48 · PIT
- Play
- rush
- Entry
- carry
- Odd man
- No
- Passes
- 1
- Shot
- 23.1 mph
- Distance
- 8 ft
- Entry to goal
- 6.3 s
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Kasperi Kapanen · 3rd 10:31 · STL
- Play
- deflection
- Passes
- 1
- Shot
- 40.9 mph
- Distance
- 10 ft
- Type
- deflection
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Sidney Crosby · 3rd 18:29 · PIT EN
- Play
- rush
- Entry
- loose
- Odd man
- No
- Passes
- 0
- Shot
- 48.8 mph
- Distance
- 18 ft
- Entry to goal
- 2.7 s
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