Vancouver Canucks vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsNov 22, 2017

FinalWednesday, Nov 22, 2017· PPG Paints Arena

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

5

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	2	2	1	5		VAN	18	5	14	37
PIT	1	0	1	2		PIT	18	12	15	45

: VAN 56PIT 70
: VAN 3.83PIT 3.70
PP goals: VAN 2PIT 2
Hits: VAN 13PIT 36
Blocks: VAN 14PIT 11
PIM: VAN 10PIT 6
: VAN 52%PIT 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2

Vancouver Canucks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 at PIT. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel and Guentzel) scored 2 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 4:13 together.

Points
Brock Boeser had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:30.Boeser
Points
Jake Guentzel had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:06.Guentzel
Points
Michael Del Zotto had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:15.Del Zotto
Points
Phil Kessel had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:30.Kessel
Points
Thomas Vanek had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:26.Vanek
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel and Guentzel) scored 2 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 4:13 together.Crosby Letang Hornqvist Kessel Guentzel
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Sedin, Sedin, Edler, Horvat and Boeser) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:57 together.Sedin Sedin Edler Horvat Boeser
Goalie
Anders Nilsson (VAN) faced 45 shots and stopped 43 (.956), +14 against a season average of 31.5; the win.Nilsson

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

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

PIT
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · PIT 70 · VAN 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 23% of the game, PIT 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

VAN

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	VAN	PIT
	55	65
	2.71	3.08
	2.61	2.97
	14	18
	5	4
	16	8
	+0.034	−0.034
	23%	37%

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.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Gagner – Sutter – Gaunce
13:4750% CF
L2Baertschi – Horvat – Boeser
11:1846% CF
L3Vanek – Eriksson – Granlund
10:1245% CF
L4Sedin – Sedin – Virtanen
7:1250% CF
D1Edler – Pouliot
18:0743% CF
D2Biega – Del Zotto
12:1156% CF
D3Gudbranson – Hutton
7:3731% CF

PP1Sedin – Sedin – Edler – Horvat – Boeser
2:57100% CF
PP2Vanek – Gagner – Del Zotto – Baertschi – Pouliot
0:42100% CF
PK1FEriksson – Granlund
3:25
PK2FSutter – Gaunce
2:19
PK1DEdler – Del Zotto
1:26
PK2DPouliot – Hutton
1:24

Current VAN line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Hornqvist – Sheary
13:4872% CF
L2Hagelin – Sheahan – Archibald
8:1553% CF
L3Kessel – Rust – Guentzel
7:3338% CF
L4Reaves – McKegg – Kuhnhackl
4:2522% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
15:1554% CF
D2Hunwick – Cole
15:1241% CF
D3Schultz – Maatta
14:2464% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel – Guentzel
4:1385% CF
PP2Schultz – Sheahan – Kuhnhackl – Maatta – Sheary
1:14100% CF
PK1FRust – Kuhnhackl
1:20
PK2FHagelin – Sheahan
0:53
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
1:41
PK2DHunwick – Cole
1:10

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:52
VANBrock Boeser (Sven Baertschi, Michael Del Zotto)wrist0.06 xG
VAN: Biega, Del Zotto, Baertschi, Horvat, BoeserPIT: Letang, Hagelin, Dumoulin, Sheahan, Archibald
VAN 1 – 0 PIT
6:28
PITJake GuentzelPP (Phil Kessel, Kris Letang)wrist0.05 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Gudbranson, Granlund, HuttonPIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel, Guentzel
VAN 1 – 1 PIT
8:33
VANLoui Eriksson (Thomas Vanek)wrist0.11 xG
VAN: Vanek, Eriksson, Edler, Granlund, PouliotPIT: Hunwick, Kessel, Cole, Rust, Guentzel
VAN 2 – 1 PIT

2nd period

7:08
VANDerrick PouliotPP (Michael Del Zotto, Thomas Vanek)wrist0.02 xG
VAN: Vanek, Gagner, Del Zotto, Baertschi, PouliotPIT: Letang, Hagelin, Dumoulin, Sheahan
VAN 3 – 1 PIT
9:47
VANBrock BoeserPP (Alexander Edler, Henrik Sedin)slap0.07 xG
VAN: Sedin, Sedin, Edler, Horvat, BoeserPIT: Hunwick, Crosby, Cole, Kuhnhackl
VAN 4 – 1 PIT

3rd period

1:24
PITJake GuentzelPP (Phil Kessel, Sidney Crosby)tip-in0.07 xG
VAN: Edler, Sutter, Gaunce, PouliotPIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel, Guentzel
VAN 4 – 2 PIT
18:40
VANBrandon SutterEN (Brendan Gaunce, Sam Gagner)wrist0.75 xG
VAN: Edler, Gagner, Sutter, Gaunce, PouliotPIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel, Schultz, Guentzel
VAN 5 – 2 PIT

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brandon Sutter C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	1.03	0	0	0	18:43	—	—	50	44
Brendan Gaunce C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.25	1	0	0	18:21	—	—	52	46
Sam Gagner C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	1	1	0	15:43	—	—	50	43
Brock Boeser R	L2	2	0	2	+1	6	0.67	0	1	0	16:30	—	—	43	44
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.29	0	1	0	16:06	—	—	50	61
Sven Baertschi L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:05	—	—	47	50
Loui Eriksson L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	0	0	0	16:16	—	—	40	37
Markus Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.24	0	0	0	15:32	—	—	36	37
Thomas Vanek L	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	12:26	—	—	41	43
Henrik Sedin C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:57	—	—	50	33
Daniel Sedin L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	0	0	10:38	—	—	44	59
Jake Virtanen R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	8:58	—	—	50	63
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.11	2	3	2	27:43	—	—	46	54
Derrick Pouliot D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.04	2	3	0	25:08	—	—	45	61
Michael Del Zotto D	D2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.06	2	0	4	20:15	—	—	55	37
Alex Biega D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	1	2	2	17:01	—	—	52	40
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	17:09	—	—	36	45
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.43	1	0	2	9:46	—	—	35	52

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anders Nilsson(start)	W	45	43	2	.956	3.70	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	-1	6	0.53	2	2	0	21:20	—	—	71	89
Patric Hornqvist R	L1	0	0	0	-1	7	0.79	4	1	2	21:18	—	—	72	70
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	1	0	0	17:15	—	—	67	68
Riley Sheahan C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	0	0	0	17:18	—	—	61	27
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.12	0	0	2	16:58	—	—	60	37
Josh Archibald R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	0	10:47	—	—	50	43
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	2	2	-2	2	0.16	0	1	0	17:30	—	—	42	58
Jake Guentzel C	L3	2	0	2	-2	6	0.61	6	2	0	16:06	—	—	39	56
Bryan Rust R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	15:49	—	—	46	52
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	6	0	0	11:35	—	—	39	28
Greg McKegg C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:33	—	—	20	5
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	5	0	0	6:22	—	—	23	13
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.09	2	1	0	23:21	—	—	58	58
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:42	—	—	54	51
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	1	2	17:42	—	—	42	32
Matt Hunwick D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	17:23	—	—	47	24
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	0	0	0	20:35	—	—	59	76
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	1	1	0	18:04	—	—	67	89

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	36	32	4	.889	3.08	58:51

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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.