Vancouver Canucks vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsNov 24, 2021

FinalWednesday, Nov 24, 2021· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	0	1	1		VAN	9	16	12	37
PIT	0	3	1	4		PIT	16	15	6	37

: VAN 53PIT 57
: VAN 2.94PIT 4.01
PP goals: VAN 0PIT 1
Hits: VAN 31PIT 26
Blocks: VAN 12PIT 12
PIM: VAN 10PIT 4
: VAN 62%PIT 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vancouver Canucks 4–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vancouver Canucks 4–1 at home. Brock McGinn (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Carter, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:23 together.

Points
Brock McGinn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:46.McGinn
Points
Teddy Blueger had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:05.Blueger
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Carter, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:23 together.Carter Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel
New line
New look for VAN: Miller–Boeser–Hoglander skated 9:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Miller Boeser Hoglander
New line
New look for VAN: Garland–Pettersson–Podkolzin skated 5:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Garland Pettersson Podkolzin
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +8 against a season average of 29.5; the win.Jarry
Goalie
Thatcher Demko (VAN) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +5 against a season average of 30.7; the loss.Demko
Luck
VAN scored 1 goal on 2.95 expected goals (53 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

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

PIT
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · PIT 57 · VAN 53

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 20% 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

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
	58	48
	2.95	2.24
	2.78	2.06
	6	13
	2	1
	18	11
	+0.077	−0.077
	20%	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.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Boeser – Hoglander
9:4167% CF
L2Garland – Pettersson – Podkolzin
5:5231% CF
L3Pearson – Motte – Horvat
4:4057% CF
L4Chiasson – Dickinson – Lammikko
2:5167% CF
D1Schenn – Burroughs
9:3155% CF
D2Myers – Ekman-Larsson
9:2965% CF
D3Poolman – Hughes
8:3347% CF

PP1Ekman-Larsson – Pearson – Boeser – Pettersson – Hoglander
0:51
PP2Chiasson – Miller – Horvat – Garland – Hughes
0:460% CF
PK1FMiller – Motte
3:41
PK2FPearson – Lammikko
2:03
PK1DMyers – Poolman
4:11
PK2DSchenn – Ekman-Larsson
2:30

Current VAN line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
12:1741% CF
L2Blueger – McGinn – Aston-Reese
9:5833% CF
L3Carter – Zucker – Kapanen
9:5153% CF
L4Heinen – Rodrigues – Simon
5:2675% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
14:0040% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
12:1245% CF
D3Matheson – Ruhwedel
11:0443% CF

PP1Carter – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
4:23100% CF
PP2Zucker – Kapanen – Heinen – Marino – Rodrigues
2:230% CF
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
0:49
PK2FRodrigues – Aston-Reese
0:38
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
0:56
PK2DRuhwedel – Marino
0:56

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:49
PITBryan RustPP (Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel)snap0.12 xG
VAN: Myers, Pearson, Poolman, LammikkoPIT: Carter, Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel
VAN 0 – 1 PIT
7:29
PITEvan Rodriguessnap0.18 xG
VAN: Myers, Garland, Pettersson, Hughes, PodkolzinPIT: Matheson, Ruhwedel, Heinen, Rodrigues, Simon
VAN 0 – 2 PIT
15:20
PITZachary Aston-Reese (Brock McGinn, Teddy Blueger)wrist0.17 xG
VAN: Burroughs, Poolman, Horvat, Boeser, HoglanderPIT: Dumoulin, Blueger, McGinn, Pettersson, Aston-Reese
VAN 0 – 3 PIT

3rd period

14:52
VANBo Horvat (Luke Schenn)backhand0.17 xG
VAN: Schenn, Burroughs, Horvat, Garland, PodkolzinPIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Heinen, Rodrigues, Simon
VAN 1 – 3 PIT
19:00
PITBrock McGinnEN (Teddy Blueger, Marcus Pettersson)wrist0.64 xG
VAN: Myers, Ekman-Larsson, Miller, Boeser, Pettersson, PodkolzinPIT: Carter, Blueger, McGinn, Pettersson, Marino
VAN 1 – 4 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
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.35	3	0	0	21:25	—	—	69	55
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.19	2	0	0	18:20	—	—	52	39
Nils Hoglander L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:33	—	—	63	35
Conor Garland R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.12	1	0	0	17:56	—	—	52	44
Vasily Podkolzin R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	1	0	0	16:23	—	—	44	40
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.39	0	0	0	12:48	—	—	47	39
Bo Horvat C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.32	3	1	2	17:57	—	—	52	65
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	15:39	—	—	57	77
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.37	0	1	0	14:55	—	—	58	80
Juho Lammikko C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	4	0	2	9:50	—	—	33	38
Jason Dickinson C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	1	2	7:30	—	—	55	78
Alex Chiasson R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:19	—	—	64	90
Luke Schenn D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	3	2	0	14:00	—	—	56	51
Kyle Burroughs D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	4	11:51	—	—	60	43
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.56	3	0	0	25:56	—	—	54	67
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.12	1	0	0	19:57	—	—	58	72
Quinn Hughes D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	2	0	23:26	—	—	53	51
Tucker Poolman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	3	0	21:25	—	—	49	36

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	36	33	3	.917	3.37	58:45

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.75	1	0	0	21:37	—	—	36	34
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.59	0	2	0	20:47	—	—	36	37
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.30	1	0	0	18:44	—	—	38	40
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.10	1	1	0	16:05	—	—	42	34
Brock McGinn L	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.64	0	0	0	13:46	—	—	29	24
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	3	1	0	11:34	—	—	39	35
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	1	0	0	19:08	—	—	50	58
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	16:02	—	—	46	52
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	1	1	2	14:44	—	—	54	75
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.39	0	0	0	12:51	—	—	53	50
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	3	1	0	11:51	—	—	62	59
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	0	0	6:23	—	—	79	71
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.11	2	1	0	25:49	—	—	44	52
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	2	2	19:05	—	—	39	53
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.09	4	1	0	20:26	—	—	52	30
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	3	1	0	16:45	—	—	48	34
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:50	—	—	43	39
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:56	—	—	46	48

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	37	36	1	.973	2.94	59:37

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.