Arizona Coyotes vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 12, 2023

FinalTuesday, Dec 12, 2023· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
ARI	2	0	0	2		ARI	7	10	4	21
PIT	2	0	2	4		PIT	14	17	12	43

: ARI 59PIT 77
: ARI 2.52PIT 5.77
PP goals: ARI 2PIT 2
Hits: ARI 22PIT 25
Blocks: ARI 16PIT 18
PIM: ARI 8PIT 12
: ARI 38%PIT 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2 at home. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Guentzel and Puustinen) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:18 together.

Points
Jake Guentzel had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 21:33.Guentzel
Points
Jeff Carter had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:53.Carter
Points
Lawson Crouse had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:22.Crouse
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Guentzel and Puustinen) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:18 together.Malkin Crosby Karlsson Guentzel Puustinen
Goalie
Connor Ingram (ARI) faced 42 shots and stopped 39 (.929), +13 against a season average of 29.2; the loss.Ingram
New line
New look for ARI: Kerfoot–Sanford–Carcone skated 5:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kerfoot Sanford Carcone
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New look for PIT: Carter–Harkins–Gruden skated 4:40 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter Harkins Gruden
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New look for PIT: Eller–Hinostroza–Zohorna skated 6:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Hinostroza Zohorna

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

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

PIT
ARI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 136 of 136 attempts · PIT 77 · ARI 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
ARI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: ARI 14% of the game, PIT 47%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

ARI

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	ARI	PIT
	52	71
	1.86	3.69
	1.79	3.49
	12	14
	5	7
	22	20
	−0.076	+0.076
	14%	47%

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.

Arizona Coyotes

L1Zucker – Schmaltz – Keller
11:5547% CF
L2Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli
9:4333% CF
L3Kerfoot – Sanford – Carcone
5:0633% CF
L4O'Brien – Cooley – Kelemen
5:0027% CF
D1Dumba – Moser
12:2537% CF
D2Stecher – Välimäki
10:4955% CF
D3Dermott – Kesselring
9:5736% CF

PP1Kerfoot – Schmaltz – Keller – Moser – Cooley
5:0386% CF
PP2Zucker – Bjugstad – Crouse – Välimäki – Maccelli
2:25100% CF
PK1FBjugstad – Kerfoot
2:01
PK2FSchmaltz – Crouse
0:42
PK1DStecher – Moser
1:49
PK2DDumba – Dermott
0:49

Current ARI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Guentzel – O'Connor
12:2061% CF
L2Malkin – Smith – Puustinen
8:4650% CF
L3Eller – Hinostroza – Zohorna
6:3067% CF
L4Carter – Harkins – Gruden
4:4033% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
14:0256% CF
D2Letang – Graves
11:4060% CF
D3Joseph – Ludvig
6:5675% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Guentzel – Puustinen
3:1860% CF
PP2Carter – Letang – Eller – Smith – Hinostroza
0:34100% CF
PK1FEller – Smith
2:50
PK2FCarter – O'Connor
1:37
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
3:32
PK2DGraves – Joseph
1:56

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:12
PITJake GuentzelPP (Sidney Crosby, Valtteri Puustinen)wrist0.10 xG
ARI: Bjugstad, Kerfoot, Stecher, MoserPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Guentzel, Puustinen
ARI 0 – 1 PIT
10:20
ARILawson CrousePP (Jason Zucker, Juuso Välimäki)wrist0.14 xG
ARI: Zucker, Bjugstad, Crouse, Välimäki, MaccelliPIT: Eller, Graves, Ludvig, O'Connor
ARI 1 – 1 PIT
15:24
ARIMatias MaccelliPP (Lawson Crouse, Nick Bjugstad)wrist0.21 xG
ARI: Zucker, Bjugstad, Crouse, Välimäki, MaccelliPIT: Eller, Graves, Ludvig, O'Connor
ARI 2 – 1 PIT
16:54
PITJeff CarterSH (Drew O'Connor)backhand0.15 xG
ARI: Kerfoot, Schmaltz, Keller, Moser, CooleyPIT: Carter, Graves, Joseph, O'Connor
ARI 2 – 2 PIT

3rd period

4:23
PITJeff CarterPP (Kris Letang, Reilly Smith)tip-in0.13 xG
ARI: Bjugstad, Kerfoot, Stecher, MoserPIT: Carter, Letang, Eller, Smith, Hinostroza
ARI 2 – 3 PIT
18:37
PITJake GuentzelEN (Evgeni Malkin, Marcus Pettersson)backhand0.84 xG
ARI: Bjugstad, Schmaltz, Crouse, Keller, Maccelli, MoserPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Guentzel, Graves
ARI 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.

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	4	0	21:23	—	—	48	44
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.52	1	0	0	20:12	—	—	52	44
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.37	1	0	0	16:29	—	—	48	49
Lawson Crouse L	L2	1	1	2	-1	2	0.14	6	0	0	18:22	—	—	40	17
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.42	2	0	2	17:29	—	—	41	22
Matias Maccelli L	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.26	0	1	0	16:42	—	—	36	19
Alexander Kerfoot C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.15	0	1	0	20:11	—	—	48	34
Michael Carcone L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:48	—	—	35	13
Zachary Sanford L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:21	—	—	28	14
Logan Cooley C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.25	0	0	0	16:34	—	—	50	66
Liam O'Brien C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	1	2	10:10	—	—	33	53
Milos Kelemen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	3	0	0	5:53	—	—	39	79
J.J. Moser D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	3	0	25:49	—	—	42	35
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	2	1	0	18:47	—	—	37	26
Troy Stecher D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	3	0	19:04	—	—	50	41
Juuso Välimäki D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:58	—	—	52	47
Travis Dermott D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	16:35	—	—	32	21
Michael Kesselring D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	4	12:15	—	—	41	30

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Connor Ingram(start)	L	42	39	3	.929	4.05	58:36

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	2	0	2	+1	7	1.33	0	0	0	21:33	—	—	63	70
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.89	3	1	2	19:06	—	—	65	74
Drew O'Connor L	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.73	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	61	67
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	1.18	0	0	0	19:48	—	—	55	64
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	2	1	0	18:05	—	—	55	64
Valtteri Puustinen R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	11:52	—	—	53	52
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	2	0	16:08	—	—	68	90
Radim Zohorna L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	9:53	—	—	62	76
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	0	0	0	6	0.46	2	1	0	9:30	—	—	73	91
Jeff Carter C	L4	2	0	2	+1	3	0.29	2	2	2	13:53	—	—	45	42
Jonathan Gruden L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	4	2	0	9:53	—	—	39	24
Jansen Harkins C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:01	—	—	38	16
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	3	5	0	25:36	—	—	54	76
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	1	1	4	23:21	—	—	62	78
Kris Letang D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.13	0	1	2	22:54	—	—	52	61
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:10	—	—	59	61
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	71	62
John Ludvig D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	3	1	0	12:39	—	—	58	66

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	2.52	59:51

Goal anatomy

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

Jake Guentzel (PIT PP) 1st 1:12 · assists Sidney Crosby, Valtteri Puustinen · Cycle · 47.0 mph shot.

Jake Guentzel · 1st 1:12 · PIT PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 47.0 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: one-timer

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Lawson Crouse · 1st 10:20 · ARI PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 26.7 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: one-timer

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Matias Maccelli · 1st 15:24 · ARI PP

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 14.1 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 7.0 s
Type: rebound

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Jeff Carter · 1st 16:54 · PIT SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 29.2 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Jeff Carter · 3rd 4:23 · PIT PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 25.4 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: deflection

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Jake Guentzel · 3rd 18:37 · PIT EN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 2.8 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 5.9 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.