Calgary Flames vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsOct 14, 2023

FinalSaturday, Oct 14, 2023· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CGY	0	1	1	2		CGY	15	11	10	36
PIT	0	0	5	5		PIT	11	5	13	29

: CGY 81PIT 48
: CGY 2.50PIT 4.31
PP goals: CGY 1PIT 0
Hits: CGY 12PIT 19
Blocks: CGY 5PIT 24
PIM: CGY 6PIT 8
: CGY 53%PIT 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Calgary Flames 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Calgary Flames 5–2 at home. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CGY's first power-play unit (Kadri, Huberdeau, Lindholm, Andersson and Coronato) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:24 together.

Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:34.Guentzel
Points
Bryan Rust had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:26.Rust
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:46.Malkin
Points
Reilly Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:57.Smith
Points
Kris Letang had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:19.Letang
PP1
CGY's first power-play unit (Kadri, Huberdeau, Lindholm, Andersson and Coronato) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:24 together.Kadri Huberdeau Lindholm Andersson Coronato
New line
New look for CGY: Kadri–Dube–Ruzicka skated 10:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kadri Dube Ruzicka
New line
New look for CGY: Greer–Sharangovich–Duehr skated 9:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (81.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Greer Sharangovich Duehr

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

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

PIT
CGY
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 129 of 129 attempts · PIT 48 · CGY 81

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
CGY
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CGY 33% of the game, PIT 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

CGY

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	CGY	PIT
	78	38
	2.25	2.19
	2.20	2.11
	14	8
	1	5
	14	11
	+0.029	−0.029
	33%	30%

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.

Calgary Flames

L1Kadri – Dube – Ruzicka
10:1969% CF
L2Greer – Sharangovich – Duehr
9:5681% CF
L3Huberdeau – Lindholm – Mangiapane
8:4065% CF
L4Backlund – Coleman – Coronato
8:0653% CF
D1Weegar – Zadorov
17:1369% CF
D2Hanifin – Andersson
13:1881% CF
D3Tanev – Gilbert
9:0246% CF

PP1Kadri – Huberdeau – Lindholm – Andersson – Coronato
3:2482% CF
PP2Backlund – Mangiapane – Hanifin – Dube – Ruzicka
1:14
PK1FBacklund – Lindholm
1:12
PK2FColeman – Sharangovich
0:59
PK1DTanev – Weegar
0:54
PK2DHanifin – Andersson
0:45

Current CGY line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
11:0839% CF
L2Malkin – Smith – Rakell
9:5536% CF
L3Carter – Nieto – Acciari
9:1429% CF
L4Eller – Harkins – O'Connor
7:5740% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
14:0642% CF
D2Letang – Graves
14:0540% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Joseph
7:388% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rakell – Guentzel
2:46100% CF
PP2Carter – Malkin – Karlsson – Rust – Harkins
0:22
PK1FEller – Rust
2:00
PK2FNieto – Acciari
0:48
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
2:45
PK2DRuhwedel – Graves
0:41

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

18:22
CGYMatt CoronatoPP (Elias Lindholm, Rasmus Andersson)wrist0.08 xG
CGY: Kadri, Huberdeau, Lindholm, Andersson, CoronatoPIT: Eller, Karlsson, Rust, Ruhwedel
CGY 1 – 0 PIT

3rd period

0:18
PITBryan Rust (Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel)wrist0.15 xG
CGY: Huberdeau, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Hanifin, AnderssonPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Graves
CGY 1 – 1 PIT
0:41
PITReilly Smith (Evgeni Malkin, Ryan Graves)wrist0.12 xG
CGY: Backlund, Coleman, Weegar, Zadorov, CoronatoPIT: Malkin, Letang, Smith, Rakell, Graves
CGY 1 – 2 PIT
5:50
PITJake Guentzel (Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby)snap0.20 xG
CGY: Huberdeau, Lindholm, Zadorov, Hanifin, CoronatoPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Graves
CGY 1 – 3 PIT
14:14
PITEvgeni Malkin (Reilly Smith)wrist0.19 xG
CGY: Backlund, Tanev, Coleman, Hanifin, CoronatoPIT: Malkin, Karlsson, Smith, Rakell, Pettersson
CGY 1 – 4 PIT
16:05
CGYJonathan Huberdeau (Andrew Mangiapane, Noah Hanifin)backhand0.12 xG
CGY: Huberdeau, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Hanifin, AnderssonPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Graves
CGY 2 – 4 PIT
19:38
PITBryan RustEN (Jake Guentzel)wrist0.48 xG
CGY: Kadri, Huberdeau, Lindholm, Hanifin, Andersson, CoronatoPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Graves
CGY 2 – 5 PIT

Box score

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

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nazem Kadri C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	1	0	0	19:20	—	—	76	77
Dillon Dube C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	2	14:23	—	—	68	56
Adam Ruzicka C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	12:42	—	—	71	72
Yegor Sharangovich C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	1	0	13:54	—	—	80	60
A.J. Greer L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	0	0	11:55	—	—	76	58
Walker Duehr R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	10:39	—	—	83	77
Elias Lindholm C	L3	0	1	1	-2	3	0.18	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	65	40
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L3	1	0	1	-2	5	0.41	1	0	0	18:25	—	—	69	40
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	14:36	—	—	67	48
Mikael Backlund C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.21	1	0	0	15:43	—	—	56	48
Matt Coronato R	L4	1	0	1	-4	1	0.19	0	0	0	14:43	—	—	50	34
Blake Coleman L	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.19	1	0	2	13:48	—	—	57	52
MacKenzie Weegar D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	1	0	21:41	—	—	62	47
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.10	1	0	2	19:50	—	—	68	47
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.34	0	0	0	24:09	—	—	76	66
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	1	1	-3	0	0.00	1	1	0	23:28	—	—	75	55
Chris Tanev D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	2	0	16:30	—	—	52	26
Dennis Gilbert D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:35	—	—	53	37

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	3.49	57:49

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	2	3	+2	3	1.29	1	3	0	19:34	—	—	32	51
Bryan Rust R	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.81	1	5	0	19:26	—	—	38	57
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.36	1	1	2	18:04	—	—	36	57
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	1	2	+2	5	0.66	0	1	0	17:46	—	—	36	51
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	1	0	0	15:34	—	—	33	46
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.12	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	36	50
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:30	—	—	25	26
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	12:21	—	—	32	38
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	11:39	—	—	33	40
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.33	0	0	2	14:16	—	—	27	47
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:27	—	—	33	61
Jansen Harkins C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	4	1	0	10:22	—	—	32	51
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.16	2	1	0	25:15	—	—	38	55
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	6	0	21:43	—	—	33	55
Kris Letang D	D2	0	2	2	+3	1	0.02	4	1	0	24:19	—	—	33	48
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	1	1	+3	2	0.08	0	2	4	21:35	—	—	38	51
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:00	—	—	14	33
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	11:31	—	—	25	40

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	36	34	2	.944	2.50	59:42

Goal anatomy

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

Evgeni Malkin (PIT) 3rd 14:14 · assists Reilly Smith · Forecheck turnover · 45.5 mph shot.

Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 14:14 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.5 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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Bryan Rust · 3rd 19:38 · PIT EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 62.5 mph
Distance: 98 ft

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Matt Coronato · 2nd 18:22 · CGY PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 54.0 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: one-timer

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Bryan Rust · 3rd 0:18 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.8 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Reilly Smith · 3rd 0:41 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 68.9 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Jake Guentzel · 3rd 5:50 · PIT

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 55.0 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jonathan Huberdeau · 3rd 16:05 · CGY

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 29.4 mph
Distance: 23 ft

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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.