Philadelphia Flyers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 17, 2019

Final / OTSunday, Mar 17, 2019· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PHI	0	0	1	1	2		PHI	6	7	19	6	38
PIT	0	0	1	0	1		PIT	8	18	9	7	42

: PHI 57PIT 68
: PHI 4.13PIT 4.20
PP goals: PHI 0PIT 0
Hits: PHI 32PIT 24
Blocks: PHI 13PIT 12
PIM: PHI 4PIT 4
: PHI 47%PIT 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 (OT)

Philadelphia Flyers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 in overtime at PIT. Sean Couturier (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Carter Hart (PHI) faced 42 shots and stopped 41 (.976), +11 against a season average of 31.5; the win.

Points
Sean Couturier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 28:37.Couturier
Goalie
Carter Hart (PHI) faced 42 shots and stopped 41 (.976), +11 against a season average of 31.5; the win.Hart
Luck
PIT scored 1 goal on 4.20 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Matt Murray (PIT) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +6 against a season average of 31.9; the overtime loss.Murray
Usage
Sean Couturier (PHI) played 28:37, +6:34 up on his 22:03 season average over 79 games.Couturier
Usage
Marcus Pettersson (PIT) played 22:42, +6:05 up on his 16:37 season average over 83 games.Pettersson
Luck
PHI scored 2 goals on 4.14 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for PIT: Kessel–Rust–Blueger skated 8:16 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kessel Rust Blueger

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

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

PIT
PHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · PIT 68 · PHI 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
PHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PHI 24% of the game, PIT 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

PHI

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	PHI	PIT
	44	64
	1.91	3.30
	1.84	2.87
	6	12
	5	6
	7	14
	+0.000	+0.000
	24%	38%

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.

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Voracek – Couturier – Lindblom
8:4239% CF
L2Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Patrick
6:5344% CF
L3Laughton – Raffl – Konecny
5:3338% CF
L4Knight – Varone – Hartman
3:5675% CF
D1Sanheim – Provorov
16:4830% CF
D2Gudas – Hagg
11:3659% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Myers
8:0756% CF

PP1Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Voracek – Couturier – Gostisbehere
3:3878% CF
PP2Sanheim – Lindblom – Konecny – Provorov – Patrick
0:44100% CF
PK1FCouturier – Laughton
1:18
PK2FGiroux – Lindblom
0:28
PK1DGudas – Provorov
2:45
PK2DHagg – Myers
1:26

Current PHI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Guentzel – McCann
11:5258% CF
L2Hornqvist – Bjugstad – Simon
11:1962% CF
L3Kessel – Rust – Blueger
8:1663% CF
L4Cullen – Wilson – Blandisi
2:5450% CF
D1Gudbranson – Pettersson
14:3559% CF
D2Schultz – Dumoulin
10:4850% CF
D3Johnson – Trotman
5:5669% CF

PP1Crosby – Hornqvist – Kessel – Schultz – Guentzel
3:5575% CF
PP2Bjugstad – Trotman – McCann – Pettersson – Simon
1:3167% CF
PK1FCullen – Rust
3:06
PK2FBlueger – McCann
1:06
PK1DJohnson – Dumoulin
2:30
PK2DGudbranson – Pettersson
1:59

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

2:07
PITTeddy Blueger (Phil Kessel, Marcus Pettersson)wrist0.08 xG
PHI: Laughton, Gostisbehere, Raffl, Hagg, KonecnyPIT: Kessel, Gudbranson, Blueger, Blandisi, Pettersson
PHI 0 – 1 PIT
19:41
PHIJames van Riemsdyk (Travis Konecny, Sean Couturier)wrist0.11 xG
PHI: Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Voracek, Couturier, Gostisbehere, KonecnyPIT: Crosby, Johnson, Dumoulin, Rust, McCann
PHI 1 – 1 PIT

OT period

4:56
PHISean Couturier (Shayne Gostisbehere, Claude Giroux)snap0.21 xG
PHI: Giroux, Couturier, GostisbeherePIT: Crosby, Dumoulin, Guentzel
PHI 2 – 1 PIT

Box score

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

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.48	1	1	0	28:37	—	—	31	21
Jakub Voracek R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	24:08	—	—	32	20
Oskar Lindblom L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	1	2	0	17:09	—	—	35	23
Claude Giroux R	L2	0	1	1	+2	6	1.17	1	1	0	23:33	—	—	35	15
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.29	2	0	0	21:15	—	—	44	25
Nolan Patrick C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.24	2	0	0	18:18	—	—	45	29
Michael Raffl L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.15	1	0	0	13:44	—	—	41	42
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	3	0	0	13:12	—	—	39	50
Travis Konecny R	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.41	1	0	0	12:03	—	—	32	36
Ryan Hartman R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	2	0	0	6:04	—	—	83	100
Phil Varone C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	2	0	2	5:22	—	—	62	66
Corban Knight C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	5:09	—	—	75	100
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	1	0	28:42	—	—	29	20
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	26:19	—	—	27	20
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:24	—	—	53	53
Radko Gudas D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	7	3	2	16:15	—	—	53	53
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	2	0	19:22	—	—	47	49
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	1	0	12:47	—	—	53	44

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	W	42	41	1	.976	4.20	63:21

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.28	1	1	0	24:11	—	—	59	61
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	1	0	0	21:12	—	—	54	58
Jared McCann L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	1	0	0	19:09	—	—	57	64
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.67	3	1	0	19:57	—	—	58	67
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.45	1	0	2	19:44	—	—	58	65
Dominik Simon C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.40	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	57	63
Bryan Rust R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	2	1	0	18:54	—	—	64	61
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	1	1	+1	6	0.23	0	0	2	17:19	—	—	72	64
Teddy Blueger C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.40	1	0	0	11:26	—	—	65	64
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	11:23	—	—	43	62
Garrett Wilson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	5:31	—	—	33	55
Joseph Blandisi C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	3:30	—	—	60	76
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	1	2	0	22:42	—	—	60	88
Erik Gudbranson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	4	1	0	19:26	—	—	62	86
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.60	1	3	0	24:33	—	—	53	54
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	4	2	0	23:45	—	—	54	42
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	69	59
Zach Trotman D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:18	—	—	58	62

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	O	38	36	2	.947	4.13	64:41

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.