Philadelphia Flyers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 2, 2021

FinalTuesday, Mar 2, 2021· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	0	1	1	2		PHI	14	12	16	42
PIT	0	3	2	5		PIT	5	14	8	27

: PHI 70PIT 48
: PHI 2.51PIT 2.37
PP goals: PHI 0PIT 1
Hits: PHI 33PIT 30
Blocks: PHI 15PIT 19
PIM: PHI 6PIT 10
: PHI 62%PIT 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–2 at home. Kasperi Kapanen (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and Kapanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:08 together.

Points
Joel Farabee had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:06.Farabee
Points
Kasperi Kapanen had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:20.Kapanen
Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:47.Rust
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and Kapanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:08 together.Malkin Letang Rust Guentzel Kapanen
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Rust–Guentzel skated 12:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Rust Guentzel
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +14 against a season average of 28.2; the win.Jarry
Luck
PIT scored 5 goals on 2.37 expected goals (48 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for PHI: Raffl–Konecny–Bunnaman skated 5:01 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Raffl Konecny Bunnaman

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 118 of 118 attempts · PIT 48 · PHI 70

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 40% of the game, PIT 21%.

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
	61	45
	1.79	2.08
	1.74	2.02
	7	12
	1	2
	8	10
	+0.092	−0.092
	40%	21%

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

L1van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Farabee
9:1480% CF
L2Giroux – Hayes – Patrick
7:3742% CF
L3Voracek – Laughton – Lindblom
6:1367% CF
L4Raffl – Konecny – Bunnaman
5:0144% CF
D1Braun – Sanheim
10:4777% CF
D2Hagg – Myers
9:0946% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Provorov
8:0439% CF

PP1Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Gostisbehere – Farabee
4:0789% CF
PP2Voracek – Hayes – Konecny – Provorov – Patrick
4:01100% CF
PK1FLaughton – Lindblom
1:51
PK2FCouturier – Farabee
1:40
PK1DBraun – Provorov
2:14
PK2DSanheim – Myers
1:30

Current PHI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Rust – Guentzel
12:5057% CF
L2Blueger – Lafferty – Aston-Reese
12:1717% CF
L3Kapanen – McCann – Tanev
8:5758% CF
L4Sceviour – Currie – Angello
4:4533% CF
D1Matheson – Marino
15:5228% CF
D2Letang – Pettersson
13:4452% CF
D3Ceci – Friedman
9:4450% CF

PP1Malkin – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – Kapanen
3:0888% CF
PP2Matheson – Currie – McCann – Angello – Marino
1:04100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
3:08
PK2FLafferty – Aston-Reese
1:06
PK1DPettersson – Marino
4:22
PK2DLetang – Ceci
4:02

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:32
PHIJoel Farabee (Sean Couturier)snap0.17 xG
PHI: van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Hagg, Myers, FarabeePIT: Matheson, Blueger, Lafferty, Marino, Aston-Reese
PHI 1 – 0 PIT
3:39
PITKasperi Kapanensnap0.06 xG
PHI: Giroux, Hayes, Gostisbehere, Provorov, PatrickPIT: Ceci, Kapanen, McCann, Friedman, Tanev
PHI 1 – 1 PIT
8:41
PITKasperi KapanenPP (Jake Guentzel, Bryan Rust)wrist0.13 xG
PHI: Braun, Laughton, Sanheim, LindblomPIT: Malkin, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Kapanen
PHI 1 – 2 PIT
10:45
PITBryan Rust (Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.02 xG
PHI: van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Provorov, FarabeePIT: Malkin, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Pettersson
PHI 1 – 3 PIT

3rd period

11:00
PHIJoel Farabee (James van Riemsdyk, Travis Sanheim)wrist0.21 xG
PHI: Braun, van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Sanheim, FarabeePIT: Matheson, Blueger, Lafferty, Marino, Aston-Reese
PHI 2 – 3 PIT
12:08
PITCody Ceci (Jared McCann, Mark Friedman)wrist0.18 xG
PHI: Voracek, Laughton, Provorov, Myers, PatrickPIT: Ceci, Kapanen, McCann, Friedman, Tanev
PHI 2 – 4 PIT
16:06
PITMike Mathesonwrist0.00 xG
PHI: Giroux, Hayes, Gostisbehere, Konecny, ProvorovPIT: Matheson, Kapanen, McCann, Marino, Tanev
PHI 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.

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	0	1	1	+1	7	0.23	0	0	0	17:51	—	—	79	65
Joel Farabee L	L1	2	0	2	+1	4	0.73	5	1	0	17:06	—	—	77	64
James van Riemsdyk L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.07	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	82	75
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	2	0	0	17:18	—	—	56	79
Claude Giroux R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.20	1	0	2	16:49	—	—	57	83
Nolan Patrick C	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.14	4	1	0	16:46	—	—	32	31
Jakub Voracek R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	0	0	16:12	—	—	47	9
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	5	1	0	14:06	—	—	40	29
Oskar Lindblom L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	12:52	—	—	54	47
Travis Konecny R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	0	0	15:46	—	—	48	30
Michael Raffl L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	4	11:54	—	—	55	32
Connor Bunnaman C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	11:16	—	—	38	4
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.04	0	4	0	20:41	—	—	66	68
Justin Braun D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	1	0	0	15:36	—	—	75	62
Philippe Myers D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	0	18:02	—	—	56	28
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	6	1	0	14:35	—	—	70	55
Ivan Provorov D	D3	0	0	0	-4	2	0.14	0	4	0	23:02	—	—	36	18
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	0	0	-3	4	0.21	0	2	0	19:21	—	—	52	42

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	L	27	22	5	.815	2.37	59:57

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.35	0	1	2	20:05	—	—	52	68
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.34	2	1	0	19:13	—	—	50	69
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.27	0	2	0	18:47	—	—	52	71
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	3	0	18:26	—	—	17	27
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.17	3	2	2	17:17	—	—	25	29
Sam Lafferty C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	3	0	4	15:56	—	—	25	29
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	+3	1	0.02	7	2	0	17:01	—	—	61	87
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	2	0	2	+3	5	0.43	2	1	0	14:20	—	—	56	87
Jared McCann L	L3	0	1	1	+3	2	0.31	2	0	0	13:30	—	—	56	87
Josh Currie R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:24	—	—	33	0
Colton Sceviour C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:08	—	—	33	0
Anthony Angello C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	5:28	—	—	30	0
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	0	2	0	25:01	—	—	34	23
Mike Matheson D	D1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.00	1	1	2	18:09	—	—	28	22
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	0	2	0	23:26	—	—	53	58
Kris Letang D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.09	1	1	0	23:16	—	—	48	64
Cody Ceci D	D3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.18	2	1	0	17:19	—	—	44	89
Mark Friedman D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:25	—	—	50	90

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	42	40	2	.952	2.51	60:00

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.