Philadelphia Flyers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 2, 2023

Final / SOSaturday, Dec 2, 2023· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PHI	0	1	2	0	1	4		PHI	7	15	10	1	33
PIT	0	1	2	0	0	3		PIT	3	8	15	6	32

: PHI 55PIT 80
: PHI 2.76PIT 3.01
PP goals: PHI 1PIT 0
Hits: PHI 39PIT 24
Blocks: PHI 26PIT 11
PIM: PHI 8PIT 8
: PHI 38%PIT 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers edge Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 (SO)

Philadelphia Flyers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 in a shootout at PIT. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PHI's first power-play unit (Couturier, Konecny, Frost, York and Foerster) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:18 together.

Points
Jake Guentzel had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:46.Guentzel
Points
Tyson Foerster had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:29.Foerster
Points
Bryan Rust had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 23:49.Rust
PP1
PHI's first power-play unit (Couturier, Konecny, Frost, York and Foerster) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:18 together.Couturier Konecny Frost York Foerster
New line
New look for PHI: Atkinson–Laughton–Farabee skated 9:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Atkinson Laughton Farabee
Usage
Jake Guentzel (PIT) played 25:46, +5:50 up on his 19:56 season average over 66 games.Guentzel
Usage
Evgeni Malkin (PIT) played 23:20, +4:48 up on his 18:32 season average over 81 games.Malkin
New line
New look for PHI: Deslauriers–Hathaway–Poehling skated 4:49 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Deslauriers Hathaway Poehling

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 135 of 135 attempts · PIT 80 · PHI 55

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 39% of the game, PIT 31%.

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
	48	46
	2.07	0.93
	2.02	0.90
	7	4
	10	2
	26	14
	−0.131	+0.131
	39%	31%

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

L1Atkinson – Laughton – Farabee
9:3450% CF
L2Couturier – Konecny – Foerster
9:2347% CF
L3Tippett – Frost – Brink
8:1567% CF
L4Deslauriers – Hathaway – Poehling
4:4960% CF
D1Seeler – Walker
15:0265% CF
D2Sanheim – York
13:5339% CF
D3Staal – Ristolainen
10:2840% CF

PP1Couturier – Konecny – Frost – York – Foerster
4:18100% CF
PP2Atkinson – Laughton – Sanheim – Tippett – Brink
1:4650% CF
PK1FHathaway – Poehling
3:38
PK2FLaughton – Konecny
2:01
PK1DSanheim – York
3:11
PK2DSeeler – Walker
3:09

Current PHI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
12:1777% CF
L2Malkin – Smith – O'Connor
10:4721% CF
L3Carter – Eller – Harkins
7:4333% CF
L4Hinostroza – Koppanen – Zohorna
3:3067% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
11:2760% CF
D2Letang – Graves
8:5656% CF
D3Shea – Ludvig
7:1813% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Guentzel
6:3195% CF
PP2Carter – Letang – Eller – Smith – Hinostroza
0:22
PK1FEller – O'Connor
2:52
PK2FSmith – Koppanen
0:45
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
2:41
PK2DGraves – Ludvig
2:17

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

14:31
PITKris Letangwrist0.02 xG
PHI: Couturier, Sanheim, Konecny, York, FoersterPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Ludvig
PHI 0 – 1 PIT
16:47
PHIOwen Tippett (Tyson Foerster)backhand0.10 xG
PHI: Seeler, Couturier, Tippett, Walker, FoersterPIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Guentzel, Pettersson
PHI 1 – 1 PIT

3rd period

1:50
PITJake Guentzel (Erik Karlsson, Bryan Rust)wrist0.20 xG
PHI: Staal, Ristolainen, Hathaway, Poehling, FarabeePIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Guentzel, Shea
PHI 1 – 2 PIT
7:01
PHIScott LaughtonSH (Nick Seeler)wrist0.34 xG
PHI: Staal, Laughton, Ristolainen, KonecnyPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Guentzel
PHI 2 – 2 PIT
13:52
PHITyson FoersterPP (Cam York, Sean Couturier)snap0.11 xG
PHI: Couturier, Konecny, Frost, York, FoersterPIT: Eller, Graves, Ludvig, O'Connor
PHI 3 – 2 PIT
19:39
PITJake Guentzel (Bryan Rust, Evgeni Malkin)backhand0.28 xG
PHI: Hathaway, Sanheim, Tippett, Poehling, YorkPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Karlsson, Rust, Guentzel
PHI 3 – 3 PIT

Decided in the shootout: PHI 4 – 3 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
Scott Laughton C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.34	2	1	0	19:10	—	—	41	40
Cam Atkinson R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	1	0	17:47	—	—	42	47
Joel Farabee L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	2	1	0	15:06	—	—	44	41
Sean Couturier C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.32	1	3	0	20:54	—	—	42	68
Tyson Foerster R	L2	1	1	2	0	4	0.20	5	0	0	18:29	—	—	46	76
Travis Konecny R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.33	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	52	73
Morgan Frost C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	0	2	15:27	—	—	63	91
Owen Tippett R	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.49	3	1	0	15:17	—	—	68	93
Bobby Brink R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	14:48	—	—	55	89
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:19	—	—	71	64
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	5	1	0	11:28	—	—	67	44
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	5	1	2	6:30	—	—	57	84
Sean Walker D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.14	0	0	0	21:33	—	—	65	58
Nick Seeler D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.01	4	4	0	20:48	—	—	64	59
Travis Sanheim D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	0	7	0	26:42	—	—	41	84
Cam York D	D2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.16	2	5	2	25:31	—	—	42	89
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	1	0	14:38	—	—	42	63
Marc Staal D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	11:23	—	—	41	65

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Ersson(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	3.01	65:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	2	0	2	+1	3	1.11	0	0	0	25:46	—	—	67	55
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.38	2	0	0	25:29	—	—	69	56
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	2	2	+1	6	0.91	2	0	2	23:49	—	—	77	58
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.17	1	0	0	23:20	—	—	23	6
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	1	1	0	18:14	—	—	33	11
Drew O'Connor L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	2	18:12	—	—	29	12
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:45	—	—	50	11
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	13:07	—	—	33	10
Jansen Harkins C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	0	0	9:24	—	—	43	6
Joona Koppanen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	7:14	—	—	57	33
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	5:16	—	—	75	33
Radim Zohorna L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	4:52	—	—	67	26
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	1	1	2	27:20	—	—	63	44
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	1	0	0	20:02	—	—	53	24
Kris Letang D	D2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.18	3	2	0	27:24	—	—	58	36
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	4	0	15:45	—	—	42	32
John Ludvig D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	0	0	15:49	—	—	32	12
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:56	—	—	21	28

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	O	33	30	3	.909	2.76	63:34

Goal anatomy

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

Kris Letang (PIT) 2nd 14:31 · unassisted · Forecheck turnover · 40.1 mph shot.

Kris Letang · 2nd 14:31 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.1 mph
Distance: 45 ft

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Owen Tippett · 2nd 16:47 · PHI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 47.4 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Jake Guentzel · 3rd 1:50 · PIT

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.5 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Scott Laughton · 3rd 7:01 · PHI SH

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 14.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Tyson Foerster · 3rd 13:52 · PHI PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 62.0 mph
Distance: 37 ft

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Jake Guentzel · 3rd 19:39 · PIT

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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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.