Philadelphia Flyers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 23, 2024

FinalMonday, Dec 23, 2024· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	1	2	0	3		PHI	9	12	6	27
PIT	4	1	2	7		PIT	9	5	8	22

: PHI 50PIT 44
: PHI 2.31PIT 3.33
PP goals: PHI 0PIT 3
Hits: PHI 26PIT 21
Blocks: PHI 8PIT 11
PIM: PHI 6PIT 0
: PHI 41%PIT 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Philadelphia Flyers 7–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 7–3 at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 3A. PIT scored 7 goals on 3.33 expected goals (44 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 18:43.Crosby
Points
Rickard Rakell had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:32.Rakell
Points
Michael Bunting had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:52.Bunting
Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:34.Rust
Points
Erik Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) in 22:09.Karlsson
Points
Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:44.Malkin
Points
Scott Laughton had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:58.Laughton
Luck
PIT scored 7 goals on 3.33 expected goals (44 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 94 of 94 attempts · PIT 44 · PHI 50

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 38% of the game, PIT 35%.

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
	54	40
	2.58	1.46
	2.48	1.42
	8	5
	5	5
	24	16
	−0.061	+0.061
	38%	35%

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

L1Cates – Brink – Foerster
12:1040% CF
L2Couturier – Laughton – Konecny
9:4181% CF
L3Hathaway – Poehling – Farabee
6:4850% CF
L4Tippett – Frost – Michkov
5:1978% CF
D1Sanheim – York
16:0542% CF
D2Ristolainen – Zamula
15:0548% CF
D3Seeler – Drysdale
11:1680% CF

PK1FLaughton – Konecny
1:33
PK2FHathaway – Poehling
0:56
PK1DRistolainen – Sanheim
1:25
PK2DSeeler – Zamula
0:38

Current PHI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
13:1260% CF
L2Nieto – Acciari – Lizotte
12:4320% CF
L3Malkin – Bunting – Glass
8:5450% CF
L4Beauvillier – Tomasino – O'Connor
4:5520% CF
D1Letang – Joseph
17:5250% CF
D2Karlsson – Grzelcyk
16:3038% CF
D3Graves – Shea
16:0033% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Grzelcyk – Bunting
1:3675% CF
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Bunting – Tomasino
0:46100% CF

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Tyson Foerster R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:13	—	—	44	66
Noah Cates L	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	14:42	—	—	47	66
Bobby Brink R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	5	0	0	14:32	—	—	44	66
Travis Konecny R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	0	0	0	20:46	—	—	71	73
Sean Couturier C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	18:00	—	—	68	70
Scott Laughton C	L2	0	2	2	+2	4	0.78	3	1	0	16:58	—	—	74	93
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	13:46	—	—	40	41
Joel Farabee L	L3	0	0	0	-4	1	0.00	2	0	0	13:19	—	—	42	37
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	12:00	—	—	47	56
Owen Tippett R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	0	0	16:44	—	—	61	54
Morgan Frost C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.33	1	0	0	13:02	—	—	74	92
Matvei Michkov R	L4	0	0	0	-3	2	0.03	1	0	2	11:27	—	—	64	54
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	3	1	0	24:01	—	—	55	66
Cam York D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	0	0	4	20:36	—	—	48	41
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	2	0	20:48	—	—	48	64
Egor Zamula D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.08	2	3	0	19:21	—	—	46	64
Jamie Drysdale D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	0	0	18:04	—	—	77	80
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	1	1	0	15:50	—	—	74	59

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Ersson(start)	L	14	9	5	.643	1.81	40:00
Aleksei Kolosov	—	7	6	1	.857	0.59	18:22

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	3	4	+1	2	1.13	0	0	18:43	—	—	59	34
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	2	3	+1	2	0.29	3	0	18:32	—	—	62	35
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.17	0	0	16:34	—	—	61	36
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	16:27	—	—	21	40
Blake Lizotte C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	3	0	15:07	—	—	25	17
Matt Nieto L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.26	1	0	14:51	—	—	25	41
Michael Bunting L	L3	2	0	2	+1	5	0.88	1	0	17:52	—	—	46	45
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	0	1	17:44	—	—	42	44
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	1	14:30	—	—	53	52
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	0	11:06	—	—	32	39
Philip Tomasino R	L4	1	0	1	-1	1	0.18	2	1	9:38	—	—	31	9
Anthony Beauvillier R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	0	9:08	—	—	29	9
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	22:59	—	—	55	40
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	1	20:04	—	—	46	31
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	2	22:09	—	—	39	39
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.10	0	0	19:54	—	—	39	39
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.10	1	0	17:55	—	—	37	28
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	2	1	17:00	—	—	33	20

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	27	24	3	.889	2.31	59:47

Goal anatomy

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

Bryan Rust (PIT) 1st 1:29 · assists Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell · Point shot · carried in · 82.2 mph shot · 10.1 s from entry to goal.

Bryan Rust · 1st 1:29 · PIT

Play: point-shot
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 82.2 mph
Distance: 48 ft
Entry to goal: 10.1 s
Type: one-timer

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Egor Zamula · 1st 6:12 · PHI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 68.3 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 7.9 s

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Rickard Rakell · 1st 11:53 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.7 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: one-timer

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Michael Bunting · 1st 16:15 · PIT PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 4
Shot: 13.3 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Philip Tomasino · 1st 17:44 · PIT PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 19.4 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Noah Cates · 2nd 4:29 · PHI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 43.5 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Sean Couturier · 2nd 13:06 · PHI

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 33.9 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Michael Bunting · 2nd 18:48 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 59.9 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Sidney Crosby · 3rd 17:30 · PIT EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.7 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Blake Lizotte · 3rd 19:48 · PIT PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 2
Shot: 29.6 mph
Distance: 3 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.

Philadelphia Flyers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 23, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Philadelphia Flyers 7–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Philadelphia Flyers

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Philadelphia Flyers

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Bryan Rust · 1st 1:29 · PIT

Egor Zamula · 1st 6:12 · PHI

Rickard Rakell · 1st 11:53 · PIT

Michael Bunting · 1st 16:15 · PIT PP

Philip Tomasino · 1st 17:44 · PIT PP

Noah Cates · 2nd 4:29 · PHI

Sean Couturier · 2nd 13:06 · PHI

Michael Bunting · 2nd 18:48 · PIT

Sidney Crosby · 3rd 17:30 · PIT EN

Blake Lizotte · 3rd 19:48 · PIT PP