Vegas Golden Knights vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 11, 2022

FinalFriday, Mar 11, 2022· PPG Paints Arena

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	2	0	2		VGK	5	22	15	42
PIT	1	1	3	5		PIT	16	7	10	33

: VGK 61PIT 55
: VGK 3.13PIT 4.72
PP goals: VGK 0PIT 1
Hits: VGK 29PIT 34
Blocks: VGK 14PIT 10
PIM: VGK 8PIT 6
: VGK 53%PIT 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 at home. Bryan Rust (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:52 together.

Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:13.Rust
Points
Jeff Carter had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:47.Carter
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:29.Marchessault
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:52 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel
Usage
Brock McGinn (PIT) played 6:40, −8:28 down on his 15:08 season average over 63 games.McGinn
Usage
Max Pacioretty (VGK) played 9:17, −8:19 down on his 17:36 season average over 38 games.Pacioretty
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +13 against a season average of 29.5; the win.Jarry
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Heinen–Rodrigues skated 9:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Heinen Rodrigues

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

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

PIT
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · PIT 55 · VGK 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VGK 28% 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

VGK

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	VGK	PIT
	60	43
	2.60	2.83
	2.53	2.58
	12	11
	2	8
	14	26
	+0.015	−0.015
	28%	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.

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Dadonov – Karlsson – Amadio
9:3471% CF
L2Stephenson – Carrier – Roy
8:0259% CF
L3Pacioretty – Marchessault – Eichel
6:2254% CF
L4Kolesar – Leschyshyn – Rondbjerg
5:0833% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hague
15:1152% CF
D2Theodore – Whitecloud
12:4533% CF
D3Hutton – Coghlan
12:0277% CF

PP1Dadonov – Marchessault – Theodore – Eichel – Hague
2:2767% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Karlsson – Stephenson – Roy – Coghlan
1:190% CF
PK1FStephenson – Roy
2:38
PK2FKarlsson – Kolesar
0:45
PK1DPietrangelo – Hague
3:11
PK2DHutton – Whitecloud
1:16

Current VGK line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
13:5137% CF
L2Malkin – Heinen – Rodrigues
9:5845% CF
L3Boyle – Blueger – Aston-Reese
7:2133% CF
L4Carter – McGinn – Puustinen
4:2657% CF
D1Letang – Matheson
17:1049% CF
D2Ruhwedel – Friedman
11:2043% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
10:1418% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
2:52100% CF
PP2Carter – Pettersson – Heinen – Rodrigues – Puustinen
1:2380% CF
PK1FCarter – Blueger
2:04
PK2FBoyle – Aston-Reese
1:36
PK1DRuhwedel – Marino
1:20
PK2DLetang – Friedman
0:38

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:54
PITMike Matheson (Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust)snap0.09 xG
VGK: Stephenson, Theodore, Carrier, Roy, WhitecloudPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Matheson, Guentzel
VGK 0 – 1 PIT

2nd period

2:36
PITJeff Carter (Brock McGinn, Valtteri Puustinen)wrist0.46 xG
VGK: Hutton, Kolesar, Coghlan, Leschyshyn, RondbjergPIT: Carter, Letang, Matheson, McGinn, Puustinen
VGK 0 – 2 PIT
4:19
VGKJack Eichel (Jonathan Marchessault, Max Pacioretty)wrist0.19 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Marchessault, Hutton, Eichel, CoghlanPIT: Crosby, Rust, Matheson, Guentzel, Pettersson
VGK 1 – 2 PIT
8:19
VGKAlex Pietrangelo (Jonathan Marchessault, Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Marchessault, Stephenson, HaguePIT: Crosby, Ruhwedel, Guentzel, Marino
VGK 2 – 2 PIT

3rd period

3:49
PITMark Friedman (Brian Boyle, Jeff Carter)wrist0.09 xG
VGK: Marchessault, Theodore, Eichel, Roy, WhitecloudPIT: Carter, Boyle, Ruhwedel, Friedman, Puustinen
VGK 2 – 3 PIT
14:49
PITBryan RustPP (Jake Guentzel)wrist0.09 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Roy, HaguePIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel
VGK 2 – 4 PIT
17:43
PITEvan RodriguesEN (Kris Letang)wrist0.56 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Karlsson, Marchessault, Stephenson, Theodore, EichelPIT: Boyle, Malkin, Letang, Matheson, Rodrigues
VGK 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.

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	1	0	0	15:27	—	—	71	66
Michael Amadio R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:26	—	—	69	60
Evgenii Dadonov L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	13:08	—	—	73	64
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.13	1	0	0	19:11	—	—	68	70
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.43	3	0	0	15:45	—	—	48	56
William Carrier L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	4	0	4	12:50	—	—	59	62
Jack Eichel C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.21	1	0	0	18:49	—	—	50	42
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	0	2	2	0	6	0.72	0	0	0	18:29	—	—	59	43
Max Pacioretty L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	9:17	—	—	59	44
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	5	3	0	14:13	—	—	57	29
Jake Leschyshyn C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:50	—	—	45	27
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	1	0	11:16	—	—	44	27
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.24	2	2	0	24:31	—	—	52	45
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	1	0	1	0	5	0.23	1	2	0	24:24	—	—	59	63
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.21	0	1	0	20:05	—	—	43	41
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.07	4	3	0	18:46	—	—	40	35
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	1	1	2	16:39	—	—	78	52
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.10	0	1	0	15:44	—	—	73	53

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Laurent Brossoit(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	4.17	59:31

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.27	1	0	0	20:01	—	—	37	28
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.23	0	1	0	19:44	—	—	42	40
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.44	1	0	0	18:13	—	—	36	29
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	1	0	0	16:58	—	—	43	51
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	1.13	1	1	0	15:12	—	—	48	53
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	2	0	2	13:21	—	—	45	55
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.39	0	0	0	15:28	—	—	37	50
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	9	0	0	14:51	—	—	41	56
Brian Boyle C	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.02	2	1	0	13:26	—	—	33	48
Jeff Carter C	L4	1	1	2	+2	3	0.53	1	1	0	14:47	—	—	47	70
Valtteri Puustinen R	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.36	1	0	0	10:14	—	—	46	79
Brock McGinn L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	1	1	0	6:40	—	—	58	81
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+3	4	0.22	5	1	0	26:06	—	—	49	68
Mike Matheson D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.12	1	2	0	23:35	—	—	44	60
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	17:00	—	—	35	45
Mark Friedman D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.15	1	0	2	16:23	—	—	50	48
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	17:18	—	—	26	7
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	2	1	0	15:25	—	—	27	25

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	42	40	2	.952	3.13	59:18

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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.