Vegas Golden Knights vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 1, 2022

FinalThursday, Dec 1, 2022· PPG Paints Arena

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	0	1	3		VGK	14	7	16	37
PIT	0	2	2	4		PIT	18	15	14	47

: VGK 64PIT 85
: VGK 3.01PIT 3.69
PP goals: VGK 2PIT 1
Hits: VGK 30PIT 41
Blocks: VGK 29PIT 10
PIM: VGK 12PIT 10
: VGK 52%PIT 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Vegas Golden Knights 4–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 at home. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson, Theodore and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:43 together.

Points
Brock McGinn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:19.McGinn
Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 24:20.Eichel
Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:23.Guentzel
Points
Kasperi Kapanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 11:13.Kapanen
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson, Theodore and Eichel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:43 together.Stone Marchessault Stephenson Theodore Eichel
Goalie
Logan Thompson (VGK) faced 47 shots and stopped 43 (.915), +16 against a season average of 30.6; the loss.Thompson
Usage
Shea Theodore (VGK) played 27:48, +6:29 up on his 21:19 season average over 54 games.Theodore
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +7 against a season average of 30.1; the win.Jarry

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 149 of 149 attempts · PIT 85 · VGK 64

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 22% 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
	50	77
	1.82	3.28
	1.78	3.13
	6	18
	2	2
	14	13
	+0.031	−0.031
	22%	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

L1Stone – Stephenson – Eichel
11:0445% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
8:1732% CF
L3Carrier – Kolesar – Leschyshyn
6:1125% CF
L4Kessel – Roy – Cotter
3:4918% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
14:2766% CF
D2Martinez – Hague
10:0527% CF
D3Hutton – Whitecloud
6:3318% CF

PP1Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel
3:4388% CF
PP2Kessel – Martinez – Smith – Karlsson – Roy
1:0367% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:03
PK2FStephenson – Roy
1:01
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
3:20
PK2DMartinez – Hague
1:31

Current VGK line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Zucker – Rust
11:4871% CF
L2Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel
11:4766% CF
L3Carter – McGinn – Kapanen
6:3150% CF
L4Archibald – Blueger – Poehling
4:4758% CF
D1Petry – Pettersson
12:2361% CF
D2Ruhwedel – Joseph
8:3573% CF
D3Dumoulin – Rutta
5:0760% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Petry – Rust – Guentzel
3:1086% CF
PP2Carter – Zucker – Rakell – Kapanen – Joseph
2:2380% CF
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
3:04
PK2FCarter – Archibald
1:02
PK1DDumoulin – Rutta
2:51
PK2DPetry – Ruhwedel
0:59

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:59
VGKJack Eichel (Mark Stone)wrist0.16 xG
VGK: Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, Eichel, HaguePIT: Carter, Petry, Dumoulin, McGinn, Kapanen
VGK 1 – 0 PIT
17:59
VGKReilly SmithPP (Phil Kessel, William Karlsson)snap0.19 xG
VGK: Kessel, Martinez, Smith, Karlsson, RoyPIT: Carter, Dumoulin, Archibald, Rutta
VGK 2 – 0 PIT

2nd period

2:23
PITBrock McGinn (Jeff Carter, Kasperi Kapanen)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Hutton, WhitecloudPIT: Carter, Petry, McGinn, Kapanen, Joseph
VGK 2 – 1 PIT
13:07
PITRickard Rakell (Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.20 xG
VGK: Kessel, Martinez, Smith, Karlsson, HaguePIT: Crosby, Rakell, Guentzel, Joseph, Rutta
VGK 2 – 2 PIT

3rd period

1:26
VGKShea TheodorePP (Chandler Stephenson, Jack Eichel)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson, Theodore, EichelPIT: Dumoulin, Blueger, McGinn, Rutta
VGK 3 – 2 PIT
7:33
PITJake GuentzelPP (Evgeni Malkin, Jeff Petry)slap0.16 xG
VGK: McNabb, Karlsson, WhitecloudPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Petry, Guentzel
VGK 3 – 3 PIT
9:25
PITKasperi Kapanen (Brock McGinn, Brian Dumoulin)wrist0.05 xG
VGK: Kessel, McNabb, Carrier, Roy, WhitecloudPIT: Carter, Dumoulin, McGinn, Ruhwedel, Kapanen
VGK 3 – 4 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
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	1	2	+1	7	0.46	2	4	0	24:20	—	—	49	39
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.31	1	1	0	23:13	—	—	50	45
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.35	0	1	2	19:15	—	—	50	45
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	0	1	0	18:12	—	—	41	38
William Karlsson C	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.09	0	1	0	17:58	—	—	36	41
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	0	1	-2	1	0.23	1	0	0	15:28	—	—	41	46
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	1	6	12:13	—	—	41	28
Jake Leschyshyn C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	5	0	0	9:16	—	—	30	25
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	2	0	9:13	—	—	27	21
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	14:13	—	—	30	19
Phil Kessel R	L4	0	1	1	-2	3	0.30	0	1	0	10:03	—	—	32	30
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	5:24	—	—	23	17
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	0	1	0	6	0.28	0	1	0	27:48	—	—	61	53
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	4	2	0	23:56	—	—	56	45
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	4	0	18:16	—	—	27	34
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	2	16:37	—	—	32	35
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	3	4	0	16:25	—	—	19	14
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	9:37	—	—	23	22

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	47	43	4	.915	3.69	58:09

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.61	0	0	0	19:44	—	—	64	66
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.61	0	0	0	18:02	—	—	71	69
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	5	0	2	16:54	—	—	65	66
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.41	1	1	0	19:37	—	—	64	74
Jake Guentzel C	L2	1	1	2	+1	5	0.61	0	0	0	19:23	—	—	64	74
Rickard Rakell R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.41	2	1	0	17:46	—	—	57	70
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	1	2	14:29	—	—	40	41
Brock McGinn L	L3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.04	2	0	0	13:19	—	—	57	44
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.15	5	1	0	11:13	—	—	47	48
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	1	0	11:20	—	—	61	37
Josh Archibald R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	2	8:52	—	—	61	64
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	6:39	—	—	54	52
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	6	2	0	26:19	—	—	56	61
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	6	1	0	25:38	—	—	57	59
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.27	3	0	0	14:23	—	—	70	71
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	0	2	13:27	—	—	71	73
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.03	2	0	0	18:00	—	—	56	70
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	1	1	2	15:26	—	—	59	65

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	37	34	3	.919	3.01	60:00

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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.