Carolina Hurricanes vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 4, 2018

FinalThursday, Jan 4, 2018· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CAR	0	2	2	4		CAR	8	15	10	33
PIT	0	0	0	0		PIT	5	7	9	21

: CAR 49PIT 51
: CAR 3.10PIT 2.26
PP goals: CAR 0PIT 0
Hits: CAR 22PIT 25
Blocks: CAR 22PIT 8
PIM: CAR 4PIT 2
: CAR 43%PIT 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes rout Pittsburgh Penguins 4–0

Carolina Hurricanes beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–0 at PIT. Sebastian Aho (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for PIT: Crosby–Sheary–Simon skated 7:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Sebastian Aho had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 15:38.Aho
Points
Teuvo Teravainen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:29.Teravainen
Points
Brett Pesce had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:30.Pesce
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Sheary–Simon skated 7:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Sheary Simon
Luck
PIT scored 0 goals on 2.26 expected goals (51 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for PIT: Hagelin–Guentzel–Sprong skated 4:34 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hagelin Guentzel Sprong
Usage
Carl Hagelin (PIT) played 10:43, −5:17 down on his 16:00 season average over 80 games.Hagelin
Usage
Conor Sheary (PIT) played 17:35, +3:41 up on his 13:54 season average over 78 games.Sheary

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

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

PIT
CAR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 100 of 100 attempts · PIT 51 · CAR 49

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
CAR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CAR 40% of the game, PIT 24%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

PIT

CAR

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	CAR	PIT
	54	58
	3.31	2.72
	3.15	2.68
	20	8
	6	1
	13	16
	−0.063	+0.063
	40%	24%

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Skinner – Lindholm – Ryan
14:3255% CF
L2Staal – Teravainen – Aho
11:3259% CF
L3Williams – Rask – McGinn
11:1644% CF
L4Nordstrom – Di Giuseppe – Jooris
7:450% CF
D1Slavin – Pesce
19:3045% CF
D2Faulk – Fleury
16:0848% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Hanifin
13:1558% CF

PP1Williams – Skinner – Rask – Hanifin – Ryan
1:02100% CF
PP2Staal – Faulk – Teravainen – Lindholm – Aho
0:58100% CF
PK1FStaal – McGinn
0:58
PK2FNordstrom – Lindholm
0:52
PK1DSlavin – Pesce
2:44
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fleury
1:06

Current CAR line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Hornqvist – Kessel
10:0052% CF
L2Crosby – Sheary – Simon
7:2367% CF
L3Reaves – Sheahan – Kuhnhackl
4:550% CF
L4Hagelin – Guentzel – Sprong
4:3425% CF
D1Cole – Schultz
19:5842% CF
D2Hunwick – Letang
17:4567% CF
D3Oleksiak – Maatta
12:4248% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
2:05100% CF
PP2Schultz – Maatta – Guentzel – Sheary – Sprong
1:150% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
1:22
PK2FKuhnhackl – Guentzel
0:24
PK1DHunwick – Letang
1:22
PK2DCole – Oleksiak
0:38

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:50
CARJeff Skinnerwrist0.11 xG
CAR: Faulk, Skinner, Lindholm, Fleury, RyanPIT: Crosby, Cole, Schultz, Sheary, Simon
CAR 1 – 0 PIT
16:53
CARTeuvo Teravainen (Sebastian Aho, Jaccob Slavin)wrist0.13 xG
CAR: Staal, Teravainen, Slavin, Pesce, AhoPIT: Hunwick, Letang, Reaves, Sheahan, Kuhnhackl
CAR 2 – 0 PIT

3rd period

9:14
CARSebastian Aho (Jordan Staal, Brett Pesce)backhand0.11 xG
CAR: Staal, Teravainen, Slavin, Pesce, AhoPIT: Malkin, Hornqvist, Cole, Schultz, Sheary
CAR 3 – 0 PIT
12:33
CARSebastian Aho (Teuvo Teravainen, Brett Pesce)tip-in0.06 xG
CAR: Staal, Teravainen, Slavin, Pesce, AhoPIT: Hagelin, Sheahan, Kuhnhackl, Oleksiak, Maatta
CAR 4 – 0 PIT

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jeff Skinner L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	1	1	2	19:22	—	—	48	47
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	2	1	0	19:00	—	—	54	72
Derek Ryan C	L1	0	0	0	+1	7	0.52	2	2	0	18:58	—	—	65	81
Jordan Staal C	L2	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:37	—	—	56	59
Sebastian Aho C	L2	2	1	3	+3	4	0.60	2	1	0	15:38	—	—	63	68
Teuvo Teravainen C	L2	1	1	2	+3	2	0.20	1	2	0	14:29	—	—	56	71
Justin Williams R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	15:18	—	—	48	34
Brock McGinn L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.54	0	1	0	15:06	—	—	40	46
Victor Rask C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	2	0	14:09	—	—	33	27
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	0	0	10:13	—	—	11	50
Josh Jooris R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	9:53	—	—	18	14
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	9:16	—	—	31	75
Jaccob Slavin D	D1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	1	2	0	23:51	—	—	47	68
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	2	2	+3	1	0.02	0	3	0	22:30	—	—	45	66
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.38	3	0	2	20:05	—	—	48	53
Haydn Fleury D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	5	0	18:24	—	—	39	33
Noah Hanifin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	55	52
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	53	66

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Ward(start)	W	21	21	0	.1000	2.26	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phil Kessel R	L1	0	1	0.19	1	1	2	20:33	—	—	53	41
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	-1	2	0.20	0	0	0	19:23	—	—	53	33
Patric Hornqvist R	L1	-1	3	0.87	5	1	0	17:49	—	—	56	52
Sidney Crosby C	L2	-1	0	0.22	1	0	0	19:25	—	—	62	56
Conor Sheary L	L2	-2	1	0.08	1	1	0	17:35	—	—	67	48
Dominik Simon C	L2	-1	2	0.14	3	0	0	14:27	—	—	61	49
Riley Sheahan C	L3	-2	1	0.05	1	1	0	15:19	—	—	45	60
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L3	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	9:12	—	—	13	0
Ryan Reaves R	L3	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:21	—	—	10	0
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	3	0.28	2	0	0	15:35	—	—	58	51
Jake Guentzel C	L4	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	14:10	—	—	59	66
Carl Hagelin L	L4	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:43	—	—	42	17
Justin Schultz D	D1	-2	1	0.00	0	0	0	23:10	—	—	46	18
Ian Cole D	D1	-2	1	0.04	1	2	0	21:09	—	—	38	7
Kris Letang D	D2	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	23:09	—	—	64	67
Matt Hunwick D	D2	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	20:03	—	—	63	62
Olli Maatta D	D3	-1	2	0.06	1	0	0	15:07	—	—	50	56
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	-1	1	0.00	3	0	0	14:50	—	—	52	57

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	33	29	4	.879	3.10	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.