Carolina Hurricanes vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 23, 2018

FinalTuesday, Jan 23, 2018· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CAR	0	1	0	1		CAR	11	13	11	35
PIT	0	2	1	3		PIT	16	10	7	33

: CAR 71PIT 55
: CAR 3.16PIT 3.38
PP goals: CAR 0PIT 0
Hits: CAR 27PIT 40
Blocks: CAR 13PIT 18
PIM: CAR 6PIT 6
: CAR 51%PIT 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Carolina Hurricanes 3–1 at home. Dominik Simon (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Jake Guentzel (PIT) played 9:40, −6:54 down on his 16:34 season average over 81 games.

Usage
Jake Guentzel (PIT) played 9:40, −6:54 down on his 16:34 season average over 81 games.Guentzel
Luck
CAR scored 1 goal on 3.16 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Casey DeSmith (PIT) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +10 against a season average of 25.4; the win.DeSmith
New line
New look for PIT: Rust–Kuhnhackl–Dea skated 5:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rust Kuhnhackl Dea
Usage
Tom Kuhnhackl (PIT) played 14:16, +4:18 up on his 9:58 season average over 68 games.Kuhnhackl
Usage
Phil Kessel (PIT) played 15:06, −3:38 down on his 18:44 season average over 81 games.Kessel
Usage
Derek Ryan (CAR) played 18:40, +3:06 up on his 15:34 season average over 79 games.Ryan
Usage
Joakim Nordstrom (CAR) played 6:12, −4:26 down on his 10:38 season average over 74 games.Nordstrom

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 126 of 126 attempts · PIT 55 · CAR 71

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 42% of the game, PIT 25%.

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
	62	58
	2.42	2.73
	2.28	2.65
	12	11
	0	5
	4	13
	−0.028	+0.028
	42%	25%

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

L1Stempniak – Skinner – Ryan
12:0754% CF
L2Williams – Rask – McGinn
6:2929% CF
L3Staal – Teravainen – Lindholm
6:1542% CF
L4Kruger – Nordstrom – Di Giuseppe
4:3840% CF
D1Faulk – Fleury
13:2142% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Hanifin
13:0575% CF
D3Slavin – Pesce
12:4642% CF

PP1Staal – Faulk – Rask – Teravainen – Lindholm
2:22100% CF
PP2Williams – Skinner – Slavin – Hanifin – Ryan
0:59100% CF
PK1FStaal – Nordstrom
0:43
PK2FKruger – McGinn
0:12
PK1Dvan Riemsdyk – Fleury
0:44
PK2DSlavin – Pesce
0:31

Current CAR line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Sheary – Simon
9:2463% CF
L2Malkin – Hornqvist – Hagelin
8:4376% CF
L3Kessel – Sheahan – Guentzel
7:4550% CF
L4Rust – Kuhnhackl – Dea
5:3527% CF
D1Schultz – Maatta
15:2059% CF
D2Hunwick – Oleksiak
14:5439% CF
D3Letang – Dumoulin
14:2648% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
1:230% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
1:28
PK2FRust – Kuhnhackl
0:55
PK1DHunwick – Oleksiak
2:05
PK2DDumoulin – Maatta
0:48

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:14
CARDerek Ryan (Lee Stempniak, Trevor van Riemsdyk)wrist0.16 xG
CAR: Stempniak, Skinner, van Riemsdyk, Hanifin, RyanPIT: Hunwick, Kessel, Sheahan, Oleksiak, Guentzel
CAR 1 – 0 PIT
8:03
PITDominik Simon (Sidney Crosby, Conor Sheary)wrist0.02 xG
CAR: Williams, Rask, McGinn, Slavin, PescePIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Sheary, Simon
CAR 1 – 1 PIT
9:19
PITJean-Sebastien Dea (Bryan Rust, Tom Kuhnhackl)wrist0.14 xG
CAR: Stempniak, Skinner, van Riemsdyk, Hanifin, RyanPIT: Hunwick, Rust, Kuhnhackl, Oleksiak, Dea
CAR 1 – 2 PIT

3rd period

11:02
PITJake Guentzel (Phil Kessel, Riley Sheahan)wrist0.14 xG
CAR: Williams, Faulk, Rask, Teravainen, FleuryPIT: Letang, Kessel, Dumoulin, Sheahan, Guentzel
CAR 1 – 3 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	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	1	2	18:41	—	—	55	66
Derek Ryan C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.24	0	0	0	18:40	—	—	52	67
Lee Stempniak R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.29	2	0	0	13:59	—	—	63	80
Victor Rask C	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.33	0	1	0	17:08	—	—	56	36
Brock McGinn L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	3	0	0	16:23	—	—	54	37
Justin Williams R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	2	0	0	16:18	—	—	46	21
Jordan Staal C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.39	3	0	0	20:00	—	—	50	51
Elias Lindholm C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	1	0	18:54	—	—	54	53
Teuvo Teravainen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.47	1	0	0	18:46	—	—	52	47
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	7:12	—	—	38	30
Marcus Kruger C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:50	—	—	54	46
Joakim Nordstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	5	1	0	6:12	—	—	40	17
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	3	1	2	23:13	—	—	49	28
Haydn Fleury D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.05	0	2	0	15:00	—	—	41	21
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	1	0	21:16	—	—	68	80
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.09	1	0	0	17:13	—	—	71	80
Jaccob Slavin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	5	0	22:08	—	—	44	56
Brett Pesce D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	2	0	0	18:43	—	—	49	62

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Ward(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	2.64	57:24

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	2	2	0	19:05	—	—	62	85
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	0	2	0	12:34	—	—	62	93
Dominik Simon C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.71	0	1	0	10:52	—	—	50	80
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.47	1	0	0	21:37	—	—	52	43
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.30	4	0	4	18:50	—	—	50	47
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	1	0	13:15	—	—	78	71
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.85	3	0	0	15:43	—	—	36	29
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	42	24
Jake Guentzel C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	2	0	0	9:40	—	—	38	27
Bryan Rust R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	2	3	0	16:43	—	—	38	38
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	5	2	0	14:16	—	—	41	52
Jean-Sebastien Dea C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	2	1	0	5:35	—	—	27	66
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	1	0	18:48	—	—	58	61
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.07	5	0	0	18:13	—	—	58	66
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	9	1	0	20:24	—	—	36	30
Matt Hunwick D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	18:52	—	—	38	35
Kris Letang D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	2	2	22:13	—	—	47	54
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	1	1	0	20:14	—	—	48	61

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	3.16	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.