Carolina Hurricanes vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 31, 2019

FinalSunday, Mar 31, 2019· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CAR	0	0	1	1		CAR	9	9	20	38
PIT	2	0	1	3		PIT	12	7	9	28

: CAR 77PIT 44
: CAR 3.22PIT 2.85
PP goals: CAR 1PIT 0
Hits: CAR 37PIT 44
Blocks: CAR 10PIT 23
PIM: CAR 6PIT 8
: 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. Matt Cullen (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Calvin de Haan (CAR) played 7:08, −11:32 down on his 18:40 season average over 73 games.

Points
Matt Cullen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:12.Cullen
Points
Adam Johnson had 2 assists (2 points) in 4:40.Johnson
Usage
Calvin de Haan (CAR) played 7:08, −11:32 down on his 18:40 season average over 73 games.de Haan
New line
New look for PIT: Hornqvist–Blueger–McCann skated 7:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (18.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hornqvist Blueger McCann
Goalie
Matt Murray (PIT) faced 38 shots and stopped 37 (.974), +6 against a season average of 31.9; the win.Murray
Luck
CAR scored 1 goal on 3.22 expected goals (77 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for PIT: Kessel–Bjugstad–Simon skated 7:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kessel Bjugstad Simon
Usage
Justin Williams (CAR) played 22:44, +5:21 up on his 17:23 season average over 81 games.Williams

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 121 of 121 attempts · PIT 44 · CAR 77

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 39% of the game, PIT 29%.

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
	71	46
	2.57	2.48
	2.50	2.42
	10	12
	8	5
	18	14
	+0.029	−0.028
	39%	29%

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

L1Williams – Niederreiter – Aho
15:1881% CF
L2Staal – Teravainen – Svechnikov
10:5570% CF
L3Ferland – Martinook – Wallmark
8:5247% CF
L4McKegg – McGinn – Foegele
7:4427% CF
D1Faulk – Pesce
12:4368% CF
D2Hamilton – Slavin
12:1254% CF
D3de Haan – van Riemsdyk
5:3746% CF

PP1Williams – Faulk – Niederreiter – Teravainen – Aho
2:00100% CF
PP2Staal – Ferland – Hamilton – Slavin – Svechnikov
0:55100% CF

Current CAR line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
15:0435% CF
L2Hornqvist – Blueger – McCann
7:2419% CF
L3Kessel – Bjugstad – Simon
7:2338% CF
L4Cullen – Wilson – Johnson
4:0050% CF
D1Johnson – Schultz
16:4643% CF
D2Dumoulin – Maatta
16:4550% CF
D3Gudbranson – Pettersson
15:4520% CF

PK1FCullen – Rust
2:02
PK2FBlueger – McCann
0:26
PK1DGudbranson – Pettersson
1:07
PK2DJohnson – Dumoulin
1:02

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:45
PITGarrett Wilson (Matt Cullen, Adam Johnson)wrist0.04 xG
CAR: de Haan, McKegg, McGinn, van Riemsdyk, FoegelePIT: Cullen, Johnson, Schultz, Wilson, Johnson
CAR 0 – 1 PIT
18:45
PITMatt Cullen (Adam Johnson, Brian Dumoulin)snap0.12 xG
CAR: Williams, Niederreiter, Hamilton, Slavin, AhoPIT: Cullen, Dumoulin, Wilson, Maatta, Johnson
CAR 0 – 2 PIT

3rd period

0:46
PITPatric Hornqvist (Dominik Simon, Nick Bjugstad)snap0.16 xG
CAR: Staal, Hamilton, Teravainen, Slavin, SvechnikovPIT: Hornqvist, Bjugstad, Gudbranson, Pettersson, Simon
CAR 0 – 3 PIT
12:12
CARJaccob SlavinPP (Andrei Svechnikov, Micheal Ferland)slap0.07 xG
CAR: Staal, Ferland, Hamilton, Slavin, SvechnikovPIT: Gudbranson, Blueger, McCann, Pettersson
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
Sebastian Aho C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.75	1	1	0	23:01	—	—	83	84
Justin Williams R	L1	0	0	0	-1	7	0.70	3	0	2	22:44	—	—	78	61
Nino Niederreiter R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	1	0	0	20:43	—	—	79	73
Jordan Staal C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	3	1	0	18:57	—	—	67	57
Teuvo Teravainen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	2	0	0	16:22	—	—	67	57
Andrei Svechnikov R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	16:13	—	—	63	56
Micheal Ferland L	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.26	3	0	0	12:49	—	—	53	53
Lucas Wallmark C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	10:48	—	—	46	43
Jordan Martinook L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	4	0	0	10:32	—	—	45	41
Greg McKegg C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:00	—	—	21	23
Warren Foegele L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	3	0	0	9:34	—	—	29	37
Brock McGinn L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:18	—	—	23	33
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	0	2	0	23:44	—	—	63	52
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	4	2	2	23:21	—	—	71	48
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	1	0	1	-2	5	0.29	2	2	0	24:59	—	—	67	53
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	6	1	2	22:57	—	—	53	47
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	15:10	—	—	52	44
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	7:08	—	—	53	63

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Curtis McElhinney(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	2.85	57:07

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.48	0	0	0	22:42	—	—	41	46
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	4	2	0	21:29	—	—	39	44
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	6	1	0	20:30	—	—	34	23
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	14:44	—	—	35	36
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.44	2	1	2	14:21	—	—	40	48
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	2	2	0	13:40	—	—	40	38
Dominik Simon C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	2	1	0	14:36	—	—	40	66
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	5	0	0	13:35	—	—	40	55
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	13:11	—	—	54	57
Matt Cullen C	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.12	5	1	0	13:12	—	—	26	87
Garrett Wilson L	L4	1	0	1	+2	4	0.29	3	1	0	8:49	—	—	40	94
Adam Johnson C	L4	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	4:40	—	—	60	96
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.47	0	1	0	19:12	—	—	44	48
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	3	2	19:07	—	—	43	48
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	4	2	22:58	—	—	48	70
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	2	1	2	20:50	—	—	52	70
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	3	1	0	18:27	—	—	19	25
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	18:01	—	—	20	25

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	38	37	1	.974	3.22	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.