Carolina Hurricanes vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 21, 2023

Final / SOThursday, Dec 21, 2023· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
CAR	0	1	0	0	0	1		CAR	4	14	6	0	24
PIT	1	0	0	0	1	2		PIT	5	9	8	3	25

: CAR 65PIT 55
: CAR 1.45PIT 1.91
PP goals: CAR 0PIT 0
Hits: CAR 16PIT 26
Blocks: CAR 19PIT 27
PIM: CAR 10PIT 4
: CAR 51%PIT 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 (SO)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 in a shootout at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Rickard Rakell (PIT) played 20:38, +4:10 up on his 16:28 season average over 69 games.

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Rickard Rakell (PIT) played 20:38, +4:10 up on his 16:28 season average over 69 games.Rakell
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Jake Guentzel (PIT) played 23:08, +3:10 up on his 19:59 season average over 66 games.Guentzel
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Jesper Fast (CAR) played 17:05, +4:32 up on his 12:33 season average over 72 games.Fast
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Lars Eller (PIT) played 11:36, −4:25 down on his 16:01 season average over 81 games.Eller
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Noel Acciari (PIT) played 16:45, +3:51 up on his 12:54 season average over 54 games.Acciari
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Valtteri Puustinen (PIT) played 15:43, +4:03 up on his 11:40 season average over 51 games.Puustinen
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Jordan Staal (CAR) played 18:27, +3:07 up on his 15:20 season average over 79 games.Staal
PP1
PIT's PP1 (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Guentzel and Puustinen) went scoreless in 4:44 of 5v4 time with 4 attempts.Malkin Crosby Karlsson Guentzel Puustinen

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 120 of 120 attempts · PIT 55 · CAR 65

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 35% of the game, PIT 20%.

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
	64	44
	1.18	1.23
	1.17	1.21
	10	6
	8	4
	24	13
	+0.002	−0.002
	35%	20%

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

L1Staal – Fast – Martinook
12:2735% CF
L2Bunting – Necas – Kotkaniemi
9:3476% CF
L3Teravainen – Svechnikov – Drury
9:2470% CF
L4Noesen – Aho – Jarvis
9:1448% CF
D1Skjei – Pesce
15:5662% CF
D2Burns – Slavin
13:5877% CF
D3Orlov – Chatfield
12:3736% CF

PP1Burns – Bunting – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
2:06100% CF
PP2Noesen – Skjei – Teravainen – Necas – Drury
1:40100% CF
PK1FTeravainen – Aho
3:02
PK2FStaal – Jarvis
2:26
PK1DBurns – Slavin
4:48
PK2DSkjei – Pesce
1:51

Current CAR line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel
12:2943% CF
L2Malkin – Smith – Puustinen
9:2331% CF
L3Carter – Harkins – Acciari
5:2975% CF
L4Eller – O'Connor – Zohorna
4:5963% CF
D1Letang – Pettersson
16:1344% CF
D2Karlsson – Graves
14:4050% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Ludvig
8:0154% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Guentzel – Puustinen
4:4444% CF
PP2Carter – Letang – Eller – Smith – Rakell
2:39100% CF
PK1FSmith – Acciari
2:00
PK2FEller – O'Connor
1:51
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
2:05
PK2DRuhwedel – Graves
1:51

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:51
PITSidney Crosby (Rickard Rakell, Jake Guentzel)tip-in0.03 xG
CAR: Noesen, Skjei, Pesce, Aho, JarvisPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Guentzel, Pettersson
CAR 0 – 1 PIT

2nd period

14:52
CARTeuvo Teravainen (Jack Drury, Jaccob Slavin)slap0.01 xG
CAR: Burns, Teravainen, Slavin, Svechnikov, DruryPIT: Malkin, Letang, Smith, Pettersson, Puustinen
CAR 1 – 1 PIT

Decided in the shootout: CAR 1 – 2 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
Jordan Staal C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	2	3	0	18:27	—	—	38	9
Jordan Martinook L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	17:15	—	—	40	8
Jesper Fast R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	17:05	—	—	42	8
Martin Necas C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	1	0	15:22	—	—	81	93
Michael Bunting L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	0	0	14:22	—	—	76	91
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	10:08	—	—	77	93
Teuvo Teravainen C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.05	0	0	0	15:39	—	—	68	34
Andrei Svechnikov R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	2	15:30	—	—	74	37
Jack Drury C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.14	1	1	2	14:40	—	—	69	31
Sebastian Aho C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	52	49
Seth Jarvis R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	2	2	0	16:00	—	—	50	48
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	0	0	4	11:46	—	—	50	48
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	3	0	23:30	—	—	64	57
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	2	22:49	—	—	55	41
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.04	1	0	0	23:19	—	—	79	67
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.01	3	0	0	22:50	—	—	78	68
Dmitry Orlov D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	17:28	—	—	33	38
Jalen Chatfield D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	4	0	13:42	—	—	39	46

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pyotr Kochetkov(start)	O	25	24	1	.960	1.91	64:24

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.36	1	0	0	23:08	—	—	39	78
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.43	3	2	0	22:37	—	—	38	75
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.24	1	2	0	20:38	—	—	38	83
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	0	1	2	20:58	—	—	32	4
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	17:34	—	—	30	3
Valtteri Puustinen R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	3	0	15:43	—	—	28	0
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	4	4	0	16:45	—	—	41	48
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	1	0	13:37	—	—	56	22
Jansen Harkins C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	0	0	9:45	—	—	59	40
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	14:47	—	—	46	56
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	2	0	11:36	—	—	53	49
Radim Zohorna L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	7:42	—	—	60	63
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.03	3	1	0	26:43	—	—	41	54
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	5	0	22:20	—	—	36	50
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	2	26:37	—	—	48	62
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	3	0	19:41	—	—	40	52
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:02	—	—	35	43
John Ludvig D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:01	—	—	53	50

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	1.45	65:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Teuvo Teravainen (CAR) 2nd 14:52 · assists Jack Drury, Jaccob Slavin · Rebound · 9.1 mph shot.

Teuvo Teravainen · 2nd 14:52 · CAR

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.1 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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Sidney Crosby · 1st 8:51 · PIT

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 24.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 6.9 s

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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.