Carolina Hurricanes vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 26, 2024

FinalTuesday, Mar 26, 2024· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CAR	0	1	0	1		CAR	9	15	15	39
PIT	0	2	2	4		PIT	8	5	9	22

: CAR 86PIT 44
: CAR 2.83PIT 3.35
PP goals: CAR 0PIT 0
Hits: CAR 15PIT 18
Blocks: CAR 10PIT 19
PIM: CAR 9PIT 9
: CAR 47%PIT 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Carolina Hurricanes 4–1 at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Alex Nedeljkovic (PIT) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +12 against a season average of 27.3; the win.

Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:50.Crosby
Goalie
Alex Nedeljkovic (PIT) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +12 against a season average of 27.3; the win.Nedeljkovic
New line
New look for PIT: Puljujarvi–Gruden–Poulin skated 6:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Puljujarvi Gruden Poulin
Luck
CAR scored 1 goal on 2.83 expected goals (86 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Drew O'Connor (PIT) played 19:36, +3:54 up on his 15:42 season average over 78 games.O'Connor
Usage
Evgeni Malkin (PIT) played 14:41, −3:57 down on his 18:38 season average over 81 games.Malkin
Usage
Teuvo Teravainen (CAR) played 12:32, −3:55 down on his 16:27 season average over 75 games.Teravainen
Usage
Jesperi Kotkaniemi (CAR) played 9:35, −3:26 down on his 13:01 season average over 78 games.Kotkaniemi

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 130 of 130 attempts · PIT 44 · CAR 86

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 19%.

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
	90	41
	2.87	1.78
	2.79	1.76
	12	5
	7	2
	25	19
	−0.024	+0.024
	39%	19%

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

L1Guentzel – Aho – Jarvis
14:4781% CF
L2Kuznetsov – Necas – Svechnikov
10:3545% CF
L3Staal – Teravainen – Martinook
8:2472% CF
L4Noesen – Kotkaniemi – Drury
6:1267% CF
D1Burns – Slavin
14:5876% CF
D2Skjei – Pesce
14:4676% CF
D3Orlov – Chatfield
12:5860% CF

PP1Burns – Guentzel – Aho – Svechnikov – Jarvis
2:2150% CF
PP2Kuznetsov – Noesen – Skjei – Teravainen – Necas
1:14100% CF
PK1FMartinook – Drury
1:04
PK2FTeravainen – Aho
1:04
PK1DSkjei – Pesce
1:56
PK2DBurns – Slavin
0:55

Current CAR line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – O'Connor
11:5345% CF
L2Malkin – Rakell – Bunting
10:4248% CF
L3Eller – Smith – Puustinen
9:1224% CF
L4Puljujarvi – Gruden – Poulin
6:4330% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
16:3332% CF
D2Letang – Joseph
14:5520% CF
D3Graves – St. Ivany
11:4755% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Bunting
1:52100% CF
PP2Letang – Eller – Smith – Rakell – Puustinen
1:36100% CF
PK1FEller – Rust
0:57
PK2FSmith – O'Connor
0:56
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
2:15
PK2DGraves – St. Ivany
1:30

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:41
PITJesse Puljujarvi (Lars Eller, Valtteri Puustinen)snap0.01 xG
CAR: Orlov, Kuznetsov, Chatfield, Necas, SvechnikovPIT: Eller, Smith, Graves, Puljujarvi, Joseph
CAR 0 – 1 PIT
11:17
CARDmitry Orlovwrist0.03 xG
CAR: Orlov, Noesen, Chatfield, Kotkaniemi, DruryPIT: Malkin, Karlsson, Rakell, Pettersson, Bunting
CAR 1 – 1 PIT
18:09
PITBryan Rust (Sidney Crosby)snap0.08 xG
CAR: Noesen, Skjei, Pesce, Kotkaniemi, DruryPIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Pettersson, O'Connor
CAR 1 – 2 PIT

3rd period

18:04
PITDrew O'ConnorEN (Sidney Crosby)backhand0.84 xG
CAR: Burns, Staal, Skjei, Guentzel, Aho, NecasPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Pettersson, O'Connor
CAR 1 – 3 PIT
19:37
PITSidney CrosbyENwrist0.26 xG
CAR: Burns, Kuznetsov, Skjei, Aho, Necas, SvechnikovPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Pettersson, O'Connor
CAR 1 – 4 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	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sebastian Aho C	L1	0	0	-2	3	0.23	1	0	0	22:14	—	—	80	84
Seth Jarvis R	L1	0	0	0	2	0.37	2	1	0	21:50	—	—	79	79
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	-1	6	0.84	1	1	0	21:06	—	—	82	91
Martin Necas C	L2	0	0	-3	1	0.07	1	0	0	16:38	—	—	54	22
Andrei Svechnikov R	L2	0	0	-2	2	0.03	0	0	2	16:03	—	—	50	17
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	-2	1	0.05	1	0	0	15:08	—	—	50	11
Jordan Staal C	L3	0	0	-1	3	0.26	0	1	0	13:44	—	—	74	82
Jordan Martinook L	L3	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	1	0	12:34	—	—	65	61
Teuvo Teravainen C	L3	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	12:32	—	—	77	85
Jack Drury C	L4	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	1	0	11:30	—	—	71	60
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:35	—	—	65	45
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	0	5	8:28	—	—	56	33
Jaccob Slavin D	D1	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	1	0	21:53	—	—	69	67
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	-2	6	0.09	2	2	0	20:50	—	—	74	71
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	-3	3	0.23	1	0	0	22:04	—	—	75	59
Brett Pesce D	D2	0	0	-1	2	0.13	2	1	0	20:28	—	—	68	62
Dmitry Orlov D	D3	1	1	0	3	0.17	1	0	2	16:16	—	—	61	54
Jalen Chatfield D	D3	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	1	0	15:03	—	—	62	51

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pyotr Kochetkov(start)	L	20	18	2	.900	1.63	58:04

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	0	1	+3	1	0.10	0	1	0	20:04	—	—	33	38
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	2	3	+3	2	0.46	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	32	35
Drew O'Connor L	L1	1	0	1	+3	4	1.56	0	3	0	19:36	—	—	33	37
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	0	0	15:08	—	—	39	46
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	0	0	2	14:41	—	—	37	46
Michael Bunting L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	3	0	0	14:30	—	—	45	49
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	16:55	—	—	22	23
Lars Eller C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:50	—	—	20	21
Valtteri Puustinen R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.16	0	1	0	12:04	—	—	22	25
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	3	0	0	11:55	—	—	27	42
Sam Poulin R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	9:11	—	—	29	60
Jonathan Gruden L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	5	9:02	—	—	21	54
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.12	2	3	0	22:47	—	—	29	33
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	22:35	—	—	28	31
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.11	2	1	0	23:18	—	—	20	11
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.00	0	1	0	16:14	—	—	24	12
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	0	4	0	16:18	—	—	50	84
Jack St. Ivany D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	15:06	—	—	46	83

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	39	38	1	.974	2.83	59:56

Goal anatomy

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

Dmitry Orlov (CAR) 2nd 11:17 · unassisted · Forecheck turnover · 48.0 mph shot.

Dmitry Orlov · 2nd 11:17 · CAR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.0 mph
Distance: 46 ft

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Sidney Crosby · 3rd 19:37 · PIT EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.7 mph
Distance: 87 ft

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Bryan Rust · 2nd 18:09 · PIT

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.0 mph
Distance: 39 ft

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Drew O'Connor · 3rd 18:04 · PIT EN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 13.1 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 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.