Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 30, 2019

FinalWednesday, Jan 30, 2019· PPG Paints Arena

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: TBL —PIT —
PP goals: TBL —PIT —
Hits: TBL 59PIT 39
Blocks: TBL 16PIT 17
PIM: TBL 15PIT 13
: TBL 54%PIT 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2 at home. Kris Letang (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TBL's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Hedman, Palat, Kucherov and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:08 together.

Points
Kris Letang had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 27:28.Letang
Points
Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:52.Kessel
Points
Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:58.Malkin
PP1
TBL's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Hedman, Palat, Kucherov and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:08 together.Stamkos Hedman Palat Kucherov Point
Usage
Dominik Simon (PIT) played 18:16, +5:01 up on his 13:15 season average over 70 games.Simon
Goalie
Matt Murray (PIT) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +3 against a season average of 31.9; the win.Murray
New line
New look for PIT: Cullen–Hornqvist–Pearson skated 7:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (26.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cullen Hornqvist Pearson
New line
New look for PIT: Wilson–Sheahan–Blueger skated 5:29 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wilson Sheahan Blueger

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
TBL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TBL 37% of the game, PIT 30%.

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	TBL	PIT
	66	43
	2.65	2.74
	2.63	2.62
	8	8
	1	5
	14	14
	+0.035	−0.035
	37%	30%

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.

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Johnson – Kucherov – Point
14:5952% CF
L2Killorn – Miller – Cirelli
9:0080% CF
L3Stamkos – Palat – Gourde
8:5154% CF
L4Paquette – Erne – Joseph
7:4569% CF
D1McDonagh – Cernak
15:2869% CF
D2Girardi – Hedman
14:2857% CF
D3Stralman – Sergachev
13:3163% CF

PP1Stamkos – Hedman – Palat – Kucherov – Point
2:08100% CF
PK1FGourde – Joseph
0:36
PK2FKillorn – Cirelli
0:32
PK1DGirardi – Hedman
1:19
PK2DStralman – McDonagh
0:23

Current TBL line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Guentzel – Simon
14:1950% CF
L2Malkin – Kessel – Rust
11:3550% CF
L3Cullen – Hornqvist – Pearson
7:3727% CF
L4Wilson – Sheahan – Blueger
5:2967% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
18:2433% CF
D2Johnson – Pettersson
12:4550% CF
D3Maatta – Riikola
12:1642% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
2:30100% CF
PP2Pearson – Guentzel – Pettersson – Simon – Riikola
1:05100% CF
PK1FCrosby – Guentzel
1:21
PK2FCullen – Rust
0:33
PK1DJohnson – Maatta
1:36
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
0:33

Current PIT line combinations →

Box score

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

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	2	1	0	22:29	—	—	56
Brayden Point C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	2	2	0	22:14	—	—	53
Tyler Johnson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	4	1	0	18:18	—	—	53
Anthony Cirelli C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	9	1	0	14:25	—	—	68
Alex Killorn L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	6	0	2	12:06	—	—	80
J.T. Miller C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	0	11:04	—	—	74
Steven Stamkos C	L3	1	0	1	-2	2	1	0	5	17:10	—	—	58
Ondrej Palat L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	61
Yanni Gourde C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	14:08	—	—	58
Cedric Paquette C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	7	0	4	10:29	—	—	58
Mathieu Joseph R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	10:08	—	—	56
Adam Erne L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	2	9:21	—	—	65
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	2	20:35	—	—	64
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	18:52	—	—	68
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	1	1	-2	4	2	1	0	24:57	—	—	54
Dan Girardi D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	5	2	0	18:03	—	—	56
Anton Stralman D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	17:36	—	—	58
Mikhail Sergachev D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	3	3	0	16:32	—	—	62

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	L	22	18	4	.818	58:26

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	4	0	0	22:00	—	—	50
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	0	21:33	—	—	45
Dominik Simon C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	18:16	—	—	50
Phil Kessel R	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0	1	0	19:52	—	—	43
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	2	2	+2	2	1	1	7	16:58	—	—	40
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	16:03	—	—	48
Matt Cullen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	14:53	—	—	24
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	14:25	—	—	23
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12:05	—	—	24
Riley Sheahan C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	0	8:43	—	—	36
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	6:22	—	—	57
Garrett Wilson L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	6	0	0	6:00	—	—	57
Kris Letang D	D1	1	1	2	+3	5	3	4	0	27:28	—	—	34
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	2	21:18	—	—	33
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	18:16	—	—	53
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	8	1	0	17:29	—	—	45
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	17:55	—	—	41
Juuso Riikola D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	0	16:09	—	—	44

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	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.