Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 9, 2017

FinalSaturday, Dec 9, 2017· PPG Paints Arena

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Toronto Maple LeafsTOR

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TOR	3	1	0	4		TOR	16	6	3	25
PIT	0	2	1	3		PIT	14	14	8	36

: TOR 44PIT 70
: TOR 2.21PIT 2.42
PP goals: TOR 0PIT 1
Hits: TOR 28PIT 39
Blocks: TOR 23PIT 10
PIM: TOR 6PIT 2
: TOR 48%PIT 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 at PIT. Tyler Bozak (TOR) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for PIT: Malkin–Kessel–Sheary skated 10:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Tyler Bozak had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 13:06.Bozak
Points
Mitch Marner had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 11:59.Marner
Points
Dominik Simon had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:27.Simon
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Kessel–Sheary skated 10:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Kessel Sheary
Usage
Riley Sheahan (PIT) played 6:38, −8:08 down on his 14:46 season average over 80 games.Sheahan
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Hornqvist–Guentzel skated 5:57 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (91.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Hornqvist Guentzel
Goalie
Frederik Andersen (TOR) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +3 against a season average of 33.5; the win.Andersen
Usage
Jake Guentzel (PIT) played 24:16, +7:53 up on his 16:23 season average over 81 games.Guentzel

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

← TOR attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
TOR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · PIT 70 · TOR 44

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
TOR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TOR 18% of the game, PIT 50%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

PIT

TOR

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	TOR	PIT
	48	65
	2.54	1.47
	2.28	1.44
	19	6
	1	0
	11	12
	−0.034	+0.034
	18%	50%

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Hyman – Brown – Matthews
14:0323% CF
L2Marleau – Komarov – Kadri
11:3733% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Marner
9:2664% CF
L4Moore – Martin – Nylander
4:0767% CF
D1Gardiner – Zaitsev
17:2826% CF
D2Hainsey – Rielly
13:5744% CF
D3Polak – Borgman
9:4578% CF

PP1van Riemsdyk – Gardiner – Bozak – Kadri – Marner
0:47100% CF
PP2Marleau – Komarov – Rielly – Nylander – Matthews
0:42100% CF
PK1FKomarov – Hyman
2:39
PK2FMoore – Brown
1:43
PK1DHainsey – Zaitsev
4:03
PK2DPolak – Rielly
2:34

Current TOR line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Kessel – Sheary
10:5162% CF
L2Crosby – Hornqvist – Guentzel
5:5792% CF
L3Hagelin – Rust – Rowney
5:2433% CF
L4Reaves – Sheahan – Simon
2:1525% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
15:4679% CF
D2Hunwick – Maatta
15:3441% CF
D3Cole – Ruhwedel
13:0650% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
4:02100% CF
PP2Crosby – Letang – Maatta – Guentzel – Sheary
1:21
PK1FRust – Rowney
0:56
PK2FHagelin – Sheahan
0:29
PK1DHunwick – Cole
1:10
PK2DDumoulin – Maatta
0:50

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:23
TORConnor Brown (Morgan Rielly, Ron Hainsey)wrist0.14 xG
TOR: Hainsey, Hyman, Rielly, Brown, MatthewsPIT: Malkin, Hunwick, Kessel, Maatta, Guentzel
TOR 1 – 0 PIT
1:42
TORJames van Riemsdyk (Mitch Marner, Tyler Bozak)wrist0.11 xG
TOR: Polak, van Riemsdyk, Bozak, Marner, BorgmanPIT: Hornqvist, Cole, Sheahan, Ruhwedel, Simon
TOR 2 – 0 PIT
12:55
TORTyler Bozak (Mitch Marner, Roman Polak)wrist0.05 xG
TOR: Polak, van Riemsdyk, Bozak, Marner, BorgmanPIT: Kessel, Cole, Sheahan, Ruhwedel, Simon
TOR 3 – 0 PIT

2nd period

14:24
PITRiley Sheahan (Dominik Simon, Brian Dumoulin)wrist0.10 xG
TOR: Hainsey, Moore, Martin, Rielly, NylanderPIT: Letang, Reaves, Dumoulin, Sheahan, Simon
TOR 3 – 1 PIT
17:51
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Phil Kessel)wrist0.07 xG
TOR: Moore, Polak, Komarov, RiellyPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Kessel, Guentzel
TOR 3 – 2 PIT
18:13
TORTyler Bozak (Jake Gardiner, Mitch Marner)tip-in0.06 xG
TOR: van Riemsdyk, Gardiner, Bozak, Marner, ZaitsevPIT: Hunwick, Reaves, Sheahan, Maatta, Simon
TOR 4 – 2 PIT

3rd period

17:12
PITSidney Crosby (Kris Letang, Dominik Simon)wrist0.08 xG
TOR: Hainsey, Hyman, Rielly, Brown, MatthewsPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Guentzel, Simon
TOR 4 – 3 PIT

Box score

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

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Zach Hyman L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	2	1	2	20:42	—	—	28	48
Connor Brown R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.15	1	0	0	19:44	—	—	26	46
Auston Matthews C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	3	0	19:28	—	—	22	41
Leo Komarov R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	21:00	—	—	30	63
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.50	1	1	0	16:23	—	—	32	71
Patrick Marleau C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	1	0	16:13	—	—	38	67
Tyler Bozak C	L3	2	1	3	+3	5	0.79	0	0	0	13:06	—	—	63	79
Mitch Marner R	L3	0	3	3	+3	2	0.07	0	1	0	11:59	—	—	63	79
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	1	0	1	+3	1	0.16	0	0	0	11:18	—	—	64	78
Dominic Moore C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	2	9:58	—	—	71	58
William Nylander R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	8:39	—	—	46	48
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	0	0	5:16	—	—	50	21
Nikita Zaitsev D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	5	0	25:54	—	—	24	39
Jake Gardiner D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	20:09	—	—	25	37
Ron Hainsey D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.02	0	3	0	23:37	—	—	39	52
Morgan Rielly D	D2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.06	0	1	0	20:51	—	—	40	60
Roman Polak D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	5	2	0	16:29	—	—	68	96
Andreas Borgman D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	1	2	11:33	—	—	78	96

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	W	36	33	3	.917	2.42	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.11	3	1	0	24:04	—	—	60	23
Phil Kessel R	L1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.38	2	0	0	23:24	—	—	50	16
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	71	35
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	5	0	0	24:16	—	—	83	67
Sidney Crosby C	L2	1	0	1	+1	7	0.73	6	0	0	22:52	—	—	96	100
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:20	—	—	68	62
Bryan Rust R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	1	0	12:44	—	—	40	16
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	0	0	11:50	—	—	33	15
Carter Rowney C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:24	—	—	33	20
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	2	2	-1	1	0.10	2	0	0	11:27	—	—	55	37
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:45	—	—	31	33
Riley Sheahan C	L4	1	0	1	-2	1	0.10	0	1	0	6:38	—	—	21	11
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+2	8	0.31	0	0	2	25:34	—	—	78	82
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.10	3	0	0	19:46	—	—	80	92
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.11	1	2	0	21:17	—	—	43	18
Matt Hunwick D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	1	3	0	19:24	—	—	42	17
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	1	1	0	15:08	—	—	50	12
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	2	0	0	14:18	—	—	56	21

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith	L	9	8	1	.889	0.78	38:12
Tristan Jarry(start)	—	16	13	3	.813	1.43	20:00

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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.