Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 7, 2024

FinalSaturday, Dec 7, 2024· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TOR	1	1	0	2		TOR	8	9	10	27
PIT	2	0	3	5		PIT	6	10	13	29

: TOR 65PIT 65
: TOR 2.66PIT 3.10
PP goals: TOR 1PIT 2
Hits: TOR 18PIT 17
Blocks: TOR 22PIT 18
PIM: TOR 10PIT 6
: TOR 35%PIT 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 at home. Mitch Marner (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Karlsson, Rust, Bunting and Glass) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:09 together.

Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:32.Rust
Points
Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:23.Marner
Points
Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:47.Rakell
Points
Auston Matthews had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:43.Matthews
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Karlsson, Rust, Bunting and Glass) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:09 together.Malkin Karlsson Rust Bunting Glass
PP1
TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Nylander, Marner, Matthews and Knies) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:47 together.Tavares Nylander Marner Matthews Knies
New line
New look for TOR: Pacioretty–Marner–Matthews skated 10:45 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pacioretty Marner Matthews
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Glass–O'Connor skated 9:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Glass O'Connor

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 130 of 130 attempts · PIT 65 · TOR 65

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 37% of the game, PIT 34%.

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
	65	59
	2.30	1.52
	2.11	1.39
	13	12
	4	1
	14	26
	−0.065	+0.065
	37%	34%

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

L1Pacioretty – Marner – Matthews
10:4542% CF
L2Tavares – Nylander – Knies
9:5768% CF
L3Nylander – Holmberg – Minten
6:1564% CF
L4Reaves – Lorentz – Dewar
5:2056% CF
D1Rielly – Myers
15:2773% CF
D2Ekman-Larsson – Tanev
14:2237% CF
D3Timmins – Benoit
9:0967% CF

PP1Tavares – Nylander – Marner – Matthews – Knies
2:47100% CF
PP2Reaves – Lorentz – Timmins – Dewar – Benoit
0:13100% CF
PK1FMarner – Matthews
2:07
PK2FLorentz – Dewar
1:55
PK1DTanev – Benoit
3:27
PK2DEkman-Larsson – Timmins
2:33

Current TOR line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
13:0953% CF
L2Malkin – Glass – O'Connor
9:2548% CF
L3Bunting – Puljujarvi – Lizotte
8:3854% CF
L4Hayes – Beauvillier – Acciari
6:1322% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
14:4238% CF
D2Letang – Pickering
13:5855% CF
D3Grzelcyk – Graves
10:2157% CF

PP1Malkin – Karlsson – Rust – Bunting – Glass
3:09100% CF
PP2Crosby – Letang – Hayes – Rakell – Grzelcyk
2:49100% CF
PK1FAcciari – O'Connor
1:37
PK2FRust – Glass
0:00
PK1DGraves – Pettersson
1:24
PK2DLetang – Pickering
0:00

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Mitch Marner R	L1	1	1	2	-2	4	0.48	0	0	0	25:23	—	—	35	43
Auston Matthews C	L1	0	2	2	-2	4	0.35	0	5	2	22:43	—	—	42	48
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	4	14:34	—	—	42	54
Matthew Knies L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.23	0	0	2	20:50	—	—	65	76
John Tavares C	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.54	0	2	0	19:27	—	—	57	73
William Nylander R	L2	1	0	1	-2	5	0.35	0	0	0	19:12	—	—	61	70
Fraser Minten C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	3	0	0	10:32	—	—	71	78
Pontus Holmberg R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	1	0	9:46	—	—	62	70
Alex Nylander L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	2	9:18	—	—	69	73
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:47	—	—	67	92
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:19	—	—	50	80
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	4	1	0	7:41	—	—	62	92
Morgan Rielly D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	0	2	0	21:04	—	—	64	74
Philippe Myers D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	1	0	18:22	—	—	68	84
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	2	1	0	21:12	—	—	37	41
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	19:40	—	—	33	32
Simon Benoit D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	4	2	0	16:29	—	—	54	57
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	3	0	15:55	—	—	59	66

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joseph Woll(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.32	58:53

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.27	0	0	0	19:33	—	—	60	47
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.32	2	1	2	19:32	—	—	57	43
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.27	2	2	0	18:47	—	—	60	47
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	1	0	17:26	—	—	41	26
Cody Glass C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	15:38	—	—	39	37
Drew O'Connor L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	0	1	0	15:26	—	—	45	39
Michael Bunting L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.41	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	56	56
Blake Lizotte C	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.60	0	1	0	14:02	—	—	60	62
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:15	—	—	37	30
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	3	0	13:31	—	—	15	4
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.26	2	0	0	10:29	—	—	38	28
Anthony Beauvillier R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:01	—	—	33	27
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.12	0	1	2	22:40	—	—	42	44
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	2	2	0	20:17	—	—	35	44
Kris Letang D	D2	1	0	1	+3	7	0.57	2	2	2	23:19	—	—	55	40
Owen Pickering D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:21	—	—	50	44
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	17:57	—	—	51	30
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:01	—	—	54	31

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.66	59:31

Goal anatomy

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

Rickard Rakell (PIT PP) 1st 4:39 · assists Matt Grzelcyk, Kevin Hayes · Deflection · 32.5 mph shot.

Rickard Rakell · 1st 4:39 · PIT PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 5
Shot: 32.5 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: deflection

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Mitch Marner · 1st 6:35 · TOR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 5.8 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Bryan Rust · 1st 14:15 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.5 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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William Nylander · 2nd 2:32 · TOR PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 75.9 mph
Distance: 43 ft
Type: one-timer

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Michael Bunting · 3rd 5:34 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.2 mph
Distance: 17 ft

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Blake Lizotte · 3rd 19:20 · PIT EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.1 mph
Distance: 37 ft

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Kris Letang · 3rd 19:34 · PIT EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 5-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 37.6 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 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.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 7, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Toronto Maple Leafs

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Rickard Rakell · 1st 4:39 · PIT PP

Mitch Marner · 1st 6:35 · TOR

Bryan Rust · 1st 14:15 · PIT

William Nylander · 2nd 2:32 · TOR PP

Michael Bunting · 3rd 5:34 · PIT PP

Blake Lizotte · 3rd 19:20 · PIT EN

Kris Letang · 3rd 19:34 · PIT EN