Edmonton Oilers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 9, 2025

FinalThursday, Jan 9, 2025· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
EDM	1	2	0	3		EDM	7	21	15	43
PIT	4	1	0	5		PIT	13	6	7	26

: EDM 85PIT 55
: EDM 3.22PIT 4.17
PP goals: EDM 1PIT 1
Hits: EDM 16PIT 16
Blocks: EDM 13PIT 24
PIM: EDM 4PIT 8
: EDM 55%PIT 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Edmonton Oilers 5–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Edmonton Oilers 5–3 at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 4:44 together.

Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 23:37.Rust
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 21:20.Crosby
Points
Connor McDavid had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 26:55.McDavid
Points
Leon Draisaitl had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 27:20.Draisaitl
Points
Drew O'Connor had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:44.O'Connor
Points
Marcus Pettersson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 25:14.Pettersson
PP1
EDM's first power-play unit (Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid and Bouchard) scored 1 power-play goal on 12 attempts in 4:44 together.Hyman Nugent-Hopkins Draisaitl McDavid Bouchard
Goalie
Alex Nedeljkovic (PIT) faced 43 shots and stopped 40 (.930), +15 against a season average of 27.7; the win.Nedeljkovic

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

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

PIT
EDM
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 140 of 140 attempts · PIT 55 · EDM 85

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
EDM
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: EDM 39% of the game, PIT 26%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

EDM

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	EDM	PIT
	78	56
	2.43	2.98
	2.36	2.82
	8	13
	10	5
	11	17
	+0.038	−0.038
	39%	26%

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.

Edmonton Oilers

L1Hyman – Draisaitl – McDavid
11:2969% CF
L2Nugent-Hopkins – Arvidsson – Podkolzin
6:1953% CF
L3Perry – Janmark – Kapanen
4:0371% CF
L4Henrique – Skinner – Brown
1:5173% CF
D1Ekholm – Bouchard
16:4067% CF
D2Brown – Nurse
7:5967% CF
D3Kulak – Emberson
7:0840% CF

PP1Hyman – Nugent-Hopkins – Draisaitl – McDavid – Bouchard
4:44100% CF
PP2Perry – Henrique – Ekholm – Skinner – Nurse
0:17
PK1FBrown – Janmark
0:30
PK2FHenrique – Nugent-Hopkins
0:10
PK1DEkholm – Emberson
0:40

Current EDM line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
15:5039% CF
L2Bunting – Beauvillier – Glass
8:4750% CF
L3Nieto – Acciari – Lizotte
8:1263% CF
L4Hayes – Puljujarvi – O'Connor
7:3135% CF
D1Letang – Pettersson
17:1241% CF
D2Karlsson – Grzelcyk
16:0937% CF
D3Joseph – Pickering
11:3350% CF

PP1Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Rakell – Bunting
0:41100% CF
PK1FNieto – Acciari
2:55
PK2FGlass – O'Connor
0:53
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
1:45
PK2DKarlsson – Joseph
1:17

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:19
PITRickard Rakell (Bryan Rust, Marcus Pettersson)wrist0.49 xG
EDM: Ekholm, Nugent-Hopkins, Janmark, Kapanen, BouchardPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Rakell, Pettersson
EDM 0 – 1 PIT
7:22
PITBryan Rust (Marcus Pettersson, Sidney Crosby)snap0.06 xG
EDM: Nugent-Hopkins, Kulak, Brown, Nurse, McDavidPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Rakell, Pettersson
EDM 0 – 2 PIT
9:46
PITKevin Hayes (Drew O'Connor, Jesse Puljujarvi)snap0.16 xG
EDM: Henrique, Skinner, Hyman, Kulak, EmbersonPIT: Letang, Hayes, Pettersson, Puljujarvi, O'Connor
EDM 0 – 3 PIT
12:33
EDMLeon Draisaitl (Zach Hyman, Connor McDavid)backhand0.13 xG
EDM: Ekholm, Hyman, Draisaitl, McDavid, BouchardPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Rakell, Pettersson
EDM 1 – 3 PIT
13:41
PITDrew O'Connor (Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.10 xG
EDM: Hyman, Brown, Nurse, Draisaitl, McDavidPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Pettersson, O'Connor
EDM 1 – 4 PIT

2nd period

5:42
PITSidney CrosbyPP (Michael Bunting, Erik Karlsson)snap0.21 xG
EDM: Ekholm, Brown, Janmark, EmbersonPIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, Bunting
EDM 1 – 5 PIT
10:58
EDMLeon Draisaitl (Connor McDavid, Mattias Ekholm)slap0.04 xG
EDM: Ekholm, Hyman, Draisaitl, McDavid, BouchardPIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, Grzelcyk
EDM 2 – 5 PIT
19:15
EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPP (Connor McDavid, Evan Bouchard)wrist0.15 xG
EDM: Hyman, Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl, McDavid, BouchardPIT: Karlsson, Glass, Joseph, O'Connor
EDM 3 – 5 PIT

Box score

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

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Leon Draisaitl C	L1	2	0	2	+1	7	0.54	1	0	0	27:20	—	—	67	69
Connor McDavid C	L1	0	3	3	0	3	0.17	1	1	0	26:55	—	—	64	62
Zach Hyman L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.50	1	2	0	23:30	—	—	63	58
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L2	1	0	1	-2	1	0.36	0	0	0	19:15	—	—	44	16
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.15	0	1	0	14:23	—	—	58	46
Vasily Podkolzin R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	2	12:16	—	—	54	39
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	0	0	12:23	—	—	44	15
Corey Perry R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	9:38	—	—	81	71
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	7:07	—	—	39	7
Adam Henrique C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	13:17	—	—	54	37
Connor Brown R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	10:55	—	—	44	34
Jeff Skinner L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	8:16	—	—	68	56
Evan Bouchard D	D1	0	1	1	+1	10	0.76	1	0	0	26:53	—	—	67	57
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	2	1	0	26:29	—	—	62	54
Darnell Nurse D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.05	1	0	0	22:04	—	—	53	33
Joshua Brown D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	3	0	10:02	—	—	67	62
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	0	2	0	18:02	—	—	43	18
Ty Emberson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	11:30	—	—	47	30

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	L	26	21	5	.808	2.82	57:04

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	2	3	+1	2	0.18	1	3	2	23:37	—	—	39	48
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	2	3	+1	4	1.07	0	0	0	21:20	—	—	42	50
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.91	0	4	0	20:57	—	—	39	50
Cody Glass C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:43	—	—	46	60
Michael Bunting L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	2	0	4	12:02	—	—	48	53
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.45	0	0	0	10:18	—	—	55	78
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	3	0	15:17	—	—	56	84
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:30	—	—	56	82
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	2	1	0	11:22	—	—	55	74
Drew O'Connor L	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.24	1	0	0	12:44	—	—	35	57
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	10:06	—	—	31	42
Kevin Hayes R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.26	0	0	0	9:33	—	—	30	51
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.41	3	1	2	25:40	—	—	41	51
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	2	2	+3	1	0.05	0	5	0	25:14	—	—	41	51
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.17	0	1	0	22:22	—	—	40	56
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	3	0	18:51	—	—	36	50
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	15:14	—	—	52	71
Owen Pickering D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	12:07	—	—	50	68

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	43	40	3	.930	3.22	59:57

Goal anatomy

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

Rickard Rakell (PIT) 1st 3:19 · assists Bryan Rust, Marcus Pettersson · Rebound · 23.1 mph shot.

Rickard Rakell · 1st 3:19 · PIT

Play: rebound
Passes: 2
Shot: 23.1 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Bryan Rust · 1st 7:22 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 61.8 mph
Distance: 35 ft

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Kevin Hayes · 1st 9:46 · PIT

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.9 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Leon Draisaitl · 1st 12:33 · EDM

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.7 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s
Type: rebound

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Drew O'Connor · 1st 13:41 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 77.7 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 7.8 s

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Sidney Crosby · 2nd 5:42 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.2 mph
Distance: 57 ft

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Leon Draisaitl · 2nd 10:58 · EDM

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 71.9 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Type: one-timer

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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · 2nd 19:15 · EDM PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4
Shot: 53.7 mph
Distance: 23 ft

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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.