Florida Panthers vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 14, 2024

FinalWednesday, Feb 14, 2024· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	0	4	1	5		FLA	4	12	7	23
PIT	0	1	1	2		PIT	3	11	13	27

: FLA 52PIT 57
: FLA 2.67PIT 3.09
PP goals: FLA 1PIT 0
Hits: FLA 20PIT 20
Blocks: FLA 15PIT 16
PIM: FLA 8PIT 6
: FLA 48%PIT 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2

Florida Panthers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 at PIT. Matthew Tkachuk (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 2A. FLA scored 5 goals on 2.67 expected goals (52 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:48.Tkachuk
Points
Anton Lundell had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:05.Lundell
Points
Evan Rodrigues had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:48.Rodrigues
Luck
FLA scored 5 goals on 2.67 expected goals (52 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Marcus Pettersson (PIT) played 16:40, −6:05 down on his 22:45 season average over 81 games.Pettersson
Usage
Jesse Puljujarvi (PIT) played 14:38, +5:42 up on his 8:56 season average over 21 games.Puljujarvi
Usage
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (FLA) played 13:56, −4:31 down on his 18:27 season average over 79 games.Ekman-Larsson
Usage
Dmitry Kulikov (FLA) played 12:48, −3:46 down on his 16:34 season average over 75 games.Kulikov

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

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

PIT
FLA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 109 of 109 attempts · PIT 57 · FLA 52

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
FLA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: FLA 29% of the game, PIT 36%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

FLA

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	FLA	PIT
	50	53
	2.62	2.81
	2.49	2.66
	10	12
	6	1
	7	2
	−0.020	+0.019
	29%	36%

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.

Florida Panthers

L1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart
13:0965% CF
L2Rodrigues – Luostarinen – Lundell
9:3833% CF
L3Cousins – Bennett – Tkachuk
9:1032% CF
L4Stenlund – Lomberg – Gadjovich
4:1143% CF
D1Montour – Mikkola
13:5221% CF
D2Ekblad – Forsling
13:1163% CF
D3Ekman-Larsson – Kulikov
6:5578% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart – Montour – Tkachuk
2:51100% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Ekblad – Bennett – Rodrigues – Tkachuk
0:47100% CF
PK1FBarkov – Reinhart
3:21
PK2FStenlund – Luostarinen
2:53
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
4:32
PK2DKulikov – Mikkola
2:17

Current FLA line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
10:4544% CF
L2Malkin – Smith – Puljujarvi
9:4569% CF
L3Eller – Rakell – O'Connor
5:4457% CF
D1Letang – Pettersson
10:5744% CF
D2Karlsson – Graves
6:4338% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Ludvig
3:5463% CF

PP1Carter – Malkin – Eller – Karlsson – Rakell
3:4067% CF
PP2Crosby – Letang – Smith – Rust – Guentzel
3:38100% CF
PK1FCarter – White
1:27
PK2FEller – O'Connor
1:26
PK1DGraves – Joseph
1:03
PK2DRuhwedel – Pettersson
0:51

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:28
FLAMatthew Tkachuk (Evan Rodrigues, Gustav Forsling)wrist0.16 xG
FLA: Ekblad, Bennett, Forsling, Rodrigues, TkachukPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Ludvig
FLA 1 – 0 PIT
5:02
FLAJonah Gadjovich (Brandon Montour, Kevin Stenlund)tip-in0.08 xG
FLA: Ekman-Larsson, Montour, Stenlund, Lomberg, GadjovichPIT: Ruhwedel, White, Puljujarvi, Ludvig, O'Connor
FLA 2 – 0 PIT
8:27
FLAAaron EkbladPP (Matthew Tkachuk, Evan Rodrigues)wrist0.06 xG
FLA: Ekman-Larsson, Ekblad, Bennett, Rodrigues, TkachukPIT: Carter, Ruhwedel, White, Ludvig
FLA 3 – 0 PIT
13:02
FLAAnton Lundell (Matthew Tkachuk, Nick Cousins)wrist0.16 xG
FLA: Cousins, Montour, Forsling, Tkachuk, LundellPIT: Carter, Malkin, Pettersson, White, Joseph
FLA 4 – 0 PIT
15:24
PITBryan Rust (Jake Guentzel, Chad Ruhwedel)deflected0.41 xG
FLA: Cousins, Bennett, Montour, Mikkola, TkachukPIT: Crosby, Rust, Ruhwedel, Guentzel, Graves
FLA 4 – 1 PIT

3rd period

5:35
FLAAnton Lundell (Eetu Luostarinen)wrist0.07 xG
FLA: Ekblad, Forsling, Rodrigues, Luostarinen, LundellPIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Guentzel, Pettersson
FLA 5 – 1 PIT
6:07
PITJohn Ludvig (Drew O'Connor, Lars Eller)wrist0.06 xG
FLA: Ekblad, Forsling, Stenlund, Lomberg, GadjovichPIT: Eller, Rakell, Graves, Ludvig, O'Connor
FLA 5 – 2 PIT

Box score

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

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.55	1	1	0	21:43	—	—	64	61
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.32	0	0	0	21:22	—	—	68	63
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	0	0	20:10	—	—	63	56
Eetu Luostarinen C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	15:57	—	—	41	74
Anton Lundell C	L2	2	0	2	+2	2	0.23	1	2	0	15:05	—	—	43	62
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.14	0	0	2	13:48	—	—	54	78
Matthew Tkachuk L	L3	1	2	3	+1	2	0.52	4	2	0	17:48	—	—	35	35
Sam Bennett C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	15:07	—	—	33	29
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.13	2	2	0	10:28	—	—	36	26
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:50	—	—	56	47
Ryan Lomberg L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	5:28	—	—	44	56
Jonah Gadjovich L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	5:08	—	—	43	31
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	0	4	0	23:59	—	—	26	27
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	3	1	0	20:19	—	—	31	17
Gustav Forsling D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	2	1	0	24:00	—	—	64	71
Aaron Ekblad D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.19	2	0	0	23:04	—	—	66	71
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	4	13:56	—	—	46	49
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	0	0	12:48	—	—	83	92

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	3.09	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	0	0	0	22:23	—	—	47	55
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.46	2	2	0	19:31	—	—	38	47
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.55	1	1	0	18:30	—	—	47	57
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	0	2	2	17:57	—	—	50	45
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	1	1	0	14:47	—	—	61	42
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.36	2	0	0	14:38	—	—	63	55
Lars Eller C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	0	1	0	18:42	—	—	61	61
Rickard Rakell R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	4	0	0	15:39	—	—	64	53
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	15:31	—	—	50	52
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	1	2	21:38	—	—	44	44
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	3	2	16:40	—	—	54	43
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	1	0	24:14	—	—	54	51
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	1	1	0	14:20	—	—	46	62
John Ludvig D	D3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	12:37	—	—	54	65
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	4	0	0	11:19	—	—	47	65
Jeff Carter C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	13:10	—	—	50	56
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	0	1	0	11:43	—	—	52	41
Colin White C	—	0	0	0	-2	1	0.39	0	0	0	11:01	—	—	50	50

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	23	18	5	.783	2.67	59:58

Goal anatomy

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

Anton Lundell (FLA) 3rd 5:35 · assists Eetu Luostarinen · Forecheck turnover · 6.9 mph shot.

Anton Lundell · 3rd 5:35 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 6.9 mph
Distance: 27 ft

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Matthew Tkachuk · 2nd 4:28 · FLA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 49.7 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s
Type: one-timer

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Jonah Gadjovich · 2nd 5:02 · FLA

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 23.8 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Aaron Ekblad · 2nd 8:27 · FLA PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.6 mph
Distance: 31 ft

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Anton Lundell · 2nd 13:02 · FLA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 21.7 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Bryan Rust · 2nd 15:24 · PIT

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 25.8 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: deflection, rebound

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John Ludvig · 3rd 6:07 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 81.3 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 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.