Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Colorado AvalancheDec 18, 2017

FinalMonday, Dec 18, 2017· Pepsi Center

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	1	2		PIT	18	6	8	32
COL	1	2	1	4		COL	13	15	9	37

: PIT 56COL 64
: PIT 2.40COL 3.61
PP goals: PIT 0COL 1
Hits: PIT 11COL 10
Blocks: PIT 18COL 16
PIM: PIT 8COL 6
: PIT 47%COL 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 at home. Tyson Barrie (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for PIT: Reaves–Archibald–Rowney skated 7:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (86.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Tyson Barrie had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:31.Barrie
Points
Chad Ruhwedel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:48.Ruhwedel
Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:49.Rantanen
Points
Sven Andrighetto had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:29.Andrighetto
New line
New look for PIT: Reaves–Archibald–Rowney skated 7:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (86.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Archibald Rowney
Usage
Carter Rowney (PIT) played 16:11, +7:00 up on his 9:11 season average over 43 games.Rowney
Goalie
Matt Murray (PIT) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +7 against a season average of 29.0; the loss.Murray
New line
New look for COL: Yakupov–Kerfoot–Jost skated 6:26 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Yakupov Kerfoot Jost

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

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

COL
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · COL 64 · PIT 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PIT 23% of the game, COL 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

PIT

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	PIT	COL
	54	60
	2.35	2.39
	2.25	2.24
	11	12
	0	5
	7	12
	+0.006	−0.006
	23%	37%

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
7:5638% CF
L2Reaves – Archibald – Rowney
7:5287% CF
L3Malkin – Kessel – Sheary
5:4764% CF
L4Hagelin – Sheahan – Kuhnhackl
4:0538% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
14:1343% CF
D2Cole – Ruhwedel
8:1019% CF
D3Hunwick – Maatta
6:2773% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Kessel – Guentzel
1:2567% CF
PP2Sheahan – Rust – Maatta – Ruhwedel – Sheary
0:40100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
2:07
PK2FRust – Rowney
1:03
PK1DHunwick – Maatta
1:40
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
1:24

Current PIT line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Comeau – Soderberg – Nieto
12:0047% CF
L2Landeskog – MacKinnon – Rantanen
11:4273% CF
L3Wilson – Andrighetto – Compher
10:3561% CF
L4Yakupov – Kerfoot – Jost
6:2620% CF
D1Barrie – Nemeth
13:5651% CF
D2Barberio – Zadorov
11:4378% CF
D3Lindholm – Girard
7:5836% CF

PP1Barrie – Landeskog – Compher – MacKinnon – Rantanen
2:47100% CF
PP2Wilson – Yakupov – Kerfoot – Andrighetto – Girard
0:54100% CF
PK1FComeau – Compher
0:58
PK2FNieto – Landeskog
0:45
PK1DBarberio – Nemeth
1:42
PK2DBarrie – Lindholm
0:00

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:04
COLTyson Barrie (Matt Nieto)wrist0.01 xG
PIT: Reaves, Maatta, Rowney, Ruhwedel, ShearyCOL: Comeau, Soderberg, Barrie, Nieto, Zadorov
PIT 0 – 1 COL
10:39
PITChad Ruhwedel (Carter Rowney)wrist0.02 xG
PIT: Reaves, Archibald, Maatta, Rowney, RuhwedelCOL: Yakupov, Kerfoot, Lindholm, Jost, Girard
PIT 1 – 1 COL

2nd period

5:56
COLTyson BarriePP (Mikko Rantanen, Sven Andrighetto)slap0.04 xG
PIT: Hunwick, Hagelin, Sheahan, MaattaCOL: Soderberg, Barrie, Andrighetto, MacKinnon, Rantanen
PIT 1 – 2 COL
18:20
COLJ.T. Compher (Sven Andrighetto)wrist0.13 xG
PIT: Crosby, Dumoulin, Rust, Maatta, GuentzelCOL: Wilson, Barberio, Nemeth, Andrighetto, Compher
PIT 1 – 3 COL

3rd period

1:25
PITEvgeni Malkin (Ian Cole, Chad Ruhwedel)wrist0.01 xG
PIT: Malkin, Hunwick, Kessel, Cole, HagelinCOL: Comeau, Barberio, Nemeth, Compher, Rantanen
PIT 2 – 3 COL
18:27
COLMikko RantanenEN (Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog)wrist0.96 xG
PIT: Crosby, Kessel, Cole, Sheahan, Ruhwedel, ShearyCOL: Barberio, Landeskog, MacKinnon, Lindholm, Rantanen
PIT 2 – 4 COL

Box score

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

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:47	—	—	25	18
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	1	0	15:47	—	—	30	19
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	1	0	0	15:05	—	—	46	49
Carter Rowney C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	16:11	—	—	63	83
Josh Archibald R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.24	2	2	0	9:27	—	—	68	88
Ryan Reaves R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.49	0	0	0	8:39	—	—	82	89
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.22	0	1	0	19:34	—	—	44	44
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	1	0	1	+1	7	0.56	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	59	60
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.23	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	45	56
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:01	—	—	47	22
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	12:50	—	—	50	38
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:23	—	—	39	27
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	2	2	25:35	—	—	43	73
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:21	—	—	42	62
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	1	1	2	-1	3	0.10	0	1	0	18:48	—	—	42	45
Ian Cole D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	2	6	4	18:00	—	—	31	17
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	3	2	19:32	—	—	62	57
Matt Hunwick D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	71	45

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	36	33	3	.917	2.65	58:24

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Blake Comeau L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	18:50	—	—	33	28
Carl Soderberg C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.43	1	0	0	17:23	—	—	38	30
Matt Nieto L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	47	41
Nathan MacKinnon C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	0	0	0	19:26	—	—	74	87
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	0	0	0	18:28	—	—	74	86
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	1	1	2	0	5	1.09	0	0	2	17:49	—	—	72	86
J.T. Compher L	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.51	0	3	0	16:26	—	—	58	67
Sven Andrighetto R	L3	0	2	2	+1	4	0.22	0	1	0	14:29	—	—	62	67
Colin Wilson C	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.41	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	63	68
Alexander Kerfoot C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:47	—	—	25	7
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:43	—	—	13	3
Nail Yakupov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	7:32	—	—	20	6
Patrik Nemeth D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	6	0	24:34	—	—	49	40
Tyson Barrie D	D1	2	0	2	+1	5	0.18	0	0	0	24:31	—	—	53	39
Mark Barberio D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.21	0	2	0	19:46	—	—	61	63
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	3	4	19:20	—	—	81	84
Anton Lindholm D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	14:33	—	—	31	34
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	40	62

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.40	60:00

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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.