Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Colorado AvalancheApr 2, 2022

FinalSaturday, Apr 2, 2022· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	1	2		PIT	17	15	8	40
COL	0	2	1	3		COL	11	13	14	38

: PIT 64COL 53
: PIT 2.64COL 2.61
PP goals: PIT 0COL 0
Hits: PIT 17COL 20
Blocks: PIT 6COL 14
PIM: PIT 0COL 2
: PIT 44%COL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 at home. Mikko Rantanen (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for COL: Burakovsky–MacKinnon–Rantanen skated 17:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:21.Rantanen
Points
Jake Guentzel had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:45.Guentzel
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:47.MacKinnon
New line
New look for COL: Burakovsky–MacKinnon–Rantanen skated 17:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Burakovsky MacKinnon Rantanen
Goalie
Darcy Kuemper (COL) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +9 against a season average of 30.8; the win.Kuemper
New line
New look for COL: Compher–Lehkonen–Nichushkin skated 13:27 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (48% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Compher Lehkonen Nichushkin
New line
New look for PIT: Blueger–Kapanen–Rodrigues skated 13:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blueger Kapanen Rodrigues
Goalie
Tristan Jarry (PIT) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +9 against a season average of 29.5; the loss.Jarry

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 117 of 117 attempts · COL 53 · PIT 64

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 47% of the game, COL 25%.

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
	74	62
	3.06	2.57
	3.00	2.50
	14	14
	5	11
	12	11
	−0.034	+0.035
	47%	25%

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
15:0064% CF
L2Blueger – Kapanen – Rodrigues
13:3470% CF
L3Carter – Malkin – Rakell
13:1829% CF
L4Boyle – Heinen – Angello
5:3660% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
21:4561% CF
D2Matheson – Marino
18:1555% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Friedman
12:1548% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
1:01
PP2Carter – Rakell – Matheson – Kapanen – Rodrigues
0:47

Current PIT line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Burakovsky – MacKinnon – Rantanen
17:1347% CF
L2Compher – Lehkonen – Nichushkin
13:2748% CF
L3Aube-Kubel – Sturm – Newhook
9:2640% CF
L4Cogliano – Helm – O'Connor
7:2444% CF
D1Johnson – Makar
13:0552% CF
D2Manson – Toews
13:0441% CF

PK1FLehkonen – Nichushkin
0:49
PK2FO'Connor – Sturm
0:24
PK1DJohnson – Manson
0:42
PK2DJohnson – Toews
0:33

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:59
COLMikko Rantanen (Andre Burakovsky, Nathan MacKinnon)tip-in0.01 xG
PIT: Malkin, Rakell, Matheson, Kapanen, MarinoCOL: Johnson, Manson, Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Rantanen
PIT 0 – 1 COL
14:46
PITSidney Crosby (Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel)tip-in0.01 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelCOL: Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Makar
PIT 1 – 1 COL
15:06
COLNicolas Aube-Kubel (Alex Newhook, Nico Sturm)slap0.06 xG
PIT: Carter, Malkin, Letang, Dumoulin, RakellCOL: Aube-Kubel, Toews, Makar, Sturm, Newhook
PIT 1 – 2 COL

3rd period

15:07
PITMike Matheson (Jake Guentzel)snap0.01 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Matheson, Guentzel, MarinoCOL: Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Makar
PIT 2 – 2 COL
15:34
COLDevon Toews (Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelCOL: Burakovsky, MacKinnon, Toews, Rantanen, Makar
PIT 2 – 3 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		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.40	0	2	21:45	—	—	61	70
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	+1	7	0.57	1	0	21:21	—	—	64	66
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.39	1	0	20:04	—	—	67	75
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	0	0	16:33	—	—	72	52
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.07	1	0	15:56	—	—	65	55
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	15:20	—	—	69	55
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.35	0	0	19:21	—	—	32	40
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	0	17:50	—	—	26	35
Rickard Rakell R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.21	1	0	16:51	—	—	31	40
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	7:51	—	—	40	6
Anthony Angello C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	6:34	—	—	67	19
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	6:04	—	—	60	19
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	-1	6	0.13	1	0	26:52	—	—	61	64
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	22:27	—	—	60	64
Mike Matheson D	D2	1	0	1	0	4	0.05	1	0	20:17	—	—	54	51
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	18:57	—	—	56	58
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	14:21	—	—	44	37
Mark Friedman D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	13:08	—	—	40	26

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	38	35	3	.921	2.14	58:28

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	2	2	0	4	0.35	2	0	0	22:47	—	—	45	44
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.15	2	0	0	20:39	—	—	44	40
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.23	0	2	0	20:21	—	—	47	43
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.26	0	0	0	17:10	—	—	52	57
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.39	0	0	0	17:02	—	—	50	53
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	0	2	0	14:55	—	—	46	53
Nico Sturm C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	11:40	—	—	46	36
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:06	—	—	40	31
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	1	0	0	10:39	—	—	40	31
Logan O'Connor R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	2	0	11:40	—	—	40	45
Darren Helm C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	2	10:03	—	—	46	56
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	9:53	—	—	50	64
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.54	1	2	0	28:19	—	—	47	35
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	23:04	—	—	53	45
Devon Toews D	D2	1	0	1	0	4	0.11	1	1	0	28:31	—	—	48	49
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	0	2	0	16:22	—	—	45	60
Erik Johnson D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	15:09	—	—	39	48
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	8:40	—	—	11	5

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	40	38	2	.950	2.64	60:00

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.