Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 22, 2023

FinalWednesday, Mar 22, 2023· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	3	2	5		PIT	9	21	15	45
COL	0	1	1	2		COL	11	9	10	30

: PIT 76COL 61
: PIT 4.91COL 3.49
PP goals: PIT 2COL 1
Hits: PIT 12COL 20
Blocks: PIT 17COL 16
PIM: PIT 8COL 10
: PIT 59%COL 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Colorado Avalanche 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Colorado Avalanche 5–2 at COL. Jeff Carter (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:34 together.

Points
Jeff Carter had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:41.Carter
Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:43.Rust
Points
J.T. Compher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:25.Compher
Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:11.Guentzel
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:34 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rakell Guentzel
Goalie
Alexandar Georgiev (COL) faced 44 shots and stopped 40 (.909), +13 against a season average of 30.7; the loss.Georgiev
Usage
Pierre-Olivier Joseph (PIT) played 21:23, +6:13 up on his 15:10 season average over 74 games.Joseph
Usage
J.T. Compher (COL) played 24:25, +3:55 up on his 20:30 season average over 81 games.Compher

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 137 of 137 attempts · COL 61 · PIT 76

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 32% of the game, COL 30%.

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
	72	56
	3.54	3.04
	3.30	2.89
	17	14
	5	6
	26	14
	+0.048	−0.048
	32%	30%

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
10:3752% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rakell
8:0454% CF
L3Carter – Archibald – O'Connor
6:4160% CF
L4Granlund – Heinen – Poehling
6:1643% CF
D1Letang – Joseph
15:0644% CF
D2Dumoulin – Ruhwedel
13:0252% CF
D3Fedun – Friedman
9:3762% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Guentzel
3:34100% CF
PP2Carter – Zucker – Granlund – Rust – Joseph
2:07100% CF
PK1FRust – Poehling
2:01
PK2FGranlund – O'Connor
0:48
PK1DLetang – Joseph
2:03
PK2DDumoulin – Ruhwedel
1:31

Current PIT line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Rantanen – Malgin
11:4467% CF
L2Compher – Nichushkin – Newhook
9:3143% CF
L3Cogliano – Eller – O'Connor
6:1745% CF
L4Helm – Nieto – Galchenyuk
2:3629% CF
D1Toews – Girard
11:2857% CF
D2Johnson – Byram
5:5246% CF

PP1Compher – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Byram
4:1883% CF
PP2Eller – Toews – Malgin – Girard – Newhook
0:28
PK1FCompher – Nichushkin
2:19
PK2FEller – Nieto
1:39
PK1DToews – Girard
2:13
PK2DJohnson – Byram
1:44

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:11
PITSidney Crosby (Jake Guentzel, Pierre-Olivier Joseph)backhand0.05 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, JosephCOL: Johnson, Compher, Nichushkin, Girard, Newhook
PIT 1 – 0 COL
4:06
PITJake GuentzelPP (Evgeni Malkin)other0.07 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell, GuentzelCOL: Johnson, Compher, Toews
PIT 2 – 0 COL
11:35
COLJ.T. Compher (Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.11 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, JosephCOL: Johnson, Compher, Nichushkin, Byram, Newhook
PIT 2 – 1 COL
14:12
PITJeff CarterPP (Bryan Rust, Jason Zucker)wrist0.11 xG
PIT: Carter, Zucker, Granlund, Rust, JosephCOL: Eller, Nieto, Girard, Byram
PIT 3 – 1 COL

3rd period

10:28
COLDevon ToewsPP (J.T. Compher, Nathan MacKinnon)slap0.11 xG
PIT: Letang, Granlund, Rust, JosephCOL: Compher, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Toews, Rantanen
PIT 3 – 2 COL
12:51
PITJeff Carter (Brian Dumoulin, Drew O'Connor)tip-in0.07 xG
PIT: Carter, Dumoulin, Archibald, Ruhwedel, O'ConnorCOL: Cogliano, Eller, Hunt, Galchenyuk, Girard
PIT 4 – 2 COL
19:41
PITBryan RustENbackhand0.52 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelCOL: Eller, Nichushkin, Girard, O'Connor, Byram, Newhook
PIT 5 – 2 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	1	0	1	+1	5	0.30	0	1	2	19:50	—	—	56	40
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.81	1	0	2	19:43	—	—	53	36
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.58	0	1	0	19:11	—	—	54	41
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.31	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	60	66
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	59	61
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.34	3	1	0	14:00	—	—	60	63
Jeff Carter C	L3	2	0	2	+1	5	0.30	0	0	0	14:41	—	—	54	41
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.29	0	2	0	12:16	—	—	66	58
Josh Archibald R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	4	1	2	10:38	—	—	63	55
Mikael Granlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.47	0	2	0	15:28	—	—	40	67
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:30	—	—	57	79
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	10:53	—	—	55	76
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.17	1	2	0	29:03	—	—	48	41
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	1	1	0	21:23	—	—	50	48
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.05	0	1	0	20:55	—	—	61	59
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	2	2	18:53	—	—	55	62
Mark Friedman D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	0	0	12:41	—	—	64	63
Taylor Fedun D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	11:41	—	—	63	63

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	3.49	59:13

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.62	0	0	0	24:58	—	—	59	62
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.48	0	0	0	23:21	—	—	66	66
Denis Malgin C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	3	2	0	15:33	—	—	60	52
J.T. Compher L	L2	1	1	2	0	3	0.38	1	0	0	24:25	—	—	41	45
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.41	1	0	0	21:42	—	—	50	55
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	2	0	0	18:14	—	—	33	41
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.37	2	0	0	15:43	—	—	33	31
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	3	1	2	12:34	—	—	32	36
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	1	2	9:49	—	—	44	37
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:47	—	—	19	32
Darren Helm C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	4	6:24	—	—	11	1
Alex Galchenyuk C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	5:17	—	—	23	30
Devon Toews D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.40	0	4	0	28:16	—	—	53	53
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	4	0	24:01	—	—	44	46
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	25:22	—	—	46	49
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:42	—	—	30	42
Brad Hunt D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:57	—	—	47	47
Kurtis MacDermid L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	7:04	—	—	25	13

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	44	40	4	.909	3.60	55:20

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.