Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 12, 2018

FinalWednesday, Dec 12, 2018· United Center

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

3

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	2	0	3		PIT	13	17	13	43
CHI	2	1	3	6		CHI	13	8	8	29

: PIT 57CHI 58
: PIT 2.37CHI 3.48
PP goals: PIT 0CHI 1
Hits: PIT 27CHI 23
Blocks: PIT 21CHI 8
PIM: PIT 4CHI 4
: PIT 51%CHI 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3

Chicago Blackhawks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 at home. Bryan Rust (PIT) led the scoring with 3G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Seabrook, Toews, Kane, Hayden and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:08 together.

Points
Bryan Rust had a hat trick (3 points) on 8 shots in 16:06.Rust
Points
Jonathan Toews had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 18:38.Toews
Points
Andreas Martinsen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 7:21.Martinsen
Points
Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:01.Saad
Points
Brent Seabrook had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:25.Seabrook
Points
Marcus Kruger had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 9:55.Kruger
PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Seabrook, Toews, Kane, Hayden and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:08 together.Seabrook Toews Kane Hayden DeBrincat
Goalie
Corey Crawford (CHI) faced 43 shots and stopped 40 (.930), +13 against a season average of 30.2; the win.Crawford

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)CHI attacks right (top on phones) →

CHI
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · CHI 58 · PIT 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CHI 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 30% of the game, CHI 22%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CHI

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	CHI
	62	64
	2.62	1.23
	2.55	1.22
	14	5
	5	2
	20	22
	+0.020	−0.020
	30%	22%

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 – Brassard – Guentzel
16:2451% CF
L2Malkin – Kessel – Pearson
11:3852% CF
L3Sheahan – Rust – Aston-Reese
8:3845% CF
L4Cullen – Grant – Dea
5:5229% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
20:1558% CF
D2Johnson – Pettersson
12:5019% CF
D3Oleksiak – Maatta
12:1652% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Kessel – Guentzel
2:3480% CF
PP2Brassard – Pearson – Maatta – Dea – Pettersson
1:24
PK1FCullen – Rust
1:07
PK2FSheahan – Aston-Reese
0:52
PK1DJohnson – Maatta
1:13
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
0:58

Current PIT line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kane – Strome – DeBrincat
16:4745% CF
L2Toews – Saad – Kahun
13:3648% CF
L3Perlini – Sikura – Kampf
9:0358% CF
L4Kruger – Hayden – Martinsen
5:1138% CF
D1Keith – Jokiharju
17:0338% CF
D2Murphy – Dahlstrom
16:1063% CF
D3Seabrook – Manning
10:3152% CF

PP1Seabrook – Toews – Kane – Hayden – DeBrincat
1:08100% CF
PP2Keith – Saad – Strome – Kampf – Kahun
0:43
PK1FToews – Kruger
1:04
PK2FSaad – Kampf
0:28
PK1DKeith – Jokiharju
1:38
PK2DMurphy – Dahlstrom
1:20

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:14
CHIAndreas Martinsen (Carl Dahlstrom, Marcus Kruger)deflected0.00 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Kessel, Dumoulin, PearsonCHI: Kruger, Hayden, Dahlstrom, Martinsen, Jokiharju
PIT 0 – 1 CHI
17:51
CHIBrent Seabrook (Jonathan Toews)slap0.05 xG
PIT: Brassard, Sheahan, Oleksiak, Maatta, GuentzelCHI: Seabrook, Toews, Manning, Saad, Kahun
PIT 0 – 2 CHI
18:40
PITBryan Rustwrist0.04 xG
PIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Sheahan, Rust, Aston-ReeseCHI: Keith, Hayden, Strome, Martinsen, Jokiharju
PIT 1 – 2 CHI

2nd period

5:46
PITBryan Rust (Derek Grant)snap0.13 xG
PIT: Cullen, Letang, Grant, Dumoulin, RustCHI: Seabrook, Kane, Manning, Strome, DeBrincat
PIT 2 – 2 CHI
15:28
CHIAlex DeBrincatPP (Patrick Kane, Brent Seabrook)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Johnson, Sheahan, Maatta, Aston-ReeseCHI: Seabrook, Toews, Kane, Hayden, DeBrincat
PIT 2 – 3 CHI
19:03
PITBryan Rust (Olli Maatta, Zachary Aston-Reese)deflected0.02 xG
PIT: Sheahan, Rust, Oleksiak, Maatta, Aston-ReeseCHI: Seabrook, Manning, Perlini, Sikura, Kampf
PIT 3 – 3 CHI

3rd period

3:49
CHIMarcus Kruger (Andreas Martinsen, Duncan Keith)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Johnson, Guentzel, PetterssonCHI: Keith, Kruger, Murphy, Strome, Martinsen
PIT 3 – 4 CHI
18:58
CHIJonathan ToewsEN (Brandon Saad)wrist0.82 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Brassard, Kessel, GuentzelCHI: Keith, Toews, Saad, Jokiharju, Kampf
PIT 3 – 5 CHI
19:39
CHIBrandon SaadEN (Jonathan Toews)wrist0.58 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Kessel, Rust, GuentzelCHI: Toews, Saad, Murphy, Dahlstrom, Kampf
PIT 3 – 6 CHI

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	-3	1	0.08	0	0	0	22:58	—	—	51	57
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-4	3	0.20	1	0	0	22:00	—	—	50	55
Derick Brassard C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	0	1	0	20:15	—	—	50	62
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	0	0	-3	5	0.41	1	0	0	19:37	—	—	46	68
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-4	4	0.23	0	1	2	17:58	—	—	52	64
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	2	2	0	15:20	—	—	57	71
Bryan Rust R	L3	3	0	3	+2	8	0.45	1	1	0	16:06	—	—	55	87
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	11:39	—	—	38	63
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.05	3	1	0	11:10	—	—	44	74
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	10:14	—	—	50	82
Derek Grant C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	4	1	0	9:17	—	—	53	82
Jean-Sebastien Dea C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	7:28	—	—	38	55
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	7	0.38	5	1	0	29:39	—	—	57	75
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	2	3	0	21:57	—	—	57	75
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	2	1	0	16:35	—	—	33	47
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	4	0	16:35	—	—	19	21
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	15:51	—	—	55	72
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	2	0	14:48	—	—	54	79

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	27	23	4	.852	1.28	58:11

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.89	2	0	0	22:05	—	—	49	26
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.13	1	0	0	21:02	—	—	47	25
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:43	—	—	46	32
Jonathan Toews C	L2	1	2	3	+3	1	0.82	0	1	2	18:38	—	—	50	25
Brandon Saad L	L2	1	1	2	+3	3	0.81	1	0	0	18:01	—	—	51	31
Dominik Kahun C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	16:35	—	—	54	32
David Kampf C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	1	1	0	15:32	—	—	67	45
Brendan Perlini L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	2	0	2	10:51	—	—	59	36
Dylan Sikura R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	9:33	—	—	58	36
Marcus Kruger C	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.25	1	0	0	9:55	—	—	56	44
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:02	—	—	38	27
Andreas Martinsen L	L4	1	1	2	+1	1	0.00	6	1	0	7:21	—	—	38	39
Duncan Keith D	D1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.08	0	0	0	22:49	—	—	41	22
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	19:56	—	—	43	29
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.10	3	0	0	22:38	—	—	60	42
Carl Dahlstrom D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.12	1	0	0	22:34	—	—	65	53
Brent Seabrook D	D3	1	1	2	-1	3	0.10	3	1	0	16:25	—	—	48	21
Brandon Manning D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	13:20	—	—	48	21

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Corey Crawford(start)	W	43	40	3	.930	2.37	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.