Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Chicago BlackhawksNov 20, 2022

FinalSunday, Nov 20, 2022· United Center

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	2	2	5		PIT	8	7	10	25
CHI	0	2	1	3		CHI	16	8	8	32

: PIT 50CHI 59
: PIT 3.68CHI 2.95
PP goals: PIT 0CHI 0
Hits: PIT 19CHI 23
Blocks: PIT 15CHI 16
PIM: PIT 18CHI 14
: PIT 55%CHI 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–3 at CHI. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 3A. New look for CHI: Blackwell–Khaira–Dickinson skated 8:43 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 17:33.Crosby
Points
Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:12.Rakell
Points
Kris Letang had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:02.Letang
New line
New look for CHI: Blackwell–Khaira–Dickinson skated 8:43 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blackwell Khaira Dickinson
New line
New look for CHI: Lafferty–Entwistle–Johnson skated 8:38 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lafferty Entwistle Johnson
Usage
Evgeni Malkin (PIT) played 14:53, −3:45 down on his 18:38 season average over 81 games.Malkin
Usage
Jason Dickinson (CHI) played 12:27, −3:32 down on his 15:59 season average over 77 games.Dickinson
Usage
Rickard Rakell (PIT) played 15:12, −3:17 down on his 18:29 season average over 81 games.Rakell

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 109 of 109 attempts · CHI 59 · PIT 50

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 27% of the game, CHI 36%.

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
	52	53
	2.30	2.07
	2.21	2.01
	12	5
	2	4
	8	17
	+0.002	−0.002
	27%	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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel
12:1361% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rust
11:1132% CF
L3Carter – McGinn – Heinen
8:5367% CF
L4Archibald – Blueger – Poehling
8:0441% CF
D1Letang – Pettersson
14:3857% CF
D2Dumoulin – Rutta
14:0544% CF
D3Petry – Joseph
11:3850% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
1:36100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Poehling
1:31
PK2FCarter – McGinn
0:47
PK1DDumoulin – Rutta
3:14
PK2DPetry – Pettersson
1:50

Current PIT line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kane – Athanasiou – Domi
11:3530% CF
L2Toews – Raddysh – Kurashev
10:2950% CF
L3Blackwell – Khaira – Dickinson
8:4363% CF
L4Lafferty – Entwistle – Johnson
8:3842% CF
D1Johnson – McCabe
12:5454% CF
D2Tinordi – Murphy
10:4742% CF
D3Jones – Mitchell
6:3242% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Domi – Raddysh – Kurashev
3:4975% CF
PP2Khaira – Athanasiou – Jones – Entwistle – Mitchell
1:07100% CF
PK1FBlackwell – Khaira
0:42
PK2FToews – Dickinson
0:14
PK1DJohnson – McCabe
1:06

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:04
PITBrock McGinn (Rickard Rakell, Sidney Crosby)slap0.14 xG
PIT: Crosby, Petry, Rakell, McGinn, JosephCHI: Johnson, Toews, McCabe, Raddysh, Kurashev
PIT 1 – 0 CHI

2nd period

2:27
PITEvgeni Malkin (Ryan Poehling, Pierre-Olivier Joseph)wrist0.17 xG
PIT: Malkin, Petry, Archibald, Joseph, PoehlingCHI: Tinordi, Blackwell, Dickinson, Entwistle, Mitchell
PIT 2 – 0 CHI
4:07
PITRickard Rakell (Sidney Crosby, Marcus Pettersson)snap0.05 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Guentzel, PetterssonCHI: Toews, Tinordi, Murphy, Raddysh, Kurashev
PIT 3 – 0 CHI
9:39
CHIJujhar Khaira (Jason Dickinson)wrist0.24 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Guentzel, PetterssonCHI: Johnson, Blackwell, Khaira, McCabe, Dickinson
PIT 3 – 1 CHI
16:36
CHIPatrick Kane (Jonathan Toews, Connor Murphy)wrist0.20 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, PetterssonCHI: Toews, Kane, Murphy, McCabe
PIT 3 – 2 CHI

3rd period

15:49
CHIPhilipp Kurashevwrist0.03 xG
PIT: Malkin, Petry, Zucker, Rust, JosephCHI: Johnson, Toews, Raddysh, Mitchell, Kurashev
PIT 3 – 3 CHI
16:46
PITSidney Crosby (Jake Guentzel, Kris Letang)backhand0.21 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Guentzel, PetterssonCHI: Kane, Athanasiou, Dickinson, Jones, Mitchell
PIT 4 – 3 CHI
19:43
PITJeff CarterEN (Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang)wrist0.98 xG
PIT: Carter, Crosby, Letang, McGinn, PetterssonCHI: Toews, Kane, Domi, Raddysh, Mitchell, Kurashev
PIT 5 – 3 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
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.25	0	0	2	17:42	—	—	58	47
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	3	4	+2	2	0.28	0	0	0	17:33	—	—	61	52
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.10	1	0	0	15:12	—	—	58	47
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	0	0	0	16:36	—	—	33	37
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.30	0	3	0	14:53	—	—	33	44
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	2	14:03	—	—	30	27
Jeff Carter C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	1.12	0	1	0	16:00	—	—	64	67
Brock McGinn L	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.39	1	0	0	13:00	—	—	69	83
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:41	—	—	69	81
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.44	1	2	10	14:25	—	—	39	53
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.55	2	1	0	12:05	—	—	47	71
Josh Archibald R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	6	1	2	10:38	—	—	44	66
Kris Letang D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	1	3	2	22:02	—	—	53	53
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	19:26	—	—	53	53
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	21:38	—	—	46	35
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	20:14	—	—	36	19
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	4	1	0	20:16	—	—	50	62
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	48	75

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	2.95	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	1	0	1	-1	6	0.54	0	0	0	22:16	—	—	43	38
Max Domi C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.40	1	0	2	20:11	—	—	42	42
Andreas Athanasiou C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	16:06	—	—	35	31
Jonathan Toews C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:56	—	—	52	53
Philipp Kurashev C	L2	1	0	1	-2	3	0.28	1	2	0	18:26	—	—	55	46
Taylor Raddysh R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	0	0	0	17:46	—	—	50	46
Jujhar Khaira L	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.77	2	0	0	14:38	—	—	59	62
Jason Dickinson C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	12:27	—	—	58	49
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	11:29	—	—	63	60
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	2	0	0	13:33	—	—	58	53
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	1	0	12:48	—	—	62	69
Reese Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	5	1	10	9:28	—	—	43	57
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	0	4	0	20:25	—	—	61	77
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	3	1	0	19:27	—	—	52	63
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.10	0	2	2	18:59	—	—	52	49
Jarred Tinordi D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	5	0	0	15:59	—	—	44	29
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	3	0	20:36	—	—	50	31
Ian Mitchell D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:26	—	—	41	23

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arvid Soderblom(start)	L	24	20	4	.833	2.70	58:04

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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.