Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Chicago BlackhawksFeb 15, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	2	0	2	4		PIT	12	7	8	27
CHI	0	1	0	1		CHI	10	9	9	28

: PIT 52CHI 42
: PIT 3.08CHI 2.05
PP goals: PIT 0CHI 0
Hits: PIT 11CHI 17
Blocks: PIT 8CHI 12
PIM: PIT 4CHI 2
: PIT 64%CHI 36%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 at CHI. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for CHI: Foligno–Kurashev–Bedard skated 15:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Sidney Crosby had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:02.Crosby
Points
Marcus Pettersson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:26.Pettersson
Points
Rickard Rakell had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:58.Rakell
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New look for CHI: Foligno–Kurashev–Bedard skated 15:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Kurashev Bedard
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New look for CHI: Johnson–Dickinson–Anderson skated 12:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (31.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johnson Dickinson Anderson
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New look for CHI: Blackwell–Sanford–Donato skated 8:58 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blackwell Sanford Donato
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New look for PIT: Carter–White–Gruden skated 5:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (85.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter White Gruden
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New look for PIT: Eller–Puljujarvi–Puustinen skated 7:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Puljujarvi Puustinen

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 94 of 94 attempts · CHI 42 · PIT 52

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 37% of the game, CHI 27%.

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
	59	42
	3.15	1.95
	3.04	1.92
	19	6
	5	5
	23	19
	+0.069	−0.069
	37%	27%

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 – Rakell
13:4062% CF
L2Malkin – Smith – O'Connor
12:1257% CF
L3Eller – Puljujarvi – Puustinen
7:0827% CF
L4Carter – White – Gruden
5:4886% CF
D1Karlsson – Graves
19:4953% CF
D2Letang – Pettersson
19:4163% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Ludvig
10:5067% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Eller – Karlsson – Rust
2:00100% CF
PK1FCarter – O'Connor
1:48
PK2FEller – Smith
1:02
PK1DRuhwedel – Graves
1:02
PK2DLetang – Pettersson
0:58

Current PIT line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Foligno – Kurashev – Bedard
15:5946% CF
L2Johnson – Dickinson – Anderson
12:1232% CF
L3Blackwell – Sanford – Donato
8:5833% CF
L4Katchouk – Raddysh – Entwistle
7:2550% CF
D1Jones – Vlasic
19:0039% CF
D2Megna – Korchinski
14:5246% CF
D3Tinordi – Crevier
10:4043% CF

PP1Foligno – Johnson – Jones – Kurashev – Bedard
2:00100% CF
PP2Tinordi – Blackwell – Sanford – Donato – Crevier
0:50100% CF
PK1FKatchouk – Raddysh
1:03
PK2FBlackwell – Dickinson
0:52
PK1DJones – Vlasic
1:07
PK2DTinordi – Crevier
0:30

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	0	1	+3	3	0.90	0	0	0	18:06	—	—	66	69
Sidney Crosby C	L1	2	0	2	+3	3	0.30	1	1	0	18:02	—	—	64	73
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.17	1	0	2	15:58	—	—	66	72
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	1	0	0	18:22	—	—	54	59
Drew O'Connor L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.28	0	0	0	17:51	—	—	62	72
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.36	1	0	0	16:51	—	—	56	67
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.28	1	1	0	17:14	—	—	48	44
Valtteri Puustinen R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:44	—	—	40	37
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:32	—	—	25	11
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	0	0	14:19	—	—	69	72
Colin White C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	11:26	—	—	64	47
Jonathan Gruden L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:18	—	—	75	46
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	0	0	0	24:19	—	—	53	51
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	22:05	—	—	51	46
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	2	2	+4	2	0.02	0	1	0	22:26	—	—	63	89
Kris Letang D	D2	0	1	1	+4	2	0.03	0	0	0	21:55	—	—	63	88
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	2	0	14:05	—	—	60	41
John Ludvig D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	13:08	—	—	67	41

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	2.05	59:59

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor Bedard C	L1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.39	2	1	0	21:17	—	—	46	46
Philipp Kurashev C	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.33	0	0	0	21:06	—	—	43	43
Nick Foligno L	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.12	2	1	0	19:35	—	—	46	43
Tyler Johnson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	17:02	—	—	32	4
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	0	0	16:42	—	—	33	7
Joey Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:30	—	—	32	4
Ryan Donato C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	13:41	—	—	43	41
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	1	1	0	13:07	—	—	44	43
Zachary Sanford L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	12:16	—	—	31	40
Boris Katchouk L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.34	1	0	0	11:33	—	—	50	70
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:11	—	—	53	65
Taylor Raddysh R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	9:44	—	—	50	73
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	-4	4	0.12	1	1	0	27:42	—	—	39	23
Alex Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.04	1	2	0	22:14	—	—	36	26
Jaycob Megna D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	0	2	20:01	—	—	47	56
Kevin Korchinski D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	2	0	18:31	—	—	43	50
Jarred Tinordi D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:38	—	—	44	31
Louis Crevier D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	1	0	13:40	—	—	47	37

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arvid Soderblom(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	2.69	59:30

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Sidney Crosby (PIT) 1st 0:15 · assists Marcus Pettersson, Rickard Rakell · Deflection · 19.5 mph shot.

Sidney Crosby · 1st 0:15 · PIT

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 19.5 mph
Distance: 10 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Bryan Rust · 3rd 19:10 · PIT EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 19.9 mph
Distance: 10 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Reilly Smith · 1st 12:40 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.6 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s

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Philipp Kurashev · 2nd 8:22 · CHI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.7 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: one-timer

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Sidney Crosby · 3rd 5:51 · PIT

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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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.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Chicago BlackhawksFeb 15, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

Chicago Blackhawks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Chicago Blackhawks

Goal anatomy

Sidney Crosby · 1st 0:15 · PIT

Bryan Rust · 3rd 19:10 · PIT EN

Reilly Smith · 1st 12:40 · PIT

Philipp Kurashev · 2nd 8:22 · CHI

Sidney Crosby · 3rd 5:51 · PIT