Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Chicago BlackhawksApr 6, 2025

FinalSunday, Apr 6, 2025· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	1	1		PIT	8	11	10	29
CHI	0	1	2	3		CHI	6	9	16	31

: PIT 58CHI 51
: PIT 3.14CHI 3.98
PP goals: PIT 1CHI 0
Hits: PIT 27CHI 19
Blocks: PIT 7CHI 10
PIM: PIT 2CHI 6
: PIT 60%CHI 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1

Chicago Blackhawks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 at home. Ilya Mikheyev (CHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PIT scored 1 goal on 3.14 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Ilya Mikheyev had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:24.Mikheyev
Luck
PIT scored 1 goal on 3.14 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for CHI: Foligno–Veleno–Reichel skated 9:33 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Veleno Reichel
New line
New look for PIT: Hayes–Koppanen–Dewar skated 7:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayes Koppanen Dewar
Usage
Erik Karlsson (PIT) played 19:38, −3:39 down on his 23:17 season average over 81 games.Karlsson
Usage
Rutger McGroarty (PIT) played 17:19, +3:06 up on his 14:13 season average over 7 games.McGroarty
PP1
PIT's PP1 (Crosby, Rust, Rakell, Grzelcyk and Koivunen) went scoreless in 3:12 of 5v4 time with 2 attempts.Crosby Rust Rakell Grzelcyk Koivunen
Cats
Joona Koppanen (PIT) threw 6 hits, a night for hits leagues.Koppanen

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 51 · PIT 58

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 38% of the game, CHI 32%.

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
	60	53
	2.78	2.94
	2.63	2.83
	16	13
	6	6
	36	34
	+0.061	−0.061
	38%	32%

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 – McGroarty
13:5660% CF
L2Malkin – Rakell – Koivunen
12:5071% CF
L3Heinen – Acciari – Lizotte
8:0642% CF
L4Hayes – Koppanen – Dewar
7:0525% CF
D1Letang – Grzelcyk
17:0561% CF
D2Graves – Shea
15:1430% CF
D3Karlsson – Timmins
11:5762% CF

PP1Crosby – Rust – Rakell – Grzelcyk – Koivunen
3:12100% CF
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Karlsson – McGroarty
0:3567% CF
PK1FKoppanen – Lizotte
0:42
PK2FAcciari – Dewar
0:41
PK1DLetang – Timmins
0:52
PK2DKarlsson – Shea
0:30

Current PIT line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Donato – Mikheyev – Bedard
12:5243% CF
L2Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Nazar
11:0024% CF
L3Foligno – Veleno – Reichel
9:3380% CF
L4Kurashev – Slaggert – Moore
8:5357% CF
D1Vlasic – Rinzel
14:1150% CF
D2Kaiser – Levshunov
12:1552% CF
D3Murphy – Korchinski
10:3629% CF

PP1Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Donato – Rinzel – Bedard
0:51100% CF
PP2Kurashev – Korchinski – Nazar – Moore – Levshunov
0:38100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Mikheyev
2:33
PK2FTeravainen – Nazar
1:17
PK1DMurphy – Vlasic
3:23
PK2DKaiser – Rinzel
0:27

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

18:55
CHIFrank NazarSH (Teuvo Teravainen)wrist0.17 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Karlsson, McGroartyCHI: Murphy, Teravainen, Vlasic, Nazar
PIT 0 – 1 CHI

3rd period

9:40
CHIIlya Mikheyev (Connor Bedard, Sam Rinzel)wrist0.19 xG
PIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Timmins, McGroartyCHI: Donato, Vlasic, Mikheyev, Rinzel, Bedard
PIT 0 – 2 CHI
14:36
PITRickard RakellPP (Bryan Rust, Ville Koivunen)snap0.17 xG
PIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, KoivunenCHI: Foligno, Murphy, Vlasic, Mikheyev
PIT 1 – 2 CHI
19:04
CHIIlya MikheyevEN (Nick Foligno, Joseph Veleno)wrist0.97 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, McGroartyCHI: Foligno, Veleno, Vlasic, Mikheyev, Rinzel
PIT 1 – 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
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	-2	5	0.48	2	0	0	20:20	—	—	58	50
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.21	0	0	0	19:43	—	—	52	46
Rutger McGroarty R	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.48	1	0	0	17:19	—	—	64	52
Ville Koivunen R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	65	62
Rickard Rakell R	L2	1	0	1	-1	5	0.70	1	0	0	19:20	—	—	58	63
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.67	0	0	0	16:35	—	—	70	67
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	13:42	—	—	46	37
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	3	1	0	11:46	—	—	50	39
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	1	0	11:11	—	—	54	48
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	5	1	0	12:03	—	—	35	11
Joona Koppanen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	6	0	0	11:16	—	—	38	11
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	10:03	—	—	21	8
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	0	2	23:07	—	—	53	41
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	22:10	—	—	64	41
Ryan Shea D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:37	—	—	41	47
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	16:47	—	—	39	55
Erik Karlsson D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.02	1	3	0	19:38	—	—	55	55
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	0	0	15:40	—	—	64	52

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	L	30	28	2	.933	3.01	59:07

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ilya Mikheyev R	L1	2	0	2	+2	2	1.16	0	1	0	18:24	—	—	39	46
Connor Bedard C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.45	0	0	0	17:46	—	—	39	46
Ryan Donato C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	0	1	0	16:53	—	—	40	50
Teuvo Teravainen C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	0	1	0	16:48	—	—	28	33
Frank Nazar C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.47	1	1	0	16:00	—	—	24	25
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	0	0	2	15:09	—	—	30	33
Nick Foligno L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.31	4	0	0	15:41	—	—	67	84
Joseph Veleno C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.12	5	0	2	12:58	—	—	75	97
Lukas Reichel L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	2	0	11:21	—	—	70	84
Landon Slaggert L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	12:21	—	—	55	68
Philipp Kurashev C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	0	11:45	—	—	63	75
Oliver Moore C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	0	2	11:42	—	—	63	80
Sam Rinzel D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.07	1	1	0	20:45	—	—	47	58
Alex Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:28	—	—	52	66
Artyom Levshunov D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	19:58	—	—	54	63
Wyatt Kaiser D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	2	0	19:50	—	—	49	51
Connor Murphy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	5	1	0	19:20	—	—	39	25
Kevin Korchinski D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:35	—	—	39	33

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Knight(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	3.14	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Frank Nazar (CHI SH) 2nd 18:55 · assists Teuvo Teravainen · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 60.6 mph shot · 2.1 s from entry to goal.

Frank Nazar · 2nd 18:55 · CHI SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 60.6 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Ilya Mikheyev · 3rd 9:40 · CHI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 44.2 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Rickard Rakell · 3rd 14:36 · PIT PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 6
Shot: 49.5 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Type: one-timer

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Ilya Mikheyev · 3rd 19:04 · CHI EN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.8 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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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.