Pittsburgh Penguins vs. St. Louis BluesFeb 11, 2018

FinalSunday, Feb 11, 2018· Scottrade Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	3	4		PIT	7	6	10	23
STL	0	1	0	1		STL	10	9	15	34

: PIT 38STL 57
: PIT 1.97STL 2.92
PP goals: PIT 0STL 0
Hits: PIT 24STL 26
Blocks: PIT 10STL 8
PIM: PIT 6STL 4
: PIT 45%STL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat St. Louis Blues 4–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat St. Louis Blues 4–1 at STL. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Dominik Simon (PIT) played 17:04, +5:49 up on his 11:15 season average over 32 games.

Points
Sidney Crosby had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:39.Crosby
Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:59.Rust
Points
Dominik Simon had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:04.Simon
Usage
Dominik Simon (PIT) played 17:04, +5:49 up on his 11:15 season average over 32 games.Simon
Usage
Jake Guentzel (PIT) played 9:01, −7:34 down on his 16:35 season average over 81 games.Guentzel
Luck
PIT scored 4 goals on 1.97 expected goals (38 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 2.92 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Kyle Brodziak (STL) played 9:54, −3:36 down on his 13:30 season average over 80 games.Brodziak

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)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 95 of 95 attempts · STL 57 · PIT 38

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL 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 20% of the game, STL 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

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	STL
	38	59
	1.19	2.52
	1.18	2.50
	8	11
	6	2
	19	16
	−0.067	+0.067
	20%	37%

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

L1Malkin – Kessel – Hagelin
14:4140% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Simon
7:5450% CF
L3Reaves – Rowney – Guentzel
2:4243% CF
L4Sheahan – Sheary – Aston-Reese
2:4025% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
18:2045% CF
D2Schultz – Maatta
13:5731% CF
D3Cole – Oleksiak
12:4645% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Kessel – Guentzel
2:21100% CF
PP2Schultz – Rust – Maatta – Sheary – Simon
1:25
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
2:04
PK2FRust – Rowney
1:33
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
3:09
PK2DCole – Oleksiak
1:28

Current PIT line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Steen – Stastny – Tarasenko
14:2465% CF
L2Berglund – Schenn – Schwartz
14:1053% CF
L3Sobotka – Jaskin – Barbashev
8:5956% CF
L4Thorburn – Upshall – Brodziak
3:5860% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
14:1053% CF
D2Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo
13:3944% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
9:3764% CF

PP1Steen – Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz – Dunn
2:5186% CF
PP2Stastny – Sobotka – Berglund – Pietrangelo – Parayko
1:510% CF
PK1FBrodziak – Sobotka
1:10
PK2FUpshall – Stastny
0:54
PK1DBortuzzo – Pietrangelo
0:54
PK2DGunnarsson – Parayko
0:41

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:10
STLKyle Brodziak (Chris Thorburn, Scottie Upshall)wrist0.20 xG
PIT: Letang, Reaves, Dumoulin, Rowney, GuentzelSTL: Thorburn, Upshall, Brodziak, Gunnarsson, Dunn
PIT 0 – 1 STL
3:31
PITSidney Crosby (Conor Sheary)wrist0.03 xG
PIT: Crosby, Schultz, Maatta, Sheary, SimonSTL: Bouwmeester, Berglund, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Schwartz
PIT 1 – 1 STL

3rd period

1:05
PITBryan Rustwrap-around0.03 xG
PIT: Schultz, Sheahan, Rust, Maatta, Aston-ReeseSTL: Steen, Stastny, Bortuzzo, Tarasenko, Dunn
PIT 2 – 1 STL
11:13
PITRiley Sheahan (Dominik Simon)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Cole, Sheahan, Oleksiak, Sheary, SimonSTL: Steen, Sobotka, Gunnarsson, Pietrangelo, Tarasenko
PIT 3 – 1 STL
17:12
PITSidney CrosbyEN (Dominik Simon, Bryan Rust)wrap-around0.64 xG
PIT: Crosby, Cole, Schultz, Rust, SimonSTL: Steen, Stastny, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz
PIT 4 – 1 STL

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
Phil Kessel R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	0	2	20:13	—	—	35	16
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	35	16
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	0	0	18:30	—	—	41	26
Sidney Crosby C	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0.70	1	0	0	17:39	—	—	53	56
Dominik Simon C	L2	0	2	2	+3	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:04	—	—	56	60
Bryan Rust R	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.43	3	0	0	16:59	—	—	50	47
Jake Guentzel C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	1	0	9:01	—	—	43	35
Carter Rowney C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:52	—	—	25	1
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	5:11	—	—	40	2
Riley Sheahan C	L4	1	0	1	+2	4	0.29	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	35	43
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:40	—	—	25	29
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.08	1	0	0	14:30	—	—	47	86
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	2	1	0	27:06	—	—	47	29
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	23:16	—	—	44	27
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.04	1	0	2	17:15	—	—	30	22
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	3	2	0	16:57	—	—	32	24
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	1	2	0	17:56	—	—	39	43
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:09	—	—	45	56

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	2.92	59:57

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.12	0	0	0	20:19	—	—	66	79
Alexander Steen L	L1	0	0	0	-3	4	0.41	1	0	2	19:59	—	—	61	65
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	-3	6	0.33	4	0	0	19:26	—	—	62	71
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.53	3	1	0	20:20	—	—	50	48
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.21	0	1	0	20:17	—	—	55	52
Patrik Berglund C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	1	0	18:12	—	—	58	70
Vladimir Sobotka C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	59	63
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	5	0	0	12:34	—	—	63	69
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:59	—	—	56	58
Kyle Brodziak C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.48	1	0	0	9:54	—	—	75	84
Scottie Upshall R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	2	0	0	8:45	—	—	70	74
Chris Thorburn R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	0	0	0	4:18	—	—	60	97
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	22:11	—	—	60	62
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	2	0	2	19:43	—	—	59	46
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.14	0	0	0	24:53	—	—	52	63
Carl Gunnarsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	4	0	18:06	—	—	60	86
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	1	1	0	17:24	—	—	66	72
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	5	0	0	14:49	—	—	65	68

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	1.33	59:37

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.