Pittsburgh Penguins vs. St. Louis BluesDec 29, 2018

FinalSaturday, Dec 29, 2018· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	3	2	6		PIT	12	6	12	30
STL	0	1	0	1		STL	8	12	11	31

: PIT 43STL 74
: PIT 2.13STL 2.59
PP goals: PIT 4STL 0
Hits: PIT 12STL 25
Blocks: PIT 23STL 5
PIM: PIT 9STL 13
: PIT 51%STL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout St. Louis Blues 6–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat St. Louis Blues 6–1 at STL. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 3 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 2:32 together.

Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:13.Crosby
Points
Kris Letang had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 23:20.Letang
Points
Phil Kessel had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:36.Kessel
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 3 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 2:32 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Hornqvist Kessel
Points
Patric Hornqvist had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:43.Hornqvist
Luck
PIT scored 6 goals on 2.13 expected goals (43 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Bryan Rust (PIT) played 5:33, −10:30 down on his 16:03 season average over 71 games.Rust
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Guentzel–Aston-Reese skated 8:19 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Guentzel Aston-Reese

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 117 of 117 attempts · STL 74 · PIT 43

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 19% of the game, STL 35%.

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
	42	79
	1.73	2.57
	1.71	2.48
	10	10
	2	2
	25	18
	+0.026	−0.026
	19%	35%

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 – Hornqvist – Simon
13:2454% CF
L2Brassard – Kessel – Pearson
11:4426% CF
L3Crosby – Guentzel – Aston-Reese
8:1933% CF
L4Cullen – Sheahan – Rust
0:00
D1Johnson – Pettersson
16:3527% CF
D2Letang – Dumoulin
16:0843% CF
D3Maatta – Riikola
14:2731% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
2:32100% CF
PP2Brassard – Pearson – Guentzel – Pettersson – Riikola
0:22100% CF
PK1FCrosby – Guentzel
1:06
PK2FCullen – Sheahan
0:56
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
2:17
PK2DJohnson – Maatta
1:33

Current PIT line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Steen – Perron – O'Reilly
15:1468% CF
L2Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
12:4159% CF
L3Maroon – Bozak – Thomas
9:2278% CF
L4Nolan – Sundqvist – Barbashev
8:2753% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Pietrangelo
16:0861% CF
D2Edmundson – Parayko
14:5454% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
13:0486% CF

PP1O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz – Dunn
2:0550% CF
PP2Steen – Maroon – Perron – Bozak – Parayko
1:36100% CF
PK1FSundqvist – Barbashev
1:23
PK2FBozak – O'Reilly
1:05
PK1DBouwmeester – Pietrangelo
1:09
PK2DBortuzzo – Edmundson
1:00

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:48
PITSidney CrosbyPP (Patric Hornqvist, Phil Kessel)wrist0.06 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, KesselSTL: Bortuzzo, Bozak, O'Reilly, Edmundson
PIT 1 – 0 STL

2nd period

5:13
PITJuuso RiikolaPP (Tanner Pearson, Derick Brassard)slap0.10 xG
PIT: Brassard, Pearson, Guentzel, Pettersson, RiikolaSTL: Bouwmeester, Pietrangelo, Sundqvist, Barbashev
PIT 2 – 0 STL
7:17
PITZachary Aston-Reese (Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby)tip-in0.02 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Guentzel, Aston-ReeseSTL: Bouwmeester, Maroon, Pietrangelo, Bozak, Thomas
PIT 3 – 0 STL
9:25
PITPatric HornqvistPP (Kris Letang, Phil Kessel)deflected0.14 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, KesselSTL: Pietrangelo, Edmundson, Sundqvist, Barbashev
PIT 4 – 0 STL
14:36
STLDavid Perron (Ryan O'Reilly, Alexander Steen)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Cullen, Letang, Brassard, Dumoulin, GuentzelSTL: Bouwmeester, Steen, Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly
PIT 4 – 1 STL

3rd period

3:05
PITJake Guentzel (Brian Dumoulin, Sidney Crosby)tip-in0.06 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Guentzel, Aston-ReeseSTL: Perron, O'Reilly, Schwartz, Edmundson, Parayko
PIT 5 – 1 STL
3:38
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Phil Kessel, Kris Letang)snap0.15 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, KesselSTL: Bouwmeester, Bortuzzo, Sundqvist, Barbashev
PIT 6 – 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
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.28	0	0	2	19:17	—	—	50	66
Patric Hornqvist R	L1	1	1	2	0	5	0.51	0	0	0	16:43	—	—	56	74
Dominik Simon C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	1	0	14:35	—	—	50	63
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	3	3	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	17:36	—	—	24	36
Derick Brassard C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.12	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	23	22
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	14:55	—	—	26	33
Sidney Crosby C	L3	1	2	3	+2	3	0.18	0	0	0	18:13	—	—	35	39
Jake Guentzel C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	1	1	0	16:28	—	—	29	27
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.29	5	1	5	15:02	—	—	38	46
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:00	—	—	27	29
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	1	0	11:50	—	—	27	25
Bryan Rust R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	1	0	5:33	—	—	33	15
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	4	0	20:25	—	—	28	22
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	2	2	18:13	—	—	29	29
Kris Letang D	D2	0	3	3	+1	2	0.09	0	2	0	23:20	—	—	43	45
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	1	0	21:04	—	—	44	48
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	18:33	—	—	31	48
Juuso Riikola D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.10	1	6	0	15:48	—	—	31	49

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.59	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	20:34	—	—	67	59
David Perron L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.32	5	0	0	19:15	—	—	68	58
Alexander Steen L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	4	18:13	—	—	68	61
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.15	0	0	0	18:41	—	—	60	29
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	0	0	17:46	—	—	60	32
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	2	0	0	17:38	—	—	59	30
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	1	0	0	14:02	—	—	82	94
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.81	0	0	0	12:41	—	—	80	93
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:01	—	—	81	94
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:07	—	—	53	35
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	1	0	10:54	—	—	56	38
Jordan Nolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	9:16	—	—	56	36
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	2	21:12	—	—	59	67
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	0	0	19:56	—	—	61	62
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	2	3	0	20:27	—	—	58	48
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	3	0	7	18:17	—	—	48	36
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	0	0	18:05	—	—	79	65
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	0	0	17:47	—	—	85	72

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington	—	13	11	2	.846	0.99	30:35
Jake Allen(start)	L	17	13	4	.765	1.14	29:25

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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.