Pittsburgh Penguins vs. St. Louis BluesNov 30, 2019

FinalSaturday, Nov 30, 2019· Enterprise Center

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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St. Louis BluesSTL

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	1	2		PIT	7	19	5	31
STL	1	1	3	5		STL	9	8	10	27

: PIT 50STL 45
: PIT 2.31STL 2.76
PP goals: PIT 0STL 1
Hits: PIT 13STL 14
Blocks: PIT 11STL 8
PIM: PIT 6STL 4
: PIT 55%STL 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2

St. Louis Blues beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 at home. Jaden Schwartz (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn and Schwartz) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:38 together.

Points
Jaden Schwartz had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:32.Schwartz
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:28.O'Reilly
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn and Schwartz) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:38 together.Perron Pietrangelo O'Reilly Schenn Schwartz
Usage
Brian Dumoulin (PIT) played 0:35, −21:14 down on his 21:49 season average over 27 games.Dumoulin
Luck
STL scored 5 goals on 2.76 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Jack Johnson (PIT) played 26:38, +7:17 up on his 19:21 season average over 66 games.Johnson
New line
New look for PIT: Galchenyuk–Blandisi–Lafferty skated 9:19 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Galchenyuk Blandisi Lafferty
Usage
Dominik Simon (PIT) played 18:38, +4:18 up on his 14:20 season average over 63 games.Simon

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 45 · PIT 50

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 32% of the game, STL 31%.

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
	52	36
	2.21	2.07
	2.13	2.03
	10	5
	6	2
	22	16
	−0.001	+0.001
	32%	31%

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 – Guentzel – Simon
14:2088% CF
L2Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
10:5761% CF
L3Hornqvist – McCann – Kahun
9:4445% CF
L4Galchenyuk – Blandisi – Lafferty
9:1925% CF
D1Johnson – Marino
9:3743% CF
D2Letang – Pettersson
8:3580% CF

PP1Malkin – Letang – Hornqvist – Guentzel – Kahun
2:5880% CF
PP2Galchenyuk – McCann – Pettersson – Marino – Simon
0:43100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Simon
1:48
PK2FLafferty – Aston-Reese
1:15
PK1DJohnson – Letang
3:36
PK2DPettersson – Marino
1:57

Current PIT line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford
13:2929% CF
L2Brouwer – Bozak – Barbashev
5:5018% CF
L3Schenn – Schwartz – Thomas
5:4911% CF
L4MacEachern – de la Rose – Walker
3:4860% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
10:4317% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Dunn
8:5857% CF
D3Faulk – Pouliot
4:45100% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Schenn – Schwartz
3:38100% CF
PP2Bozak – Parayko – Sanford – Dunn – Thomas
1:28100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – de la Rose
1:27
PK2FBozak – Sanford
0:43
PK1DPietrangelo – Faulk
1:27
PK2DBouwmeester – Parayko
1:15

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:52
STLJustin Faulk (Ryan O'Reilly, Zachary Sanford)wrist0.03 xG
PIT: Johnson, Hornqvist, Ruhwedel, McCann, MarinoSTL: Bouwmeester, Perron, O'Reilly, Faulk, Sanford
PIT 0 – 1 STL

2nd period

6:27
PITSam Lafferty (Joseph Blandisi, Chad Ruhwedel)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Johnson, Blandisi, Ruhwedel, Lafferty, KahunSTL: Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schwartz, Pouliot
PIT 1 – 1 STL
14:01
STLNathan Walker (Jaden Schwartz, Jay Bouwmeester)slap0.11 xG
PIT: Johnson, Letang, Hornqvist, McCann, KahunSTL: Bouwmeester, Schenn, Faulk, Schwartz, Walker
PIT 1 – 2 STL

3rd period

2:54
STLIvan Barbashev (Robert Thomas)wrist0.10 xG
PIT: Galchenyuk, Blandisi, Ruhwedel, Pettersson, SimonSTL: Pietrangelo, Bozak, Parayko, Barbashev, Thomas
PIT 1 – 3 STL
7:09
STLMackenzie MacEachern (Jacob de la Rose)tip-in0.10 xG
PIT: Johnson, Hornqvist, Ruhwedel, McCann, KahunSTL: Brouwer, Pietrangelo, MacEachern, de la Rose, Dunn
PIT 1 – 4 STL
13:03
PITKris Letang (Dominik Simon, Evgeni Malkin)deflected0.01 xG
PIT: Malkin, Johnson, Letang, Guentzel, SimonSTL: Pietrangelo, Schenn, Faulk, Schwartz, Walker
PIT 2 – 4 STL
17:05
STLJaden SchwartzPP (David Perron, Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.11 xG
PIT: Pettersson, Lafferty, Marino, Aston-ReeseSTL: Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Schenn, Schwartz
PIT 2 – 5 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
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.18	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	85	73
Dominik Simon C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.43	0	0	0	18:38	—	—	85	73
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	1	0	0	18:26	—	—	89	82
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.24	0	1	0	16:09	—	—	55	37
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	14:48	—	—	55	37
Brandon Tanev L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	2	0	12:30	—	—	61	46
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.20	0	1	0	15:36	—	—	36	32
Dominik Kahun C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	50	57
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.17	0	0	0	13:01	—	—	42	45
Sam Lafferty C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	3	0	2	12:28	—	—	33	49
Alex Galchenyuk C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	0	1	0	11:29	—	—	29	39
Joseph Blandisi C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	0	2	0	11:00	—	—	27	37
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	26:38	—	—	60	50
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	2	0	21:03	—	—	43	44
Kris Letang D	D2	1	0	1	0	4	0.18	0	1	0	28:23	—	—	78	71
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	25:12	—	—	62	45
Chad Ruhwedel D	—	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	4	0	4	15:24	—	—	35	34
Brian Dumoulin D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:35	—	—	100	100

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	27	22	5	.815	2.76	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:28	—	—	32	47
David Perron L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.25	1	1	0	19:11	—	—	25	33
Zachary Sanford L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.51	2	1	0	17:54	—	—	32	48
Tyler Bozak C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	39	20
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	13:46	—	—	42	28
Troy Brouwer R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	5	0	0	11:51	—	—	35	49
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	0	0	0	18:25	—	—	44	60
Jaden Schwartz L	L3	1	1	2	-1	3	0.27	1	0	0	16:32	—	—	44	58
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	33	29
Jacob de la Rose L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	10:57	—	—	54	71
Nathan Walker L	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.48	0	0	0	10:18	—	—	72	81
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	9:11	—	—	50	64
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	1	2	0	25:40	—	—	32	38
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	3	0	22:10	—	—	23	27
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	0	0	24:46	—	—	48	49
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:55	—	—	54	57
Justin Faulk D	D3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.14	1	1	2	21:01	—	—	50	77
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	6:04	—	—	67	0

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.31	59:58

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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.