Pittsburgh Penguins vs. St. Louis BluesMar 17, 2022

Final / SOThursday, Mar 17, 2022· Enterprise Center

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

3

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St. Louis BluesSTL

2

Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	1	1	0	0	1	3		PIT	9	17	15	4	45
STL	0	1	1	0	0	2		STL	8	6	7	4	25

: PIT 77STL 44
: PIT 4.41STL 2.89
PP goals: PIT 0STL 0
Hits: PIT 17STL 30
Blocks: PIT 7STL 16
PIM: PIT 8STL 10
: PIT 48%STL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge St. Louis Blues 3–2 (SO)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat St. Louis Blues 3–2 in a shootout at STL. Ivan Barbashev (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Ville Husso (STL) faced 45 shots and stopped 43 (.956), +14 against a season average of 30.9; the overtime loss.

Points
Ivan Barbashev had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:18.Barbashev
Goalie
Ville Husso (STL) faced 45 shots and stopped 43 (.956), +14 against a season average of 30.9; the overtime loss.Husso
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Tarasenko–Buchnevich skated 5:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Tarasenko Buchnevich
Luck
PIT scored 2 goals on 4.41 expected goals (77 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
David Perron (STL) played 20:47, +3:51 up on his 16:56 season average over 66 games.Perron
Usage
Logan Brown (STL) played 3:57, −6:24 down on his 10:21 season average over 38 games.Brown
Usage
Brayden Schenn (STL) played 23:48, +6:07 up on his 17:41 season average over 61 games.Schenn
Usage
Marcus Pettersson (PIT) played 12:02, −3:40 down on his 15:42 season average over 71 games.Pettersson

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 121 of 121 attempts · STL 44 · PIT 77

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 45% of the game, STL 24%.

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
	67	26
	2.84	1.21
	2.72	1.19
	14	7
	6	5
	28	26
	+0.010	−0.010
	45%	24%

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 – Guentzel – Rodrigues
10:2068% CF
L2Malkin – Rust – Heinen
8:5671% CF
L3Carter – Kapanen – Zohorna
8:1473% CF
L4Boyle – Blueger – Simon
7:1055% CF
D1Matheson – Marino
13:3386% CF
D2Letang – Dumoulin
11:3853% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Pettersson
8:5175% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
5:1490% CF
PP2Carter – Matheson – Kapanen – Heinen – Rodrigues
1:39
PK1FCarter – Blueger
3:54
PK2FBoyle – Rust
2:01
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
3:14
PK2DLetang – Ruhwedel
1:09

Current PIT line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Saad
6:0456% CF
L2Schenn – Tarasenko – Buchnevich
5:2027% CF
L3Sundqvist – MacEachern – Toropchenko
3:4314% CF
L4Barbashev – Brown – Kyrou
0:00
D1Scandella – Parayko
13:1854% CF
D2Faulk – Krug
12:2920% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Mikkola
6:5010% CF

PP1Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Krug
6:0583% CF
PP2Faulk – Saad – Buchnevich – Barbashev – Kyrou
1:58100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Sundqvist
2:28
PK2FBuchnevich – Barbashev
1:44
PK1DBortuzzo – Faulk
3:12
PK2DScandella – Parayko
2:35

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:42
PITChad Ruhwedel (Marcus Pettersson, Radim Zohorna)slap0.05 xG
PIT: Carter, Ruhwedel, Kapanen, Pettersson, ZohornaSTL: Bortuzzo, Sundqvist, Barbashev, Mikkola, Toropchenko
PIT 1 – 0 STL

2nd period

10:52
PITMike Matheson (Kasperi Kapanen, John Marino)snap0.02 xG
PIT: Carter, Matheson, Kapanen, Marino, ZohornaSTL: Bortuzzo, Sundqvist, Buchnevich, Barbashev, Mikkola
PIT 2 – 0 STL
16:55
STLDavid Perron (Ivan Barbashev, Colton Parayko)wrist0.05 xG
PIT: Crosby, Matheson, Guentzel, Marino, RodriguesSTL: Perron, Scandella, Tarasenko, Parayko, Barbashev
PIT 2 – 1 STL

3rd period

1:49
STLIvan Barbashev (Brandon Saad)wrist0.08 xG
PIT: Malkin, Rust, Ruhwedel, Pettersson, HeinenSTL: Scandella, Saad, Parayko, Sundqvist, Barbashev
PIT 2 – 2 STL

Decided in the shootout: PIT 3 – 2 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	4	0.87	0	1	0	22:03	—	—	71	79
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.73	0	0	0	21:03	—	—	75	81
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.45	0	0	0	16:06	—	—	65	70
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	8	0.56	0	0	2	19:38	—	—	71	76
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	19:24	—	—	75	66
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	14:07	—	—	75	67
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	+2	4	0.20	0	0	2	19:38	—	—	81	91
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.17	1	0	0	13:22	—	—	80	91
Radim Zohorna L	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.07	2	0	0	9:05	—	—	75	90
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	14:16	—	—	64	41
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	11:40	—	—	58	29
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	7:59	—	—	62	32
John Marino D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.32	0	2	0	22:27	—	—	85	70
Mike Matheson D	D1	1	0	1	0	4	0.30	4	0	0	20:27	—	—	80	74
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	2	26:21	—	—	52	68
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	2	0	22:52	—	—	54	58
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	2	0	2	12:30	—	—	81	87
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	3	1	0	12:02	—	—	68	76

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	2.89	65:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	24:00	—	—	39	27
David Perron L	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.42	2	0	4	20:47	—	—	43	34
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	14:26	—	—	39	28
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.37	7	1	0	23:48	—	—	18	28
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.42	1	0	2	23:18	—	—	26	36
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.47	0	0	0	19:47	—	—	30	52
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:09	—	—	25	25
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	6:01	—	—	18	14
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:27	—	—	10	0
Jordan Kyrou R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.44	0	0	0	19:04	—	—	23	30
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	1	1	2	0	1	0.09	5	1	2	15:18	—	—	24	42
Logan Brown C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	3:57	—	—	14	18
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.04	4	3	0	25:46	—	—	46	40
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	1	2	17:12	—	—	48	39
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	5	1	0	25:43	—	—	15	14
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	1	1	0	22:17	—	—	24	32
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:43	—	—	11	28
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	3	0	12:17	—	—	14	7

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	O	45	43	2	.956	4.41	65:00

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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.