Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vancouver CanucksNov 4, 2017

FinalSaturday, Nov 4, 2017· Rogers Arena

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	1	2		PIT	16	10	13	39
VAN	1	1	2	4		VAN	8	9	4	21

: PIT 60VAN 42
: PIT 3.47VAN 2.42
PP goals: PIT 1VAN 0
Hits: PIT 15VAN 30
Blocks: PIT 8VAN 7
PIM: PIT 4VAN 8
: PIT 50%VAN 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2

Vancouver Canucks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 at home. Brock Boeser (VAN) led the scoring with 3G 1A. New look for PIT: Crosby–Kessel–Guentzel skated 5:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brock Boeser had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 7 shots in 18:42.Boeser
Points
Bo Horvat had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 20:08.Horvat
Points
Sven Baertschi had 3 assists (3 points) in 19:04.Baertschi
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Kessel–Guentzel skated 5:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Kessel Guentzel
Goalie
Jacob Markstrom (VAN) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +10 against a season average of 29.1; the win.Markstrom
New line
New look for PIT: Hornqvist–Sheahan–Sheary skated 4:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hornqvist Sheahan Sheary
Usage
Henrik Sedin (VAN) played 8:52, −6:46 down on his 15:38 season average over 81 games.Sedin
Usage
Chad Ruhwedel (PIT) played 22:09, +6:34 up on his 15:35 season average over 43 games.Ruhwedel

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)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 102 of 102 attempts · VAN 42 · PIT 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN 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 41% of the game, VAN 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

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	VAN
	55	41
	2.75	1.64
	2.63	1.63
	11	5
	1	1
	14	5
	+0.012	−0.012
	41%	23%

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 – Rust – Kuhnhackl
6:5150% CF
L2Crosby – Kessel – Guentzel
5:4660% CF
L3Hornqvist – Sheahan – Sheary
4:0388% CF
L4Reaves – Hagelin – McKegg
3:4946% CF
D1Letang – Maatta
9:4753% CF
D2Cole – Corrado
8:3080% CF
D3Dumoulin – Ruhwedel
6:4236% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
3:4675% CF
PP2Rust – Maatta – Ruhwedel – Guentzel – Sheary
1:08100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Rust
1:02
PK2FSheahan – Kuhnhackl
0:46
PK1DLetang – Maatta
1:50
PK2DDumoulin – Ruhwedel
1:02

Current PIT line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Baertschi – Horvat – Boeser
12:1664% CF
L2Dorsett – Sutter – Granlund
11:4728% CF
L3Vanek – Gagner – Burmistrov
9:4925% CF
L4Sedin – Sedin – Virtanen
5:3854% CF
D1Del Zotto – Gudbranson
15:2036% CF
D2Tanev – Hutton
11:5445% CF
D3Biega – Pouliot
9:4745% CF

PP1Baertschi – Pouliot – Hutton – Horvat – Boeser
1:51100% CF
PP2Sedin – Sedin – Vanek – Gagner – Del Zotto
1:41100% CF
PK1FDorsett – Sutter
3:47
PK2FGranlund – Horvat
2:11
PK1DTanev – Hutton
4:11
PK2DDel Zotto – Gudbranson
2:27

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:53
PITJake GuentzelPP (Phil Kessel, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.20 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Kessel, Maatta, GuentzelVAN: Dorsett, Sutter, Tanev, Hutton
PIT 1 – 0 VAN
7:07
VANBrock Boeser (Bo Horvat)backhand0.13 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Hornqvist, Maatta, ShearyVAN: Tanev, Baertschi, Hutton, Horvat, Boeser
PIT 1 – 1 VAN

2nd period

7:14
VANBrock Boeser (Sven Baertschi, Bo Horvat)wrist0.11 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Kessel, Maatta, GuentzelVAN: Tanev, Baertschi, Hutton, Horvat, Boeser
PIT 1 – 2 VAN

3rd period

4:49
PITGreg McKegg (Ryan Reaves)deflected0.13 xG
PIT: Letang, Reaves, Dumoulin, McKegg, KuhnhacklVAN: Biega, Gagner, Del Zotto, Burmistrov, Granlund
PIT 2 – 2 VAN
5:56
VANBrock Boeser (Bo Horvat, Sven Baertschi)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Kessel, Dumoulin, GuentzelVAN: Del Zotto, Gudbranson, Baertschi, Horvat, Boeser
PIT 2 – 3 VAN
16:29
VANBo Horvat (Sven Baertschi, Brock Boeser)wrist0.15 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Dumoulin, ShearyVAN: Tanev, Baertschi, Hutton, Horvat, Boeser
PIT 2 – 4 VAN

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	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	23:43	—	—	72	62
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	1	1	0	19:53	—	—	53	47
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	11:52	—	—	36	49
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	1	1	-3	3	0.42	2	1	0	21:38	—	—	54	60
Jake Guentzel C	L2	1	0	1	-2	4	0.33	1	1	2	19:23	—	—	52	51
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	1	1	-2	6	0.57	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	55	52
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.41	2	1	0	16:36	—	—	67	75
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.38	0	0	0	13:33	—	—	61	68
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.22	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	56	66
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	1	0	15:34	—	—	62	74
Greg McKegg C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	0	0	0	5:59	—	—	53	72
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	5	0	0	5:37	—	—	61	80
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.08	0	0	0	25:18	—	—	55	55
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	0	0	24:46	—	—	48	50
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	14:38	—	—	78	79
Frank Corrado D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	9:50	—	—	67	80
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	22:09	—	—	45	52
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	2	0	16:30	—	—	58	68

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	21	17	4	.810	1.92	56:51

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	1	3	4	+4	3	0.27	3	0	0	20:08	—	—	63	69
Sven Baertschi L	L1	0	3	3	+4	0	0.00	0	1	2	19:04	—	—	57	53
Brock Boeser R	L1	3	1	4	+4	7	1.01	0	0	2	18:42	—	—	59	51
Derek Dorsett R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.27	3	0	0	19:27	—	—	25	11
Brandon Sutter C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:11	—	—	27	9
Markus Granlund C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	2	0	0	17:23	—	—	29	17
Sam Gagner C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	12:30	—	—	28	24
Thomas Vanek L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	1	0	12:14	—	—	29	29
Alexander Burmistrov C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	1	0	2	12:00	—	—	24	22
Henrik Sedin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:52	—	—	50	38
Daniel Sedin L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	8:38	—	—	50	38
Jake Virtanen R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	1	0	6:19	—	—	54	48
Michael Del Zotto D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	6	0	0	26:23	—	—	34	33
Erik Gudbranson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	8	2	0	22:55	—	—	39	39
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	+3	2	0.14	1	0	0	23:02	—	—	54	59
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:51	—	—	43	46
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	42	26
Alex Biega D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	2	11:26	—	—	46	25

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	3.47	60:00

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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.