Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vancouver CanucksOct 27, 2018

FinalSaturday, Oct 27, 2018· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	2	3	5		PIT	8	14	13	35
VAN	0	0	0	0		VAN	11	9	9	29

: PIT 56VAN 55
: PIT 3.42VAN 1.91
PP goals: PIT 0VAN 0
Hits: PIT 26VAN 24
Blocks: PIT 10VAN 8
PIM: PIT 8VAN 8
: PIT 54%VAN 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Vancouver Canucks 5–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vancouver Canucks 5–0 at VAN. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for VAN: Goldobin–Boeser–Pettersson skated 12:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (76.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 18:18.Malkin
Points
Sidney Crosby had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:03.Crosby
Points
Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:46.Kessel
Points
Jake Guentzel had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:35.Guentzel
New line
New look for VAN: Goldobin–Boeser–Pettersson skated 12:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (76.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Goldobin Boeser Pettersson
Goalie
Jacob Markstrom (VAN) faced 35 shots and stopped 30 (.857), +3 against a season average of 31.6; the loss.Markstrom
Usage
Jake Guentzel (PIT) played 14:35, −4:50 down on his 19:25 season average over 81 games.Guentzel
Luck
VAN scored 0 goals on 1.91 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 111 of 111 attempts · VAN 55 · PIT 56

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 40% of the game, VAN 18%.

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
	54	54
	3.37	1.41
	3.11	1.39
	10	8
	4	2
	17	6
	+0.059	−0.059
	40%	18%

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
8:1168% CF
L2Cullen – Hornqvist – Sheahan
7:0925% CF
L3Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
6:3546% CF
L4Grant – Sprong – Simon
2:4167% CF
D1Oleksiak – Maatta
14:1352% CF
D2Johnson – Ruhwedel
12:5445% CF
D3Letang – Dumoulin
12:0052% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
4:5271% CF
PP2Johnson – Maatta – Guentzel – Sprong – Simon
0:26100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
3:57
PK2FCullen – Rust
1:56
PK1DJohnson – Maatta
2:44
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
2:01

Current PIT line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Goldobin – Boeser – Pettersson
12:1376% CF
L2Eriksson – Leipsic – Horvat
7:4932% CF
L3Sutter – Roussel – Virtanen
6:3544% CF
L4Granlund – Schaller – Motte
4:0662% CF
D1Pouliot – Stecher
14:5742% CF
D2Gudbranson – Hutton
14:2640% CF
D3Biega – Del Zotto
8:3767% CF

PP1Pouliot – Horvat – Goldobin – Boeser – Pettersson
2:14100% CF
PP2Eriksson – Hutton – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson
1:230% CF
PK1FSutter – Motte
4:04
PK2FGranlund – Schaller
1:28
PK1DGudbranson – Hutton
3:15
PK2DDel Zotto – Stecher
2:33

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:50
PITPhil Kessel (Olli Maatta, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.02 xG
PIT: Malkin, Kessel, Hagelin, Oleksiak, MaattaVAN: Eriksson, Pouliot, Leipsic, Horvat, Stecher
PIT 1 – 0 VAN
16:34
PITSidney Crosby (Dominik Simon, Jake Guentzel)backhand0.10 xG
PIT: Crosby, Oleksiak, Maatta, Guentzel, SimonVAN: Sutter, Del Zotto, Gudbranson, Schaller, Virtanen
PIT 2 – 0 VAN

3rd period

14:15
PITEvgeni Malkin (Daniel Sprong)wrist0.20 xG
PIT: Malkin, Rust, Oleksiak, Maatta, SprongVAN: Eriksson, Sutter, Roussel, Gudbranson, Hutton
PIT 3 – 0 VAN
15:14
PITEvgeni Malkin (Phil Kessel, Carl Hagelin)wrist0.08 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Kessel, Hagelin, DumoulinVAN: Granlund, Pouliot, Leipsic, Horvat, Stecher
PIT 4 – 0 VAN
17:43
PITSidney Crosby (Jamie Oleksiak, Jake Guentzel)snap0.09 xG
PIT: Crosby, Oleksiak, Maatta, Guentzel, SimonVAN: Sutter, Roussel, Gudbranson, Hutton, Virtanen
PIT 5 – 0 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	2	1	3	+3	6	0.55	0	0	2	18:18	—	—	71	91
Phil Kessel R	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.49	1	0	0	17:46	—	—	65	88
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.39	1	1	0	15:18	—	—	56	83
Riley Sheahan C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	16:19	—	—	26	52
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	3	1	0	15:23	—	—	32	54
Matt Cullen C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:29	—	—	28	51
Sidney Crosby C	L3	2	0	2	+2	3	0.29	1	1	0	20:03	—	—	50	69
Bryan Rust R	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.31	3	0	0	17:09	—	—	58	66
Jake Guentzel C	L3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.18	2	1	0	14:35	—	—	48	65
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	1	1	+1	6	0.55	0	1	0	11:46	—	—	57	67
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.10	2	0	0	10:08	—	—	58	75
Derek Grant C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	8:56	—	—	31	22
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	1	1	+4	1	0.04	1	0	0	20:17	—	—	55	76
Jamie Oleksiak D	D1	0	1	1	+4	0	0.00	2	1	2	19:06	—	—	47	67
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	18:53	—	—	52	71
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	3	1	0	18:09	—	—	41	65
Kris Letang D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	0	2	21:07	—	—	50	69
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	17:18	—	—	50	71

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	29	29	0	.1000	1.91	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	3	0.13	1	0	0	19:14	—	—	77	53
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	0	0.25	1	0	0	19:01	—	—	73	52
Nikolay Goldobin R	L1	0	3	0.28	0	1	0	18:41	—	—	65	42
Bo Horvat C	L2	-2	1	0.02	0	0	2	17:54	—	—	39	29
Brendan Leipsic L	L2	-2	3	0.08	1	0	0	14:12	—	—	36	26
Loui Eriksson L	L2	-2	2	0.16	0	0	0	13:52	—	—	31	16
Brandon Sutter C	L3	-3	3	0.11	1	0	0	17:59	—	—	36	14
Jake Virtanen R	L3	-2	1	0.31	4	0	0	11:56	—	—	59	38
Antoine Roussel L	L3	-2	0	0.00	1	2	6	10:21	—	—	35	1
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	4	0.22	3	4	0	13:31	—	—	50	33
Markus Granlund C	L4	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	11:17	—	—	56	48
Tim Schaller L	L4	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	9:53	—	—	58	35
Troy Stecher D	D1	-2	1	0.02	1	0	0	23:05	—	—	43	26
Derrick Pouliot D	D1	-2	1	0.08	0	1	0	22:47	—	—	49	33
Ben Hutton D	D2	-2	0	0.02	0	0	0	22:42	—	—	46	26
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	-3	1	0.00	2	0	0	18:55	—	—	39	19
Michael Del Zotto D	D3	-1	0	0.02	4	0	0	15:31	—	—	65	28
Alex Biega D	D3	0	3	0.05	2	0	0	11:09	—	—	73	58

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	35	30	5	.857	3.42	60:00

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.