Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 21, 2019

FinalSaturday, Dec 21, 2019· Rogers Arena

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	0	1		PIT	0	20	9	29
VAN	2	1	1	4		VAN	5	6	3	14

: PIT 68VAN 33
: PIT 3.11VAN 1.59
PP goals: PIT 1VAN 2
Hits: PIT 15VAN 33
Blocks: PIT 10VAN 25
PIM: PIT 10VAN 10
: PIT 35%VAN 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1

Vancouver Canucks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 at home. J.T. Miller (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VAN scored 4 goals on 1.59 expected goals (33 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Elias Pettersson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:15.Pettersson
Points
J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:44.Miller
Points
Tyler Myers had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:38.Myers
Luck
VAN scored 4 goals on 1.59 expected goals (33 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
PIT scored 1 goal on 3.11 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jared McCann (PIT) played 20:09, +4:59 up on his 15:10 season average over 65 games.McCann
New line
New look for VAN: Eriksson–Pearson–Horvat skated 6:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eriksson Pearson Horvat
Usage
Chris Tanev (VAN) played 23:16, +3:47 up on his 19:29 season average over 68 games.Tanev

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 101 of 101 attempts · VAN 33 · PIT 68

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 44% of the game, VAN 30%.

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
	49	28
	2.06	1.11
	1.95	1.06
	11	6
	4	1
	7	8
	−0.154	+0.155
	44%	30%

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 – Guentzel
10:3773% CF
L2Blueger – Simon – Tanev
9:1150% CF
L3McCann – Aston-Reese – Kahun
8:1969% CF
L4Galchenyuk – Blandisi – Lafferty
4:1586% CF
D1Johnson – Letang
13:4268% CF
D2Ruhwedel – Riikola
11:2967% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
11:2661% CF

PP1Malkin – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – McCann
6:47100% CF
PP2Letang – Galchenyuk – Aston-Reese – Riikola – Kahun
0:45
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
1:07
PK2FGuentzel – Aston-Reese
1:05
PK1DJohnson – Letang
1:27
PK2DPettersson – Marino
1:11

Current PIT line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Boeser – Pettersson
10:4952% CF
L2Beagle – Schaller – Motte
8:1925% CF
L3Roussel – Virtanen – Gaudette
7:0233% CF
L4Eriksson – Pearson – Horvat
6:5031% CF
D1Myers – Fantenberg
11:5450% CF
D2Tanev – Hughes
11:5226% CF
D3Benn – Stecher
10:1236% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
4:24100% CF
PP2Myers – Roussel – Pearson – Virtanen – Gaudette
1:34100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Schaller
4:36
PK2FEriksson – Motte
1:05
PK1DBenn – Tanev
4:35
PK2DMyers – Stecher
0:54

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

15:10
VANJake VirtanenPP (Tyler Myers, Antoine Roussel)slap0.19 xG
PIT: Blueger, Marino, Aston-ReeseVAN: Myers, Roussel, Pearson, Virtanen, Gaudette
PIT 0 – 1 VAN
17:00
VANJ.T. MillerPP (Oscar Fantenberg, Chris Tanev)deflected0.13 xG
PIT: Letang, McCann, Marino, Aston-ReeseVAN: Tanev, Miller, Boeser, Pettersson, Fantenberg
PIT 0 – 2 VAN

2nd period

15:28
PITJake GuentzelPP (Jared McCann, Evgeni Malkin)deflected0.03 xG
PIT: Malkin, Rust, Guentzel, McCann, PetterssonVAN: Beagle, Tanev, Schaller, Fantenberg
PIT 1 – 2 VAN
16:12
VANElias Pettersson (Tyler Myers, J.T. Miller)snap0.02 xG
PIT: Blueger, Pettersson, Marino, Simon, TanevVAN: Myers, Miller, Boeser, Pettersson, Hughes
PIT 1 – 3 VAN

3rd period

14:31
VANBrock Boeser (Elias Pettersson)snap0.24 xG
PIT: Ruhwedel, McCann, Tanev, Riikola, KahunVAN: Benn, Miller, Boeser, Stecher, Pettersson
PIT 1 – 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
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.90	0	0	0	25:34	—	—	71	99
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.55	0	2	0	24:18	—	—	71	87
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.28	0	0	0	21:49	—	—	75	87
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.21	2	1	0	18:17	—	—	48	65
Brandon Tanev L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.44	3	0	4	14:56	—	—	52	58
Dominik Simon C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	0	4	12:36	—	—	56	84
Jared McCann L	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.17	1	0	0	20:09	—	—	65	43
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	1	0	15:16	—	—	63	32
Dominik Kahun C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	53	22
Alex Galchenyuk C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:49	—	—	88	57
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:53	—	—	88	52
Joseph Blandisi C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	5:15	—	—	86	52
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	26:09	—	—	71	76
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	2	18:01	—	—	64	68
Juuso Riikola D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	2	1	0	15:04	—	—	67	46
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	13:43	—	—	63	40
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	2	0	0	20:09	—	—	63	68
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	3	0	18:04	—	—	57	71

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	14	10	4	.714	1.59	56:06

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Boeser R	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.47	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	52	74
J.T. Miller C	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.22	5	1	0	16:44	—	—	52	74
Elias Pettersson C	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.23	3	0	0	16:15	—	—	52	74
Jay Beagle C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	1	0	0	17:02	—	—	25	44
Tim Schaller L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	1	0	15:27	—	—	22	44
Tyler Motte C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	4	1	0	14:03	—	—	25	31
Jake Virtanen R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.19	5	0	0	15:55	—	—	23	13
Adam Gaudette R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	10:59	—	—	33	21
Antoine Roussel L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	9:14	—	—	36	21
Bo Horvat C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	6	0	18:10	—	—	24	1
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	17:20	—	—	24	1
Loui Eriksson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:16	—	—	31	3
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.06	1	2	0	23:38	—	—	50	70
Oscar Fantenberg D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	2	1	4	16:22	—	—	40	26
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	4	0	23:16	—	—	25	19
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:15	—	—	38	31
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	3	0	16:21	—	—	35	43
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	14:53	—	—	31	37

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	3.11	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.