Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 4, 2021

FinalSaturday, Dec 4, 2021· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	3	1	4		PIT	12	22	10	44
VAN	0	1	0	1		VAN	7	5	11	23

: PIT 77VAN 50
: PIT 4.54VAN 2.15
PP goals: PIT 2VAN 0
Hits: PIT 16VAN 18
Blocks: PIT 15VAN 21
PIM: PIT 8VAN 24
: PIT 57%VAN 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vancouver Canucks 4–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vancouver Canucks 4–1 at VAN. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 3G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Carter, Crosby, Letang, Guentzel and Rodrigues) scored 2 power-play goals on 17 attempts in 4:58 together.

Points
Jake Guentzel had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 4 shots in 19:26.Guentzel
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:02.Crosby
Points
Kris Letang had 3 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 22:46.Letang
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Carter, Crosby, Letang, Guentzel and Rodrigues) scored 2 power-play goals on 17 attempts in 4:58 together.Carter Crosby Letang Guentzel Rodrigues
Goalie
Thatcher Demko (VAN) faced 44 shots and stopped 40 (.909), +13 against a season average of 30.7; the loss.Demko
New line
New look for PIT: Blueger–McGinn–Kapanen skated 9:02 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blueger McGinn Kapanen
New line
New look for PIT: Simon–Aston-Reese–O'Connor skated 6:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Simon Aston-Reese O'Connor
Usage
Brock Boeser (VAN) played 15:21, −3:16 down on his 18:37 season average over 70 games.Boeser

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 127 of 127 attempts · VAN 50 · PIT 77

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 56% 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
	66	46
	3.18	2.02
	3.01	1.97
	11	6
	4	2
	8	8
	+0.042	−0.042
	56%	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

L1Crosby – Guentzel – Rodrigues
13:1679% CF
L2Carter – Zucker – Heinen
10:0956% CF
L3Blueger – McGinn – Kapanen
9:0250% CF
L4Simon – Aston-Reese – O'Connor
6:2550% CF
D1Pettersson – Marino
12:4952% CF
D2Letang – Dumoulin
12:4857% CF
D3Matheson – Ruhwedel
9:3373% CF

PP1Carter – Crosby – Letang – Guentzel – Rodrigues
4:58100% CF
PP2Zucker – Kapanen – Heinen – Marino – Simon
2:15100% CF
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
1:02
PK2FCarter – Aston-Reese
0:58
PK1DLetang – Ruhwedel
1:02
PK2DDumoulin – Marino
0:58

Current PIT line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Chiasson – Motte – Dickinson
6:5736% CF
L2Pearson – Horvat – Garland
5:3835% CF
L3Dowling – Pettersson – Hoglander
4:2143% CF
L4Miller – Boeser – Podkolzin
3:4027% CF
D1Myers – Ekman-Larsson
13:5021% CF
D2Schenn – Hughes
11:0955% CF
D3Burroughs – Poolman
8:3121% CF

PP1Chiasson – Miller – Horvat – Pettersson – Hughes
1:01100% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Pearson – Boeser – Garland – Podkolzin
0:38100% CF
PK1FMotte – Horvat
2:00
PK2FPearson – Dickinson
1:51
PK1DMyers – Poolman
2:00
PK2DSchenn – Ekman-Larsson
1:58

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:19
PITJake Guentzel (Brian Dumoulin, Kris Letang)slap0.01 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Guentzel, RodriguesVAN: Myers, Ekman-Larsson, Pearson, Horvat, Garland
PIT 1 – 0 VAN
6:18
VANVasily Podkolzin (Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Brock Boeser)deflected0.13 xG
PIT: Carter, Letang, McGinn, Ruhwedel, PetterssonVAN: Ekman-Larsson, Pearson, Boeser, Garland, Podkolzin
PIT 1 – 1 VAN
17:13
PITJake GuentzelPP (Sidney Crosby, Jeff Carter)slap0.16 xG
PIT: Carter, Crosby, Letang, Guentzel, RodriguesVAN: Schenn, Ekman-Larsson, Miller
PIT 2 – 1 VAN
18:23
PITJake GuentzelPP (Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang)wrist0.15 xG
PIT: Carter, Crosby, Letang, Guentzel, RodriguesVAN: Schenn, Myers, Miller
PIT 3 – 1 VAN

3rd period

11:15
PITSidney Crosby (Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel)deflected0.11 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Guentzel, RodriguesVAN: Myers, Pearson, Motte, Poolman, Dickinson
PIT 4 – 1 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
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	0	0	0	+2	5	0.82	0	0	0	20:33	—	—	74	74
Jake Guentzel C	L1	3	1	4	+2	4	0.60	0	0	0	19:26	—	—	74	74
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	2	3	+2	5	0.45	0	1	0	19:02	—	—	79	76
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.11	2	0	0	18:58	—	—	50	36
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	57	47
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	2	0	0	15:09	—	—	55	46
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	48	61
Brock McGinn L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	2	2	0	15:01	—	—	47	57
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	0	0	0	13:56	—	—	52	63
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	10:18	—	—	55	86
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	1	0	9:53	—	—	50	58
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	8:40	—	—	53	66
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	4	23:23	—	—	57	57
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.25	0	2	2	16:06	—	—	48	46
Kris Letang D	D2	0	3	3	+1	5	0.49	0	2	2	22:46	—	—	59	69
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	3	4	0	19:27	—	—	51	66
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	3	1	0	16:03	—	—	67	68
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	0	0	0	5	0.15	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	78	76

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	2.15	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Motte C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	2	13:41	—	—	25	14
Jason Dickinson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	3	1	0	12:01	—	—	25	13
Alex Chiasson R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	9:49	—	—	33	20
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	21:32	—	—	27	25
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	2	0	17:14	—	—	34	35
Conor Garland R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	10	14:25	—	—	42	55
Elias Pettersson C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.29	0	1	0	18:46	—	—	61	60
Nils Hoglander L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	11:47	—	—	37	11
Justin Dowling C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	6:24	—	—	40	7
J.T. Miller C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.52	0	1	4	21:17	—	—	56	61
Brock Boeser R	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	1	0	2	15:21	—	—	57	60
Vasily Podkolzin R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	0	0	0	12:53	—	—	39	40
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	3	5	2	26:04	—	—	33	29
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	2	2	21:42	—	—	32	42
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	1	1	0	23:25	—	—	61	50
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	3	1	0	16:55	—	—	52	40
Tucker Poolman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	4	2	17:08	—	—	31	28
Kyle Burroughs D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	11:00	—	—	32	39

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	44	40	4	.909	4.54	57:59

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.