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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vancouver CanucksFeb 27, 2024

Final / OT· Rogers Arena
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PIT
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Goals123OTTShots123OTT
PIT02114PIT91212740
VAN21003VAN14128135
PIT 62VAN 66
PIT 4.23VAN 3.55
PP goals
PIT 1VAN 1
Hits
PIT 23VAN 24
Blocks
PIT 17VAN 10
PIM
PIT 8VAN 10
PIT 50%VAN 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Vancouver Canucks 4–3 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vancouver Canucks 4–3 in overtime at VAN. Rickard Rakell (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Boeser, Garland, Hronek and Suter) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:37 together.

  1. Points
    Rickard Rakell had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:28.Rakell
  2. Points
    J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:39.Miller
  3. Points
    Lars Eller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:50.Eller
  4. Points
    Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:47.Crosby
  5. PP1
    VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Boeser, Garland, Hronek and Suter) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:37 together.MillerBoeserGarlandHronekSuter
  6. New line
    New look for PIT: Crosby–Smith–Rakell skated 12:22 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.CrosbySmithRakell
  7. Goalie
    Thatcher Demko (VAN) faced 40 shots and stopped 36 (.900), +11 against a season average of 29.3; the overtime loss.Demko
  8. Usage
    Valtteri Puustinen (PIT) played 17:23, +5:45 up on his 11:38 season average over 51 games.Puustinen

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.

Shot map, PIT at VAN: 128 attempts, 75 on goal, 7 goals, 7.78 expected goals; best chance Valtteri Puustinen at 0.50 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← PIT attacks left (bottom on phones)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →
  • VAN
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 128 of 128 attempts · VAN 66 · PIT 62

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, PIT at VAN: expected goals 3.55 to 4.23 (PIT led the chances), shot attempts 66 to 62, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdOTVANPITHBRRMEKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 61:42
  • VAN
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VANPITcontrol2nd3rdOTHoglander · 1st 10:23Boeser · 1st 17:43Rakell · 2nd 2:13Rakell · 2nd 9:36Miller · 2nd 10:05Eller · 3rd 9:45Karlsson · OT 1:42
  • 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 36% of the game, VAN 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, PIT at VAN: 38 players over 61:42; most ice Thatcher Demko (60:45) for VAN and Tristan Jarry (61:42) for PIT, 7 goals.

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
StatPITVAN
4864
2.462.74
2.392.57
1016
14
817
+0.015−0.015
36%33%

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

Current PIT line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 10:23
    VANNils Hoglander (Tyler Myers, Ilya Mikheyev)snap0.13 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Smith, Rakell, PetterssonVAN: Cole, Myers, Pettersson, Hoglander, Mikheyev
    PIT 0 – 1 VAN
  2. 17:43
    VANBrock BoeserPP (J.T. Miller, Filip Hronek)snap0.15 xG
    PIT: Carter, Letang, Pettersson, AcciariVAN: Miller, Boeser, Garland, Hronek, Suter
    PIT 0 – 2 VAN

2nd period

  1. 2:13
    PITRickard Rakell (Sidney Crosby)wrist0.29 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Smith, Rakell, PetterssonVAN: Cole, Myers, Di Giuseppe, Blueger, Lafferty
    PIT 1 – 2 VAN
  2. 9:36
    PITRickard RakellPP (Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin)tip-in0.21 xG
    PIT: Carter, Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, RakellVAN: Cole, Blueger, Juulsen
    PIT 2 – 2 VAN
  3. 10:05
    VANJ.T. MillerSH (Elias Pettersson, Thatcher Demko)wrist0.09 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Letang, Eller, Rakell, PuustinenVAN: Miller, Hronek, Pettersson, Hughes
    PIT 2 – 3 VAN

3rd period

  1. 9:45
    PITLars Eller (Valtteri Puustinen, Kris Letang)wrist0.10 xG
    PIT: Letang, Eller, Joseph, Puustinen, O'ConnorVAN: Zadorov, Juulsen, Pettersson, Hoglander, Mikheyev
    PIT 3 – 3 VAN

OT period

  1. 1:42
    PITErik Karlsson (Lars Eller, Reilly Smith)wrist0.19 xG
    PIT: Eller, Karlsson, SmithVAN: Miller, Garland, Hronek
    PIT 4 – 3 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Sidney Crosby CL1022-150.3001019:47——4654
Rickard Rakell RL1202-140.7920019:28——4050
Reilly Smith RL1011+130.0822017:00——4757
Evgeni Malkin CL2011040.7811219:53——5771
Drew O'Connor LL2000+120.0811018:11——5056
Valtteri Puustinen RL2011041.1601017:23——6785
Lars Eller CL3112+130.1921017:50——3624
Emil Bemstrom CL3000010.020009:43——338
Jesse Puljujarvi RL3000010.022128:46——3914
Jeff Carter CL4000000.0900014:26——1716
Noel Acciari CL4000010.1015012:17——2931
Jansen Harkins CL4000010.035009:14——2635
Erik Karlsson DD1101+130.2411225:45——4048
Marcus Pettersson DD1000020.0411024:07——4454
Kris Letang DD2011050.2721224:03——4646
Pierre-Olivier Joseph DD2000+100.0011012:45——4447
Ryan Graves DD3000010.0320014:25——5350
Chad Ruhwedel DD3000000.0000013:27——3531
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Tristan Jarry(start)W35323.9143.5561:42

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
J.T. Miller CL1112040.3241021:39——6057
Pius Suter CL1000020.0400019:47——5552
Brock Boeser RL1101060.9510216:52——6261
Elias Pettersson CL2011+130.5611218:03——4859
Nils Hoglander LL2101010.2111015:02——6074
Ilya Mikheyev RL2011020.2600013:15——5272
Elias Lindholm CL3000010.2000017:25——2610
Conor Garland RL3000-100.0000013:50——1810
Arshdeep Bains LL3000000.1010013:29——2910
Teddy Blueger CL4000-130.1720013:52——8654
Phillip Di Giuseppe LL4000-100.012009:44——8954
Sam Lafferty CL4000-140.343008:22——9155
Quinn Hughes DD1000+120.0420026:33——6854
Filip Hronek DD1011010.0231225:18——6553
Noah Juulsen DD2000-100.0021015:32——3335
Nikita Zadorov DD2000-100.0011213:26——2824
Ian Cole DD3000020.0402017:53——6665
Tyler Myers DD3011040.2712217:09——6969
VAN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Thatcher Demko(start)O40364.9004.2360:45

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Nils Hoglander (VAN) 1st 10:23 · assists Tyler Myers, Ilya Mikheyev · Rebound · 39.9 mph shot.

Brock Boeser · 1st 17:43 · VAN PP

Play
cycle
Passes
5 (royal road)
Shot
51.3 mph
Distance
29 ft
Type
one-timer

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Rickard Rakell · 2nd 9:36 · PIT PP

Play
deflection
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
47.4 mph
Distance
4 ft
Type
one-timer, rebound

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J.T. Miller · 2nd 10:05 · VAN SH

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
82.8 mph
Distance
24 ft
Entry to goal
1.7 s

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