Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vancouver CanucksOct 26, 2024

FinalSaturday, Oct 26, 2024· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	1	1	3		PIT	7	5	12	24
VAN	0	4	0	4		VAN	12	16	6	34

: PIT 49VAN 62
: PIT 1.62VAN 3.89
PP goals: PIT 0VAN 0
Hits: PIT 16VAN 24
Blocks: PIT 13VAN 9
PIM: PIT 6VAN 4
: PIT 43%VAN 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3

Vancouver Canucks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 at home. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for PIT: Malkin–Rust–Beauvillier skated 6:30 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:14.Malkin
Points
Anthony Beauvillier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:52.Beauvillier
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Rust–Beauvillier skated 6:30 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Rust Beauvillier
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Rakell–O'Connor skated 5:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Rakell O'Connor
Usage
Bryan Rust (PIT) played 13:18, −6:33 down on his 19:51 season average over 70 games.Rust
New line
New look for VAN: Sprong–Suter–Bains skated 7:26 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sprong Suter Bains
Usage
Lars Eller (PIT) played 17:31, +4:17 up on his 13:14 season average over 79 games.Eller
Usage
Pius Suter (VAN) played 12:46, −4:38 down on his 17:24 season average over 80 games.Suter

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 62 · PIT 49

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 28% of the game, VAN 50%.

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	59
	1.39	3.69
	1.33	3.36
	8	16
	1	4
	19	20
	−0.067	+0.067
	28%	50%

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 – Beauvillier
6:3029% CF
L2Crosby – Rakell – O'Connor
5:1162% CF
L3Hayes – Acciari – Puljujarvi
4:2314% CF
L4Eller – Bunting – Puustinen
3:3920% CF
D1Letang – Pettersson
15:3050% CF
D2Karlsson – Grzelcyk
14:5438% CF
D3Graves – St. Ivany
10:4835% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Karlsson – Rakell
2:01100% CF
PP2Hayes – Rakell – Grzelcyk – Bunting – Puustinen
1:310% CF
PK1FRust – Acciari
2:36
PK2FEller – O'Connor
2:04
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
3:44
PK2DGraves – St. Ivany
2:00

Current PIT line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Garland – Pettersson – Hoglander
11:1447% CF
L2Miller – Boeser – DeBrusk
11:0248% CF
L3Blueger – Heinen – Sherwood
8:0972% CF
L4Sprong – Suter – Bains
7:2657% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
17:0864% CF
D2Myers – Soucy
12:0524% CF
D3Desharnais – Brannstrom
9:2264% CF

PP1Miller – Boeser – Garland – Pettersson – Hughes
4:05100% CF
PP2Heinen – Sprong – DeBrusk – Hronek – Hoglander
1:050% CF
PK1FBlueger – Suter
1:04
PK2FHeinen – Sherwood
0:41
PK1DMyers – Soucy
1:26
PK2DDesharnais – Brannstrom
0:47

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	1	2	3	+2	2	0.26	0	2	0	17:14	—	—	31	22
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.10	3	0	0	14:52	—	—	40	17
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	32	22
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.06	1	1	0	19:51	—	—	61	25
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	18:46	—	—	62	28
Drew O'Connor L	L2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.39	0	1	0	16:31	—	—	50	20
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:43	—	—	48	43
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:10	—	—	44	24
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	1	0	9:52	—	—	37	48
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	0	17:31	—	—	48	36
Michael Bunting L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	1	0	6	15:20	—	—	48	45
Valtteri Puustinen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:15	—	—	33	38
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.09	1	0	0	25:32	—	—	47	33
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:23	—	—	58	37
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.17	0	0	0	21:17	—	—	41	22
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	41	20
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	3	0	16:11	—	—	29	9
Jack St. Ivany D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	3	2	0	14:49	—	—	50	41

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	L	34	30	4	.882	3.63	58:20

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Pettersson C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.21	2	1	0	19:11	—	—	35	56
Conor Garland R	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.31	0	0	0	18:57	—	—	58	85
Nils Hoglander L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.37	1	0	0	15:50	—	—	62	85
J.T. Miller C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.43	0	0	0	19:44	—	—	46	75
Brock Boeser R	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.84	2	0	0	19:03	—	—	50	72
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	0	0	16:30	—	—	39	59
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.21	0	0	0	13:41	—	—	70	75
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	6	0	0	12:48	—	—	65	69
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.31	0	0	0	12:26	—	—	68	63
Pius Suter C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	12:46	—	—	68	87
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.13	3	0	2	10:37	—	—	50	62
Arshdeep Bains L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.33	1	0	0	9:25	—	—	63	92
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	1	2	0	25:59	—	—	57	64
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	24:00	—	—	61	61
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.02	2	0	2	18:39	—	—	44	71
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	5	0	18:04	—	—	25	54
Vincent Desharnais D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	1	0	14:16	—	—	58	74
Erik Brannstrom D	D3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.08	0	0	0	14:04	—	—	66	90

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	W	24	21	3	.875	1.62	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Evgeni Malkin (PIT) 3rd 13:22 · assists Rickard Rakell, Matt Grzelcyk · Point shot · 17.7 mph shot.

Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 13:22 · PIT

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.7 mph
Distance: 148 ft

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Anthony Beauvillier · 1st 7:48 · PIT

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 44.3 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s
Type: deflection

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Bryan Rust · 2nd 1:56 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.0 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s
Type: rebound

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Elias Pettersson · 2nd 4:06 · VAN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.1 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Type: one-timer

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Kiefer Sherwood · 2nd 4:49 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.6 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s
Type: one-timer

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J.T. Miller · 2nd 5:11 · VAN

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 9.0 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s

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Arshdeep Bains · 2nd 9:58 · VAN

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.5 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s
Type: rebound

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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.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vancouver CanucksOct 26, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks edge Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

Vancouver Canucks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Vancouver Canucks

Goal anatomy

Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 13:22 · PIT

Anthony Beauvillier · 1st 7:48 · PIT

Bryan Rust · 2nd 1:56 · PIT

Elias Pettersson · 2nd 4:06 · VAN

Kiefer Sherwood · 2nd 4:49 · VAN

J.T. Miller · 2nd 5:11 · VAN

Arshdeep Bains · 2nd 9:58 · VAN