Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Arizona CoyotesDec 16, 2017

FinalSaturday, Dec 16, 2017· Gila River Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	2	2	4		PIT	9	17	7	33
ARI	0	1	1	2		ARI	5	6	6	17

: PIT 74ARI 37
: PIT 3.91ARI 1.58
PP goals: PIT 0ARI 0
Hits: PIT 18ARI 31
Blocks: PIT 13ARI 15
PIM: PIT 6ARI 10
: PIT 52%ARI 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Arizona Coyotes 4–2 at ARI. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for ARI: Domi–Fischer–Keller skated 10:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:37.Malkin
New line
New look for ARI: Domi–Fischer–Keller skated 10:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Domi Fischer Keller
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Hornqvist–Hagelin skated 7:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Hornqvist Hagelin
New line
New look for ARI: Duclair–Dvorak–Strome skated 6:22 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (15.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Duclair Dvorak Strome
New line
New look for PIT: Kessel–Sheahan–Sheary skated 5:27 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kessel Sheahan Sheary
Usage
Dylan Strome (ARI) played 8:31, −4:39 down on his 13:10 season average over 20 games.Strome
Usage
Ian Cole (PIT) played 13:55, −3:55 down on his 17:50 season average over 66 games.Cole
Usage
Ryan Reaves (PIT) played 3:51, −3:48 down on his 7:39 season average over 78 games.Reaves

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)ARI attacks right (top on phones) →

ARI
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 111 of 111 attempts · ARI 37 · PIT 74

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

ARI
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ARI 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 43% of the game, ARI 19%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

ARI

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	ARI
	68	40
	2.58	1.89
	2.55	1.85
	10	6
	6	2
	13	8
	+0.004	−0.004
	43%	19%

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 – Hornqvist – Hagelin
7:3355% CF
L2Crosby – Guentzel – Simon
7:2588% CF
L3Kessel – Sheahan – Sheary
5:2775% CF
L4Reaves – Rust – Rowney
2:5425% CF
D1Maatta – Ruhwedel
15:3364% CF
D2Letang – Dumoulin
14:5457% CF
D3Hunwick – Cole
12:1359% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Kessel – Guentzel
5:53100% CF
PP2Dumoulin – Maatta – Guentzel – Sheary – Simon
1:14
PK1FRust – Rowney
1:50
PK2FHagelin – Sheahan
1:43
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
2:37
PK2DHunwick – Maatta
1:17

Current PIT line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Domi – Fischer – Keller
10:0156% CF
L2Richardson – Cousins – Martinook
8:5027% CF
L3Stepan – Rieder – Perlini
8:1535% CF
L4Duclair – Dvorak – Strome
6:2215% CF
D1Goligoski – Chychrun
15:3931% CF
D2Demers – Ekman-Larsson
13:1129% CF
D3Schenn – Connauton
9:2835% CF

PP1Stepan – Ekman-Larsson – Domi – Fischer – Keller
1:4567% CF
PP2Goligoski – Duclair – Perlini – Dvorak – Chychrun
1:40
PK1FRichardson – Martinook
4:25
PK2FRieder – Dvorak
2:41
PK1DDemers – Ekman-Larsson
3:26
PK2DGoligoski – Schenn
2:20

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

14:38
PITCarter RowneySH (Bryan Rust)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, RowneyARI: Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Domi, Fischer, Keller
PIT 1 – 0 ARI
18:58
PITEvgeni Malkin (Conor Sheary, Phil Kessel)wrist0.13 xG
PIT: Malkin, Hunwick, Kessel, Cole, ShearyARI: Schenn, Stepan, Connauton, Rieder, Perlini
PIT 2 – 0 ARI
19:51
ARINick Cousins (Brad Richardson, Jordan Martinook)wrist0.06 xG
PIT: Hunwick, Crosby, Cole, Rust, RowneyARI: Ekman-Larsson, Cousins, Domi, Keller, Chychrun
PIT 2 – 1 ARI

3rd period

9:43
ARIMax Domi (Clayton Keller)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Malkin, Kessel, Hagelin, Maatta, RuhwedelARI: Goligoski, Connauton, Domi, Fischer, Keller
PIT 2 – 2 ARI
19:45
PITOlli Maatta (Evgeni Malkin, Patric Hornqvist)slap0.02 xG
PIT: Malkin, Hornqvist, Hagelin, Maatta, RuhwedelARI: Richardson, Demers, Ekman-Larsson, Martinook, Fischer
PIT 3 – 2 ARI
19:54
PITSidney CrosbyENwrist0.55 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Sheahan, RustARI: Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Rieder, Domi, Fischer, Keller
PIT 4 – 2 ARI

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	1	2	+1	5	1.09	0	0	2	19:37	—	—	54	53
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	2	0	0	16:46	—	—	62	52
Patric Hornqvist R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.43	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	71	81
Sidney Crosby C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.86	2	0	0	22:14	—	—	70	63
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	1	0	19:07	—	—	69	68
Dominik Simon C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	1	0	0	9:36	—	—	84	72
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.30	0	0	0	20:28	—	—	58	38
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:32	—	—	72	76
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	70	51
Bryan Rust R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	2	2	0	13:32	—	—	46	47
Carter Rowney C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	7:44	—	—	38	1
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	3:51	—	—	40	19
Olli Maatta D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.05	0	2	0	20:24	—	—	69	64
Chad Ruhwedel D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	1	0	17:07	—	—	64	63
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	+2	4	0.25	0	1	0	27:12	—	—	63	52
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	3	0	21:05	—	—	59	47
Matt Hunwick D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	14:55	—	—	63	50
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	2	4	13:55	—	—	52	50

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	17	15	2	.882	1.58	60:00

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.35	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	50	61
Christian Fischer R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:15	—	—	52	68
Max Domi C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.25	2	0	6	14:49	—	—	48	60
Jordan Martinook L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.15	4	2	0	16:50	—	—	24	24
Brad Richardson R	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:27	—	—	20	24
Nick Cousins C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	4	0	0	10:16	—	—	31	29
Derek Stepan C	L3	0	0	0	-3	4	0.19	2	2	0	19:23	—	—	44	46
Tobias Rieder L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.32	2	1	0	17:20	—	—	36	38
Brendan Perlini L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:54	—	—	36	45
Christian Dvorak C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:38	—	—	29	6
Anthony Duclair L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	9:47	—	—	18	3
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:31	—	—	29	19
Alex Goligoski D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	3	2	2	24:09	—	—	37	52
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	3	0	0	21:02	—	—	33	48
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	2	2	2	22:34	—	—	32	26
Jason Demers D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	2	4	0	22:20	—	—	38	18
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:20	—	—	32	34
Kevin Connauton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:48	—	—	46	51

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Antti Raanta(start)	L	32	29	3	.906	3.37	59:46

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.