Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey DevilsFeb 19, 2019

FinalTuesday, Feb 19, 2019· Prudential Center

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	2	2	0	4		PIT	11	9	8	28
NJD	2	0	1	3		NJD	12	8	16	36

: PIT 51NJD 54
: PIT 2.72NJD 2.61
PP goals: PIT 1NJD 0
Hits: PIT 15NJD 23
Blocks: PIT 8NJD 11
PIM: PIT 4NJD 4
: PIT 44%NJD 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge New Jersey Devils 4–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 4–3 at NJD. Marcus Johansson (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Matt Murray (PIT) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +4 against a season average of 31.9; the win.

Points
Jesper Bratt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:29.Bratt
Points
Marcus Johansson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 8 shots in 19:10.Johansson
Points
Mirco Mueller had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:19.Mueller
Goalie
Matt Murray (PIT) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +4 against a season average of 31.9; the win.Murray
New line
New look for NJD: Agostino–Coleman–Anderson skated 5:19 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Agostino Coleman Anderson
New line
New look for PIT: Cullen–Pearson–Simon skated 6:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cullen Pearson Simon
Usage
Jesper Bratt (NJD) played 19:29, +4:24 up on his 15:05 season average over 50 games.Bratt
Usage
Miles Wood (NJD) played 17:57, +4:19 up on his 13:38 season average over 62 games.Wood

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)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · NJD 54 · PIT 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD 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 35% of the game, NJD 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

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	NJD
	55	56
	3.14	2.65
	3.03	2.46
	11	12
	6	7
	23	16
	−0.033	+0.033
	35%	27%

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 – Rust – Guentzel
13:3661% CF
L2Malkin – Kessel – Aston-Reese
11:3742% CF
L3Hornqvist – Bjugstad – McCann
11:2247% CF
L4Cullen – Pearson – Simon
6:2455% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
18:1963% CF
D2Ruhwedel – Pettersson
14:1557% CF
D3Johnson – Schultz
13:3343% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
1:540% CF
PP2Letang – Bjugstad – Guentzel – Pettersson – Aston-Reese
0:39
PK1FMcCann – Aston-Reese
1:38
PK2FCullen – Rust
1:25
PK1DJohnson – Ruhwedel
2:21
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
1:35

Current PIT line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Zajac – Palmieri – Wood
13:4955% CF
L2Johansson – Bratt – Hischier
12:1559% CF
L3Agostino – Coleman – Anderson
5:1920% CF
L4Stafford – Seney – Rooney
3:1220% CF
D1Greene – Severson
16:0843% CF
D2Lovejoy – Butcher
14:2454% CF
D3Gryba – Mueller
12:5463% CF

PP1Zajac – Johansson – Palmieri – Severson – Bratt
2:1475% CF
PP2Stafford – Butcher – Wood – Seney – Hischier
1:40100% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
1:12
PK2FBratt – Hischier
0:44
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
2:26
PK2DSeverson – Mueller
1:01

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:14
NJDJesper Bratt (Marcus Johansson, Mirco Mueller)snap0.05 xG
PIT: Cullen, Letang, Dumoulin, Pearson, SimonNJD: Gryba, Johansson, Mueller, Bratt, Hischier
PIT 0 – 1 NJD
6:49
PITZachary Aston-Reese (Sidney Crosby, Brian Dumoulin)snap0.23 xG
PIT: Crosby, Dumoulin, Rust, Pettersson, Aston-ReeseNJD: Zajac, Lovejoy, Palmieri, Butcher, Wood
PIT 1 – 1 NJD
12:12
NJDMarcus Johansson (Mirco Mueller, Jesper Bratt)backhand0.08 xG
PIT: Malkin, Johnson, Kessel, Schultz, Aston-ReeseNJD: Gryba, Johansson, Mueller, Anderson, Bratt
PIT 1 – 2 NJD
18:24
PITNick BjugstadPP (Marcus Pettersson, Dominik Simon)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Schultz, Bjugstad, Guentzel, Pettersson, SimonNJD: Zajac, Coleman, Severson, Mueller
PIT 2 – 2 NJD

2nd period

10:45
PITBryan Rust (Jake Guentzel)snap0.10 xG
PIT: Crosby, Johnson, Letang, Rust, GuentzelNJD: Stafford, Greene, Johansson, Butcher, Rooney
PIT 3 – 2 NJD
17:29
PITChad Ruhwedel (Evgeni Malkin)slap0.05 xG
PIT: Malkin, Kessel, Ruhwedel, Pettersson, Aston-ReeseNJD: Greene, Johansson, Severson, Bratt, Hischier
PIT 4 – 2 NJD

3rd period

15:10
NJDMiles Wood (Damon Severson, Travis Zajac)wrist0.02 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelNJD: Zajac, Gryba, Palmieri, Severson, Wood
PIT 4 – 3 NJD

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
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	19:24	—	—	57	60
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	2	1	0	18:48	—	—	56	54
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.24	0	0	0	17:41	—	—	63	62
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.46	2	0	0	17:17	—	—	44	39
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.16	1	1	2	15:35	—	—	39	31
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:42	—	—	36	32
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	3	1	0	15:04	—	—	46	65
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.27	2	0	0	14:20	—	—	48	66
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.31	0	1	0	13:29	—	—	50	67
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	0	0	0	11:59	—	—	56	78
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	10:32	—	—	50	60
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	8:25	—	—	56	76
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.20	0	0	0	24:57	—	—	63	84
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.14	0	1	0	21:36	—	—	57	68
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.23	2	1	0	19:16	—	—	48	61
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	0	1	0	17:27	—	—	52	73
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	1	0	18:35	—	—	43	26
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	41	18

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	36	33	3	.917	2.61	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Travis Zajac C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	21:47	—	—	46	42
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	0	0	0	19:02	—	—	55	51
Miles Wood L	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.45	1	0	0	17:57	—	—	52	47
Jesper Bratt L	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.13	1	0	0	19:29	—	—	58	56
Marcus Johansson L	L2	1	1	2	0	8	0.79	0	4	0	19:10	—	—	54	54
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.24	0	0	0	17:57	—	—	58	59
Blake Coleman L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	0	2	12:27	—	—	43	20
Kenny Agostino L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	12:09	—	—	56	47
Joey Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:56	—	—	47	61
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.30	2	0	0	11:55	—	—	47	36
Drew Stafford R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	0	0	9:57	—	—	25	6
Brett Seney L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	2	8:24	—	—	27	16
Damon Severson D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	22:46	—	—	43	43
Andy Greene D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	22:00	—	—	37	37
Will Butcher D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	1	2	0	19:59	—	—	52	51
Ben Lovejoy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	4	2	0	17:53	—	—	56	57
Eric Gryba D	D3	0	0	0	+3	3	0.07	2	1	0	16:36	—	—	61	46
Mirco Mueller D	D3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:19	—	—	52	34

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Keith Kinkaid(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	2.72	59:23

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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.