Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey DevilsMar 10, 2020

FinalTuesday, Mar 10, 2020· Prudential Center

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	1	3	5		PIT	7	13	13	33
NJD	1	0	1	2		NJD	6	6	10	22

: PIT 58NJD 40
: PIT 3.48NJD 2.38
PP goals: PIT 0NJD 1
Hits: PIT 18NJD 26
Blocks: PIT 6NJD 18
PIM: PIT 6NJD 6
: PIT 61%NJD 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 5–2 at NJD. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for NJD: Hayden–Rooney–Kuokkanen skated 4:45 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:11.Malkin
Points
Kris Letang had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:03.Letang
New line
New look for NJD: Hayden–Rooney–Kuokkanen skated 4:45 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayden Rooney Kuokkanen
New line
New look for PIT: Hornqvist–McCann–Rodrigues skated 8:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hornqvist McCann Rodrigues
Usage
P.K. Subban (NJD) played 27:10, +5:07 up on his 22:03 season average over 67 games.Subban
Luck
PIT scored 5 goals on 3.48 expected goals (58 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Bryan Rust (PIT) played 16:08, −3:42 down on his 19:50 season average over 54 games.Rust
Usage
Marcus Pettersson (PIT) played 13:48, −5:41 down on his 19:29 season average over 68 games.Pettersson

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 98 of 98 attempts · NJD 40 · PIT 58

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 40% of the game, NJD 19%.

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	35
	2.44	1.94
	2.34	1.89
	7	6
	6	1
	41	8
	+0.082	−0.082
	40%	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

L1Blueger – Lafferty – Tanev
10:1569% CF
L2Crosby – Zucker – Sheary
9:1743% CF
L3Marleau – Malkin – Rust
8:3780% CF
L4Hornqvist – McCann – Rodrigues
8:3344% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
17:1254% CF
D2Johnson – Schultz
12:4654% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
11:4080% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Hornqvist – Schultz – Zucker
6:2080% CF
PP2Marleau – Letang – Rust – McCann – Marino
0:490% CF
PK1FRust – Rodrigues
1:10
PK2FBlueger – Tanev
0:30
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
1:22
PK2DPettersson – Marino
0:30

Current PIT line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Palmieri – Wood – Hischier
11:3757% CF
L2Gusev – Zacha – Bratt
9:5443% CF
L3Zajac – Anderson – Hughes
5:169% CF
L4Hayden – Rooney – Kuokkanen
4:4525% CF
D1Subban – Mueller
14:4843% CF
D2Severson – Mermis
14:3839% CF
D3Tennyson – Carrick
7:1730% CF

PP1Subban – Palmieri – Gusev – Hischier – Hughes
1:47100% CF
PP2Subban – Gusev – Wood – Zacha – Bratt
1:02100% CF
PK1FZajac – Anderson
4:21
PK2FZacha – Rooney
2:38
PK1DSeverson – Mueller
3:35
PK2DSubban – Mermis
1:42

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:29
PITEvan Rodrigues (Jared McCann)snap0.01 xG
PIT: Letang, Hornqvist, Dumoulin, Blueger, RodriguesNJD: Zajac, Tennyson, Severson, Anderson, Hughes
PIT 1 – 0 NJD
12:46
NJDNikita GusevPP (Pavel Zacha, P.K. Subban)snap0.12 xG
PIT: Marleau, Letang, Dumoulin, RustNJD: Subban, Gusev, Wood, Zacha, Bratt
PIT 1 – 1 NJD

2nd period

4:15
PITJustin Schultz (Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust)snap0.24 xG
PIT: Marleau, Malkin, Johnson, Schultz, RustNJD: Palmieri, Severson, Wood, Mermis, Hischier
PIT 2 – 1 NJD

3rd period

7:11
PITEvgeni Malkin (Kris Letang)snap0.08 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Dumoulin, Zucker, RustNJD: Subban, Palmieri, Wood, Mueller, Hischier
PIT 3 – 1 NJD
10:24
NJDMiles Wood (Nico Hischier)wrist0.05 xG
PIT: Marleau, Malkin, Letang, Dumoulin, RustNJD: Palmieri, Severson, Wood, Mermis, Hischier
PIT 3 – 2 NJD
13:18
PITEvgeni Malkinsnap0.22 xG
PIT: Marleau, Malkin, Rust, Pettersson, MarinoNJD: Subban, Palmieri, Carrick, Wood, Hischier
PIT 4 – 2 NJD
18:45
PITKris LetangENwrist0.14 xG
PIT: Malkin, Johnson, Letang, Hornqvist, ZuckerNJD: Subban, Palmieri, Gusev, Zacha, Bratt, Hischier
PIT 5 – 2 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
Teddy Blueger C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	0	1	0	14:13	—	—	75	72
Brandon Tanev L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	13:07	—	—	69	66
Sam Lafferty C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:14	—	—	61	63
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	18:32	—	—	35	33
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.29	1	1	0	17:23	—	—	55	52
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	12:35	—	—	47	46
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	2	1	3	+3	4	0.55	0	0	0	18:11	—	—	83	85
Bryan Rust R	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.09	1	1	0	16:08	—	—	75	68
Patrick Marleau C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.11	3	0	0	13:56	—	—	70	59
Patric Hornqvist R	L4	0	0	0	+2	4	0.62	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	60	53
Jared McCann L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.32	0	0	0	13:19	—	—	46	38
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	47	49
Kris Letang D	D1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.15	1	1	2	24:03	—	—	52	42
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	1	0	0	22:36	—	—	59	53
Justin Schultz D	D2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.39	1	0	0	20:31	—	—	57	45
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	4	1	2	16:09	—	—	52	43
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	0	0	16:34	—	—	83	85
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:48	—	—	78	79

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	2.38	59:57

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	1	1	-3	5	0.58	0	0	0	18:54	—	—	50	39
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.15	3	0	0	18:04	—	—	54	41
Miles Wood L	L1	1	0	1	-2	1	0.14	2	0	0	15:47	—	—	52	42
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.03	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	38	40
Nikita Gusev L	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.51	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	44	43
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:23	—	—	44	42
Travis Zajac C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	1	1	0	15:48	—	—	17	20
Joey Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:54	—	—	25	17
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.21	0	0	2	12:18	—	—	13	39
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	3	0	0	13:00	—	—	43	87
Janne Kuokkanen C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:04	—	—	27	68
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	9:25	—	—	31	80
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	1	1	-3	1	0.04	2	0	0	27:10	—	—	42	48
Mirco Mueller D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	22:01	—	—	44	47
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	3	5	2	23:01	—	—	39	60
Dakota Mermis D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	5	0	19:37	—	—	38	68
Connor Carrick D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:25	—	—	39	18
Matt Tennyson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	1	0	10:53	—	—	21	14

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	3.33	59:32

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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.