Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey DevilsMar 20, 2021

FinalSaturday, Mar 20, 2021· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	2	1	3		PIT	9	12	8	29
NJD	1	0	0	1		NJD	4	10	11	25

: PIT 35NJD 47
: PIT 2.33NJD 2.41
PP goals: PIT 1NJD 0
Hits: PIT 6NJD 4
Blocks: PIT 10NJD 1
PIM: PIT 10NJD 6
: PIT 57%NJD 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 3–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 3–1 at NJD. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and Kapanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:38 together.

Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:50.Guentzel
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:52.Crosby
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and Kapanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:38 together.Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel Kapanen
New line
New look for NJD: Wood–Zacha–Merkley skated 6:57 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wood Zacha Merkley
New line
New look for PIT: Kapanen–McCann–Rodrigues skated 9:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kapanen McCann Rodrigues
Usage
Marcus Pettersson (PIT) played 12:57, −3:37 down on his 16:34 season average over 46 games.Pettersson
Usage
Ryan Murray (NJD) played 13:29, −5:14 down on his 18:43 season average over 47 games.Murray
Usage
Mark Jankowski (PIT) played 14:57, +4:20 up on his 10:37 season average over 44 games.Jankowski

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 82 of 82 attempts · NJD 47 · PIT 35

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 36% of the game, NJD 20%.

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
	41	41
	2.65	1.64
	2.60	1.63
	7	5
	2	4
	28	17
	+0.031	−0.031
	36%	20%

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.