Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 9, 2021

FinalFriday, Apr 9, 2021· Prudential Center

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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New Jersey DevilsNJD

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	2	1	3	6		PIT	9	11	7	27
NJD	1	1	2	4		NJD	7	11	13	31

: PIT 47NJD 57
: PIT 3.71NJD 2.90
PP goals: PIT 2NJD 0
Hits: PIT 18NJD 12
Blocks: PIT 12NJD 10
PIM: PIT 2NJD 6
: PIT 49%NJD 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 6–4

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 6–4 at NJD. Bryan Rust (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and McCann) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 5:08 together.

Points
Bryan Rust had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 20:30.Rust
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:48.Crosby
Points
Miles Wood had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:06.Wood
Points
Jared McCann had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:49.McCann
Points
Jake Guentzel had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:48.Guentzel
Points
Kris Letang had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:02.Letang
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and McCann) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 5:08 together.Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel McCann
Luck
PIT scored 6 goals on 3.71 expected goals (47 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 104 of 104 attempts · NJD 57 · PIT 47

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 30% of the game, NJD 28%.

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
	42	52
	2.35	2.44
	2.27	2.36
	7	8
	5	2
	17	14
	−0.037	+0.037
	30%	28%

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
13:3053% CF
L2Gaudreau – Lafferty – Aston-Reese
10:5555% CF
L3Sceviour – Jankowski – Zohorna
9:0836% CF
L4Zucker – McCann – Rodrigues
9:0647% CF
D1Matheson – Ceci
13:0728% CF
D2Letang – Dumoulin
13:0239% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
12:5965% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – McCann
5:0890% CF
PP2Zucker – Matheson – Marino – Rodrigues – Zohorna
0:52100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Aston-Reese
1:52
PK2FSceviour – Jankowski
0:08
PK1DDumoulin – Ceci
2:00

Current PIT line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Kuokkanen – Sharangovich – Hughes
12:3445% CF
L2Wood – Zacha – Bratt
10:5658% CF
L3Johnsson – Merkley – Boqvist
6:0873% CF
L4McLeod – Maltsev – Thompson
5:5856% CF
D1Murray – Severson
14:3568% CF
D2Vatanen – Smith
13:4557% CF
D3Subban – Kulikov
12:4235% CF

PP1Johnsson – Zacha – Bratt – Smith – Hughes
2:00100% CF
PK1FJohnsson – Zacha
2:29
PK2FMcLeod – Sharangovich
2:09
PK1DKulikov – Severson
3:10
PK2DSubban – Vatanen
0:58

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:01
NJDMiles Wood (Jesper Bratt, Pavel Zacha)snap0.04 xG
PIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Zucker, McCann, RodriguesNJD: Murray, Severson, Wood, Zacha, Bratt
PIT 0 – 1 NJD
10:00
PITJared McCannPP (Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust)snap0.16 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, McCannNJD: Subban, Vatanen, Bratt, Sharangovich
PIT 1 – 1 NJD
19:13
PITBrian Dumoulin (Cody Ceci, Sam Lafferty)tip-in0.01 xG
PIT: Dumoulin, Ceci, Gaudreau, Lafferty, Aston-ReeseNJD: Subban, Bratt, Kuokkanen, Smith, Hughes
PIT 2 – 1 NJD

2nd period

5:39
NJDJack Hughes (Janne Kuokkanen, Yegor Sharangovich)wrist0.03 xG
PIT: Sceviour, Matheson, Ceci, McCann, ZohornaNJD: Vatanen, Kuokkanen, Smith, Sharangovich, Hughes
PIT 2 – 2 NJD
17:36
PITColton Sceviour (Kris Letang, Mark Jankowski)backhand0.30 xG
PIT: Letang, Sceviour, Dumoulin, Jankowski, ZohornaNJD: Vatanen, McLeod, Maltsev, Smith, Thompson
PIT 3 – 2 NJD

3rd period

4:06
PITBryan RustPP (Jared McCann, Sidney Crosby)slap0.06 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, McCannNJD: Kulikov, Vatanen, Johnsson, Zacha
PIT 4 – 2 NJD
10:02
PITSidney Crosby (Jake Guentzel, John Marino)wrist0.18 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Guentzel, Pettersson, MarinoNJD: Subban, Kulikov, Kuokkanen, Sharangovich, Hughes
PIT 5 – 2 NJD
11:34
NJDJesper Boqvistwrist0.03 xG
PIT: Letang, Zucker, Matheson, McCann, RodriguesNJD: Murray, Severson, Johnsson, Merkley, Boqvist
PIT 5 – 3 NJD
18:24
NJDMiles Woodbackhand0.05 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelNJD: Johnsson, Wood, Zacha, Bratt, Smith, Hughes
PIT 5 – 4 NJD
19:35
PITBryan RustEN (Jake Guentzel, Kris Letang)wrist0.93 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelNJD: McLeod, Kuokkanen, Boqvist, Smith, Sharangovich, Hughes
PIT 6 – 4 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
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.17	0	0	0	20:48	—	—	53	57
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	2	3	+1	5	0.32	0	0	0	20:48	—	—	53	57
Bryan Rust R	L1	2	1	3	+1	2	1.27	4	1	0	20:30	—	—	53	58
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.15	1	2	0	16:28	—	—	48	57
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.31	1	1	0	16:04	—	—	44	55
Sam Lafferty C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.34	2	0	0	14:27	—	—	52	70
Radim Zohorna L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	2	12:57	—	—	30	39
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	0	0	0	12:45	—	—	40	50
Colton Sceviour C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.30	1	1	0	10:54	—	—	29	36
Jared McCann L	L4	1	1	2	-3	3	0.30	1	0	0	14:49	—	—	43	36
Jason Zucker L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:30	—	—	44	38
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	0	0	0	11:13	—	—	50	41
Cody Ceci D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.05	1	1	0	18:07	—	—	32	23
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	1	0	0	16:43	—	—	28	21
Kris Letang D	D2	0	2	2	-1	2	0.08	3	1	0	24:02	—	—	38	55
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.01	0	4	0	23:20	—	—	48	62
John Marino D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	17:59	—	—	70	72
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	2	0	0	14:41	—	—	64	67

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	30	26	4	.867	2.90	59:55

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.10	0	1	0	21:30	—	—	46	52
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.41	0	1	0	18:51	—	—	46	44
Janne Kuokkanen C	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.09	0	0	0	15:03	—	—	41	43
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	1	1	+2	8	0.68	2	0	0	20:21	—	—	63	64
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.25	1	2	0	18:23	—	—	60	64
Miles Wood L	L2	2	0	2	+2	2	0.20	2	0	4	16:06	—	—	59	59
Andreas Johnsson L	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.06	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	69	61
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	10:29	—	—	61	56
Nick Merkley R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.37	0	0	0	10:04	—	—	67	58
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.36	1	0	0	16:50	—	—	47	41
Mikhail Maltsev L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	8:30	—	—	64	39
Tyce Thompson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	7:06	—	—	55	35
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	0	1	0	20:46	—	—	70	73
Ryan Murray D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.02	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	68	70
Ty Smith D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	23:45	—	—	57	31
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	2	2	17:00	—	—	57	32
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	3	2	0	19:02	—	—	38	49
P.K. Subban D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	0	1	0	17:04	—	—	35	42

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	26	21	5	.808	2.78	56:36

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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.