Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 11, 2021

FinalSunday, Apr 11, 2021· 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	2	1	2	5		PIT	10	6	8	24
NJD	1	0	1	2		NJD	5	14	11	30

: PIT 48NJD 63
: PIT 4.06NJD 3.16
PP goals: PIT 1NJD 0
Hits: PIT 7NJD 12
Blocks: PIT 17NJD 17
PIM: PIT 4NJD 0
: PIT 47%NJD 53%

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. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 3G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and McCann) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:59 together.

Points
Jake Guentzel had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:41.Guentzel
Points
Colton Sceviour had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:36.Sceviour
Points
Bryan Rust had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:01.Rust
Points
Mike Matheson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:12.Matheson
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and McCann) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:59 together.Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel McCann
Usage
Pavel Zacha (NJD) played 5:05, −12:19 down on his 17:24 season average over 49 games.Zacha
New line
New look for NJD: Wood–Bratt–McLeod skated 7:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (11.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wood Bratt McLeod
New line
New look for NJD: Johnsson–Maltsev–Boqvist skated 5:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johnsson Maltsev Boqvist

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 111 of 111 attempts · NJD 63 · PIT 48

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 29% of the game, NJD 39%.

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
	49	62
	2.25	3.04
	2.22	2.98
	8	17
	2	1
	18	12
	−0.007	+0.008
	29%	39%

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
15:1567% CF
L2Zucker – McCann – Rodrigues
9:5933% CF
L3Sceviour – Blueger – Zohorna
7:2047% CF
L4Gaudreau – Lafferty – Aston-Reese
5:5329% CF
D1Pettersson – Marino
17:2541% CF
D2Letang – Dumoulin
15:1155% CF
D3Matheson – Ceci
12:1447% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – McCann
1:59100% CF
PK1FSceviour – Blueger
1:08
PK2FCrosby – Aston-Reese
0:49
PK1DDumoulin – Ceci
2:32
PK2DLetang – Marino
1:23

Current PIT line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Kuokkanen – Sharangovich – Hughes
10:5079% CF
L2Wood – Bratt – McLeod
7:4711% CF
L3Johnsson – Maltsev – Boqvist
5:0864% CF
L4Zacha – Studenic – Thompson
0:00
D1Vatanen – Butcher
14:4455% CF
D2Subban – Murray
13:4757% CF
D3Severson – Smith
11:2654% CF

PP1Johnsson – Bratt – Smith – Sharangovich – Hughes
2:30100% CF
PP2Subban – Butcher – Wood – Kuokkanen – Boqvist
1:09100% CF
PK1FMcLeod – Sharangovich
1:08
PK2FJohnsson – Bratt
0:41
PK1DVatanen – Murray
1:38
PK2DSubban – Severson
0:21

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:35
PITColton Sceviour (Teddy Blueger, Marcus Pettersson)wrap-around0.00 xG
PIT: Sceviour, Matheson, Ceci, Blueger, ZohornaNJD: Severson, Kuokkanen, Smith, Sharangovich, Hughes
PIT 1 – 0 NJD
5:26
PITColton Sceviour (Mike Matheson, Cody Ceci)tip-in0.05 xG
PIT: Sceviour, Matheson, Ceci, Blueger, ZohornaNJD: Subban, Severson, Wood, Zacha, Bratt
PIT 2 – 0 NJD
17:14
NJDMiles Wood (Sami Vatanen, Jesper Bratt)deflected0.14 xG
PIT: Letang, Sceviour, Dumoulin, Blueger, ZohornaNJD: Vatanen, Butcher, Wood, Zacha, Bratt
PIT 2 – 1 NJD

2nd period

19:20
PITJake Guentzel (Bryan Rust, Brian Dumoulin)snap0.25 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelNJD: Severson, Kuokkanen, Smith, Sharangovich, Hughes
PIT 3 – 1 NJD

3rd period

1:19
PITJake GuentzelPP (Bryan Rust, Jared McCann)wrist0.22 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, McCannNJD: Subban, Severson, Johnsson, Bratt
PIT 4 – 1 NJD
7:30
NJDP.K. Subbanwrist0.36 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Matheson, Ceci, GuentzelNJD: Subban, Murray, Johnsson, Maltsev, Hughes
PIT 4 – 2 NJD
18:37
PITJake GuentzelEN (Sidney Crosby, Mike Matheson)wrist0.97 xG
PIT: Crosby, Dumoulin, Rust, Matheson, GuentzelNJD: Murray, Severson, Maltsev, Boqvist, Studenic, Thompson
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
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.35	0	0	0	21:42	—	—	64	60
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.12	0	0	0	21:01	—	—	57	53
Jake Guentzel C	L1	3	0	3	+1	5	1.67	0	1	0	20:41	—	—	57	53
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:41	—	—	37	22
Jared McCann L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.85	1	4	0	14:14	—	—	32	35
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	40	39
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	1	2	13:44	—	—	38	41
Colton Sceviour C	L3	2	0	2	+1	3	0.28	0	1	0	12:36	—	—	44	39
Radim Zohorna L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:56	—	—	47	43
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	15:30	—	—	25	14
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	2	11:56	—	—	29	17
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:31	—	—	21	10
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	20:27	—	—	40	48
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	0	2	0	18:15	—	—	39	48
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	0	3	0	21:30	—	—	48	47
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	1	0	21:24	—	—	54	58
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:13	—	—	32	10
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	2	2	+2	3	0.07	1	0	0	17:12	—	—	48	25

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	3.16	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.18	1	0	0	20:46	—	—	68	67
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.35	0	1	0	17:12	—	—	63	52
Janne Kuokkanen C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	0	1	0	15:05	—	—	77	70
Michael McLeod C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	4	0	20:11	—	—	40	54
Miles Wood L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	1	1	0	18:26	—	—	41	38
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.23	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	36	34
Andreas Johnsson L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.46	1	2	0	16:00	—	—	60	76
Mikhail Maltsev L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	2	0	0	15:51	—	—	69	70
Jesper Boqvist C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	1	0	0	14:36	—	—	54	58
Tyce Thompson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:24	—	—	56	49
Marián Studenic R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	2	2	0	10:02	—	—	47	59
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:05	—	—	50	40
Sami Vatanen D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	20:05	—	—	64	70
Will Butcher D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:24	—	—	63	71
Ryan Murray D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	20:32	—	—	50	61
P.K. Subban D	D2	1	0	1	0	3	0.50	0	1	0	20:27	—	—	55	65
Ty Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	0	1	0	21:15	—	—	55	47
Damon Severson D	D3	0	0	0	-4	1	0.10	0	2	0	16:47	—	—	51	41

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	23	19	4	.826	3.10	58:03

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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.