Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey DevilsFeb 13, 2022

FinalSunday, Feb 13, 2022· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	3	4		PIT	8	12	15	35
NJD	0	1	1	2		NJD	8	9	13	30

: PIT 71NJD 49
: PIT 4.08NJD 3.02
PP goals: PIT 0NJD 0
Hits: PIT 20NJD 19
Blocks: PIT 10NJD 20
PIM: PIT 4NJD 4
: PIT 55%NJD 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 4–2 at NJD. Mike Matheson (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NJD: Zacha–Sharangovich–Hughes skated 10:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brian Boyle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 10:42.Boyle
Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:59.Rust
Points
Mike Matheson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:58.Matheson
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:08.Crosby
New line
New look for NJD: Zacha–Sharangovich–Hughes skated 10:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zacha Sharangovich Hughes
New line
New look for NJD: Boqvist–Studenic–Mercer skated 7:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boqvist Studenic Mercer
New line
New look for NJD: Tatar–Vesey–Hischier skated 6:21 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tatar Vesey Hischier
Usage
Yegor Sharangovich (NJD) played 20:55, +4:28 up on his 16:27 season average over 75 games.Sharangovich

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 120 of 120 attempts · NJD 49 · PIT 71

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 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
	74	46
	2.69	2.82
	2.51	2.62
	6	6
	0	4
	18	14
	−0.003	+0.003
	40%	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
13:1258% CF
L2Malkin – McGinn – Kapanen
10:0942% CF
L3Carter – Heinen – Rodrigues
9:4172% CF
L4Boyle – Simon – Aston-Reese
6:4078% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
14:4050% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
14:0968% CF
D3Matheson – Ruhwedel
11:3268% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
3:5383% CF
PP2Carter – Kapanen – Heinen – Marino – Rodrigues
1:15100% CF
PK1FCarter – McGinn
2:16
PK2FBoyle – Aston-Reese
1:23
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
1:26
PK2DLetang – Pettersson
1:23

Current PIT line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Zacha – Sharangovich – Hughes
10:3440% CF
L2Boqvist – Studenic – Mercer
7:3744% CF
L3Tatar – Vesey – Hischier
6:2164% CF
D1Severson – Siegenthaler
14:2848% CF
D2Subban – Smith
13:3633% CF
D3Graves – White
10:1433% CF

PP1Tatar – Boqvist – Smith – Sharangovich – Mercer
1:54100% CF
PP2Severson – Zacha – Bastian – Hischier – Hughes
1:43100% CF
PK1FVesey – McLeod
3:11
PK2FHischier – Sharangovich
2:23
PK1DSeverson – Siegenthaler
5:05

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:02
NJDJack Hughes (Yegor Sharangovich, Pavel Zacha)snap0.10 xG
PIT: Malkin, Matheson, McGinn, Ruhwedel, KapanenNJD: Graves, Zacha, White, Sharangovich, Hughes
PIT 0 – 1 NJD
13:16
PITMike Matheson (Chad Ruhwedel, Brian Boyle)slap0.06 xG
PIT: Boyle, Matheson, Ruhwedel, Simon, Aston-ReeseNJD: Vesey, Severson, Geertsen, Siegenthaler, Hischier
PIT 1 – 1 NJD

3rd period

0:36
PITBryan Rust (Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby)tip-in0.07 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelNJD: Tatar, Vesey, Severson, Siegenthaler, McLeod
PIT 2 – 1 NJD
2:51
NJDNico Hischier (Tomas Tatar, Damon Severson)snap0.11 xG
PIT: Boyle, Letang, Dumoulin, Simon, Aston-ReeseNJD: Tatar, Vesey, Severson, Siegenthaler, Hischier
PIT 2 – 2 NJD
6:58
PITBrian Boyle (Mike Matheson, Zachary Aston-Reese)wrist0.14 xG
PIT: Boyle, Matheson, Ruhwedel, Simon, Aston-ReeseNJD: Subban, Zacha, Smith, Sharangovich, Hughes
PIT 3 – 2 NJD
18:53
PITJake GuentzelEN (Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.95 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelNJD: Vesey, Severson, Zacha, Bastian, Hischier, Hughes
PIT 4 – 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	2	2	+2	4	0.33	1	0	0	21:08	—	—	50	42
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	1.38	1	0	0	20:36	—	—	52	36
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.25	0	1	0	17:59	—	—	61	49
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	50	20
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	2	0	0	14:15	—	—	48	24
Brock McGinn L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	52	32
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	1	1	0	17:43	—	—	70	65
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	0	0	16:42	—	—	67	55
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	71	65
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	2	1	0	10:48	—	—	79	74
Brian Boyle C	L4	1	1	2	+1	2	0.27	2	0	0	10:42	—	—	83	75
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	1	0	0	8:02	—	—	75	73
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.23	1	0	0	26:12	—	—	50	39
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	2	18:43	—	—	48	38
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	1	0	19:41	—	—	74	58
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	18:38	—	—	62	46
Mike Matheson D	D3	1	1	2	+1	4	0.24	1	0	0	16:58	—	—	70	58
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	4	3	2	13:12	—	—	68	59

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	3.02	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.20	0	2	0	20:55	—	—	29	33
Jack Hughes C	L1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.45	1	2	0	19:46	—	—	38	40
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.07	1	1	0	16:18	—	—	40	41
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	15:52	—	—	40	64
Dawson Mercer C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:30	—	—	37	35
Marián Studenic R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.24	0	1	0	10:52	—	—	44	67
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.43	1	1	0	18:13	—	—	46	67
Nico Hischier C	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.54	0	0	0	18:03	—	—	44	66
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.23	2	0	0	14:51	—	—	62	66
Damon Severson D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.03	1	1	0	24:36	—	—	48	61
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:14	—	—	48	57
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	1	2	0	20:25	—	—	31	41
Ty Smith D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	2	0	18:42	—	—	36	34
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	4	0	19:09	—	—	34	61
Colton White D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	2	11:52	—	—	38	46
Michael McLeod C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	1	0	14:11	—	—	10	17
Nathan Bastian R	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	4	1	2	10:11	—	—	40	62
Mason Geertsen L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	0	5:30	—	—	0	0

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jon Gillies(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	3.13	58:54

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.