Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Anaheim DucksFeb 28, 2020

FinalFriday, Feb 28, 2020· Honda Center

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Anaheim DucksANA

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	1	2		PIT	10	9	11	30
ANA	1	2	0	3		ANA	2	15	4	21

: PIT 59ANA 46
: PIT 2.93ANA 2.12
PP goals: PIT 0ANA 1
Hits: PIT 20ANA 28
Blocks: PIT 17ANA 14
PIM: PIT 16ANA 12
: PIT 42%ANA 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Anaheim Ducks edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2

Anaheim Ducks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 at home. Jason Zucker (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Danton Heinen (ANA) played 20:48, +6:26 up on his 14:22 season average over 66 games.

Points
Jason Zucker had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:27.Zucker
Points
Marcus Pettersson had 2 assists (2 points) in 23:18.Pettersson
Usage
Danton Heinen (ANA) played 20:48, +6:26 up on his 14:22 season average over 66 games.Heinen
Usage
Matt Irwin (ANA) played 21:43, +7:27 up on his 14:16 season average over 35 games.Irwin
New line
New look for PIT: Blueger–Rodrigues–Tanev skated 5:27 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blueger Rodrigues Tanev
New line
New look for PIT: Marleau–McCann–Simon skated 5:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau McCann Simon
Usage
Dominik Simon (PIT) played 7:25, −7:06 down on his 14:31 season average over 63 games.Simon
Usage
Jared McCann (PIT) played 11:26, −3:52 down on his 15:18 season average over 65 games.McCann

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)ANA attacks right (top on phones) →

ANA
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · ANA 46 · PIT 59

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

ANA
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ANA 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 38% of the game, ANA 23%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

ANA

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	ANA
	42	38
	1.62	1.35
	1.55	1.31
	6	8
	6	5
	12	11
	−0.044	+0.044
	38%	23%

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 – Zucker – Sheary
9:0572% CF
L2Malkin – Hornqvist – Rust
7:0960% CF
L3Blueger – Rodrigues – Tanev
5:2767% CF
L4Marleau – McCann – Simon
5:2157% CF
D1Johnson – Letang
12:1638% CF
D2Schultz – Pettersson
11:2069% CF
D3Trotman – Ruhwedel
7:0244% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Rust
4:14
PP2Marleau – Letang – Zucker – McCann – Pettersson
1:24
PK1FMarleau – Rust
2:53
PK2FBlueger – Tanev
2:43
PK1DJohnson – Letang
4:13
PK2DRuhwedel – Pettersson
3:25

Current PIT line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Henrique – Heinen – Sherwood
10:2550% CF
L2Getzlaf – Rakell – Milano
8:4838% CF
L3Silfverberg – Steel – Jones
7:4044% CF
L4Deslauriers – Agozzino – Rowney
5:330% CF
D1Manson – Guhle
10:2450% CF
D2Del Zotto – Larsson
10:0633% CF
D3Irwin – Djoos
7:530% CF

PP1Henrique – Silfverberg – Djoos – Heinen – Jones
4:43
PP2Getzlaf – Del Zotto – Rakell – Milano – Steel
4:11
PK1FSilfverberg – Rowney
4:03
PK2FHeinen – Sherwood
1:58
PK1DIrwin – Manson
3:22
PK2DDel Zotto – Larsson
1:15

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:14
ANADanton Heinen (Kiefer Sherwood, Josh Manson)wrist0.20 xG
PIT: Malkin, Rust, Trotman, Ruhwedel, SimonANA: Henrique, Manson, Heinen, Guhle, Sherwood
PIT 0 – 1 ANA

2nd period

1:16
PITJason Zucker (Marcus Pettersson, Justin Schultz)tip-in0.09 xG
PIT: Marleau, Schultz, Zucker, McCann, PetterssonANA: Del Zotto, Heinen, Larsson, Sherwood
PIT 1 – 1 ANA
9:23
ANARyan Getzlaf (Sam Steel, Sonny Milano)wrist0.16 xG
PIT: Johnson, Letang, Rust, RodriguesANA: Getzlaf, Del Zotto, Rakell, Milano, Steel
PIT 1 – 2 ANA
17:20
ANABrendan GuhlePPwrist0.08 xG
PIT: Malkin, Schultz, Zucker, Trotman, ShearyANA: Deslauriers, Agozzino, Irwin, Rowney, Guhle
PIT 1 – 3 ANA

3rd period

18:39
PITJason ZuckerSH (Jared McCann, Marcus Pettersson)snap0.06 xG
PIT: Marleau, Hornqvist, Zucker, Ruhwedel, McCann, PetterssonANA: Henrique, Silfverberg, Manson, Larsson, Jones
PIT 2 – 3 ANA

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	0	0	0	3	0.11	0	1	0	22:14	—	—	66	67
Jason Zucker L	L1	2	0	2	0	3	0.38	2	0	2	15:27	—	—	70	86
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	61	65
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	1	0	0	21:04	—	—	63	65
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.69	0	0	4	19:21	—	—	61	74
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.49	1	1	0	16:35	—	—	69	91
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	12:06	—	—	40	4
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:39	—	—	25	0
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	8:55	—	—	17	0
Patrick Marleau C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	53	62
Jared McCann L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	4	0	0	11:26	—	—	55	84
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	2	0	7:25	—	—	60	39
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	2	2	27:51	—	—	51	45
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	3	3	2	19:21	—	—	35	10
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	23:18	—	—	60	80
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.33	0	2	4	20:46	—	—	63	88
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:37	—	—	50	49
Zach Trotman D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:25	—	—	39	41

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	21	18	3	.857	2.12	57:12

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Danton Heinen L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.30	2	1	0	20:48	—	—	65	73
Adam Henrique C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.35	2	0	2	18:51	—	—	67	82
Kiefer Sherwood L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	2	0	0	14:49	—	—	46	60
Ryan Getzlaf C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.31	2	0	4	17:49	—	—	59	53
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	15:29	—	—	57	59
Sonny Milano L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	14:34	—	—	53	56
Jakob Silfverberg R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	20:14	—	—	45	28
Max Jones L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	2	0	2	15:34	—	—	64	54
Sam Steel C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	63	44
Carter Rowney C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.24	3	0	0	12:39	—	—	14	11
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.13	5	1	0	6:52	—	—	20	63
Andrew Agozzino L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	6:05	—	—	0	0
Josh Manson D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	22:04	—	—	39	34
Brendan Guhle D	D1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.14	2	4	0	16:28	—	—	48	51
Michael Del Zotto D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	0	18:01	—	—	53	56
Jacob Larsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	0	0	2	15:13	—	—	39	28
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	3	2	21:43	—	—	6	6
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	16:46	—	—	65	50

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	2.93	60:00

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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.