Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia FlyersJan 2, 2018

FinalTuesday, Jan 2, 2018· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	4	1	5		PIT	6	8	11	25
PHI	0	1	0	1		PHI	10	8	10	28

: PIT 50PHI 62
: PIT 2.70PHI 1.55
PP goals: PIT 2PHI 0
Hits: PIT 24PHI 26
Blocks: PIT 22PHI 14
PIM: PIT 13PHI 9
: PIT 45%PHI 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Philadelphia Flyers 5–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–1 at PHI. Phil Kessel (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Brian Dumoulin (PIT) played 10:18, −10:27 down on his 20:45 season average over 79 games.

Points
Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:14.Kessel
Points
Ryan Reaves had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 8:42.Reaves
Points
Tom Kuhnhackl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:28.Kuhnhackl
Points
Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:01.Malkin
Points
Riley Sheahan had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:56.Sheahan
Usage
Brian Dumoulin (PIT) played 10:18, −10:27 down on his 20:45 season average over 79 games.Dumoulin
Luck
PIT scored 5 goals on 2.70 expected goals (50 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Ian Cole (PIT) played 22:43, +5:01 up on his 17:42 season average over 66 games.Cole

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)PHI attacks right (top on phones) →

PHI
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · PHI 62 · PIT 50

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PHI
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PHI 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 27% of the game, PHI 24%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PHI

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	PHI
	50	59
	1.99	0.88
	1.97	0.87
	14	6
	6	6
	13	16
	−0.011	+0.011
	27%	24%

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 – Hornqvist – Sheary
12:3256% CF
L2Malkin – Kessel – Hagelin
10:3845% CF
L3Sheahan – Guentzel – Sprong
7:4343% CF
L4Reaves – Kuhnhackl – Rowney
3:1425% CF
D1Cole – Schultz
11:2916% CF
D2Letang – Dumoulin
9:0563% CF
D3Oleksiak – Maatta
8:5633% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Kessel – Maatta
0:58100% CF
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Kessel – Schultz – Oleksiak
0:39100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
4:14
PK2FKuhnhackl – Guentzel
1:02
PK1DLetang – Cole
2:38
PK2DOleksiak – Maatta
1:30

Current PIT line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – Couturier – Konecny
12:2842% CF
L2Filppula – Voracek – Raffl
11:3850% CF
L3Simmonds – Weal – Patrick
8:5753% CF
L4Lehtera – Weise – Laughton
6:4586% CF
D1Manning – Gudas
16:1267% CF
D2MacDonald – Hagg
14:3940% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Provorov
12:1355% CF

PP1Giroux – Voracek – Simmonds – Couturier – Gostisbehere
4:28100% CF
PP2Filppula – Weise – Weal – Provorov – Patrick
2:25100% CF
PK1FFilppula – Laughton
0:57
PK2FGiroux – Couturier
0:50
PK1DMacDonald – Provorov
1:38
PK2DGudas – Hagg
0:35

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:35
PITPhil KesselPP (Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, KesselPHI: MacDonald, Simmonds, Couturier, Provorov
PIT 1 – 0 PHI
10:29
PHIJordan Weal (Radko Gudas, Brandon Manning)tip-in0.04 xG
PIT: Letang, Kessel, Hagelin, Dumoulin, SheahanPHI: Giroux, Manning, Gudas, Weal, Patrick
PIT 1 – 1 PHI
11:09
PITRyan Reaves (Riley Sheahan, Tom Kuhnhackl)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Reaves, Sheahan, Kuhnhackl, Oleksiak, MaattaPHI: Filppula, Voracek, Gostisbehere, Raffl, Provorov
PIT 2 – 1 PHI
11:49
PITConor Sheary (Ian Cole)snap0.19 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Cole, ShearyPHI: Giroux, MacDonald, Couturier, Hagg, Konecny
PIT 3 – 1 PHI
13:26
PITTom Kuhnhackl (Riley Sheahan, Ryan Reaves)wrist0.15 xG
PIT: Reaves, Schultz, Sheahan, Kuhnhackl, MaattaPHI: Giroux, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Konecny, Provorov
PIT 4 – 1 PHI

3rd period

14:04
PITJamie OleksiakPP (Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel)wrist0.40 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Kessel, Schultz, OleksiakPHI: Filppula, MacDonald, Laughton, Provorov
PIT 5 – 1 PHI

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	2	0.27	0	1	0	20:56	—	—	51	62
Patric Hornqvist R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	2	0	15:28	—	—	44	55
Conor Sheary L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.29	0	0	0	13:39	—	—	56	67
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	2	0	0	17:33	—	—	46	68
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	2	2	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	16:01	—	—	44	69
Phil Kessel R	L2	1	1	2	-1	4	0.29	0	1	0	15:14	—	—	44	67
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:56	—	—	48	80
Jake Guentzel C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	4	1	2	16:27	—	—	41	51
Daniel Sprong R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	1	0	11:04	—	—	47	84
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.32	2	1	2	13:28	—	—	44	93
Ryan Reaves R	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.13	4	0	0	8:42	—	—	46	93
Carter Rowney C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:00	—	—	40	91
Ian Cole D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	8	2	22:43	—	—	21	65
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	0	1	0	19:51	—	—	24	67
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	2	27:01	—	—	62	69
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	2	0	10:18	—	—	63	59
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	2	1	0	22:41	—	—	57	75
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.42	2	2	5	17:58	—	—	36	73

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	17	16	1	.941	0.81	34:34
Matt Murray	—	11	11	0	.1000	0.74	25:26

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	0	0	0	21:05	—	—	48	30
Sean Couturier C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.28	1	0	0	19:26	—	—	35	22
Travis Konecny R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	1	0	2	14:27	—	—	46	27
Jakub Voracek R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	0	1	0	18:42	—	—	46	31
Valtteri Filppula C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	52	37
Michael Raffl L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	2	1	2	14:54	—	—	60	45
Wayne Simmonds R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	1	0	16:34	—	—	52	15
Nolan Patrick C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:37	—	—	54	22
Jordan Weal C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.07	0	0	0	15:33	—	—	48	17
Scott Laughton C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	11:27	—	—	83	83
Dale Weise R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	11:25	—	—	69	75
Jori Lehtera C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:10	—	—	79	72
Radko Gudas D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	1	1	0	18:30	—	—	69	49
Brandon Manning D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	2	1	5	18:01	—	—	66	47
Andrew MacDonald D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	4	0	18:22	—	—	39	22
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	4	0	0	17:03	—	—	38	17
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	3	3	0	19:59	—	—	50	24
Ivan Provorov D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.09	2	2	0	19:32	—	—	56	28

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brian Elliott(start)	L	14	10	4	.714	1.34	40:00
Michal Neuvirth	—	11	10	1	.909	1.35	20:00

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.