Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia FlyersMar 7, 2018

FinalWednesday, Mar 7, 2018· Wells Fargo Center

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Philadelphia FlyersPHI

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	3	1	5		PIT	11	10	7	28
PHI	0	2	0	2		PHI	8	11	9	28

: PIT 57PHI 55
: PIT 3.66PHI 2.57
PP goals: PIT 1PHI 0
Hits: PIT 17PHI 21
Blocks: PIT 17PHI 13
PIM: PIT 14PHI 10
: PIT 50%PHI 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 5–2 at PHI. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 0G 3A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:24 together.

Points
Sidney Crosby had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:20.Crosby
Points
Conor Sheary had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 11:44.Sheary
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:48.Malkin
Points
Jamie Oleksiak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:03.Oleksiak
Points
Jake Guentzel had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:51.Guentzel
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:24 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Hornqvist Kessel
Usage
Bryan Rust (PIT) played 2:24, −13:51 down on his 16:15 season average over 68 games.Rust
New line
New look for PHI: Filppula–Simmonds–Weal skated 9:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (23.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Filppula Simmonds Weal

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

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PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · PHI 55 · PIT 57

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 34% of the game, PHI 25%.

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
	48	48
	2.78	2.22
	2.69	2.16
	10	10
	7	2
	17	8
	−0.024	+0.024
	34%	25%

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

L1Malkin – Hornqvist – Hagelin
7:2463% CF
L2Brassard – Kessel – Sheahan
6:3660% CF
L3Crosby – Guentzel – Sheary
6:0350% CF
L4Rust – Kuhnhackl – Simon
0:00
D1Letang – Dumoulin
14:5152% CF
D2Maatta – Ruhwedel
12:3240% CF
D3Schultz – Oleksiak
11:5858% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
4:24100% CF
PP2Brassard – Schultz – Maatta – Guentzel – Sheary
0:59100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
3:53
PK2FBrassard – Kuhnhackl
2:34
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
5:12
PK2DOleksiak – Maatta
1:56

Current PIT line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – Couturier – Konecny
9:3753% CF
L2Filppula – Simmonds – Weal
9:2424% CF
L3Voracek – Lindblom – Patrick
8:1580% CF
L4Lehtera – Laughton – Raffl
5:4575% CF
D1Gostisbehere – Provorov
13:4040% CF
D2MacDonald – Hagg
13:0750% CF
D3Manning – Gudas
12:0446% CF

PP1Giroux – Voracek – Simmonds – Couturier – Gostisbehere
5:4890% CF
PP2Weal – Lindblom – Konecny – Provorov – Patrick
2:01100% CF
PK1FCouturier – Raffl
3:18
PK2FFilppula – Lehtera
1:03
PK1DGudas – Provorov
3:00
PK2DMacDonald – Manning
1:30

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:35
PITPhil KesselPP (Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, KesselPHI: Gudas, Couturier, Raffl, Provorov
PIT 1 – 0 PHI

2nd period

2:07
PHIJakub Voracek (Nolan Patrick)tip-in0.11 xG
PIT: Brassard, Kessel, Sheahan, Maatta, RuhwedelPHI: MacDonald, Voracek, Gudas, Lindblom, Patrick
PIT 1 – 1 PHI
5:59
PHITravis Konecny (Claude Giroux, Andrew MacDonald)wrist0.06 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Kessel, Hagelin, DumoulinPHI: Giroux, MacDonald, Couturier, Hagg, Konecny
PIT 1 – 2 PHI
9:24
PITJamie Oleksiak (Justin Schultz, Jake Guentzel)slap0.03 xG
PIT: Crosby, Schultz, Oleksiak, Guentzel, ShearyPHI: Filppula, MacDonald, Simmonds, Weal, Hagg
PIT 2 – 2 PHI
14:25
PITConor Sheary (Sidney Crosby, Jamie Oleksiak)backhand0.11 xG
PIT: Crosby, Kessel, Schultz, Oleksiak, ShearyPHI: Filppula, MacDonald, Simmonds, Raffl, Hagg
PIT 3 – 2 PHI
19:20
PITConor Sheary (Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Crosby, Schultz, Oleksiak, Guentzel, ShearyPHI: Filppula, Simmonds, Manning, Gudas, Konecny
PIT 4 – 2 PHI

3rd period

18:19
PITEvgeni MalkinEN (Carl Hagelin, Riley Sheahan)wrist0.51 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Hagelin, Dumoulin, SheahanPHI: Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Konecny
PIT 5 – 2 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
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.81	0	0	2	18:48	—	—	62	66
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	1	2	0	18:36	—	—	56	61
Patric Hornqvist R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.75	2	0	0	17:08	—	—	67	72
Phil Kessel R	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.94	0	0	2	19:25	—	—	44	48
Derick Brassard C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	17:18	—	—	35	17
Riley Sheahan C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	1	2	16:31	—	—	37	20
Sidney Crosby C	L3	0	3	3	+3	3	0.33	0	1	0	20:20	—	—	56	84
Jake Guentzel C	L3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.16	3	0	0	15:51	—	—	59	84
Conor Sheary L	L3	2	0	2	+3	3	0.19	0	0	0	11:44	—	—	54	70
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	11:32	—	—	10	11
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:34	—	—	20	7
Bryan Rust R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	2:24	—	—	67	100
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	2	0	27:00	—	—	54	56
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	21:18	—	—	52	52
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	3	2	0	18:51	—	—	39	46
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	15:06	—	—	40	29
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	1	1	2	+3	1	0.03	2	2	6	17:03	—	—	57	80
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.06	0	0	2	16:31	—	—	58	77

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.57	60:00

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	2	0	0	23:01	—	—	64	61
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.27	1	0	0	21:40	—	—	63	59
Travis Konecny R	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.20	1	0	0	15:11	—	—	43	51
Wayne Simmonds R	L2	0	0	0	-4	3	0.27	2	0	0	19:26	—	—	21	12
Valtteri Filppula C	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	3	0	16:24	—	—	15	3
Jordan Weal C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	1	0	14:27	—	—	26	5
Jakub Voracek R	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.23	1	0	0	19:17	—	—	74	55
Nolan Patrick C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	13:41	—	—	71	48
Oskar Lindblom L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.35	1	1	2	13:01	—	—	71	72
Michael Raffl L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:33	—	—	54	51
Jori Lehtera C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	7:22	—	—	60	62
Scott Laughton C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	1	0	0	7:16	—	—	73	77
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	2	2	0	23:32	—	—	46	48
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.44	2	3	0	22:28	—	—	46	56
Andrew MacDonald D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	17:19	—	—	52	48
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	14:54	—	—	52	56
Brandon Manning D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	2	16:38	—	—	52	33
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	2	0	16:24	—	—	50	32

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek(start)	L	27	23	4	.852	3.15	59:37

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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.