Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia FlyersApr 22, 2018

FinalPlayoffsSunday, Apr 22, 2018· Wells Fargo Center

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Philadelphia FlyersPHI

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	2	2	4	8		PIT	11	10	7	28
PHI	2	2	1	5		PHI	10	9	7	26

: PIT 51PHI 59
: PIT 2.66PHI 3.60
PP goals: PIT 0PHI 0
Hits: PIT 34PHI 37
Blocks: PIT 22PHI 14
PIM: PIT 10PHI 6
: PIT 46%PHI 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 8–5

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 8–5 at PHI. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 4G 1A. PIT scored 8 goals on 2.66 expected goals (51 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Jake Guentzel had 4 goals and an assist (5 points) on 5 shots in 15:23.Guentzel
Points
Sean Couturier had a hat trick and 2 assists (5 points) on 5 shots in 20:05.Couturier
Points
Patric Hornqvist had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 15:07.Hornqvist
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:52.Crosby
Points
Kris Letang had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 25:33.Letang
Points
Phil Kessel had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:41.Kessel
Luck
PIT scored 8 goals on 2.66 expected goals (51 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Carl Hagelin (PIT) played 7:44, −6:53 down on his 14:37 season average over 8 games.Hagelin

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 110 of 110 attempts · PHI 59 · PIT 51

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 37% of the game, PHI 30%.

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
	52	46
	2.21	3.24
	2.17	2.80
	10	10
	0	6
	22	11
	−0.002	+0.002
	37%	30%

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

L1Brassard – Rust – Sheary
11:4061% CF
L2Crosby – Hornqvist – Guentzel
10:2765% CF
L3Kessel – Hagelin – Sheahan
5:5067% CF
L4Kuhnhackl – Rowney – Aston-Reese
3:4617% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
17:2157% CF
D2Schultz – Maatta
14:1863% CF
D3Oleksiak – Ruhwedel
6:2431% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel – Guentzel
1:33100% CF
PP2Brassard – Kessel – Schultz – Sheary – Aston-Reese
0:19
PK1FSheahan – Rust
1:39
PK2FKuhnhackl – Rowney
1:37
PK1DMaatta – Ruhwedel
1:25
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
1:00

Current PIT line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Filppula – Giroux – Voracek
9:4450% CF
L2Raffl – Konecny – Patrick
9:4233% CF
L3Simmonds – Couturier – Laughton
8:2937% CF
L4Lehtera – Weise – Read
5:1867% CF
D1Manning – Gudas
12:3439% CF
D2MacDonald – Provorov
12:0950% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Hagg
9:5460% CF

PP1Giroux – Voracek – Couturier – Gostisbehere – Patrick
2:43100% CF
PP2Simmonds – Weise – Gostisbehere – Konecny – Provorov
0:47100% CF
PK1FRead – Couturier
1:20
PK2FFilppula – Lehtera
0:31
PK1DGudas – Provorov
1:20
PK2DMacDonald – Manning
0:31

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:15
PHISean Couturierwrist0.64 xG
PIT: Brassard, Rust, Oleksiak, Ruhwedel, ShearyPHI: Simmonds, Couturier, Laughton, Gostisbehere, Hagg
PIT 0 – 1 PHI
6:30
PITSidney Crosby (Kris Letang, Brian Dumoulin)wrist0.01 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Dumoulin, GuentzelPHI: Filppula, Giroux, MacDonald, Voracek, Provorov
PIT 1 – 1 PHI
7:17
PITCarl Hagelin (Phil Kessel, Riley Sheahan)wrist0.20 xG
PIT: Kessel, Hagelin, Schultz, Sheahan, MaattaPHI: Giroux, MacDonald, Gostisbehere, Konecny, Patrick
PIT 2 – 1 PHI
15:48
PHIAndrew MacDonald (Ivan Provorov, Sean Couturier)slap0.05 xG
PIT: Crosby, Kuhnhackl, Oleksiak, Ruhwedel, Aston-ReesePHI: MacDonald, Simmonds, Couturier, Laughton, Provorov
PIT 2 – 2 PHI

2nd period

0:40
PHISean Couturier (Matt Read)backhand0.14 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel, SchultzPHI: Gudas, Read, Couturier, Laughton, Provorov
PIT 2 – 3 PHI
12:14
PHIScott Laughton (Sean Couturier)snap0.09 xG
PIT: Crosby, Hornqvist, Schultz, Oleksiak, GuentzelPHI: MacDonald, Gudas, Read, Couturier, Laughton
PIT 2 – 4 PHI
13:35
PITPatric Hornqvist (Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.16 xG
PIT: Crosby, Hornqvist, Schultz, Maatta, GuentzelPHI: Manning, Gudas, Raffl, Konecny, Patrick
PIT 3 – 4 PHI
19:06
PITJake Guentzel (Olli Maatta, Patric Hornqvist)slap0.02 xG
PIT: Crosby, Hornqvist, Maatta, Ruhwedel, GuentzelPHI: Simmonds, Gudas, Couturier, Laughton, Provorov
PIT 4 – 4 PHI

3rd period

0:30
PITJake Guentzel (Phil Kessel)snap0.10 xG
PIT: Letang, Kessel, Schultz, Sheahan, GuentzelPHI: Filppula, Giroux, MacDonald, Voracek, Provorov
PIT 5 – 4 PHI
12:48
PITJake Guentzel (Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang)slap0.12 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Schultz, Dumoulin, GuentzelPHI: Filppula, Giroux, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Provorov
PIT 6 – 4 PHI
12:58
PITJake Guentzel (Patric Hornqvist, Kris Letang)slap0.09 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Dumoulin, GuentzelPHI: Filppula, MacDonald, Weise, Laughton, Provorov
PIT 7 – 4 PHI
17:07
PHISean Couturier (Claude Giroux)snap0.02 xG
PIT: Crosby, Hornqvist, Dumoulin, Sheahan, RuhwedelPHI: Giroux, Voracek, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Konecny, Patrick
PIT 7 – 5 PHI
19:29
PITBryan RustENwrist0.52 xG
PIT: Brassard, Schultz, Rust, Kuhnhackl, MaattaPHI: Voracek, Simmonds, Weise, Manning, Couturier, Provorov
PIT 8 – 5 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
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.63	4	1	0	17:42	—	—	60	29
Derick Brassard C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	16:24	—	—	52	22
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	1	2	2	14:57	—	—	61	29
Sidney Crosby C	L2	1	2	3	+1	3	0.12	0	1	0	17:52	—	—	61	58
Jake Guentzel C	L2	4	1	5	+5	5	0.35	4	0	2	15:23	—	—	67	76
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	1	2	3	+1	1	0.32	2	0	0	15:07	—	—	55	52
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.15	2	3	0	20:07	—	—	57	63
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.02	0	0	2	17:41	—	—	48	38
Carl Hagelin L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.36	1	1	0	7:44	—	—	50	34
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	5	0	0	11:10	—	—	21	36
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	11:01	—	—	25	14
Carter Rowney C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:39	—	—	29	17
Kris Letang D	D1	0	3	3	+3	1	0.03	6	1	2	25:33	—	—	50	41
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.01	1	4	2	24:39	—	—	63	73
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	1	1	+4	0	0.05	0	0	0	21:54	—	—	58	49
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	+3	2	0.18	0	0	0	20:17	—	—	59	60
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	2	0	14:31	—	—	52	16
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	2	3	0	10:10	—	—	27	3

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	26	21	5	.808	3.60	59:09

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	1	1	-3	2	0.12	1	0	0	20:50	—	—	37	23
Jakub Voracek R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.13	0	0	2	19:10	—	—	44	34
Valtteri Filppula C	L1	0	0	0	-4	0	0.01	0	0	0	15:47	—	—	47	28
Nolan Patrick C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	1	2	0	19:27	—	—	44	56
Travis Konecny R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	2	17:56	—	—	44	50
Michael Raffl L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.40	2	0	0	11:56	—	—	38	54
Sean Couturier C	L3	3	2	5	+2	5	1.11	3	1	0	20:05	—	—	42	75
Wayne Simmonds R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.77	4	0	0	16:11	—	—	48	85
Scott Laughton C	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.09	3	2	2	15:22	—	—	50	81
Matt Read R	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:48	—	—	75	71
Jori Lehtera C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	8:48	—	—	54	48
Dale Weise R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	5	0	0	7:29	—	—	55	37
Radko Gudas D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	6	1	0	19:35	—	—	39	52
Brandon Manning D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:47	—	—	37	43
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	1	1	-4	2	0.15	1	2	0	20:31	—	—	48	49
Andrew MacDonald D	D2	1	0	1	-2	2	0.07	2	1	0	19:33	—	—	48	33
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	2	0	23:02	—	—	50	69
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	3	0	11:49	—	—	59	87

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Michal Neuvirth(start)	L	27	20	7	.741	2.14	57:54

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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.