Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia FlyersMay 3, 2021

FinalMonday, May 3, 2021· Wells Fargo Center

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Philadelphia FlyersPHI

7

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	2	2		PIT	11	11	15	37
PHI	3	1	3	7		PHI	20	17	8	45

: PIT 58PHI 69
: PIT 3.13PHI 3.69
PP goals: PIT 2PHI 1
Hits: PIT 18PHI 16
Blocks: PIT 17PHI 13
PIM: PIT 8PHI 10
: PIT 32%PHI 68%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers rout Pittsburgh Penguins 7–2

Philadelphia Flyers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 7–2 at home. Claude Giroux (PHI) led the scoring with 2G 1A. PHI's first power-play unit (Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Gostisbehere and Konecny) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:48 together.

Points
Claude Giroux had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 21:42.Giroux
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Joel Farabee had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 12:18.Farabee
Points
Jakub Voracek had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 11:36.Voracek
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Shayne Gostisbehere had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:49.Gostisbehere
Points
Travis Konecny had 2 assists (2 points) on 7 shots in 17:09.Konecny
PP1
PHI's first power-play unit (Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Gostisbehere and Konecny) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:48 together.Giroux van Riemsdyk Couturier Gostisbehere Konecny
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:43 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel
New line
New look for PHI: Giroux–Couturier–Konecny skated 12:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (95.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Giroux Couturier Konecny

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 127 of 127 attempts · PHI 69 · PIT 58

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 29% of the game, PHI 50%.

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
	53	62
	2.44	3.56
	2.39	3.53
	11	17
	5	4
	14	13
	−0.148	+0.148
	29%	50%

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
11:2723% CF
L2Sceviour – Blueger – Aston-Reese
10:1065% CF
L3Carter – Gaudreau – McCann
8:2253% CF
L4Malkin – Zucker – Kapanen
7:4744% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
11:3630% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
11:2043% CF
D3Ceci – Friedman
8:2322% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
3:4378% CF
PP2Carter – Zucker – Kapanen – McCann – Marino
1:3775% CF
PK1FCarter – Aston-Reese
1:51
PK2FSceviour – Blueger
1:33
PK1DDumoulin – Ceci
2:56
PK2DLetang – Marino
1:07

Current PIT line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – Couturier – Konecny
12:2696% CF
L2Laughton – Lindblom – Allison
11:0748% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Aube-Kubel – Patrick
10:1335% CF
L4Voracek – Hayes – Farabee
7:4660% CF
D1Braun – Provorov
14:3072% CF
D2Gostisbehere – Hagg
13:2934% CF
D3Sanheim – Myers
12:1763% CF

PP1Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Gostisbehere – Konecny
2:48100% CF
PP2Voracek – Hayes – Provorov – Patrick – Farabee
1:33
PK1FGiroux – Couturier
1:59
PK2FLaughton – Lindblom
1:22
PK1DBraun – Provorov
3:08
PK2DHagg – Sanheim
0:57

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:58
PHIKevin Hayes (Joel Farabee, Jakub Voracek)snap0.02 xG
PIT: Malkin, Zucker, Kapanen, Pettersson, MarinoPHI: Voracek, Hayes, Sanheim, Myers, Farabee
PIT 0 – 1 PHI
14:08
PHIShayne GostisbeherePP (Travis Konecny, Claude Giroux)slap0.06 xG
PIT: Carter, Dumoulin, Ceci, GaudreauPHI: Giroux, van Riemsdyk, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Konecny
PIT 0 – 2 PHI
15:12
PHIClaude Giroux (Travis Konecny, Sean Couturier)snap0.15 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelPHI: Giroux, Braun, Couturier, Konecny, Provorov
PIT 0 – 3 PHI

2nd period

7:50
PHIWade Allison (Scott Laughton, Shayne Gostisbehere)snap0.21 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Ceci, Guentzel, FriedmanPHI: Laughton, Gostisbehere, Hagg, Lindblom, Allison
PIT 0 – 4 PHI

3rd period

2:30
PITSidney CrosbyPP (Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin)tip-in0.19 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, GuentzelPHI: Braun, Hayes, Hagg, Farabee
PIT 1 – 4 PHI
8:24
PITJason ZuckerPP (John Marino, Kasperi Kapanen)deflected0.14 xG
PIT: Carter, Zucker, Kapanen, McCann, MarinoPHI: Braun, Hayes, Provorov, Patrick
PIT 2 – 4 PHI
11:37
PHIJoel Farabee (Jakub Voracek, Travis Sanheim)snap0.24 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Ceci, Guentzel, FriedmanPHI: Braun, Voracek, Hayes, Provorov, Farabee
PIT 2 – 5 PHI
17:39
PHIClaude GirouxENwrist0.31 xG
PIT: Carter, Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, GuentzelPHI: Giroux, Couturier, Konecny, Provorov, Myers
PIT 2 – 6 PHI
18:55
PHIRobert Hagg (Joel Farabee, Jakub Voracek)wrist0.23 xG
PIT: Malkin, Zucker, Ceci, Kapanen, MarinoPHI: Voracek, Laughton, Gostisbehere, Hagg, Farabee
PIT 2 – 7 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	1	0	1	-4	4	0.53	0	0	0	20:10	—	—	27	23
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-4	3	0.32	1	3	2	19:34	—	—	27	25
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	-4	1	0.19	0	0	0	19:11	—	—	25	27
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	14:44	—	—	65	80
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.58	0	1	0	13:41	—	—	68	79
Colton Sceviour C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	3	1	0	12:59	—	—	67	79
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	50	28
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:01	—	—	46	23
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	11:29	—	—	56	20
Evgeni Malkin C	L4	0	1	1	-3	3	0.36	0	0	2	14:07	—	—	41	40
Kasperi Kapanen R	L4	0	1	1	-2	4	0.47	0	0	2	13:30	—	—	54	48
Jason Zucker L	L4	1	0	1	-2	2	0.19	1	0	0	12:34	—	—	46	40
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.05	4	4	0	25:19	—	—	33	37
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	19:02	—	—	50	35
John Marino D	D2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	21:18	—	—	46	39
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	1	2	16:03	—	—	53	47
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.00	1	0	0	18:11	—	—	41	40
Mark Friedman D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	2	4	0	13:02	—	—	48	43

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	37	33	4	.892	2.73	40:00
Tristan Jarry	—	7	5	2	.714	0.65	19:27

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Claude Giroux R	L1	2	1	3	+2	4	0.63	0	0	0	21:42	—	—	82	72
Sean Couturier C	L1	0	1	1	+2	5	0.46	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	96	93
Travis Konecny R	L1	0	2	2	+2	7	0.56	0	0	0	17:09	—	—	82	72
Scott Laughton C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	3	0	2	14:58	—	—	44	52
Oskar Lindblom L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	13:40	—	—	46	58
Wade Allison R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.33	1	0	0	11:33	—	—	48	63
Nolan Patrick C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	13:59	—	—	29	40
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	1	0	13:47	—	—	30	43
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	3	0	0	10:49	—	—	32	43
Kevin Hayes R	L4	1	0	1	+2	4	0.21	0	1	0	14:15	—	—	46	47
Joel Farabee L	L4	1	2	3	+3	4	0.50	1	0	2	12:18	—	—	54	63
Jakub Voracek R	L4	0	3	3	+3	2	0.13	0	1	0	11:36	—	—	57	57
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	+3	3	0.05	0	1	2	23:51	—	—	71	75
Justin Braun D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.02	3	3	0	22:26	—	—	68	78
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.07	1	3	0	17:49	—	—	34	48
Robert Hagg D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.29	1	2	2	17:13	—	—	32	46
Travis Sanheim D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.08	1	1	0	17:32	—	—	59	57
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	1	0	2	16:09	—	—	62	62

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	W	37	35	2	.946	3.13	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.