Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia FlyersMay 4, 2021

FinalTuesday, May 4, 2021· Wells Fargo Center

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Philadelphia FlyersPHI

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	2	4	7		PIT	11	12	8	31
PHI	0	2	1	3		PHI	7	13	13	33

: PIT 59PHI 64
: PIT 3.43PHI 2.48
PP goals: PIT 2PHI 0
Hits: PIT 17PHI 24
Blocks: PIT 11PHI 18
PIM: PIT 9PHI 13
: PIT 43%PHI 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Philadelphia Flyers 7–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 7–3 at PHI. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:58 together.

Points
Sidney Crosby had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:14.Crosby
Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:12.Guentzel
Points
Marcus Pettersson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:26.Pettersson
Points
Claude Giroux had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:30.Giroux
Points
Evgeni Malkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:05.Malkin
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:58 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rust Guentzel
Luck
PIT scored 7 goals on 3.43 expected goals (59 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Bryan Rust (PIT) played 14:28, −5:21 down on his 19:49 season average over 55 games.Rust

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 123 of 123 attempts · PHI 64 · PIT 59

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 40% of the game, PHI 35%.

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	67
	2.05	2.59
	2.01	2.47
	10	16
	5	4
	16	11
	−0.051	+0.051
	40%	35%

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 – Zucker – Kapanen
11:3639% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
11:3358% CF
L3Sceviour – Blueger – Aston-Reese
9:2823% CF
L4Carter – Gaudreau – McCann
8:5839% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
17:0350% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
13:2738% CF
D3Ceci – Friedman
9:4635% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
2:5889% CF
PP2Carter – Zucker – Kapanen – McCann – Marino
1:35100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Aston-Reese
0:46
PK2FSceviour – Blueger
0:41
PK1DDumoulin – Ceci
1:19
PK2DLetang – Marino
0:41

Current PIT line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Giroux – Couturier – Konecny
13:5964% CF
L2Voracek – Hayes – Farabee
10:3463% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Aube-Kubel – Patrick
9:4643% CF
L4Laughton – Lindblom – Allison
7:4050% CF
D1Sanheim – Myers
16:2365% CF
D2Braun – Provorov
13:4446% CF
D3Gostisbehere – Hagg
12:2047% CF

PP1Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Couturier – Gostisbehere – Konecny
1:01100% CF
PP2Voracek – Hayes – Sanheim – Provorov – Farabee
0:330% CF
PK1FLaughton – Lindblom
2:05
PK2FHayes – Farabee
1:33
PK1DHagg – Sanheim
2:07
PK2DBraun – Provorov
2:00

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:44
PITMarcus Pettersson (Jared McCann, Frederick Gaudreau)backhand0.13 xG
PIT: Carter, Gaudreau, McCann, Pettersson, MarinoPHI: Giroux, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Hagg, Konecny
PIT 1 – 0 PHI

2nd period

3:10
PITJake GuentzelPP (Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.06 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, GuentzelPHI: Giroux, Braun, Hayes, Provorov
PIT 2 – 0 PHI
5:44
PITSidney Crosby (Marcus Pettersson)wrist0.02 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Ceci, Guentzel, PetterssonPHI: Giroux, Braun, Konecny, Provorov, Patrick
PIT 3 – 0 PHI
8:21
PHIJustin Braun (Wade Allison, Ivan Provorov)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Sceviour, Blueger, Pettersson, Marino, Aston-ReesePHI: Braun, van Riemsdyk, Laughton, Provorov, Allison
PIT 3 – 1 PHI
18:40
PHISean Couturier (Travis Sanheim, Claude Giroux)wrist0.03 xG
PIT: Carter, Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, GuentzelPHI: Giroux, Couturier, Sanheim, Konecny, Myers
PIT 3 – 2 PHI

3rd period

7:49
PITJason Zucker (Evgeni Malkin, Kasperi Kapanen)wrist0.19 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Zucker, Ceci, KapanenPHI: Giroux, Couturier, Sanheim, Konecny, Myers
PIT 4 – 2 PHI
10:23
PHITravis Konecny (Claude Giroux, Shayne Gostisbehere)wrist0.01 xG
PIT: Sceviour, Blueger, Pettersson, Marino, Aston-ReesePHI: Giroux, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Hagg, Konecny
PIT 4 – 3 PHI
12:33
PITSidney Crosby (Bryan Rust, Jake Guentzel)snap0.12 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelPHI: Giroux, Couturier, Sanheim, Konecny, Myers
PIT 5 – 3 PHI
15:53
PITMark FriedmanEN (Teddy Blueger, Zachary Aston-Reese)wrist0.96 xG
PIT: Ceci, Blueger, Gaudreau, Friedman, Aston-ReesePHI: Voracek, Hayes, Gostisbehere, Provorov, Patrick, Farabee
PIT 6 – 3 PHI
16:57
PITJohn MarinoPP (Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel)wrist0.06 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Guentzel, MarinoPHI: Braun, Laughton, Lindblom, Provorov
PIT 7 – 3 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	0	2	2	+1	3	0.06	1	0	0	17:05	—	—	36	50
Kasperi Kapanen R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.24	0	0	0	15:05	—	—	44	63
Jason Zucker L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	1	0	0	14:56	—	—	44	55
Jake Guentzel C	L2	1	2	3	+1	1	0.29	1	0	0	20:12	—	—	47	49
Sidney Crosby C	L2	2	1	3	+1	4	0.39	1	0	2	19:14	—	—	56	58
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.36	1	0	0	14:28	—	—	54	45
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	30	15
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.05	1	0	0	12:45	—	—	25	15
Colton Sceviour C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:48	—	—	25	14
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	1	1	0	14:39	—	—	39	43
Jared McCann L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.01	0	1	2	13:23	—	—	46	49
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	12:56	—	—	46	54
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.27	1	1	0	23:07	—	—	50	55
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	21:46	—	—	50	61
John Marino D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.12	1	1	0	21:00	—	—	34	32
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	1	1	2	0	1	0.15	2	0	0	18:26	—	—	41	39
Cody Ceci D	D3	0	0	0	+3	2	0.03	1	2	0	18:32	—	—	42	35
Mark Friedman D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.99	3	1	5	13:20	—	—	39	45

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	33	30	3	.909	2.48	60:00

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	64	47
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	2	2	-2	1	0.48	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	59	47
Travis Konecny R	L1	1	0	1	-2	4	0.20	2	0	2	17:07	—	—	63	52
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	1	3	0	18:11	—	—	55	54
Jakub Voracek R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	2	15:45	—	—	58	53
Joel Farabee L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	1	0	5	15:18	—	—	63	56
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	53	89
Nolan Patrick C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	0	2	0	11:59	—	—	39	74
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:50	—	—	40	44
Scott Laughton C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	1	0	13:57	—	—	65	78
Oskar Lindblom L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	2	0	0	12:48	—	—	50	47
Wade Allison R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	6	0	0	9:25	—	—	60	84
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.24	0	2	0	23:42	—	—	64	63
Philippe Myers D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	0	0	0	20:03	—	—	66	62
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	1	1	-1	6	0.14	1	6	0	22:25	—	—	50	45
Justin Braun D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.28	1	2	2	16:44	—	—	48	42
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.04	2	1	2	18:19	—	—	54	58
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	0	0	17:12	—	—	52	68

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Brian Elliott(start)	L	30	24	6	.800	2.46	59:10

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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.