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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia FlyersJan 8, 2024

Final· Wells Fargo Center
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PIT
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PHI
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Goals123TShots123T
PIT2114PIT1714839
PHI1001PHI13131137
PIT 68PHI 66
PIT 4.65PHI 2.39
PP goals
PIT 1PHI 1
Hits
PIT 12PHI 32
Blocks
PIT 16PHI 10
PIM
PIT 8PHI 16
PIT 45%PHI 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 at PHI. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PHI's first power-play unit (Couturier, Konecny, Tippett, Farabee and Zamula) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:34 together.

  1. Points
    Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:43.Malkin
  2. PP1
    PHI's first power-play unit (Couturier, Konecny, Tippett, Farabee and Zamula) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:34 together.CouturierKonecnyTippettFarabeeZamula
  3. PP1
    PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 6:23 together.MalkinCrosbyKarlssonRakellGuentzel
  4. Goalie
    Carter Hart (PHI) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +11 against a season average of 28.0; the loss.Hart
  5. Goalie
    Alex Nedeljkovic (PIT) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +10 against a season average of 27.3; the win.Nedeljkovic
  6. New line
    New look for PIT: Eller–Smith–Puustinen skated 8:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.EllerSmithPuustinen
  7. Usage
    Bryan Rust (PIT) played 16:05, −3:33 down on his 19:38 season average over 61 games.Rust
  8. Usage
    Egor Zamula (PHI) played 19:11, +3:10 up on his 16:01 season average over 65 games.Zamula

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.

Shot map, PIT at PHI: 134 attempts, 76 on goal, 5 goals, 7.04 expected goals; best chance Jake Guentzel at 0.52 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← PIT attacks left (bottom on phones)PHI attacks right (top on phones) →
  • PHI
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 134 of 134 attempts · PHI 66 · PIT 68

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, PIT at PHI: expected goals 2.39 to 4.65 (PIT led the chances), shot attempts 66 to 68, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdPHIPITRKTRMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • PHI
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
PHIPITcontrol2nd3rdRakell · 1st 0:45Karlsson · 1st 7:37Tippett · 1st 14:55Ruhwedel · 2nd 8:07Malkin · 3rd 4:29
  • 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 39% of the game, PHI 19%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, PIT at PHI: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Carter Hart (59:50) for PHI and Alex Nedeljkovic (60:00) for PIT, 5 goals.

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
StatPITPHI
5964
3.651.69
3.341.62
1911
1011
1611
+0.007−0.007
39%19%

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

Current PIT line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 0:45
    PITRickard RakellPP (Evgeni Malkin, Jake Guentzel)snap0.33 xG
    PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rakell, GuentzelPHI: Laughton, Sanheim, Konecny, York
    PIT 1 – 0 PHI
  2. 7:37
    PITErik Karlsson (Jansen Harkins, Jeff Carter)wrist0.01 xG
    PIT: Carter, Karlsson, Harkins, Acciari, JosephPHI: Deslauriers, Hathaway, Sanheim, Poehling, York
    PIT 2 – 0 PHI
  3. 14:55
    PHIOwen TippettPP (Egor Zamula, Joel Farabee)wrist0.11 xG
    PIT: Letang, Rust, Pettersson, AcciariPHI: Couturier, Konecny, Tippett, Farabee, Zamula
    PIT 2 – 1 PHI

2nd period

  1. 8:07
    PITChad Ruhwedel (Bryan Rust, Ryan Graves)wrist0.03 xG
    PIT: Malkin, Rust, Ruhwedel, Graves, O'ConnorPHI: Atkinson, Laughton, Ristolainen, Tippett, Zamula
    PIT 3 – 1 PHI

3rd period

  1. 4:29
    PITEvgeni Malkin (Drew O'Connor)snap0.12 xG
    PIT: Malkin, Rust, Ruhwedel, Graves, O'ConnorPHI: Atkinson, Ristolainen, Tippett, Poehling, Zamula
    PIT 4 – 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Sidney Crosby CL1000060.4300020:52——4165
Jake Guentzel CL1011030.6101019:45——4674
Rickard Rakell RL1101040.6720018:10——3965
Evgeni Malkin CL2112+240.4310216:43——7192
Bryan Rust RL2011+220.3310016:05——7292
Drew O'Connor LL2011+240.7301015:11——5676
Reilly Smith RL3000030.3400017:21——4354
Lars Eller CL3000020.3400015:53——4859
Valtteri Puustinen RL3000010.0701010:44——4367
Jeff Carter CL4011+110.1320014:05——3343
Noel Acciari CL4000+120.3320013:41——3043
Jansen Harkins CL4011+110.011148:25——3950
Marcus Pettersson DD1000010.0101019:48——4967
Kris Letang DD1000000.0003219:24——5674
Ryan Graves DD2011+220.0913017:33——3659
Chad Ruhwedel DD2101+210.0312015:32——3965
Erik Karlsson DD3101+120.0800022:24——5983
Pierre-Olivier Joseph DD3000+100.0413016:08——5369
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)W37361.9732.3960:00

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Travis Konecny RL1000060.3310022:16——5540
Sean Couturier CL1000040.3210220:01——5638
Joel Farabee LL1011020.0710017:46——4725
Scott Laughton CL2000-110.0231216:29——3210
Owen Tippett RL2101-230.1400014:29——4115
Cam Atkinson RL2000-220.2101214:20——4020
Tyson Foerster RL3000010.1610014:04——7060
Morgan Frost CL3000010.0221011:53——7065
Bobby Brink RL3000010.033009:45——5014
Ryan Poehling CL4000-210.0501212:52——6264
Garnet Hathaway RL4000-110.234049:32——6780
Nicolas Deslauriers LL4000-120.053007:43——6981
Rasmus Ristolainen DD1000-230.0250019:15——6138
Egor Zamula DD1011-210.0201019:11——5835
Sean Walker DD2000020.0630020:18——5026
Nick Seeler DD2000020.2852218:21——5428
Travis Sanheim DD3000-140.4002221:18——4037
Cam York DD3000-100.0001020:20——4843
PHI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Carter Hart(start)L39354.8974.6559:50

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Rickard Rakell (PIT PP) 1st 0:45 · assists Evgeni Malkin, Jake Guentzel · Rebound · 26.9 mph shot.

Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 4:29 · PIT

Play
rush
Entry
loose
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
61.3 mph
Distance
25 ft
Entry to goal
4.2 s

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