Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 14, 2017

FinalThursday, Dec 14, 2017· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	0	1		PIT	6	9	10	25
VGK	1	0	1	2		VGK	10	9	7	26

: PIT 56VGK 57
: PIT 1.82VGK 3.09
PP goals: PIT 0VGK 0
Hits: PIT 11VGK 28
Blocks: PIT 16VGK 22
PIM: PIT 4VGK 6
: PIT 65%VGK 35%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 at home. James Neal (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for PIT: Malkin–Hornqvist–Kessel skated 14:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (37% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for PIT: Malkin–Hornqvist–Kessel skated 14:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (37% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Hornqvist Kessel
Usage
Bryan Rust (PIT) played 8:09, −8:01 down on his 16:10 season average over 68 games.Rust
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New look for PIT: Hagelin–Sheahan–Sheary skated 9:20 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hagelin Sheahan Sheary
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New look for PIT: Reaves–Rust–Rowney skated 4:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Rust Rowney
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Dominik Simon (PIT) played 17:03, +5:48 up on his 11:15 season average over 32 games.Simon
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Jake Guentzel (PIT) played 20:59, +4:33 up on his 16:26 season average over 81 games.Guentzel
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Deryk Engelland (VGK) played 23:42, +3:28 up on his 20:14 season average over 78 games.Engelland
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Patric Hornqvist (PIT) played 20:26, +3:09 up on his 17:17 season average over 69 games.Hornqvist

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)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · VGK 57 · PIT 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK 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 31% of the game, VGK 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

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	VGK
	58	58
	1.83	2.93
	1.79	2.70
	5	7
	1	4
	12	14
	+0.114	−0.114
	31%	31%

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 – Guentzel – Simon
14:2660% CF
L2Malkin – Hornqvist – Kessel
14:0737% CF
L3Hagelin – Sheahan – Sheary
9:2062% CF
L4Reaves – Rust – Rowney
4:4875% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
15:4645% CF
D2Maatta – Ruhwedel
14:1632% CF
D3Hunwick – Cole
12:5167% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
4:1788% CF
PP2Dumoulin – Maatta – Guentzel – Sheary – Simon
1:410% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
1:18
PK2FRust – Rowney
0:23
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
1:21
PK2DHunwick – Maatta
0:33

Current PIT line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
14:0347% CF
L2Neal – Perron – Haula
11:4965% CF
L3Eakin – Leipsic – Tuch
8:3933% CF
L4Lindberg – Bellemare – Nosek
6:3273% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
14:4463% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
14:3536% CF
D3Merrill – Miller
12:4950% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Miller – Schmidt – Tuch
1:09100% CF
PP2Neal – Perron – Haula – Marchessault – Theodore
1:04100% CF
PK1FEakin – Lindberg
2:25
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:37
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
3:42
PK2DMiller – Schmidt
2:00

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:41
VGKJames Neal (Colin Miller, David Perron)wrist0.01 xG
PIT: Malkin, Hornqvist, Kessel, Maatta, RuhwedelVGK: Neal, Perron, Haula, Merrill, Miller
PIT 0 – 1 VGK
12:04
PITIan Cole (Carl Hagelin, Riley Sheahan)snap0.05 xG
PIT: Hunwick, Cole, Hagelin, Sheahan, ShearyVGK: Engelland, Perron, Smith, Haula, Theodore
PIT 1 – 1 VGK

3rd period

8:17
VGKJon Merrill (Erik Haula)slap0.03 xG
PIT: Letang, Hagelin, Dumoulin, Sheahan, ShearyVGK: Neal, Perron, Haula, Merrill, Miller
PIT 1 – 2 VGK

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	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	0	1	0	23:18	—	—	50	46
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.40	1	1	0	20:59	—	—	55	39
Dominik Simon C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	17:03	—	—	63	50
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	0	0	20:56	—	—	38	10
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	20:49	—	—	33	12
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.27	1	0	0	20:26	—	—	36	18
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	50	45
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.20	2	0	0	13:13	—	—	53	49
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	12:39	—	—	65	58
Bryan Rust R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	8:09	—	—	47	35
Carter Rowney C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:35	—	—	78	88
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	0	0	5:10	—	—	75	88
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	5	0	25:14	—	—	50	35
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	1	0	21:32	—	—	44	29
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	19:12	—	—	42	33
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	2	2	2	17:01	—	—	39	33
Ian Cole D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.05	0	1	2	16:44	—	—	63	60
Matt Hunwick D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	2	0	15:17	—	—	64	62

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	26	24	2	.923	3.09	58:11

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:19	—	—	52	66
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	1	0	18:46	—	—	40	44
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	2	0	16:10	—	—	55	71
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.29	4	2	0	18:06	—	—	55	81
James Neal L	L2	1	0	1	+2	5	0.71	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	65	87
Erik Haula L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.70	3	3	0	15:19	—	—	59	78
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	0	0	0	14:09	—	—	36	40
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:55	—	—	25	28
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	10:43	—	—	37	34
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	1	2	0	13:02	—	—	42	53
Oscar Lindberg L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	0	0	9:52	—	—	63	58
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	0	2	9:42	—	—	58	61
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	5	0	22:50	—	—	55	76
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	21:57	—	—	64	77
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	3	6	0	23:42	—	—	32	51
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:39	—	—	44	59
Colin Miller D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.09	3	1	0	17:59	—	—	54	43
Jon Merrill D	D3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.14	1	0	4	15:02	—	—	44	35

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	1.82	60:00

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.