Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 19, 2019

FinalSaturday, Jan 19, 2019· T-Mobile Arena

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

7

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	2	0	3		PIT	12	15	10	37
VGK	3	2	2	7		VGK	15	11	9	35

: PIT 56VGK 63
: PIT 3.69VGK 4.12
PP goals: PIT 0VGK 1
Hits: PIT 37VGK 33
Blocks: PIT 20VGK 10
PIM: PIT 4VGK 4
: PIT 52%VGK 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Pittsburgh Penguins 7–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Pittsburgh Penguins 7–3 at home. Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) led the scoring with 3G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Schmidt, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:50 together.

Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:28.Marchessault
Points
Max Pacioretty had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:47.Pacioretty
Points
William Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:46.Karlsson
Points
Colin Miller had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:58.Miller
Points
Jake Guentzel had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:49.Guentzel
Points
Paul Stastny had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:12.Stastny
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Schmidt, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:50 together.Stastny Pacioretty Schmidt Theodore Tuch
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Hornqvist–Kessel skated 13:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (28% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Hornqvist Kessel

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 119 of 119 attempts · VGK 63 · 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 33% of the game, VGK 25%.

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
	48	64
	2.83	3.06
	2.72	2.94
	19	13
	5	10
	20	16
	+0.031	−0.031
	33%	25%

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 – Hornqvist – Kessel
13:4328% CF
L2Crosby – Guentzel – Simon
9:3092% CF
L3Cullen – Wilson – Sheahan
7:1727% CF
L4Brassard – Rust – Pearson
6:2450% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
17:0059% CF
D2Maatta – Riikola
13:5839% CF
D3Johnson – Pettersson
13:5131% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
2:21100% CF
PP2Brassard – Guentzel – Pettersson – Simon – Riikola
1:3267% CF
PK1FCullen – Rust
1:25
PK2FCrosby – Guentzel
0:52
PK1DJohnson – Maatta
1:11
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
0:31

Current PIT line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stastny – Pacioretty – Tuch
13:4562% CF
L2Pirri – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:0764% CF
L3Eakin – Lindberg – Carpenter
10:0235% CF
L4Reaves – Bellemare – Nosek
8:0883% CF
D1Engelland – Theodore
15:5556% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
15:2735% CF
D3Holden – Miller
15:0564% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Schmidt – Theodore – Tuch
1:5080% CF
PP2Pirri – Eakin – Karlsson – Miller – Marchessault
1:3150% CF
PK1FEakin – Carpenter
1:49
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
0:54
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
1:04
PK2DHolden – Schmidt
0:42

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:51
PITPhil Kessel (Olli Maatta, Evgeni Malkin)tip-in0.07 xG
PIT: Malkin, Hornqvist, Kessel, Maatta, RiikolaVGK: Engelland, Pirri, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore
PIT 1 – 0 VGK
6:09
VGKShea TheodorePP (Nate Schmidt, Paul Stastny)slap0.09 xG
PIT: Johnson, Wilson, Sheahan, MaattaVGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Schmidt, Theodore, Tuch
PIT 1 – 1 VGK
15:20
VGKMax Pacioretty (Paul Stastny, Alex Tuch)wrist0.07 xG
PIT: Johnson, Brassard, Pearson, Pettersson, SimonVGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Theodore, Tuch
PIT 1 – 2 VGK
16:03
VGKOscar Lindberg (Ryan Carpenter, Cody Eakin)snap0.16 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel, MaattaVGK: Holden, McNabb, Lindberg, Carpenter, Bellemare
PIT 1 – 3 VGK

2nd period

0:16
PITDominik Simon (Jake Guentzel, Brian Dumoulin)snap0.13 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Guentzel, SimonVGK: McNabb, Pirri, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt
PIT 2 – 3 VGK
5:56
PITSidney Crosby (Jake Guentzel, Kris Letang)snap0.17 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Guentzel, SimonVGK: McNabb, Eakin, Lindberg, Schmidt, Carpenter
PIT 3 – 3 VGK
12:26
VGKJonathan Marchessaultwrist0.10 xG
PIT: Cullen, Johnson, Dumoulin, Wilson, SheahanVGK: Engelland, Pirri, Karlsson, Miller, Marchessault
PIT 3 – 4 VGK
16:16
VGKJonathan Marchessault (William Karlsson, Colin Miller)wrist0.13 xG
PIT: Malkin, Johnson, Hornqvist, Kessel, PetterssonVGK: Holden, Pirri, Karlsson, Miller, Marchessault
PIT 3 – 5 VGK

3rd period

13:45
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Colin Miller)tip-in0.02 xG
PIT: Malkin, Johnson, Hornqvist, Kessel, PetterssonVGK: Holden, Pirri, Karlsson, Miller, Marchessault
PIT 3 – 6 VGK
19:39
VGKJonathan MarchessaultEN (Max Pacioretty, Marc-Andre Fleury)wrist0.53 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Kessel, Pearson, GuentzelVGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, McNabb, Marchessault, Schmidt
PIT 3 – 7 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
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	1	1	-3	3	0.10	4	1	0	20:05	—	—	23	19
Phil Kessel R	L1	1	0	1	-3	4	0.41	1	0	0	20:03	—	—	24	20
Patric Hornqvist R	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.71	1	0	0	16:59	—	—	28	21
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	2	2	+1	3	0.60	2	0	0	20:49	—	—	71	84
Sidney Crosby C	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.60	1	1	0	20:41	—	—	80	93
Dominik Simon C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.38	6	1	0	17:27	—	—	55	52
Matt Cullen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	9:53	—	—	23	19
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	8:24	—	—	25	20
Garrett Wilson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:50	—	—	27	25
Derick Brassard C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	2	1	0	14:35	—	—	37	36
Bryan Rust R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	0	0	14:05	—	—	52	67
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	1	0	0	11:33	—	—	46	42
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	6	1	0	25:54	—	—	56	50
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	2	18:53	—	—	56	56
Juuso Riikola D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	2	0	18:22	—	—	38	54
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.06	0	4	2	17:27	—	—	39	61
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	-4	1	0.05	3	3	0	18:14	—	—	31	32
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.05	1	4	0	18:12	—	—	32	25

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	34	28	6	.824	3.59	57:02

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.30	1	0	0	21:12	—	—	54	52
Max Pacioretty L	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.80	2	1	0	19:47	—	—	58	64
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.56	2	0	0	16:57	—	—	62	67
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	3	0	3	+2	4	1.09	2	0	0	17:28	—	—	50	39
William Karlsson C	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.09	0	0	2	15:46	—	—	52	39
Brandon Pirri C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	14:37	—	—	64	58
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.25	3	1	0	14:53	—	—	37	35
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	14:44	—	—	46	44
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.24	2	0	0	12:00	—	—	46	33
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	10:37	—	—	85	88
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	10:28	—	—	83	83
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	5	0	0	9:00	—	—	83	83
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	4	0	0	20:43	—	—	60	50
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.42	1	1	0	18:25	—	—	61	43
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	0	2	0	21:54	—	—	39	28
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	2	2	19:23	—	—	46	30
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	+3	2	0.01	2	2	0	19:08	—	—	67	80
Colin Miller D	D3	0	2	2	+3	1	0.05	2	1	0	18:58	—	—	64	81

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	37	34	3	.919	3.69	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.