Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 7, 2020
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | PIT | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| VGK | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | VGK | 13 | 12 | 9 | 34 |
- PIT 32VGK 72
- PIT 1.58VGK 3.16
- PP goals
- PIT 1VGK 1
- Hits
- PIT 25VGK 28
- Blocks
- PIT 17VGK 7
- PIM
- PIT 6VGK 4
- PIT 52%VGK 48%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Pittsburgh Penguins edge Vegas Golden Knights 4–3
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 at VGK. Dominik Kahun (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 1:55 together.
- PointsDominik Kahun had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:30.Kahun
- PointsKris Letang had 2 assists (2 points) in 26:19.Letang
- PP1VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 1:55 together.StastnyPaciorettyStoneTheodoreTuch
- New lineNew look for VGK: Stastny–Pacioretty–Stone skated 16:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.StastnyPaciorettyStone
- UsageMax Pacioretty (VGK) played 24:20, +6:31 up on his 17:49 season average over 70 games.Pacioretty
- LuckPIT scored 4 goals on 1.58 expected goals (32 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
- UsagePaul Stastny (VGK) played 22:26, +5:23 up on his 17:03 season average over 70 games.Stastny
- New lineNew look for PIT: Agozzino–Galchenyuk–Lafferty skated 6:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.AgozzinoGalchenyukLafferty
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 VGK: 104 attempts, 50 on goal, 7 goals, 4.74 expected goals; best chance Brandon Tanev at 0.22 xG.
- VGK
- PIT
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 104 of 104 attempts · VGK 72 · PIT 32
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, PIT at VGK: expected goals 3.16 to 1.58 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 72 to 32, 7 goals.
- VGK
- PIT
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- 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 15% of the game, VGK 49%.
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 VGK: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Marc-Andre Fleury (57:46) for VGK and Tristan Jarry (60:00) for PIT, 7 goals.
- 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).
| Stat | PIT | VGK |
|---|---|---|
| 35 | 67 | |
| 1.55 | 2.59 | |
| 1.54 | 2.35 | |
| 10 | 11 | |
| 1 | 5 | |
| 16 | 17 | |
| +0.076 | −0.076 | |
| 15% | 49% |
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
- 13:4630% CF
- 11:1759% CF
- L3Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese11:0131% CF
- L4Agozzino – Galchenyuk – Lafferty6:4138% CF
- 17:3740% CF
- D2Pettersson – Marino16:0535% CF
- 11:0835% CF
- 1:43100% CF
- PP2Agozzino – Galchenyuk – Marino – Riikola – Kahun1:20100% CF
- 1:43
- 0:58
- 1:44
- PK2DPettersson – Marino0:47
Vegas Golden Knights
- L1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone16:0480% CF
- L2Smith – Karlsson – Stephenson10:4281% CF
- 8:4550% CF
- 5:0957% CF
- 17:1075% CF
- 15:2955% CF
- 11:0160% CF
- PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Tuch1:55100% CF
- PP2Smith – Karlsson – Stephenson – Theodore – Hague1:34100% CF
- 1:04
- 1:03
- 1:50
- 1:12
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 2:53PIT 1 – 0 VGK
- 7:10PIT 2 – 0 VGK
2nd period
- 4:18PIT: Agozzino, Galchenyuk, Marino, Riikola, KahunVGK: Holden, Stephenson, Schmidt, NosekPIT 3 – 0 VGK
- 7:11PIT: Johnson, Letang, Blueger, Tanev, Aston-ReeseVGK: Engelland, Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, HaguePIT 3 – 1 VGK
- 14:18PIT 3 – 2 VGK
3rd period
- 2:15PIT 4 – 2 VGK
- 12:45PIT 4 – 3 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
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Rust R | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.57 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21:55 | — | — | 26 | 25 |
| Evgeni Malkin C | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18:27 | — | — | 30 | 27 |
| Dominik Kahun C | L1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:30 | — | — | 26 | 24 |
| Jared McCann L | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:07 | — | — | 48 | 50 |
| Patric Hornqvist R | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:12 | — | — | 59 | 54 |
| Dominik Simon C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:44 | — | — | 52 | 54 |
| Teddy Blueger C | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:54 | — | — | 29 | 60 |
| Brandon Tanev L | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14:55 | — | — | 29 | 60 |
| Zachary Aston-Reese L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:09 | — | — | 31 | 64 |
| Alex Galchenyuk C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:11 | — | — | 33 | 42 |
| Andrew Agozzino L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9:48 | — | — | 25 | 29 |
| Sam Lafferty C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7:21 | — | — | 38 | 44 |
| Kris Letang D | D1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 26:19 | — | — | 33 | 35 |
| Jack Johnson D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.04 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22:03 | — | — | 40 | 39 |
| Marcus Pettersson D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:14 | — | — | 27 | 34 |
| John Marino D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20:13 | — | — | 35 | 47 |
| Chad Ruhwedel D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15:09 | — | — | 35 | 38 |
| Juuso Riikola D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:38 | — | — | 35 | 36 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan Jarry(start) | W | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 3.16 | 60:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Pacioretty L | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.75 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24:20 | — | — | 73 | 75 |
| Mark Stone R | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:57 | — | — | 77 | 75 |
| Paul Stastny C | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:26 | — | — | 81 | 80 |
| Reilly Smith R | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:48 | — | — | 81 | 78 |
| William Karlsson C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:39 | — | — | 79 | 73 |
| Chandler Stephenson C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.01 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:57 | — | — | 82 | 78 |
| Alex Tuch R | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0.46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17:15 | — | — | 45 | 34 |
| Cody Eakin C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:31 | — | — | 42 | 30 |
| William Carrier L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.07 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:33 | — | — | 39 | 27 |
| Tomas Nosek L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9:12 | — | — | 50 | 19 |
| Nicolas Roy C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6:26 | — | — | 40 | 14 |
| Ryan Reaves R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6:23 | — | — | 40 | 14 |
| Shea Theodore D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26:01 | — | — | 79 | 70 |
| Nick Holden D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:46 | — | — | 70 | 62 |
| Nate Schmidt D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 0.06 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:09 | — | — | 64 | 73 |
| Brayden McNabb D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18:24 | — | — | 55 | 68 |
| Nicolas Hague D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:07 | — | — | 62 | 43 |
| Deryk Engelland D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14:24 | — | — | 59 | 38 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc-Andre Fleury(start) | L | 16 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 1.41 | 57:46 |