Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 17, 2022

FinalMonday, Jan 17, 2022· T-Mobile Arena

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	2	3	5		PIT	8	18	11	37
VGK	3	0	0	3		VGK	7	6	13	26

: PIT 58VGK 61
: PIT 3.93VGK 2.97
PP goals: PIT 1VGK 1
Hits: PIT 32VGK 26
Blocks: PIT 17VGK 12
PIM: PIT 4VGK 4
: PIT 46%VGK 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–3

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–3 at VGK. Jason Zucker (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault and Roy) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:35 together.

Points
Jason Zucker had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 15:36.Zucker
Points
Evgenii Dadonov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:41.Dadonov
Points
Alex Pietrangelo had 2 assists (2 points) in 24:17.Pietrangelo
Points
Jeff Carter had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:00.Carter
Points
Kasperi Kapanen had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:39.Kapanen
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault and Roy) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:35 together.Pietrangelo Smith Karlsson Marchessault Roy
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Zucker–Kapanen skated 11:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Zucker Kapanen
Goalie
Robin Lehner (VGK) faced 36 shots and stopped 32 (.889), +7 against a season average of 29.3; the loss.Lehner

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 61 · PIT 58

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 32% of the game, VGK 39%.

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
	49	61
	2.82	2.62
	2.66	2.53
	18	8
	5	2
	18	19
	−0.027	+0.027
	32%	39%

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
11:5029% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
10:5854% CF
L3Carter – Rodrigues – Simon
10:3557% CF
L4Boyle – Blueger – McGinn
10:0347% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
18:1747% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
12:1129% CF
D3Matheson – Ruhwedel
10:1563% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
4:09100% CF
PP2Carter – Zucker – Kapanen – Marino – Rodrigues
0:59100% CF
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
1:37
PK2FCarter – Boyle
0:54
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
1:40
PK2DRuhwedel – Pettersson
0:57

Current PIT line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:0450% CF
L2Dadonov – Stone – Stephenson
11:3467% CF
L3Janmark – Kolesar – Roy
9:1345% CF
L4Carrier – Amadio – Patrick
6:4758% CF
D1Pietrangelo – McNabb
13:1358% CF
D2Theodore – Whitecloud
11:5167% CF
D3Hutton – Coghlan
6:1831% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Roy
1:35100% CF
PP2Dadonov – Stone – Stephenson – Theodore – Patrick
1:3150% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:16
PK2FStephenson – Kolesar
0:59
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
3:07
PK2DHutton – Whitecloud
1:30

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:43
VGKChandler Stephenson (Evgenii Dadonov, Shea Theodore)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Carter, Pettersson, Marino, Rodrigues, SimonVGK: Dadonov, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, Whitecloud
PIT 0 – 1 VGK
12:12
VGKEvgenii Dadonov (Mark Stone, Alex Pietrangelo)tip-in0.09 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Dumoulin, Zucker, KapanenVGK: Dadonov, Pietrangelo, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson
PIT 0 – 2 VGK
19:30
VGKNicolas RoyPP (Alex Pietrangelo, Jonathan Marchessault)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Blueger, McGinn, Ruhwedel, MarinoVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Roy
PIT 0 – 3 VGK

2nd period

6:56
PITJason ZuckerPP (Jeff Carter, Kasperi Kapanen)wrist0.05 xG
PIT: Carter, Zucker, Kapanen, Marino, RodriguesVGK: Stephenson, Hutton, Kolesar, Whitecloud
PIT 1 – 3 VGK
7:45
PITTeddy Blueger (Brian Boyle, Mike Matheson)backhand0.04 xG
PIT: Boyle, Dumoulin, Matheson, Blueger, McGinnVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, Coghlan
PIT 2 – 3 VGK

3rd period

0:28
PITJason Zucker (Kasperi Kapanen, Evgeni Malkin)tip-in0.01 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Dumoulin, Zucker, KapanenVGK: Dadonov, Pietrangelo, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson
PIT 3 – 3 VGK
2:12
PITJake Guentzelwrap-around0.01 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Matheson, GuentzelVGK: Janmark, Theodore, Kolesar, Roy, Coghlan
PIT 4 – 3 VGK
18:52
PITSidney CrosbyEN (Jeff Carter, Kris Letang)wrist0.57 xG
PIT: Carter, Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, GuentzelVGK: Dadonov, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, Patrick
PIT 5 – 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

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.34	0	2	0	17:41	—	—	29	50
Kasperi Kapanen R	L1	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	15:39	—	—	26	43
Jason Zucker L	L1	2	0	2	0	7	0.53	3	0	0	15:36	—	—	27	43
Sidney Crosby C	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.93	2	0	0	18:16	—	—	55	50
Jake Guentzel C	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.09	1	0	0	17:50	—	—	54	48
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	50	45
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	2	2	0	6	0.57	3	1	0	16:00	—	—	52	82
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	0	1	0	14:07	—	—	52	70
Dominik Simon C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	1	1	0	11:32	—	—	52	70
Teddy Blueger C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	4	1	0	13:16	—	—	37	27
Brock McGinn L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	2	0	12:57	—	—	50	45
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.23	2	0	2	12:26	—	—	42	41
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.30	6	3	2	27:58	—	—	47	48
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.15	1	2	0	22:32	—	—	53	58
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:14	—	—	27	26
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	14:25	—	—	25	30
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	3	0	0	16:32	—	—	59	65
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	13:51	—	—	48	63

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	26	23	3	.885	2.97	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	18:42	—	—	55	40
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	46	37
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	1	0	0	16:32	—	—	53	44
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	18:54	—	—	67	43
Mark Stone R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	17:17	—	—	68	44
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.27	0	0	0	15:41	—	—	67	45
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.45	0	1	2	15:43	—	—	57	55
Nicolas Roy C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.45	1	0	2	14:51	—	—	44	49
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	4	1	0	13:46	—	—	48	53
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	5	1	0	11:10	—	—	59	60
Nolan Patrick C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	0	0	0	10:05	—	—	54	59
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	9:14	—	—	67	60
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	2	2	-1	0	0.14	1	2	0	24:17	—	—	66	63
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	10	2	0	22:11	—	—	63	63
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	-2	4	0.11	1	2	0	23:05	—	—	62	39
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	2	0	0	21:56	—	—	68	51
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	2	0	15:25	—	—	36	40
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.30	0	0	0	9:31	—	—	30	35

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	L	36	32	4	.889	3.36	58:39

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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.