Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 5, 2023

FinalThursday, Jan 5, 2023· T-Mobile Arena

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	2	2		PIT	9	20	11	40
VGK	3	1	1	5		VGK	13	12	6	31

: PIT 75VGK 54
: PIT 2.59VGK 2.53
PP goals: PIT 0VGK 1
Hits: PIT 34VGK 24
Blocks: PIT 12VGK 23
PIM: PIT 2VGK 6
: PIT 48%VGK 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 at home. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for VGK: Smith–Eichel–Roy skated 12:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:16.Eichel
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Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:40.Stone
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Paul Cotter had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:31.Cotter
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Phil Kessel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:43.Kessel
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Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:54.Crosby
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Jake Guentzel had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:13.Guentzel
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William Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:38.Karlsson
New line
New look for VGK: Smith–Eichel–Roy skated 12:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Eichel Roy

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 129 of 129 attempts · VGK 54 · PIT 75

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 34% of the game, VGK 36%.

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
	67	60
	2.03	2.89
	1.95	2.79
	14	12
	1	2
	20	22
	+0.001	−0.001
	34%	36%

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 – Rust – Guentzel
13:4776% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rakell
12:1642% CF
L3Carter – Kapanen – Heinen
10:2854% CF
L4Blueger – McGinn – O'Connor
7:4918% CF
D1Dumoulin – Smith
16:5259% CF
D2Pettersson – Rutta
15:4046% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Joseph
14:2355% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel – Smith
3:52100% CF
PP2Carter – Zucker – Rust – Kapanen – Joseph
1:4086% CF
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
0:41
PK1DDumoulin – Rutta
0:41

Current PIT line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Eichel – Roy
12:5442% CF
L2Stone – Stephenson – Amadio
11:5444% CF
L3Kessel – Karlsson – Cotter
10:2056% CF
L4Carrier – Kolesar – Leschyshyn
7:3138% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hague
18:3448% CF
D2McNabb – Korczak
14:4545% CF
D3Hutton – Pachal
13:1948% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Smith – Stone – Stephenson – Eichel
0:4167% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:28
PK2FStone – Stephenson
1:15
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
3:13
PK2DHague – Pachal
2:30

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:52
VGKPhil Kessel (Paul Cotter, William Karlsson)wrist0.13 xG
PIT: Carter, Ruhwedel, Kapanen, Heinen, JosephVGK: Kessel, Karlsson, Hutton, Cotter, Pachal
PIT 0 – 1 VGK
5:17
VGKJack Eichel (Nicolas Roy, Reilly Smith)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Guentzel, Pettersson, RuttaVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Eichel, Roy, Hague
PIT 0 – 2 VGK
11:20
VGKChandler StephensonPP (Mark Stone, Jack Eichel)snap0.11 xG
PIT: Dumoulin, Blueger, McGinn, RuttaVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Stone, Stephenson, Eichel
PIT 0 – 3 VGK

2nd period

19:49
VGKMark Stone (Brayden McNabb, Jack Eichel)deflected0.11 xG
PIT: Malkin, Zucker, Rakell, Pettersson, SmithVGK: McNabb, Smith, Stone, Eichel, Korczak
PIT 0 – 4 VGK

3rd period

4:04
PITTy Smith (Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.07 xG
PIT: Crosby, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel, SmithVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Roy, Hague, Leschyshyn
PIT 1 – 4 VGK
12:05
VGKPaul Cotter (Phil Kessel, William Karlsson)snap0.15 xG
PIT: Malkin, Zucker, Rakell, Pettersson, RuttaVGK: Kessel, McNabb, Leschyshyn, Cotter, Korczak
PIT 1 – 5 VGK
18:30
PITSidney Crosby (Rickard Rakell, Jake Guentzel)tip-in0.04 xG
PIT: Crosby, Dumoulin, Rakell, Guentzel, PetterssonVGK: Stone, Hutton, Amadio, Cotter, Korczak
PIT 2 – 5 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
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.35	1	0	2	21:13	—	—	67	57
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.19	5	0	0	19:54	—	—	72	62
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.55	1	0	0	18:45	—	—	72	67
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.21	0	0	0	19:00	—	—	40	23
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.26	1	0	0	18:42	—	—	41	23
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	3	0	0	18:05	—	—	43	24
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	3	2	0	15:14	—	—	52	50
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	3	0	0	14:39	—	—	54	47
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	2	0	0	11:21	—	—	54	51
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	10:16	—	—	29	24
Brock McGinn L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	9:34	—	—	23	20
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	3	1	0	8:58	—	—	36	34
Ty Smith D	D1	1	0	1	0	4	0.14	2	1	0	23:36	—	—	57	38
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	2	3	0	19:55	—	—	58	46
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	1	2	0	18:48	—	—	46	43
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	0	2	0	17:45	—	—	46	39
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	0	0	0	18:35	—	—	53	37
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	4	0	0	15:35	—	—	58	45

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	31	26	5	.839	2.53	59:24

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	2	3	+2	4	0.23	0	0	2	18:16	—	—	45	57
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.19	1	1	2	18:14	—	—	44	56
Nicolas Roy C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.18	3	4	0	16:58	—	—	41	50
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	16:51	—	—	44	40
Mark Stone R	L2	1	1	2	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	44	54
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:48	—	—	44	46
William Karlsson C	L3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.05	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	59	74
Phil Kessel R	L3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.33	0	0	2	13:43	—	—	58	78
Paul Cotter L	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.63	4	1	0	13:31	—	—	58	77
Jake Leschyshyn C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	0	10:41	—	—	40	47
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:14	—	—	47	36
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:03	—	—	33	10
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	2	2	0	23:52	—	—	49	63
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	2	7	0	23:41	—	—	48	63
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.07	1	4	0	20:22	—	—	44	68
Kaedan Korczak D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	0	0	17:37	—	—	47	67
Brayden Pachal D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	1	0	18:44	—	—	47	44
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	2	0	0	15:07	—	—	48	43

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	40	38	2	.950	2.59	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.