Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 20, 2024

FinalSaturday, Jan 20, 2024· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	2	0	2		PIT	6	14	5	25
VGK	0	0	3	3		VGK	8	10	11	29

: PIT 58VGK 58
: PIT 1.69VGK 3.51
PP goals: PIT 0VGK 0
Hits: PIT 22VGK 18
Blocks: PIT 14VGK 18
PIM: PIT 8VGK 2
: PIT 56%VGK 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 at home. Ivan Barbashev (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Alec Martinez (VGK) played 24:04, +5:07 up on his 18:57 season average over 54 games.

Points
Ivan Barbashev had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:28.Barbashev
Usage
Alec Martinez (VGK) played 24:04, +5:07 up on his 18:57 season average over 54 games.Martinez
New line
New look for PIT: Eller–White–Puustinen skated 5:52 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller White Puustinen
New line
New look for VGK: Howden–Cotter–Brisson skated 10:27 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Howden Cotter Brisson
Usage
Brett Howden (VGK) played 17:30, +4:20 up on his 13:10 season average over 71 games.Howden
Usage
Valtteri Puustinen (PIT) played 8:35, −3:14 down on his 11:49 season average over 51 games.Puustinen
PP1
VGK's PP1 (Martinez, Stone, Marchessault, Stephenson and Dorofeyev) went scoreless in 3:01 of 5v4 time with 5 attempts.Martinez Stone Marchessault Stephenson Dorofeyev

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 116 of 116 attempts · VGK 58 · 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 19% of the game, VGK 48%.

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
	60	56
	1.48	2.95
	1.40	2.86
	7	10
	6	4
	11	14
	+0.056	−0.056
	19%	48%

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 – Rakell – Guentzel
14:4845% CF
L2Malkin – Rust – O'Connor
10:2743% CF
L3Carter – Harkins – Acciari
8:3150% CF
L4Eller – White – Puustinen
5:5263% CF
D1Letang – Pettersson
15:5361% CF
D2Karlsson – Graves
14:1552% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Joseph
9:1640% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Guentzel
1:02100% CF
PP2Carter – Letang – Eller – Rakell – Puustinen
0:48100% CF
PK1FEller – O'Connor
1:38
PK2FCarter – Rust
1:11
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
3:22
PK2DRuhwedel – Graves
2:12

Current PIT line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Stephenson – Dorofeyev
12:0863% CF
L2Marchessault – Barbashev – Roy
10:4032% CF
L3Howden – Cotter – Brisson
10:2745% CF
L4Froese – Kolesar – Rondbjerg
7:0845% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
16:4146% CF
D2McNabb – Korczak
14:1070% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
13:0741% CF

PP1Martinez – Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson – Dorofeyev
3:01100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Barbashev – Roy – Cotter – Brisson
1:32100% CF
PK1FHowden – Rondbjerg
1:10
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:38
PK1DHague – Whitecloud
1:00
PK2DPietrangelo – McNabb
0:50

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:02
PITRyan Graves (Erik Karlsson, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Malkin, Karlsson, Rust, Graves, O'ConnorVGK: Kolesar, Howden, Hague, Whitecloud, Cotter
PIT 1 – 0 VGK
14:01
PITJake Guentzel (Sidney Crosby, Marcus Pettersson)snap0.10 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Guentzel, Pettersson, WhiteVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Marchessault, Barbashev, Roy
PIT 2 – 0 VGK

3rd period

5:18
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Ivan Barbashev, Alec Martinez)wrist0.25 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Guentzel, PetterssonVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Marchessault, Barbashev, Howden
PIT 2 – 1 VGK
6:52
VGKPavel Dorofeyev (Chandler Stephenson, Mark Stone)wrist0.24 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Rust, Pettersson, O'ConnorVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Dorofeyev
PIT 2 – 2 VGK
9:40
VGKBrendan Brisson (Ivan Barbashev, Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Guentzel, PetterssonVGK: McNabb, Barbashev, Howden, Korczak, Brisson
PIT 2 – 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
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	20:22	—	—	54	30
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.27	0	3	0	19:52	—	—	50	30
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	3	0	0	18:21	—	—	50	23
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.23	2	2	2	18:52	—	—	49	20
Drew O'Connor L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	2	16:57	—	—	48	28
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.10	0	0	2	15:47	—	—	42	17
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	2	12:21	—	—	47	7
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	11:56	—	—	53	30
Jansen Harkins C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	0	0	10:21	—	—	46	7
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	1	0	0	13:47	—	—	73	83
Colin White C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	1	1	0	9:03	—	—	64	84
Valtteri Puustinen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:35	—	—	67	89
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	4	1	0	25:43	—	—	58	39
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.03	1	2	0	22:23	—	—	59	41
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	24:10	—	—	47	28
Ryan Graves D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	1	1	0	20:26	—	—	55	35
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:20	—	—	53	32
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:11	—	—	33	7

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.96	58:50

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.63	0	2	0	21:22	—	—	57	76
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.44	0	1	0	20:23	—	—	56	75
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.70	1	0	0	16:03	—	—	60	84
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.38	2	1	0	16:04	—	—	41	54
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	1	2	15:58	—	—	36	27
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.07	2	1	0	15:28	—	—	44	59
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	2	1	0	17:30	—	—	46	61
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	1	0	0	15:41	—	—	50	66
Brendan Brisson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.17	0	0	0	13:12	—	—	50	74
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	2	1	0	10:58	—	—	41	73
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	2	0	10:53	—	—	40	70
Byron Froese C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	0	1	0	9:39	—	—	56	97
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	1	0	24:21	—	—	49	65
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	1	4	0	24:04	—	—	43	62
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	18:16	—	—	59	79
Kaedan Korczak D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	1	0	14:30	—	—	70	90
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	0	0	17:37	—	—	41	56
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:05	—	—	33	46

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	1.69	59:56

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Ryan Graves (PIT) 2nd 9:02 · assists Erik Karlsson, Evgeni Malkin · Cycle · 9.6 mph shot.

Ryan Graves · 2nd 9:02 · PIT

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 9.6 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Jake Guentzel · 2nd 14:01 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 64.9 mph
Distance: 35 ft

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Jonathan Marchessault · 3rd 5:18 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 26.0 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 6:52 · VGK

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.0 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s
Type: rebound

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Brendan Brisson · 3rd 9:40 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 56.6 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s

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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.