Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Carolina HurricanesDec 18, 2022

FinalSunday, Dec 18, 2022· PNC Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	1	2		PIT	11	6	8	25
CAR	0	1	2	3		CAR	7	13	9	29

: PIT 52CAR 50
: PIT 2.81CAR 2.49
PP goals: PIT 1CAR 0
Hits: PIT 30CAR 18
Blocks: PIT 12CAR 10
PIM: PIT 6CAR 10
: PIT 46%CAR 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2

Carolina Hurricanes beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 at home. Brady Skjei (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:58 together.

Points
Brady Skjei had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:53.Skjei
Points
Derek Stepan had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 7:22.Stepan
Points
Jordan Staal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:16.Staal
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:58 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rakell Guentzel
Usage
Kris Letang (PIT) played 28:13, +3:25 up on his 24:48 season average over 63 games.Letang
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Stefan Noesen (CAR) played 8:39, −3:44 down on his 12:23 season average over 77 games.Noesen
Usage
Brian Dumoulin (PIT) played 16:53, −3:48 down on his 20:41 season average over 81 games.Dumoulin
Usage
Jack Drury (CAR) played 7:34, −3:18 down on his 10:52 season average over 37 games.Drury

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)CAR attacks right (top on phones) →

CAR
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 102 of 102 attempts · CAR 50 · PIT 52

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CAR
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CAR 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 40% of the game, CAR 31%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CAR

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	CAR
	48	49
	2.56	1.89
	2.45	1.86
	14	8
	5	6
	28	29
	−0.023	+0.023
	40%	31%

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
12:0056% CF
L2Malkin – Rust – Heinen
9:3157% CF
L3Carter – McGinn – Kapanen
8:5847% CF
L4Archibald – Blueger – Poehling
6:2736% CF
D1Letang – Pettersson
15:2558% CF
D2Dumoulin – Rutta
13:2430% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Joseph
11:1840% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Guentzel
3:58100% CF
PP2Carter – Rust – Kapanen – Heinen – Joseph
1:37100% CF
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
1:55
PK2FRust – Poehling
1:44
PK1DDumoulin – Rutta
1:06
PK2DLetang – Ruhwedel
0:57

Current PIT line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Stastny – Necas – Svechnikov
11:5548% CF
L2Teravainen – Kotkaniemi – Jarvis
10:5172% CF
L3Staal – Fast – Martinook
10:4035% CF
L4Stepan – Noesen – Drury
4:3943% CF
D1Burns – Slavin
16:4250% CF
D2Skjei – Pesce
15:4747% CF
D3de Haan – Chatfield
9:2443% CF

PP1Burns – Noesen – Teravainen – Necas – Svechnikov
2:4067% CF
PP2Stastny – Skjei – Pesce – Kotkaniemi – Jarvis
1:14100% CF
PK1FStaal – Martinook
1:59
PK2FFast – Teravainen
1:08
PK1DSkjei – Pesce
2:37
PK2DBurns – Slavin
1:40

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:25
CARDerek Stepan (Stefan Noesen)wrist0.06 xG
PIT: Dumoulin, Rakell, Blueger, Poehling, RuttaCAR: Burns, Stepan, Noesen, Slavin, Drury
PIT 0 – 1 CAR
12:20
PITRickard RakellPP (Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang)tip-in0.07 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell, GuentzelCAR: Staal, Skjei, Martinook, Pesce
PIT 1 – 1 CAR

3rd period

5:03
PITBrock McGinn (Kasperi Kapanen)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Malkin, McGinn, Ruhwedel, Kapanen, JosephCAR: Burns, Teravainen, Slavin, Kotkaniemi, Jarvis
PIT 2 – 1 CAR
8:17
CARBrady Skjei (Derek Stepan, Jordan Staal)slap0.02 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Heinen, JosephCAR: Staal, Stepan, Noesen, Skjei, Pesce
PIT 2 – 2 CAR
13:33
CARJordan Staal (Jesper Fast, Brady Skjei)wrist0.16 xG
PIT: Malkin, Rust, Ruhwedel, Heinen, JosephCAR: Staal, Fast, Skjei, Martinook, Pesce
PIT 2 – 3 CAR

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	0	0	0	1	0.34	1	0	0	22:04	—	—	55	63
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.42	0	1	0	21:38	—	—	53	59
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	0	1	-2	5	0.58	2	0	0	21:01	—	—	52	65
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:17	—	—	63	55
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	17:51	—	—	53	25
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.18	2	0	0	13:44	—	—	53	27
Brock McGinn L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.04	0	0	0	13:04	—	—	50	67
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	2	0	0	12:59	—	—	48	64
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.56	1	0	0	12:55	—	—	45	63
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:10	—	—	31	45
Ryan Poehling C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	2	2	2	9:53	—	—	33	60
Josh Archibald R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	5	0	0	8:15	—	—	39	56
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.20	3	2	0	28:13	—	—	60	72
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:25	—	—	66	72
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	17:01	—	—	30	37
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	3	3	2	16:53	—	—	39	34
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	4	1	0	17:00	—	—	50	56
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	2	13:00	—	—	43	57

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.08	57:37

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Martin Necas C	L1	0	0	0	0	6	1.07	0	0	2	19:23	—	—	48	40
Andrei Svechnikov R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	2	0	0	18:06	—	—	50	40
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	15:34	—	—	48	40
Teuvo Teravainen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	0	0	0	19:53	—	—	67	62
Seth Jarvis R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	0	0	0	15:42	—	—	68	62
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	6	0	0	13:34	—	—	72	68
Jordan Staal C	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.22	3	0	0	18:16	—	—	39	61
Jordan Martinook L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	0	2	16:41	—	—	36	51
Jesper Fast R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:45	—	—	38	60
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.03	1	0	2	8:39	—	—	50	17
Jack Drury C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:34	—	—	40	13
Derek Stepan C	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.06	0	0	0	7:22	—	—	56	20
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	2	2	23:55	—	—	52	59
Jaccob Slavin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	5	2	23:35	—	—	50	56
Brady Skjei D	D2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.09	0	0	0	23:53	—	—	52	41
Brett Pesce D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	23:22	—	—	49	41
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	1	0	11:44	—	—	55	31
Jalen Chatfield D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	10:58	—	—	47	26

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pyotr Kochetkov(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	2.81	59:59

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.