Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Carolina HurricanesJan 14, 2023

FinalSaturday, Jan 14, 2023· PNC Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	1	1		PIT	11	8	16	35
CAR	1	1	0	2		CAR	15	14	7	36

: PIT 65CAR 65
: PIT 3.31CAR 5.75
PP goals: PIT 1CAR 0
Hits: PIT 33CAR 24
Blocks: PIT 9CAR 15
PIM: PIT 2CAR 12
: PIT 44%CAR 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 at home. Brady Skjei (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Rakell, Guentzel and Smith) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 6:01 together.

PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Rakell, Guentzel and Smith) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 6:01 together.Malkin Crosby Rakell Guentzel Smith
Luck
CAR scored 2 goals on 5.75 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
PIT scored 1 goal on 3.31 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Casey DeSmith (PIT) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +6 against a season average of 30.1; the loss.DeSmith
Goalie
Frederik Andersen (CAR) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +10 against a season average of 25.0; the win.Andersen
New line
New look for CAR: Stepan–Noesen–Kotkaniemi skated 8:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stepan Noesen Kotkaniemi
Usage
Danton Heinen (PIT) played 5:27, −5:23 down on his 10:50 season average over 64 games.Heinen
Luck
Stefan Noesen (CAR) generated 1.44 xG on 6 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Noesen

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 130 of 130 attempts · CAR 65 · PIT 65

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 21% of the game, CAR 50%.

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
	56	64
	1.76	4.08
	1.70	3.78
	8	20
	5	6
	14	23
	−0.064	+0.064
	21%	50%

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
11:1944% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rakell
9:4560% CF
L3Carter – Kapanen – O'Connor
8:0443% CF
L4Blueger – McGinn – Heinen
4:3242% CF
D1Joseph – Rutta
13:1942% CF
D2Dumoulin – Friedman
12:0355% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Smith
9:5339% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel – Smith
6:01100% CF
PP2Carter – Zucker – Rust – Kapanen – Joseph
1:01100% CF
PK1FCarter – Rust
2:08
PK2FBlueger – McGinn
1:17
PK1DDumoulin – Rutta
2:45
PK2DRuhwedel – Friedman
1:07

Current PIT line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Stastny – Necas – Svechnikov
11:4559% CF
L2Staal – Fast – Martinook
10:4343% CF
L3Teravainen – Aho – Jarvis
9:4858% CF
L4Stepan – Noesen – Kotkaniemi
8:0267% CF
D1Skjei – Pesce
16:1556% CF
D2Burns – Slavin
14:3150% CF
D3de Haan – Chatfield
12:0365% CF

PP1Skjei – Teravainen – Pesce – Aho – Jarvis
2:45100% CF
PP2Burns – Noesen – Necas – Kotkaniemi – Svechnikov
1:12100% CF
PK1FStaal – Martinook
2:15
PK2FTeravainen – Aho
1:42
PK1DSkjei – Pesce
2:42
PK2DBurns – Slavin
2:03

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

17:02
CARBrady Skjei (Brett Pesce, Jordan Martinook)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Malkin, Dumoulin, Zucker, Rakell, FriedmanCAR: Staal, Fast, Skjei, Martinook, Pesce
PIT 0 – 1 CAR

2nd period

9:14
CARJalen Chatfield (Sebastian Aho)slap0.07 xG
PIT: Blueger, McGinn, Heinen, Joseph, SmithCAR: de Haan, Fast, Martinook, Aho, Chatfield
PIT 0 – 2 CAR

3rd period

7:48
PITRickard RakellPPdeflected0.38 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Rakell, Guentzel, SmithCAR: Skjei, Teravainen, Pesce, Aho
PIT 1 – 2 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	0.14	1	0	0	21:55	—	—	41	26
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.51	2	2	0	21:34	—	—	46	28
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	2	1	0	19:50	—	—	43	25
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	7	0.98	1	0	0	20:22	—	—	59	34
Rickard Rakell R	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.46	2	0	0	18:49	—	—	58	34
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	2	0	0	15:08	—	—	61	38
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	15:32	—	—	39	25
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	13:09	—	—	41	26
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	3	0	0	12:14	—	—	39	13
Brock McGinn L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	2	0	2	11:31	—	—	44	35
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	10:42	—	—	35	30
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	0	0	0	5:27	—	—	35	38
Jan Rutta D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	19:03	—	—	40	17
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	40	11
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	22:58	—	—	56	50
Mark Friedman D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	1	0	0	14:57	—	—	56	50
Ty Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	3	0	0	23:09	—	—	46	27
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	2	0	13:15	—	—	41	22

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	36	34	2	.944	4.89	58:38

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Martin Necas C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	3	0	0	15:41	—	—	62	82
Andrei Svechnikov R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	4	1	0	15:23	—	—	61	73
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	14:05	—	—	61	83
Jordan Staal C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.62	3	2	2	15:57	—	—	46	71
Jordan Martinook L	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.69	1	1	2	15:47	—	—	42	68
Jesper Fast R	L2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.06	3	1	0	12:54	—	—	38	61
Sebastian Aho C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.41	0	0	0	19:10	—	—	58	80
Teuvo Teravainen C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.31	0	0	0	16:21	—	—	44	65
Seth Jarvis R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.58	2	0	0	14:48	—	—	58	84
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	2	0	0	10:57	—	—	50	51
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	1.44	0	0	0	10:12	—	—	72	82
Derek Stepan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	9:26	—	—	50	51
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.11	0	2	0	24:41	—	—	56	68
Brady Skjei D	D1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.37	0	0	0	23:54	—	—	55	68
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	1	4	0	23:01	—	—	49	63
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	1	2	2	19:26	—	—	47	61
Jalen Chatfield D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	1	0	4	14:30	—	—	56	73
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	3	2	2	13:56	—	—	59	85

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	3.31	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.