Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Los Angeles KingsJan 12, 2019

FinalSaturday, Jan 12, 2019· STAPLES Center

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Los Angeles KingsLAK

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	1	2		PIT	9	10	21	40
LAK	1	2	2	5		LAK	7	13	5	25

: PIT 78LAK 46
: PIT 4.89LAK 3.24
PP goals: PIT 1LAK 0
Hits: PIT 20LAK 17
Blocks: PIT 10LAK 17
PIM: PIT 9LAK 13
: PIT 43%LAK 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 at home. Jeff Carter (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Kessel and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:29 together.

Points
Jeff Carter had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 18:17.Carter
Points
Anze Kopitar had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:28.Kopitar
Points
Jake Guentzel had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 22:46.Guentzel
Points
Jake Muzzin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:08.Muzzin
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Kessel and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:29 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Kessel Guentzel
Goalie
Jonathan Quick (LAK) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +11 against a season average of 28.9; the win.Quick
Luck
PIT scored 2 goals on 4.89 expected goals (78 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for LAK: Thompson–Clifford–Luff skated 4:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Thompson Clifford Luff

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)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →

LAK
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · LAK 46 · PIT 78

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

LAK 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 44% of the game, LAK 16%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

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	LAK
	67	43
	3.70	2.39
	3.57	2.27
	16	12
	4	2
	19	11
	−0.063	+0.064
	44%	16%

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
13:5570% CF
L2Malkin – Pearson – Simon
10:4482% CF
L3Brassard – Kessel – Sheahan
7:2647% CF
L4Cullen – Grant – Wilson
4:1230% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
15:4871% CF
D2Johnson – Pettersson
11:2377% CF
D3Oleksiak – Maatta
9:2250% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Kessel – Guentzel
4:2975% CF
PP2Brassard – Pearson – Maatta – Pettersson – Simon
1:53100% CF
PK1FCullen – Rust
2:09
PK2FWilson – Sheahan
2:08
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
2:16
PK2DJohnson – Maatta
1:43

Current PIT line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Kovalchuk – Brown – Kopitar
14:404% CF
L2Hagelin – Toffoli – Kempe
7:2574% CF
L3Carter – Leipsic – Iafallo
6:0645% CF
L4Thompson – Clifford – Luff
4:1775% CF
D1Doughty – Forbort
19:0621% CF
D2Muzzin – Martinez
13:0153% CF
D3Phaneuf – Fantenberg
12:0645% CF

PP1Kovalchuk – Carter – Brown – Kopitar – Doughty
3:0760% CF
PP2Muzzin – Toffoli – Leipsic – Kempe – Iafallo
1:290% CF
PK1FBrown – Kopitar
2:21
PK2FThompson – Hagelin
1:40
PK1DMuzzin – Martinez
3:09
PK2DDoughty – Forbort
2:14

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:30
PITJake GuentzelSH (Sidney Crosby, Jack Johnson)backhand0.22 xG
PIT: Crosby, Johnson, Maatta, GuentzelLAK: Kovalchuk, Carter, Brown, Kopitar, Doughty
PIT 1 – 0 LAK
10:58
LAKJeff Carterslap0.08 xG
PIT: Cullen, Johnson, Grant, Wilson, PetterssonLAK: Carter, Muzzin, Doughty, Leipsic, Iafallo
PIT 1 – 1 LAK

2nd period

8:47
LAKAlex Iafallo (Jeff Carter, Jake Muzzin)deflected0.09 xG
PIT: Johnson, Brassard, Kessel, Sheahan, PetterssonLAK: Carter, Muzzin, Martinez, Leipsic, Iafallo
PIT 1 – 2 LAK
16:05
LAKAnze KopitarSH (Jeff Carter)snap0.07 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Kessel, GuentzelLAK: Carter, Kopitar, Forbort, Fantenberg
PIT 1 – 3 LAK

3rd period

0:49
LAKBrendan Leipsic (Ilya Kovalchuk, Jake Muzzin)tip-in0.08 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelLAK: Kovalchuk, Kopitar, Muzzin, Martinez, Leipsic
PIT 1 – 4 LAK
9:20
PITJake GuentzelPP (Phil Kessel, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Kessel, GuentzelLAK: Carter, Doughty, Toffoli, Forbort
PIT 2 – 4 LAK
19:13
LAKAnze KopitarEN (Dustin Brown)wrist0.82 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Kessel, Rust, GuentzelLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Forbort, Iafallo
PIT 2 – 5 LAK

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
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.54	3	1	0	23:46	—	—	75	66
Jake Guentzel C	L1	2	0	2	-2	6	0.94	3	0	0	22:46	—	—	67	55
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.98	1	0	0	18:38	—	—	64	54
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	-3	4	0.39	0	0	2	20:41	—	—	72	74
Dominik Simon C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	1	0	0	15:55	—	—	76	75
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	2	1	0	15:51	—	—	74	84
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	1	1	-3	1	0.06	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	63	69
Derick Brassard C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	2	0	0	12:16	—	—	47	60
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.50	0	1	0	11:55	—	—	52	68
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	9:33	—	—	25	9
Garrett Wilson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:09	—	—	36	12
Derek Grant C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	5:37	—	—	31	10
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-3	7	0.43	0	1	0	27:51	—	—	61	60
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	1	0	19:33	—	—	59	53
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.04	1	0	0	17:50	—	—	69	60
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.10	1	0	5	16:26	—	—	70	69
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	2	4	0	18:02	—	—	44	56
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	14:23	—	—	44	53

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	24	20	4	.833	2.42	58:34

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.99	1	2	2	24:28	—	—	11	5
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	22:51	—	—	4	1
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	20:53	—	—	16	9
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.56	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	70	80
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.40	1	0	0	12:48	—	—	76	81
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	0	0	12:32	—	—	68	80
Jeff Carter C	L3	1	2	3	+2	2	0.10	1	1	0	18:17	—	—	26	35
Alex Iafallo L	L3	1	0	1	+3	2	0.12	2	0	0	13:48	—	—	35	37
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	1	0	1	+3	1	0.23	1	1	4	10:39	—	—	56	67
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:57	—	—	36	23
Matt Luff R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	1	0	5	7:44	—	—	56	45
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	5:57	—	—	54	32
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	1	1	2	28:45	—	—	24	28
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	0	3	0	23:28	—	—	21	27
Jake Muzzin D	D2	0	2	2	+3	1	0.02	2	5	0	20:08	—	—	53	60
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.18	1	1	0	16:50	—	—	52	61
Oscar Fantenberg D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:12	—	—	46	16
Dion Phaneuf D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	1	0	12:57	—	—	46	16

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	40	38	2	.950	4.89	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.