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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Los Angeles KingsJan 20, 2025

Final· Crypto.com Arena
away
PIT
5
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home
LAK
1
Goals123TShots123T
PIT2215PIT1391133
LAK0101LAK691126
PIT 60LAK 61
PIT 3.12LAK 2.15
PP goals
PIT 1LAK 1
Hits
PIT 7LAK 18
Blocks
PIT 14LAK 14
PIM
PIT 6LAK 2
PIT 53%LAK 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Los Angeles Kings 5–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Los Angeles Kings 5–1 at LAK. Anthony Beauvillier (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Fiala, Kempe, Spence and Byfield) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:37 together.

  1. Points
    Anthony Beauvillier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:16.Beauvillier
  2. Points
    Kevin Hayes had a goal and an assist (2 points) in 11:25.Hayes
  3. Points
    Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:54.Crosby
  4. PP1
    LAK's first power-play unit (Kopitar, Fiala, Kempe, Spence and Byfield) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:37 together.KopitarFialaKempeSpenceByfield
  5. New line
    New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Beauvillier skated 14:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.CrosbyRustBeauvillier
  6. Luck
    PIT scored 5 goals on 3.12 expected goals (60 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  7. Usage
    Anthony Beauvillier (PIT) played 16:16, +3:26 up on his 12:50 season average over 80 games.Beauvillier
  8. Goalie
    David Rittich (LAK) faced 32 shots and stopped 28 (.875), +9 against a season average of 22.7; the loss.Rittich

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.

Shot map, PIT at LAK: 121 attempts, 59 on goal, 6 goals, 5.26 expected goals; best chance Anthony Beauvillier at 0.76 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← PIT attacks left (bottom on phones)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →
  • LAK
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 121 of 121 attempts · LAK 61 · PIT 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, PIT at LAK: expected goals 2.15 to 3.12 (PIT led the chances), shot attempts 61 to 60, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdLAKPITHCMKGBnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • LAK
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
LAKPITcontrol2nd3rdHayes · 1st 10:09Crosby · 1st 14:09Malkin · 2nd 8:26Kempe · 2nd 16:02Glass · 2nd 19:00Beauvillier · 3rd 6:57
  • 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 34% of the game, LAK 20%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, PIT at LAK: 38 players over 60:00; most ice David Rittich (60:00) for LAK and Alex Nedeljkovic (60:00) for PIT, 6 goals.

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
StatPITLAK
6667
3.111.95
2.971.90
810
64
2316
+0.004−0.004
34%20%

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

Current PIT line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 10:09
    PITKevin HayesPPunknown0.11 xG
    PIT: Malkin, Karlsson, Hayes, Glass, TomasinoLAK: Lewis, Edmundson, Kempe, Gavrikov
    PIT 1 – 0 LAK
  2. 14:09
    PITSidney Crosby (Matt Grzelcyk, Anthony Beauvillier)tip-in0.04 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Grzelcyk, BeauvillierLAK: Danault, Fiala, Gavrikov, Moore, Anderson
    PIT 2 – 0 LAK

2nd period

  1. 8:26
    PITEvgeni Malkin (Philip Tomasino, Marcus Pettersson)wrist0.12 xG
    PIT: Malkin, Letang, Pettersson, Bunting, TomasinoLAK: Edmundson, Foegele, Jeannot, Byfield, Clarke
    PIT 3 – 0 LAK
  2. 16:02
    LAKAdrian KempePP (Anze Kopitar, Jordan Spence)slap0.23 xG
    PIT: Nieto, Pettersson, AcciariLAK: Kopitar, Fiala, Kempe, Spence, Byfield
    PIT 3 – 1 LAK
  3. 19:00
    PITCody Glass (Kevin Hayes, Owen Pickering)tip-in0.11 xG
    PIT: Hayes, Bunting, Glass, Joseph, PickeringLAK: Kopitar, Kempe, Gavrikov, Anderson, Byfield
    PIT 4 – 1 LAK

3rd period

  1. 6:57
    PITAnthony Beauvillier (Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby)backhand0.76 xG
    PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Pettersson, BeauvillierLAK: Lewis, Edmundson, Jeannot, Moore, Clarke
    PIT 5 – 1 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Sidney Crosby CL1112+220.0800017:54——5160
Bryan Rust RL1000+210.2600017:51——4958
Anthony Beauvillier RL1112+261.0500016:16——4658
Noel Acciari CL2000030.2402015:13——2932
Blake Lizotte CL2000010.0402014:33——3233
Matt Nieto LL2000010.0002013:53——3030
Michael Bunting LL3000+230.2600014:51——6876
Evgeni Malkin CL3101+130.2211014:36——5569
Cody Glass CL3101+130.1811013:59——6670
Drew O'Connor LL4000010.1020012:35——5379
Philip Tomasino RL4011+100.0030012:10——6587
Kevin Hayes RL4112+100.2700011:25——6087
Kris Letang DD1011+210.0902026:20——4262
Marcus Pettersson DD1011+210.1402024:07——4462
Erik Karlsson DD2000+120.1100019:34——5251
Matt Grzelcyk DD2011+120.0301218:14——4949
Pierre-Olivier Joseph DD3000+110.0400215:50——6375
Owen Pickering DD3011+110.0301215:09——6477
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)W26251.9622.1560:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Anze Kopitar CL1011-110.1201017:47——5354
Adrian Kempe RL1101-160.7520017:33——5254
Alex Turcotte CL1000000.0701016:27——5048
Kevin Fiala LL2000-150.3220020:21——6456
Phillip Danault CL2000-100.0010018:48——6451
Trevor Moore LL2000-210.0010016:17——4422
Quinton Byfield RL3000-220.1511019:46——3423
Warren Foegele LL3000-110.0110016:58——4437
Tanner Jeannot LL3000-200.0130216:11——5332
Vladislav Gavrikov DD1000-210.0303021:55——5563
Mikey Anderson DD1000-200.0900018:07——5861
Jordan Spence DD2011000.0010017:32——5452
Jacob Moverare DD2000020.0804014:27——5751
Joel Edmundson DD3000-220.0332019:32——4218
Brandt Clarke DD3000-200.0001014:05——2915
Samuel Helenius C—000020.1700012:28——4648
Trevor Lewis C—000-120.3021010:34——6135
Kyle Burroughs D—000010.011009:41——6946
LAK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
David Rittich(start)L32285.8753.1260:00

Goal anatomy

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

Kevin Hayes (PIT PP) 1st 10:09 · unassisted · Cycle · 11.8 mph shot.

Cody Glass · 2nd 19:00 · PIT

Play
deflection
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
3
Shot
7.8 mph
Distance
5 ft
Entry to goal
3.7 s
Type
rebound

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