Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Seattle KrakenFeb 29, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	0	0		PIT	18	10	5	33
SEA	1	0	1	2		SEA	8	8	12	28

: PIT 72SEA 51
: PIT 2.48SEA 2.63
PP goals: PIT 0SEA 1
Hits: PIT 16SEA 14
Blocks: PIT 11SEA 22
PIM: PIT 8SEA 6
: PIT 49%SEA 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Seattle Kraken beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–0

Seattle Kraken beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–0 at home. Alexander Wennberg (SEA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. SEA's first power-play unit (Wennberg, McCann, Dunn, Yamamoto and Tolvanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:26 together.

Points
Alexander Wennberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:35.Wennberg
PP1
SEA's first power-play unit (Wennberg, McCann, Dunn, Yamamoto and Tolvanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:26 together.Wennberg McCann Dunn Yamamoto Tolvanen
Luck
PIT scored 0 goals on 2.48 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for SEA: Gourde–Tolvanen–Kartye skated 6:40 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gourde Tolvanen Kartye
Usage
Ryan Graves (PIT) played 12:03, −6:26 down on his 18:29 season average over 69 games.Graves
Usage
Rickard Rakell (PIT) played 21:00, +4:33 up on his 16:27 season average over 69 games.Rakell
Usage
Valtteri Puustinen (PIT) played 14:51, +3:10 up on his 11:41 season average over 51 games.Puustinen
PP1
PIT's PP1 (Carter, Crosby, Karlsson, Smith and Rakell) went scoreless in 3:35 of 5v4 time with 15 attempts.Carter Crosby Karlsson Smith Rakell

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)SEA attacks right (top on phones) →

SEA
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · SEA 51 · PIT 72

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SEA
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SEA 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 33% of the game, SEA 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SEA

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	SEA
	66	44
	1.96	1.84
	1.93	1.83
	13	6
	10	1
	19	12
	−0.007	+0.007
	33%	30%

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

L1Malkin – Puustinen – O'Connor
7:3844% CF
L2Crosby – Smith – Rakell
6:0653% CF
L3Carter – Harkins – Acciari
5:1650% CF
L4Eller – Puljujarvi – Bemstrom
4:3580% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
16:1156% CF
D2Letang – Joseph
10:4333% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Graves
10:1374% CF

PP1Carter – Crosby – Karlsson – Smith – Rakell
3:35100% CF
PP2Malkin – Letang – Eller – Bemstrom – Puustinen
2:0250% CF
PK1FAcciari – O'Connor
2:08
PK2FCarter – Smith
0:32
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
3:08
PK2DRuhwedel – Joseph
0:51

Current PIT line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Eberle – McCann – Beniers
10:0032% CF
L2Schwartz – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg
8:1054% CF
L3Gourde – Tolvanen – Kartye
6:4044% CF
L4Tatar – Tanev – Yamamoto
3:280% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
15:3040% CF
D2Oleksiak – Borgen
13:1248% CF
D3Schultz – Dumoulin
11:1022% CF

PP1Wennberg – McCann – Dunn – Yamamoto – Tolvanen
2:26100% CF
PP2Eberle – Schultz – Schwartz – Bjorkstrand – Beniers
2:25100% CF
PK1FWennberg – Tanev
3:44
PK2FGourde – McCann
1:50
PK1DLarsson – Oleksiak
4:14
PK2DDumoulin – Borgen
1:20

Current SEA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:25
SEAOliver Bjorkstrand (Alexander Wennberg, Will Borgen)other0.32 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Joseph, Puustinen, O'ConnorSEA: Schwartz, Oleksiak, Bjorkstrand, Wennberg, Borgen
PIT 0 – 1 SEA

3rd period

15:02
SEAAlexander WennbergPP (Kailer Yamamoto, Eeli Tolvanen)wrist0.54 xG
PIT: Carter, Letang, Smith, PetterssonSEA: Wennberg, McCann, Dunn, Yamamoto, Tolvanen
PIT 0 – 2 SEA

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	-1	0	0.06	0	0	2	19:12	—	—	50	56
Drew O'Connor L	L1	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	18:03	—	—	61	54
Valtteri Puustinen R	L1	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	14:51	—	—	59	54
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	5	0.39	1	0	0	21:33	—	—	65	65
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	3	0.43	2	0	0	21:00	—	—	57	62
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	0.29	0	2	0	14:33	—	—	52	53
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	57	24
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	13:24	—	—	50	28
Jansen Harkins C	L3	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	8:46	—	—	50	37
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0.06	0	1	2	16:22	—	—	67	59
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L4	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	10:13	—	—	67	57
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	0	2	0.09	1	1	0	10:03	—	—	71	57
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	3	0.17	2	1	0	26:09	—	—	61	62
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	2	0.01	2	3	0	24:57	—	—	58	60
Kris Letang D	D2	-1	3	0.10	0	1	0	23:19	—	—	48	42
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	-1	1	0.03	3	0	0	15:54	—	—	40	33
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	2	0.02	0	0	4	12:03	—	—	76	75
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	4	0.10	1	0	0	11:42	—	—	76	60

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	28	26	2	.929	2.63	57:36

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matty Beniers C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	1	0	19:35	—	—	39	41
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	1	0	0	17:04	—	—	44	42
Jared McCann L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.51	0	0	0	16:30	—	—	32	40
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.66	0	1	0	18:35	—	—	50	60
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	0	0	4	15:47	—	—	50	56
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.50	0	1	0	14:48	—	—	47	69
Yanni Gourde C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	1	0	16:38	—	—	50	67
Eeli Tolvanen R	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.23	1	1	0	13:15	—	—	54	71
Tye Kartye L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	2	0	9:55	—	—	43	58
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:04	—	—	22	26
Tomas Tatar L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:00	—	—	26	35
Kailer Yamamoto R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	10:42	—	—	18	33
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	8	0	25:01	—	—	42	33
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	21:14	—	—	43	29
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	3	0	22:06	—	—	52	69
Will Borgen D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.07	4	2	0	17:26	—	—	42	55
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:48	—	—	30	60
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	0	2	14:32	—	—	26	56

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	W	33	33	0	.1000	2.48	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Oliver Bjorkstrand (SEA) 1st 12:25 · assists Alexander Wennberg, Will Borgen · Forecheck turnover · 11.0 mph shot.

Oliver Bjorkstrand · 1st 12:25 · SEA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 4
Shot: 11.0 mph
Distance: 7 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Alexander Wennberg · 3rd 15:02 · SEA PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.3 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.