Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Tampa Bay LightningDec 6, 2023

FinalWednesday, Dec 6, 2023· Amalie Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	1	1		PIT	4	10	11	25
TBL	1	2	0	3		TBL	11	9	7	27

: PIT 69TBL 53
: PIT 2.31TBL 3.52
PP goals: PIT 0TBL 2
Hits: PIT 21TBL 15
Blocks: PIT 10TBL 27
PIM: PIT 8TBL 8
: PIT 59%TBL 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 at home. Nikita Kucherov (TBL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TBL's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Paul and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:31 together.

Points
Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:19.Kucherov
Points
Victor Hedman had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:04.Hedman
PP1
TBL's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Hedman, Kucherov, Paul and Point) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:31 together.Stamkos Hedman Kucherov Paul Point
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Smith–Guentzel skated 7:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Smith Guentzel
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Rust–O'Connor skated 4:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Rust O'Connor
Usage
Bryan Rust (PIT) played 12:03, −7:39 down on his 19:42 season average over 61 games.Rust
Usage
Jake Guentzel (PIT) played 24:46, +4:49 up on his 19:57 season average over 66 games.Guentzel
Usage
Sidney Crosby (PIT) played 23:25, +3:22 up on his 20:03 season average over 81 games.Crosby

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)TBL attacks right (top on phones) →

TBL
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · TBL 53 · PIT 69

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TBL
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TBL 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 28% of the game, TBL 47%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TBL

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	TBL
	62	43
	1.75	2.52
	1.64	2.42
	8	12
	0	5
	17	14
	+0.077	−0.077
	28%	47%

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 – Smith – Guentzel
7:3822% CF
L2Malkin – Rust – O'Connor
4:4345% CF
L3Eller – Nylander – Zohorna
4:01100% CF
L4Carter – Harkins – Koppanen
1:250% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
9:3460% CF
D2Letang – Graves
6:3645% CF
D3Shea – Ludvig
6:1038% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Karlsson – Guentzel
4:2090% CF
PP2Crosby – Letang – Smith – Guentzel – Nylander
1:05100% CF
PK1FEller – Rust
1:59
PK2FCarter – O'Connor
1:07
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
2:12
PK2DShea – Ludvig
0:35

Current PIT line combinations →

Tampa Bay Lightning

L1Stamkos – Kucherov – Point
12:2137% CF
L2Cirelli – Hagel – Barré-Boulet
11:2536% CF
L3Paul – Eyssimont – Jeannot
6:0056% CF
L4Watson – Glendening – Motte
4:0567% CF
D1Cernak – Sergachev
13:4333% CF
D2Hedman – Perbix
11:4738% CF
D3de Haan – Raddysh
10:2248% CF

PP1Stamkos – Hedman – Kucherov – Paul – Point
4:31100% CF
PP2Cirelli – Sergachev – Hagel – Jeannot – Barré-Boulet
1:13100% CF
PK1FGlendening – Motte
3:28
PK2FPaul – Hagel
1:00
PK1DCernak – Sergachev
2:32
PK2DHedman – de Haan
1:48

Current TBL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	1	0	1	+1	5	0.53	0	0	0	24:46	—	—	66	43
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.43	2	0	0	23:25	—	—	62	35
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	0	2	17:13	—	—	48	27
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.31	0	0	0	21:11	—	—	68	49
Drew O'Connor L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	50	37
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	12:03	—	—	56	53
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	3	0	17:12	—	—	67	33
Alex Nylander L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	0	0	0	12:56	—	—	72	65
Radim Zohorna L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	0	0	8:49	—	—	54	27
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	0	13:13	—	—	65	80
Jansen Harkins C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	3	0	0	6:52	—	—	57	77
Joona Koppanen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:30	—	—	13	4
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	0	0	0	25:45	—	—	66	50
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	21:18	—	—	59	55
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	2	0	2	24:38	—	—	60	28
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	2	0	18:20	—	—	63	62
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	4	14:31	—	—	42	29
John Ludvig D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	5	2	0	12:54	—	—	50	14

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	3.52	58:26

Tampa Bay Lightning

TBL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nikita Kucherov R	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.63	1	0	0	21:19	—	—	38	50
Brayden Point C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	1	1	0	19:37	—	—	39	54
Steven Stamkos C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.86	0	0	2	19:24	—	—	43	57
Brandon Hagel L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	33	55
Anthony Cirelli C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.36	0	4	4	19:28	—	—	39	61
Alex Barré-Boulet C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.47	1	1	0	14:22	—	—	40	68
Nick Paul L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:47	—	—	55	47
Tanner Jeannot L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.36	4	1	0	10:43	—	—	40	68
Michael Eyssimont C	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.27	0	1	0	9:16	—	—	60	83
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:59	—	—	36	67
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:39	—	—	37	44
Austin Watson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	4:20	—	—	67	31
Mikhail Sergachev D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	7	0	24:17	—	—	34	49
Erik Cernak D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	22:09	—	—	40	66
Victor Hedman D	D2	0	2	2	-1	2	0.32	0	1	2	25:04	—	—	38	56
Nick Perbix D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	3	0	14:11	—	—	43	62
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	14:46	—	—	48	65
Darren Raddysh D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	3	0	14:03	—	—	44	57

TBL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Andrei Vasilevskiy(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	2.31	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Anthony Cirelli (TBL PP) 1st 5:56 · assists Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov · Deflection · carried in · 4-on-3 at the blue line · 42.9 mph shot · 5.6 s from entry to goal.

Anthony Cirelli · 1st 5:56 · TBL PP

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.9 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 5.6 s
Type: deflection

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Jake Guentzel · 3rd 19:07 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.5 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 5.4 s

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Nikita Kucherov · 2nd 8:31 · TBL PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 83.9 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Type: one-timer

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Tanner Jeannot · 2nd 17:04 · TBL

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.7 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s
Type: rebound

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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.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Tampa Bay LightningDec 6, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Tampa Bay Lightning beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Tampa Bay Lightning

Goal anatomy

Anthony Cirelli · 1st 5:56 · TBL PP

Jake Guentzel · 3rd 19:07 · PIT

Nikita Kucherov · 2nd 8:31 · TBL PP

Tanner Jeannot · 2nd 17:04 · TBL