Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Toronto Maple LeafsOct 18, 2018

FinalThursday, Oct 18, 2018· Scotiabank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	2	3		PIT	17	11	11	39
TOR	0	0	0	0		TOR	9	13	16	38

: PIT 73TOR 81
: PIT 4.42TOR 3.00
PP goals: PIT 1TOR 0
Hits: PIT 30TOR 21
Blocks: PIT 22TOR 7
PIM: PIT 2TOR 2
: PIT 45%TOR 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 3–0 at TOR. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:03 together.

Points
Evgeni Malkin had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:46.Malkin
Points
Kris Letang had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 25:01.Letang
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:03 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Hornqvist Kessel
Luck
TOR scored 0 goals on 3.00 expected goals (81 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Matt Murray (PIT) faced 38 shots and stopped 38 (.1000), +6 against a season average of 31.9; the win.Murray
Goalie
Frederik Andersen (TOR) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +4 against a season average of 32.6; the loss.Andersen
New line
New look for PIT: Brassard–Sprong–Simon skated 4:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (16.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brassard Sprong Simon
New line
New look for PIT: Cullen–Hornqvist–Sheahan skated 9:53 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (48.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cullen Hornqvist Sheahan

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)TOR attacks right (top on phones) →

TOR
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 154 of 154 attempts · TOR 81 · PIT 73

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TOR
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TOR 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 31% of the game, TOR 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TOR

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	TOR
	83	89
	3.57	3.05
	3.46	2.88
	10	16
	4	6
	22	24
	−0.037	+0.037
	31%	34%

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 – Kessel – Hagelin
13:2752% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
11:1476% CF
L3Cullen – Hornqvist – Sheahan
9:5348% CF
L4Brassard – Sprong – Simon
4:0017% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
18:0376% CF
D2Johnson – Riikola
15:0643% CF
D3Oleksiak – Maatta
13:2538% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
1:03100% CF
PP2Letang – Brassard – Kessel – Guentzel – Simon
0:12
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
0:48
PK2FCullen – Rust
0:28
PK1DLetang – Maatta
0:48
PK2DJohnson – Dumoulin
0:28

Current PIT line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Marleau – Kapanen – Matthews
14:1727% CF
L2Tavares – Hyman – Marner
13:2446% CF
L3Kadri – Brown – Lindholm
12:3771% CF
L4Ennis – Leivo – Gauthier
7:5936% CF
D1Gardiner – Zaitsev
18:2649% CF
D2Hainsey – Rielly
15:1446% CF
D3Dermott – Ozhiganov
12:2555% CF

PP1Tavares – Kadri – Rielly – Marner – Matthews
1:09100% CF
PK1FBrown – Marner
0:28
PK2FKapanen – Lindholm
0:21
PK1DHainsey – Zaitsev
1:06
PK2DRielly – Dermott
0:21

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:42
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.15 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, KesselTOR: Hainsey, Hyman, Zaitsev, Lindholm
PIT 1 – 0 TOR

3rd period

17:53
PITEvgeni MalkinENwrist0.54 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Kessel, Hagelin, DumoulinTOR: Gardiner, Tavares, Kadri, Hyman, Rielly, Marner
PIT 2 – 0 TOR
18:52
PITKris LetangEN (Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust)wrist0.63 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, RustTOR: Gardiner, Tavares, Kadri, Rielly, Marner, Matthews
PIT 3 – 0 TOR

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		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	2	1	3	+2	4	1.25	1	4	17:46	—	—	50	56
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.16	4	1	17:20	—	—	50	48
Phil Kessel R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	1	0	16:53	—	—	55	58
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	1	1	19:40	—	—	67	62
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	17:43	—	—	66	50
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.24	1	2	15:19	—	—	63	65
Matt Cullen C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.28	3	2	15:21	—	—	43	68
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	1	14:38	—	—	39	71
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.87	0	0	13:33	—	—	52	81
Derick Brassard C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	0	14:15	—	—	29	16
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	8:38	—	—	16	12
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	8:09	—	—	26	10
Kris Letang D	D1	1	1	2	+2	6	0.74	1	1	25:01	—	—	62	70
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.06	0	1	22:39	—	—	72	64
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.12	4	1	19:29	—	—	40	52
Juuso Riikola D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	2	18:05	—	—	40	59
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	3	16:58	—	—	37	28
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	4	2	16:33	—	—	35	29

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	38	38	0	.1000	3.00	60:00

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Auston Matthews C	L1	-1	3	0.09	0	0	0	19:05	—	—	32	11
Kasperi Kapanen R	L1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	29	4
Patrick Marleau C	L1	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	16:00	—	—	28	3
Mitch Marner R	L2	-2	4	0.18	0	2	0	20:02	—	—	52	50
John Tavares C	L2	-2	4	0.22	3	0	0	18:26	—	—	49	47
Zach Hyman L	L2	-1	3	0.26	1	1	2	14:55	—	—	46	45
Nazem Kadri C	L3	-2	5	0.55	0	0	0	17:18	—	—	77	74
Par Lindholm C	L3	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	72	68
Connor Brown R	L3	0	3	0.22	1	0	0	14:08	—	—	73	66
Josh Leivo L	L4	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	10:27	—	—	54	77
Frederik Gauthier C	L4	0	2	0.38	2	1	0	9:01	—	—	50	74
Tyler Ennis R	L4	0	2	0.25	0	0	0	8:57	—	—	53	74
Jake Gardiner D	D1	-2	2	0.05	2	0	0	23:50	—	—	51	45
Nikita Zaitsev D	D1	0	1	0.08	1	2	0	21:21	—	—	51	49
Morgan Rielly D	D2	-2	3	0.10	3	1	0	21:45	—	—	50	36
Ron Hainsey D	D2	0	1	0.14	2	0	0	18:15	—	—	50	35
Travis Dermott D	D3	0	3	0.10	2	0	0	18:42	—	—	59	68
Igor Ozhiganov D	D3	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:07	—	—	50	74

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	L	37	36	1	.973	3.25	58:15

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.