Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Edmonton OilersDec 20, 2019

FinalFriday, Dec 20, 2019· Rogers Place

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Edmonton OilersEDM

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	2	1	2	5		PIT	9	6	11	26
EDM	0	2	0	2		EDM	10	9	9	28

: PIT 45EDM 53
: PIT 2.95EDM 3.63
PP goals: PIT 1EDM 0
Hits: PIT 23EDM 29
Blocks: PIT 8EDM 12
PIM: PIT 6EDM 4
: PIT 55%EDM 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Edmonton Oilers 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Edmonton Oilers 5–2 at EDM. Marcus Pettersson (PIT) led the scoring with 0G 2A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and McCann) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:25 together.

Points
Marcus Pettersson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:16.Pettersson
Points
Zachary Aston-Reese had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:30.Aston-Reese
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and McCann) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:25 together.Malkin Letang Rust Guentzel McCann
New line
New look for EDM: Kassian–Nugent-Hopkins–McDavid skated 16:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kassian Nugent-Hopkins McDavid
Luck
PIT scored 5 goals on 2.95 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
EDM scored 2 goals on 3.62 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Alex Galchenyuk (PIT) played 6:56, −5:28 down on his 12:24 season average over 58 games.Galchenyuk
Usage
Jack Johnson (PIT) played 24:29, +5:06 up on his 19:23 season average over 66 games.Johnson

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)EDM attacks right (top on phones) →

EDM
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 98 of 98 attempts · EDM 53 · PIT 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

EDM
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

EDM 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 22% of the game, EDM 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

EDM

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	EDM
	47	52
	2.67	2.71
	2.45	2.56
	11	10
	4	5
	34	24
	+0.055	−0.055
	22%	38%

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 – Rust – Guentzel
16:3347% CF
L2McCann – Aston-Reese – Kahun
12:1050% CF
L3Blueger – Simon – Tanev
11:4153% CF
L4Galchenyuk – Blandisi – Lafferty
5:3314% CF
D1Johnson – Letang
20:1641% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
17:1852% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Riikola
10:2250% CF

PP1Malkin – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – McCann
1:2575% CF
PP2Galchenyuk – Marino – Aston-Reese – Riikola – Kahun
0:23100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
1:59
PK2FRust – Aston-Reese
1:46
PK1DJohnson – Letang
2:09
PK2DPettersson – Marino
1:15

Current PIT line combinations →

Edmonton Oilers

L1Kassian – Nugent-Hopkins – McDavid
16:0364% CF
L2Neal – Gagner – Draisaitl
11:5044% CF
L3Chiasson – Nygard – Haas
8:4265% CF
L4Sheahan – Archibald – Khaira
8:0167% CF
D1Nurse – Bear
19:1945% CF
D2Larsson – Klefbom
15:5853% CF
D3Russell – Jones
12:0662% CF

PP1Neal – Nugent-Hopkins – Klefbom – Draisaitl – McDavid
4:0075% CF
PK1FSheahan – Archibald
1:25
PK2FNugent-Hopkins – Khaira
0:23
PK1DLarsson – Klefbom
1:25
PK2DNurse – Bear
0:23

Current EDM line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:56
PITChad Ruhwedel (Dominik Kahun, Zachary Aston-Reese)wrist0.02 xG
PIT: Ruhwedel, McCann, Aston-Reese, Riikola, KahunEDM: Neal, Gagner, Larsson, Klefbom, Draisaitl
PIT 1 – 0 EDM
12:56
PITJoseph Blandisi (Zachary Aston-Reese, Marcus Pettersson)backhand0.25 xG
PIT: Malkin, Johnson, Rust, Blandisi, PetterssonEDM: Neal, Nugent-Hopkins, Klefbom, Draisaitl, McDavid
PIT 2 – 0 EDM

2nd period

6:41
EDMZack Kassian (Darnell Nurse, Ethan Bear)tip-in0.08 xG
PIT: Malkin, Johnson, Letang, Rust, GuentzelEDM: Kassian, Nugent-Hopkins, Nurse, McDavid, Bear
PIT 2 – 1 EDM
15:38
PITJared McCannbackhand0.26 xG
PIT: McCann, Pettersson, Marino, Aston-Reese, KahunEDM: Neal, Gagner, Nurse, Draisaitl, Bear
PIT 3 – 1 EDM
19:37
EDMRiley SheahanSH (Josh Archibald)snap0.21 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, McCannEDM: Sheahan, Archibald, Larsson, Klefbom
PIT 3 – 2 EDM

3rd period

0:38
PITKris LetangPP (Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust)slap0.07 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, McCannEDM: Sheahan, Archibald, Larsson, Klefbom
PIT 4 – 2 EDM
17:42
PITBrandon TanevEN (Marcus Pettersson, Teddy Blueger)wrist0.57 xG
PIT: Blueger, Pettersson, Marino, Simon, TanevEDM: Neal, Kassian, Nugent-Hopkins, Klefbom, Draisaitl, McDavid
PIT 5 – 2 EDM

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
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	4	0	0	21:53	—	—	47	54
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.43	2	1	0	19:43	—	—	47	53
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	1	1	-1	6	0.58	0	0	2	18:52	—	—	50	59
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	53	63
Jared McCann L	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.49	3	0	0	15:44	—	—	55	61
Dominik Kahun C	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.04	0	0	0	13:31	—	—	50	52
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	1	0	0	17:37	—	—	50	40
Brandon Tanev L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.69	1	0	0	16:20	—	—	52	47
Dominik Simon C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	57	50
Joseph Blandisi C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.25	1	0	2	7:00	—	—	22	37
Alex Galchenyuk C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:56	—	—	14	6
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:16	—	—	22	13
Kris Letang D	D1	1	0	1	-2	2	0.08	1	3	0	25:35	—	—	46	44
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	3	0	0	24:29	—	—	38	35
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	2	2	+3	1	0.03	0	2	0	21:16	—	—	55	59
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	0	2	21:00	—	—	53	57
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.03	0	1	0	13:48	—	—	44	48
Juuso Riikola D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	3	1	0	12:22	—	—	54	60

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	3.63	60:00

Edmonton Oilers

EDM skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	1	0	0	23:42	—	—	55	55
Connor McDavid C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	1.00	0	0	0	23:02	—	—	55	65
Zack Kassian R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.39	4	0	0	18:13	—	—	59	65
Leon Draisaitl C	L2	0	0	0	-4	3	0.57	0	0	0	20:52	—	—	42	30
James Neal L	L2	0	0	0	-4	0	0.11	1	0	0	18:40	—	—	43	34
Sam Gagner C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	1	0	0	13:27	—	—	39	39
Alex Chiasson R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	0	0	13:13	—	—	62	54
Joakim Nygard L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	2	9:56	—	—	58	55
Gaetan Haas C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.40	1	0	0	9:35	—	—	61	57
Riley Sheahan C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.26	1	0	0	10:58	—	—	67	100
Josh Archibald R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	8	1	0	10:32	—	—	67	100
Jujhar Khaira L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:40	—	—	67	100
Ethan Bear D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	22:39	—	—	47	46
Darnell Nurse D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	1	4	0	20:59	—	—	45	42
Oscar Klefbom D	D2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.13	2	2	0	25:55	—	—	54	50
Adam Larsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	4	0	19:15	—	—	55	57
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	1	0	13:56	—	—	65	69
Kris Russell D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	12:59	—	—	62	74

EDM goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mike Smith(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	2.38	59:15

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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.