Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Florida PanthersOct 14, 2021

Final / OTThursday, Oct 14, 2021· FLA Live Arena

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Florida PanthersFLA

5

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	0	2	2	0	4		PIT	9	17	20	1	47
FLA	1	1	2	1	5		FLA	12	10	15	2	39

: PIT 77FLA 62
: PIT 3.99FLA 3.31
PP goals: PIT 2FLA 0
Hits: PIT 22FLA 23
Blocks: PIT 11FLA 17
PIM: PIT 12FLA 18
: PIT 46%FLA 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers edge Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 (OT)

Florida Panthers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 in overtime at home. Aaron Ekblad (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Carter, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and Kapanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 7:23 together.

Points
Aaron Ekblad had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 27:56.Ekblad
Points
Carter Verhaeghe had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:57.Verhaeghe
Points
Jeff Carter had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 8 shots in 22:25.Carter
Points
Aleksander Barkov had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 26:55.Barkov
Points
Kris Letang had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 28:06.Letang
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Carter, Letang, Rust, Guentzel and Kapanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 7:23 together.Carter Letang Rust Guentzel Kapanen
Goalie
Sergei Bobrovsky (FLA) faced 47 shots and stopped 43 (.915), +18 against a season average of 29.0; the win.Bobrovsky
New line
New look for PIT: Carter–Rust–Guentzel skated 5:27 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter Rust Guentzel

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)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →

FLA
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 139 of 139 attempts · FLA 62 · PIT 77

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

FLA
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

FLA 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, FLA 29%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

FLA

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	FLA
	54	54
	2.12	2.88
	2.01	2.79
	11	12
	2	8
	13	21
	−0.030	+0.030
	33%	29%

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

L1Zucker – Kapanen – Rodrigues
7:5277% CF
L2Carter – Rust – Guentzel
5:2767% CF
L3Blueger – McGinn – Simon
4:4158% CF
L4Boyle – Lafferty – Heinen
0:510% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
12:4030% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
7:5750% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Friedman
6:2871% CF

PP1Carter – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – Kapanen
7:2385% CF
PP2Zucker – Pettersson – Heinen – Marino – Rodrigues
3:4375% CF
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
3:17
PK2FBoyle – Lafferty
2:49
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
3:25
PK2DLetang – Friedman
0:55

Current PIT line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart
9:4447% CF
L2Hornqvist – Vatrano – Lundell
6:0033% CF
L3Huberdeau – Bennett – Tippett
5:4842% CF
L4Thornton – Duclair – Lomberg
5:0991% CF
D1Weegar – Ekblad
11:0852% CF
D2Gudas – Forsling
9:3637% CF
D3Montour – Kiersted
6:3853% CF

PP1Huberdeau – Barkov – Ekblad – Reinhart – Bennett
5:38100% CF
PP2Thornton – Hornqvist – Verhaeghe – Montour – Tippett
2:3150% CF
PK1FHuberdeau – Bennett
3:11
PK2FBarkov – Lundell
2:53
PK1DWeegar – Ekblad
4:27
PK2DGudas – Forsling
2:54

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:17
FLACarter Verhaeghe (Aleksander Barkov)tip-in0.08 xG
PIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Blueger, McGinn, SimonFLA: Gudas, Verhaeghe, Barkov, Reinhart, Forsling
PIT 0 – 1 FLA

2nd period

3:57
FLAAnthony Duclair (Frank Vatrano, Gustav Forsling)wrist0.06 xG
PIT: Carter, Rust, Guentzel, Pettersson, FriedmanFLA: Gudas, Duclair, Forsling, Vatrano, Lundell
PIT 0 – 2 FLA
11:45
PITDanton HeinenPP (Dominik Simon, John Marino)snap0.07 xG
PIT: Zucker, Heinen, Marino, Rodrigues, SimonFLA: Gudas, Barkov, Montour, Lomberg
PIT 1 – 2 FLA
18:58
PITJeff CarterPP (Kasperi Kapanen, Kris Letang)tip-in0.12 xG
PIT: Carter, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, KapanenFLA: Weegar, Ekblad, Lomberg, Lundell
PIT 2 – 2 FLA

3rd period

8:01
PITJake Guentzel (Jeff Carter, Kris Letang)wrist0.11 xG
PIT: Carter, Dumoulin, Ruhwedel, Guentzel, HeinenFLA: Weegar, Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart
PIT 3 – 2 FLA
8:31
PITEvan Rodrigues (Jason Zucker, Mark Friedman)tip-in0.11 xG
PIT: Zucker, Ruhwedel, Kapanen, Friedman, RodriguesFLA: Gudas, Huberdeau, Bennett, Forsling, Tippett
PIT 4 – 2 FLA
13:29
FLAAaron Ekbladslap0.14 xG
PIT: Boyle, Zucker, Ruhwedel, Friedman, LaffertyFLA: Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling, Lomberg
PIT 4 – 3 FLA
15:07
FLAAaron Ekblad (Owen Tippett, Jonathan Huberdeau)backhand0.09 xG
PIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Blueger, McGinn, SimonFLA: Huberdeau, Weegar, Ekblad, Bennett, Tippett
PIT 4 – 4 FLA

OT period

1:37
FLACarter Verhaeghe (Aleksander Barkov, MacKenzie Weegar)wrist0.10 xG
PIT: Letang, Guentzel, RodriguesFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad
PIT 4 – 5 FLA

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
Kasperi Kapanen R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.36	1	1	4	19:06	—	—	60	60
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.37	1	0	0	16:22	—	—	67	65
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	1	0	1	0	7	0.46	1	0	0	16:20	—	—	68	72
Jeff Carter C	L2	1	1	2	0	8	0.55	2	1	0	22:25	—	—	59	64
Jake Guentzel C	L2	1	0	1	-1	9	0.46	1	0	2	21:42	—	—	65	64
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.79	0	0	0	14:02	—	—	53	60
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.26	1	1	0	15:25	—	—	40	23
Brock McGinn L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.21	0	0	0	15:15	—	—	38	23
Dominik Simon C	L3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:16	—	—	46	41
Danton Heinen L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.25	1	0	0	11:51	—	—	42	40
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	8:36	—	—	18	0
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	0	0	8:09	—	—	15	1
Kris Letang D	D1	0	2	2	-3	2	0.08	7	2	4	28:06	—	—	32	10
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	2	2	23:10	—	—	42	19
John Marino D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	23:47	—	—	42	19
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	2	1	0	15:17	—	—	46	26
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	12:36	—	—	67	61
Mark Friedman D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.08	1	0	0	10:49	—	—	67	73

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	O	39	34	5	.872	3.31	61:25

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.35	1	2	0	26:55	—	—	48	45
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.29	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	48	45
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	2	0	2	+1	2	0.20	3	0	2	17:57	—	—	52	69
Anton Lundell C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.14	0	2	0	15:38	—	—	41	49
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.47	2	0	0	9:48	—	—	37	59
Frank Vatrano R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	4	9:15	—	—	36	29
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.15	1	0	0	19:44	—	—	43	57
Sam Bennett C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	1	1	2	18:49	—	—	48	59
Owen Tippett R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.37	1	0	2	10:07	—	—	48	57
Joe Thornton C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:00	—	—	74	89
Anthony Duclair L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	0	1	2	9:19	—	—	62	81
Ryan Lomberg L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.28	4	0	0	8:31	—	—	83	95
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	2	0	2	+2	6	0.40	3	3	0	27:56	—	—	59	80
MacKenzie Weegar D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.03	3	3	4	23:29	—	—	53	71
Gustav Forsling D	D2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.28	0	3	0	20:23	—	—	42	44
Radko Gudas D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	1	0	0	17:14	—	—	36	27
Brandon Montour D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	52	71
Matt Kiersted D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	1	0	9:22	—	—	57	63

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	47	43	4	.915	3.99	61:19

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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.