Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Florida PanthersDec 15, 2022

FinalThursday, Dec 15, 2022· FLA Live Arena

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Florida PanthersFLA

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	2	2	4		PIT	10	12	17	39
FLA	1	0	1	2		FLA	11	18	5	34

: PIT 58FLA 57
: PIT 3.54FLA 3.02
PP goals: PIT 2FLA 0
Hits: PIT 12FLA 12
Blocks: PIT 9FLA 4
PIM: PIT 6FLA 6
: PIT 52%FLA 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Florida Panthers 4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Florida Panthers 4–2 at FLA. Jake Guentzel (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:46 together.

Points
Jake Guentzel had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 20:54.Guentzel
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:42.Malkin
Points
Kris Letang had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:44.Letang
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:09.Crosby
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:46 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rakell Guentzel
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Rust–Heinen skated 9:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Rust Heinen
Goalie
Sergei Bobrovsky (FLA) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +8 against a season average of 29.9; the loss.Bobrovsky
Usage
Eric Staal (FLA) played 20:15, +6:06 up on his 14:09 season average over 71 games.Staal

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 115 of 115 attempts · FLA 57 · PIT 58

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 30% 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
	56	60
	2.78	3.03
	2.70	2.97
	13	20
	8	4
	19	24
	+0.040	−0.040
	30%	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

L1Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel
14:1258% CF
L2Malkin – Rust – Heinen
9:2350% CF
L3Archibald – Blueger – Poehling
7:3540% CF
L4Carter – McGinn – Kapanen
6:0329% CF
D1Letang – Pettersson
19:2364% CF
D2Dumoulin – Rutta
13:3336% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Joseph
11:3752% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Guentzel
2:46100% CF
PP2Carter – Rust – Pettersson – Heinen – Joseph
0:18
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
2:46
PK2FRust – Poehling
2:30
PK1DDumoulin – Ruhwedel
2:56
PK2DLetang – Pettersson
1:51

Current PIT line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart
13:0368% CF
L2Staal – Cousins – Lomberg
11:2852% CF
L3Dalpe – Bennett – Luostarinen
10:1352% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
13:0052% CF
D2Montour – Mahura
6:5653% CF
D3Staal – Kiersted
3:08100% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Ekblad – Reinhart – Montour
4:2160% CF
PP2Staal – Bennett – Forsling – Luostarinen – Denisenko
1:30100% CF
PK1FBarkov – Reinhart
2:06
PK2FBennett – Luostarinen
0:58
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
1:52
PK2DStaal – Montour
0:40

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:30
FLARyan Lomberg (Eric Staal, Brandon Montour)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Carter, Dumoulin, McGinn, Kapanen, RuttaFLA: Staal, Cousins, Montour, Lomberg, Mahura
PIT 0 – 1 FLA

2nd period

4:17
PITKris LetangSH (Bryan Rust, Ryan Poehling)wrist0.12 xG
PIT: Letang, Rust, Pettersson, PoehlingFLA: Staal, Verhaeghe, Ekblad, Reinhart, Montour
PIT 1 – 1 FLA
12:42
PITJake GuentzelPP (Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang)wrist0.16 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell, GuentzelFLA: Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling
PIT 2 – 1 FLA

3rd period

8:05
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell)deflected0.14 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell, GuentzelFLA: Barkov, Reinhart, Montour, Forsling
PIT 3 – 1 FLA
10:14
FLASam Reinhart (Carter Verhaeghe)slap0.18 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rakell, Ruhwedel, Guentzel, RuttaFLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Reinhart, Montour, Kiersted
PIT 3 – 2 FLA
18:42
PITJake GuentzelEN (Sidney Crosby, Brock McGinn)wrist0.38 xG
PIT: Crosby, Dumoulin, McGinn, Guentzel, RuttaFLA: Staal, Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Bennett, Montour
PIT 4 – 2 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
Jake Guentzel C	L1	2	0	2	0	8	1.13	0	0	0	20:54	—	—	57	53
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	2	2	0	5	0.23	0	0	0	19:09	—	—	62	57
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.55	1	0	0	18:48	—	—	59	54
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.43	0	2	0	17:52	—	—	48	49
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	1	2	0	1	0.21	2	0	0	14:42	—	—	50	41
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	2	14:13	—	—	56	55
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	13:08	—	—	50	34
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	2	0	0	11:58	—	—	36	15
Josh Archibald R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	0	0	9:40	—	—	60	54
Brock McGinn L	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.09	0	1	0	13:52	—	—	33	24
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	1	0	13:06	—	—	26	41
Kasperi Kapanen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	0	0	8:41	—	—	31	41
Kris Letang D	D1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.15	1	1	0	25:44	—	—	66	74
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	0	0	0	22:58	—	—	60	70
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:35	—	—	35	35
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	2	4	17:20	—	—	36	34
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:09	—	—	46	29
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	48	34

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	3.02	59:57

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	22:32	—	—	70	54
Sam Reinhart C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.33	0	0	0	21:22	—	—	70	59
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.09	0	0	2	19:12	—	—	68	54
Eric Staal C	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.17	0	0	2	20:15	—	—	51	61
Ryan Lomberg L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.13	1	0	0	14:37	—	—	42	41
Nick Cousins C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.35	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	44	41
Sam Bennett C	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.31	2	0	0	19:32	—	—	52	69
Eetu Luostarinen C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	16:51	—	—	50	54
Zac Dalpe C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	0	0	12:35	—	—	39	49
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	1	2	26:17	—	—	56	60
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.24	0	0	0	20:56	—	—	53	45
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.43	2	0	0	28:34	—	—	50	59
Josh Mahura D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	1	0	0	15:46	—	—	43	30
Marc Staal D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	3	0	17:28	—	—	61	62
Matt Kiersted D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:02	—	—	50	60
Grigori Denisenko L	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	0	0	10:20	—	—	43	37
Aleksi Heponiemi C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	8:13	—	—	42	36

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	L	38	35	3	.921	3.16	59:06

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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.