Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Florida PanthersMar 4, 2023

FinalSaturday, Mar 4, 2023· FLA Live Arena

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Florida PanthersFLA

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	0	1		PIT	3	16	13	32
FLA	1	2	1	4		FLA	13	18	11	42

: PIT 53FLA 67
: PIT 2.73FLA 4.50
PP goals: PIT 1FLA 1
Hits: PIT 14FLA 23
Blocks: PIT 13FLA 12
PIM: PIT 32FLA 32
: PIT 60%FLA 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1

Florida Panthers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 at home. Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. FLA's first power-play unit (Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Montour and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 5:58 together.

Points
Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 14:33.Verhaeghe
Points
Aleksander Barkov had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:55.Barkov
Points
Brandon Montour had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:34.Montour
Points
Matthew Tkachuk had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:43.Tkachuk
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Montour and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 5:58 together.Barkov Ekblad Reinhart Montour Tkachuk
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:52 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rakell Guentzel
New line
New look for FLA: Duclair–Barkov–Luostarinen skated 8:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Duclair Barkov Luostarinen
Goalie
Casey DeSmith (PIT) faced 42 shots and stopped 38 (.905), +12 against a season average of 30.1; the loss.DeSmith

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 120 of 120 attempts · FLA 67 · PIT 53

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 24% of the game, FLA 42%.

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
	48	52
	1.52	3.31
	1.47	3.08
	10	13
	5	4
	13	13
	+0.074	−0.074
	24%	42%

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
12:4365% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rust
7:5655% CF
L3Carter – Granlund – Heinen
5:0420% CF
L4Bonino – Archibald – O'Connor
2:1750% CF
D1Petry – Pettersson
13:1621% CF
D2Letang – Dumoulin
13:0550% CF
D3Joseph – Rutta
8:2944% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Guentzel
3:5270% CF
PP2Carter – Petry – Zucker – Rust – Heinen
2:3633% CF
PK1FBonino – Rust
3:34
PK2FGranlund – Archibald
2:58
PK1DPetry – Dumoulin
2:40
PK2DPettersson – Rutta
1:46

Current PIT line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Duclair – Barkov – Luostarinen
8:3950% CF
L2Reinhart – Lomberg – Lundell
7:4975% CF
L3Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk
7:4757% CF
L4Staal – Cousins – White
5:3967% CF
D1Ekblad – Forsling
15:2352% CF
D2Staal – Montour
10:3338% CF
D3Gudas – Mahura
8:3653% CF

PP1Barkov – Ekblad – Reinhart – Montour – Tkachuk
5:5891% CF
PP2Duclair – Verhaeghe – Bennett – Forsling – Tkachuk
1:52100% CF
PK1FStaal – Luostarinen
1:37
PK2FBarkov – Lundell
1:09
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
2:01
PK2DStaal – Gudas
1:54

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

19:38
FLASam Bennett (Carter Verhaeghe, Matthew Tkachuk)backhand0.22 xG
PIT: Carter, Petry, Granlund, Pettersson, HeinenFLA: Staal, Verhaeghe, Bennett, Montour, Tkachuk
PIT 0 – 1 FLA

2nd period

4:11
FLAAaron EkbladPP (Aleksander Barkov, Brandon Montour)slap0.13 xG
PIT: Bonino, Dumoulin, Rust, RuttaFLA: Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Montour, Tkachuk
PIT 0 – 2 FLA
8:51
PITKris LetangPP (Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.18 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell, GuentzelFLA: Ekblad, Forsling, Luostarinen
PIT 1 – 2 FLA
19:50
FLAEetu Luostarinen (Aleksander Barkov)other0.36 xG
PIT: Malkin, Petry, Zucker, Rakell, PetterssonFLA: Staal, Duclair, Barkov, Montour, Luostarinen
PIT 1 – 3 FLA

3rd period

9:53
FLACarter Verhaeghe (Matthew Tkachuk, Brandon Montour)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rakell, GuentzelFLA: Verhaeghe, Ekblad, Bennett, Forsling, Tkachuk
PIT 1 – 4 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
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	1	0	0	19:23	—	—	58	41
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.40	0	1	0	19:18	—	—	63	63
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.38	0	0	0	19:13	—	—	63	63
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.75	1	1	2	17:39	—	—	40	39
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.42	0	1	2	17:29	—	—	48	38
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	0	2	14:11	—	—	35	20
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	17:03	—	—	44	7
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	0	0	13:30	—	—	31	6
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	0	2	11:21	—	—	31	21
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	2	0	11:52	—	—	31	19
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	9:03	—	—	53	34
Josh Archibald R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	10	7:52	—	—	56	38
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	3	0	23:42	—	—	25	4
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	4	1	10	18:04	—	—	40	12
Kris Letang D	D2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.23	0	1	2	23:21	—	—	57	55
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	1	0	20:52	—	—	52	33
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:06	—	—	52	38
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	0	0	11:54	—	—	60	69

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	42	38	4	.905	4.50	59:46

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	0	2	2	+1	5	0.64	1	0	4	19:55	—	—	41	69
Anthony Duclair L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	1	1	2	15:36	—	—	46	73
Eetu Luostarinen C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.40	0	1	0	14:48	—	—	46	78
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	1	1	0	20:13	—	—	67	71
Anton Lundell C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	14:09	—	—	65	78
Ryan Lomberg L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	0	10	11:20	—	—	50	44
Matthew Tkachuk L	L3	0	2	2	+2	4	0.27	0	0	10	17:43	—	—	67	77
Sam Bennett C	L3	1	0	1	+2	7	1.35	3	0	0	14:59	—	—	52	68
Carter Verhaeghe C	L3	1	1	2	+2	6	0.51	0	2	0	14:33	—	—	53	68
Eric Staal C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	2	11:34	—	—	50	44
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	1	0	10:08	—	—	50	59
Colin White C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	7:33	—	—	55	85
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.33	0	0	2	26:40	—	—	48	41
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	0	0	25:16	—	—	52	56
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.13	1	1	2	22:34	—	—	50	80
Marc Staal D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:11	—	—	42	71
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	5	1	0	14:47	—	—	50	61
Josh Mahura D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	4	2	0	12:40	—	—	62	78

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	2.73	60:00

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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.