Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Florida PanthersDec 8, 2023

FinalFriday, Dec 8, 2023· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	0	1		PIT	11	11	4	26
FLA	0	1	2	3		FLA	7	13	13	33

: PIT 51FLA 72
: PIT 3.12FLA 4.58
PP goals: PIT 0FLA 0
Hits: PIT 28FLA 31
Blocks: PIT 20FLA 13
PIM: PIT 4FLA 6
: PIT 47%FLA 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1

Florida Panthers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 at home. Anton Lundell (FLA) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for PIT: Crosby–Guentzel–O'Connor skated 12:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Anton Lundell had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:35.Lundell
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Guentzel–O'Connor skated 12:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Guentzel O'Connor
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Smith–Puustinen skated 10:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Smith Puustinen
Luck
PIT scored 1 goal on 3.12 expected goals (51 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for PIT: Carter–Eller–Hinostroza skated 9:44 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (34.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter Eller Hinostroza
Usage
Vinnie Hinostroza (PIT) played 16:56, +7:44 up on his 9:12 season average over 13 games.Hinostroza
Luck
FLA scored 3 goals on 4.58 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jeff Carter (PIT) played 16:38, +4:07 up on his 12:31 season average over 71 games.Carter

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 123 of 123 attempts · FLA 72 · PIT 51

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 37% of the game, FLA 36%.

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
	49	79
	3.25	4.28
	3.00	3.98
	14	17
	4	6
	13	13
	−0.005	+0.004
	37%	36%

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 – Guentzel – O'Connor
12:1635% CF
L2Malkin – Smith – Puustinen
10:2935% CF
L3Carter – Eller – Hinostroza
9:4435% CF
L4Harkins – Gruden – Johnstone
3:5467% CF
D1Karlsson – Pettersson
19:0345% CF
D2Letang – Graves
16:2623% CF
D3Shea – Ludvig
9:0250% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Hinostroza – Guentzel
2:13100% CF
PP2Carter – Letang – Eller – Smith – Puustinen
1:34100% CF
PK1FEller – O'Connor
1:17
PK2FCarter – Smith
1:08
PK1DLetang – Graves
1:11
PK2DShea – Ludvig
0:45

Current PIT line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Cousins – Luostarinen – Lundell
6:2667% CF
L2Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk
6:1060% CF
L3Stenlund – Lomberg – Gadjovich
6:0133% CF
L4Barkov – Reinhart – Rodrigues
5:4838% CF
D1Montour – Mikkola
15:2670% CF
D2Ekblad – Forsling
14:3252% CF
D3Ekman-Larsson – Kulikov
10:2765% CF

PP1Barkov – Reinhart – Bennett – Montour – Tkachuk
2:25100% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Verhaeghe – Ekblad – Rodrigues – Lundell
1:10100% CF
PK1FStenlund – Luostarinen
1:59
PK2FBarkov – Reinhart
1:21
PK1DKulikov – Mikkola
2:16
PK2DEkblad – Forsling
2:05

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:05
PITReilly Smith (Evgeni Malkin, Valtteri Puustinen)backhand0.17 xG
PIT: Malkin, Karlsson, Smith, Pettersson, PuustinenFLA: Verhaeghe, Ekblad, Bennett, Forsling, Tkachuk
PIT 1 – 0 FLA
17:04
FLAOliver Ekman-Larsson (Anton Lundell, Carter Verhaeghe)other0.61 xG
PIT: Pettersson, Shea, Ludvig, O'Connor, JohnstoneFLA: Ekman-Larsson, Verhaeghe, Ekblad, Rodrigues, Lundell
PIT 1 – 1 FLA

3rd period

6:10
FLAEetu Luostarinen (Evan Rodrigues, Anton Lundell)wrist0.18 xG
PIT: Carter, Letang, Eller, Hinostroza, GravesFLA: Ekman-Larsson, Kulikov, Rodrigues, Luostarinen, Lundell
PIT 1 – 2 FLA
19:33
FLAAleksander BarkovEN (Sam Reinhart, Aaron Ekblad)wrist0.73 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Karlsson, Smith, GuentzelFLA: Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Forsling, Lundell
PIT 1 – 3 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	0	0	0	-1	4	0.58	2	2	0	21:26	—	—	43	53
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.52	0	0	0	21:02	—	—	43	50
Drew O'Connor L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.31	0	1	0	17:07	—	—	33	39
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	1	2	2	20:09	—	—	39	50
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.59	1	1	0	16:56	—	—	36	44
Valtteri Puustinen R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	3	1	0	14:18	—	—	29	37
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	35	49
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	2	0	16:56	—	—	46	53
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	2	1	0	16:38	—	—	36	41
Marc Johnstone R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:19	—	—	25	0
Jansen Harkins C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	7:07	—	—	63	64
Jonathan Gruden L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	2	0	0	5:56	—	—	75	61
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	0	3	0	25:38	—	—	44	58
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	2	3	2	22:13	—	—	41	42
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	3	1	0	24:47	—	—	22	19
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:01	—	—	28	26
John Ludvig D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	2	0	11:30	—	—	53	28
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:26	—	—	56	48

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	32	30	2	.938	3.85	58:25

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Eetu Luostarinen C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.37	2	1	0	17:34	—	—	58	53
Anton Lundell C	L1	0	2	2	+3	5	0.43	1	0	2	16:35	—	—	70	69
Nick Cousins C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.45	3	0	0	15:35	—	—	68	62
Matthew Tkachuk L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	0	0	0	16:54	—	—	71	53
Carter Verhaeghe C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.56	1	1	2	16:29	—	—	70	66
Sam Bennett C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	3	0	0	16:09	—	—	72	53
Kevin Stenlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:49	—	—	36	49
Ryan Lomberg L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	3	1	0	8:49	—	—	33	21
Jonah Gadjovich L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	5	0	0	6:37	—	—	33	42
Sam Reinhart C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	0	1	0	18:22	—	—	59	44
Aleksander Barkov C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.78	0	1	2	18:06	—	—	56	49
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	2	0	0	13:59	—	—	59	71
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	22:02	—	—	68	56
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	4	2	0	21:00	—	—	63	58
Gustav Forsling D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	22:24	—	—	51	35
Aaron Ekblad D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	4	2	0	21:52	—	—	60	49
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.75	0	1	0	16:16	—	—	64	79
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	0	0	14:28	—	—	67	73

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	3.12	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Reilly Smith (PIT) 2nd 8:05 · assists Evgeni Malkin, Valtteri Puustinen · Rush · passed in · 18.7 mph shot · 3.4 s from entry to goal.

Reilly Smith · 2nd 8:05 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

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Eetu Luostarinen · 3rd 6:10 · FLA

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.3 mph
Distance: 39 ft

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Aleksander Barkov · 3rd 19:33 · FLA EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.3 mph
Distance: 76 ft

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Oliver Ekman-Larsson · 2nd 17:04 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 5.0 mph
Distance: 14 ft

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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.