Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 27, 2019

FinalFriday, Dec 27, 2019· Bridgestone Arena

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	3	2	0	5		PIT	7	9	9	25
NSH	1	0	1	2		NSH	10	13	9	32

: PIT 50NSH 62
: PIT 3.11NSH 2.73
PP goals: PIT 0NSH 0
Hits: PIT 9NSH 20
Blocks: PIT 15NSH 11
PIM: PIT 10NSH 18
: PIT 40%NSH 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Nashville Predators 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Nashville Predators 5–2 at NSH. Juuso Riikola (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Colton Sissons (NSH) played 3:21, −11:11 down on his 14:32 season average over 56 games.

Points
Juuso Riikola had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:29.Riikola
Usage
Colton Sissons (NSH) played 3:21, −11:11 down on his 14:32 season average over 56 games.Sissons
Usage
Dan Hamhuis (NSH) played 3:42, −11:00 down on his 14:42 season average over 59 games.Hamhuis
New line
New look for PIT: Blueger–Tanev–Aston-Reese skated 10:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blueger Tanev Aston-Reese
New line
New look for PIT: Galchenyuk–McCann–Kahun skated 10:02 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Galchenyuk McCann Kahun
Usage
Mattias Ekholm (NSH) played 19:01, −4:25 down on his 23:26 season average over 67 games.Ekholm
Luck
PIT scored 5 goals on 3.11 expected goals (50 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Rocco Grimaldi (NSH) played 16:40, +4:05 up on his 12:35 season average over 65 games.Grimaldi

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)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · NSH 62 · PIT 50

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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 31% of the game, NSH 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

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	NSH
	49	55
	2.54	1.86
	2.48	1.84
	12	8
	10	2
	19	18
	−0.082	+0.082
	31%	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
13:1557% CF
L2Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
10:3043% CF
L3Galchenyuk – McCann – Kahun
10:0250% CF
L4Blandisi – Lafferty – Simon
7:4543% CF
D1Johnson – Letang
18:0844% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
14:3044% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Riikola
13:1155% CF

PP1Malkin – Letang – Rust – Guentzel – McCann
1:280% CF
PP2Galchenyuk – Marino – Aston-Reese – Riikola – Kahun
0:22100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Tanev
2:06
PK2FRust – Aston-Reese
0:34
PK1DPettersson – Marino
1:14
PK2DJohnson – Ruhwedel
0:57

Current PIT line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg
14:3552% CF
L2Turris – Smith – Grimaldi
10:0867% CF
L3Jarnkrok – Johansen – Arvidsson
8:5756% CF
L4Bonino – Watson – Sissons
3:0150% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
16:1462% CF
D2Ekholm – Fabbro
11:3963% CF
D3Hamhuis – Irwin
3:290% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Ellis – Jarnkrok – Arvidsson
1:57100% CF
PP2Turris – Ekholm – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg
0:57100% CF
PK1FJarnkrok – Johansen
0:44
PK2FWatson – Forsberg
0:13
PK1DJosi – Ellis
1:10
PK2DEkholm – Fabbro
0:23

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:17
PITDominik Simon (Juuso Riikola, Chad Ruhwedel)wrist0.01 xG
PIT: Blandisi, Ruhwedel, Lafferty, Simon, RiikolaNSH: Turris, Ellis, Smith, Irwin, Grimaldi
PIT 1 – 0 NSH
4:30
NSHCraig Smith (Mattias Ekholm)deflected0.13 xG
PIT: Johnson, Letang, Galchenyuk, McCann, KahunNSH: Turris, Ekholm, Smith, Grimaldi, Fabbro
PIT 1 – 1 NSH
14:16
PITAlex Galchenyuk (Marcus Pettersson, John Marino)backhand0.02 xG
PIT: Galchenyuk, Blueger, Pettersson, Marino, KahunNSH: Bonino, Ekholm, Jarnkrok, Johansen, Fabbro
PIT 2 – 1 NSH
14:50
PITTeddy Blueger (Zachary Aston-Reese, Brandon Tanev)wrist0.05 xG
PIT: Blueger, Marino, Tanev, Aston-Reese, RiikolaNSH: Duchene, Ekholm, Granlund, Forsberg, Fabbro
PIT 3 – 1 NSH

2nd period

4:38
PITBryan Rust (Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin)tip-in0.09 xG
PIT: Malkin, Rust, Ruhwedel, Guentzel, RiikolaNSH: Turris, Josi, Ellis, Granlund, Grimaldi
PIT 4 – 1 NSH
18:04
PITJuuso Riikola (Dominik Kahun, Jared McCann)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Galchenyuk, Ruhwedel, McCann, Riikola, KahunNSH: Turris, Ellis, Ekholm, Smith, Grimaldi
PIT 5 – 1 NSH

3rd period

9:18
NSHViktor Arvidsson (Roman Josi, Rocco Grimaldi)deflected0.09 xG
PIT: Johnson, Letang, Galchenyuk, McCann, KahunNSH: Josi, Ellis, Johansen, Grimaldi, Arvidsson
PIT 5 – 2 NSH

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	1	0	1	+1	1	0.49	1	0	2	20:51	—	—	50	56
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.50	0	0	0	18:11	—	—	50	56
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.50	1	0	8	17:59	—	—	57	58
Teddy Blueger C	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.08	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	48	43
Brandon Tanev L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	5	0	16:38	—	—	42	30
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	0	0	0	16:35	—	—	42	30
Jared McCann L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.31	0	0	0	15:42	—	—	40	67
Dominik Kahun C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:56	—	—	53	73
Alex Galchenyuk C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	11:39	—	—	56	76
Dominik Simon C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	0	0	0	10:50	—	—	43	72
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.21	1	0	0	10:23	—	—	40	66
Joseph Blandisi C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	2	1	0	7:56	—	—	38	64
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.11	1	2	0	25:41	—	—	43	49
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	1	3	0	23:20	—	—	44	50
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	1	0	21:12	—	—	43	57
John Marino D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	0	1	0	18:27	—	—	46	71
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	1	1	+3	0	0.03	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	52	66
Juuso Riikola D	D3	1	1	2	+4	2	0.24	1	2	0	14:29	—	—	61	71

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.73	60:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	1	0	0	21:24	—	—	52	44
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.35	1	0	0	20:15	—	—	52	44
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	2	2	0	20:12	—	—	50	40
Rocco Grimaldi R	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.16	1	0	0	16:40	—	—	58	55
Kyle Turris C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.23	0	0	0	15:57	—	—	64	56
Craig Smith C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.23	2	0	0	12:03	—	—	68	52
Calle Jarnkrok C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.30	1	1	0	17:50	—	—	48	31
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.41	0	0	0	17:00	—	—	53	46
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.26	0	0	0	15:57	—	—	50	32
Austin Watson L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	6	0	0	12:33	—	—	47	39
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	12:29	—	—	39	28
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	3:21	—	—	50	12
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	27:27	—	—	62	61
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	1	2	0	26:23	—	—	53	36
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	-1	6	0.17	0	0	0	24:29	—	—	52	44
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.05	1	2	14	19:01	—	—	57	38
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	2	2	2	14:05	—	—	35	26
Dan Hamhuis D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	3:42	—	—	0	0

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros	—	19	17	2	.895	1.80	42:22
Pekka Rinne(start)	L	6	3	3	.500	0.58	14:50

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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.