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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Nashville PredatorsMar 15, 2022

Final· Bridgestone Arena
Goals123TShots123T
PIT0101PIT12111336
NSH1214NSH1110425
PIT 62NSH 48
PIT 3.52NSH 3.17
PP goals
PIT 0NSH 0
Hits
PIT 14NSH 36
Blocks
PIT 10NSH 14
PIM
PIT 12NSH 10
PIT 48%NSH 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1

Nashville Predators beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 at home. Roman Josi (NSH) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for PIT: Crosby–Guentzel–Rodrigues skated 8:47 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Roman Josi had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 25:10.Josi
  2. Points
    Colton Sissons had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:27.Sissons
  3. New line
    New look for PIT: Crosby–Guentzel–Rodrigues skated 8:47 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.CrosbyGuentzelRodrigues
  4. New line
    New look for PIT: Malkin–Rust–Heinen skated 7:57 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.MalkinRustHeinen
  5. Luck
    PIT scored 1 goal on 3.52 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
  6. Goalie
    Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +5 against a season average of 31.4; the win.Saros
  7. New line
    New look for PIT: Boyle–Blueger–Simon skated 6:56 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BoyleBluegerSimon
  8. Usage
    Kasperi Kapanen (PIT) played 10:55, −3:40 down on his 14:35 season average over 78 games.Kapanen

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.

Shot map, PIT at NSH: 110 attempts, 61 on goal, 5 goals, 6.70 expected goals; best chance Yakov Trenin at 0.78 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← PIT attacks left (bottom on phones)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →
  • NSH
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · NSH 48 · PIT 62

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, PIT at NSH: expected goals 3.17 to 3.52 (PIT led the chances), shot attempts 48 to 62, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdNSHPITEGJTTnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NSH
  • PIT
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NSHPITcontrol2nd3rdEkholm · 1st 19:58Guentzel · 2nd 14:00Jeannot · 2nd 15:40Tolvanen · 2nd 17:03Trenin · 3rd 18:10
  • 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 37% of the game, NSH 24%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, PIT at NSH: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Juuse Saros (59:51) for NSH and Casey DeSmith (59:27) for PIT, 5 goals.

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
StatPITNSH
5835
2.371.31
2.281.30
112
72
2920
−0.058+0.058
37%24%

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

Current PIT line combinations →

Nashville Predators

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 19:58
    PIT 0 – 1 NSH

2nd period

  1. 14:00
    PIT 1 – 1 NSH
  2. 15:40
    PIT 1 – 2 NSH
  3. 17:03
    PIT 1 – 3 NSH

3rd period

  1. 18:10
    PIT 1 – 4 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Sidney Crosby CL1011-130.6502021:01——7380
Jake Guentzel CL1101-160.5900220:37——6977
Evan Rodrigues CL1000-140.4800013:57——6367
Evgeni Malkin CL2000-110.1600219:20——6064
Bryan Rust RL2000-110.2110218:30——5864
Danton Heinen LL2000010.1010211:14——6453
Jeff Carter CL3000000.0810015:14——5670
Kasperi Kapanen RL3000020.3020010:55——5057
Radim Zohorna LL3000000.001009:32——5361
Brian Boyle CL4000-210.0220013:20——6457
Teddy Blueger CL4000-230.2301012:55——5850
Dominik Simon CL4000-210.0010210:30——6542
Kris Letang DD1011-240.3520223:04——6863
Mike Matheson DD1000040.2100019:36——6665
John Marino DD2000020.0701021:01——7497
Brian Dumoulin DD2000-120.0413020:49——6565
Mark Friedman DD3000-110.0320015:04——5250
Chad Ruhwedel DD3000-100.0003013:54——3846
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Casey DeSmith(start)L24213.8752.3959:27

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Matt Duchene CL1011+210.2300018:08——5062
Filip Forsberg LL1011+110.1851217:17——4465
Ryan Johansen CL1000+100.0020016:17——3945
Nick Cousins CL2000010.0300013:26——5617
Philip Tomasino RL2000020.0710012:58——6342
Michael McCarron CL2000010.1050012:10——4427
Colton Sissons CL3022+220.2940215:27——2928
Tanner Jeannot LL3101+230.3242014:40——2622
Yakov Trenin CL3101+210.7910013:39——1919
Mikael Granlund CL4000010.1210019:36——3545
Eeli Tolvanen RL4101020.2132013:16——3550
Luke Kunin CL4000-100.0030211:29——2423
Roman Josi DD1033+420.2403025:10——4653
Dante Fabbro DD1000+210.0504020:34——3027
Mattias Ekholm DD2101030.4211223:17——3335
Alexandre Carrier DD2000010.0230220:29——3530
Philippe Myers DD3000010.0820012:26——4236
Ben Harpur DD3000020.0211011:50——3524
NSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Juuse Saros(start)W36351.9723.5259:51