Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Nashville PredatorsFeb 28, 2023

FinalTuesday, Feb 28, 2023· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	3	3		PIT	9	17	8	34
NSH	0	0	1	1		NSH	17	5	3	25

: PIT 75NSH 56
: PIT 3.80NSH 2.49
PP goals: PIT 0NSH 0
Hits: PIT 26NSH 34
Blocks: PIT 20NSH 24
PIM: PIT 4NSH 6
: PIT 64%NSH 36%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Nashville Predators 3–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Nashville Predators 3–1 at NSH. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NSH: Jankowski–Sanford–Evangelista skated 8:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (28% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for NSH: Jankowski–Sanford–Evangelista skated 8:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (28% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jankowski Sanford Evangelista
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New look for NSH: Novak–Sherwood–Tomasino skated 6:31 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Novak Sherwood Tomasino
Usage
Cody Glass (NSH) played 18:23, +3:40 up on his 14:43 season average over 71 games.Glass
Usage
Philip Tomasino (NSH) played 12:08, −3:35 down on his 15:43 season average over 30 games.Tomasino
Usage
Matt Duchene (NSH) played 21:23, +3:06 up on his 18:17 season average over 70 games.Duchene
Usage
Roman Josi (NSH) played 28:10, +3:03 up on his 25:07 season average over 66 games.Josi
PP1
PIT's PP1 (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) went scoreless in 3:22 of 5v4 time with 6 attempts.Malkin Crosby Letang Rakell Guentzel
Cats
Dante Fabbro (NSH) threw 6 hits and blocked 2 shots, a night for hits leagues.Fabbro

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 131 of 131 attempts · NSH 56 · PIT 75

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 45% of the game, NSH 27%.

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
	73	53
	3.11	2.17
	2.82	2.08
	16	11
	7	4
	24	22
	+0.070	−0.070
	45%	27%

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
14:2368% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rust
10:0044% CF
L3Archibald – Blueger – O'Connor
7:4667% CF
L4Carter – McGinn – Heinen
7:2953% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
14:3071% CF
D2Petry – Pettersson
13:0546% CF
D3Joseph – Rutta
9:4460% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Guentzel
3:2286% CF
PP2Carter – Petry – Zucker – Rust – Heinen
1:56100% CF
PK1FRust – Blueger
1:56
PK2FArchibald – McGinn
1:37
PK1DPetry – Dumoulin
2:11
PK2DPettersson – Rutta
0:53

Current PIT line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Duchene – Granlund – Glass
10:1931% CF
L2Jankowski – Sanford – Evangelista
8:0928% CF
L3Sissons – Trenin – Smith
7:3418% CF
L4Novak – Sherwood – Tomasino
6:3175% CF
D1Josi – Fabbro
15:4340% CF
D2McDonagh – Carrier
12:2344% CF
D3Lauzon – Foote
8:1021% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Granlund – Novak – Glass
2:28100% CF
PP2Sissons – Carrier – Sherwood – Tomasino – Evangelista
1:05100% CF
PK1FJankowski – Trenin
1:42
PK2FSissons – Smith
1:10
PK1DMcDonagh – Carrier
2:51
PK2DLauzon – Fabbro
1:49

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

7:01
NSHMark Jankowskiwrist0.24 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Dumoulin, Zucker, RustNSH: McDonagh, Jankowski, Sanford, Carrier, Evangelista
PIT 0 – 1 NSH
11:00
PITSidney Crosby (Brock McGinn, Rickard Rakell)wrist0.17 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rakell, McGinn, JosephNSH: Josi, Jankowski, Sanford, Lauzon, Trenin
PIT 1 – 1 NSH
18:21
PITJason Zuckerwrist0.09 xG
PIT: Malkin, Petry, Dumoulin, Zucker, RakellNSH: McDonagh, Sissons, Trenin, Carrier, Smith
PIT 2 – 1 NSH
19:53
PITBryan RustEN (Jake Guentzel, Brian Dumoulin)backhand0.58 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelNSH: Josi, Duchene, Granlund, Novak, Glass, Evangelista
PIT 3 – 1 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
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.44	1	1	2	21:41	—	—	63	64
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.32	1	1	0	20:57	—	—	67	69
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.65	1	0	0	20:08	—	—	67	70
Bryan Rust R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.83	1	2	0	18:20	—	—	40	38
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	0	0	16:54	—	—	52	48
Jason Zucker L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	54	51
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:13	—	—	50	47
Josh Archibald R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:10	—	—	60	57
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	1	0	0	9:55	—	—	53	47
Brock McGinn L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:17	—	—	52	68
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	3	0	0	12:16	—	—	62	71
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	56	63
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.13	4	3	0	24:40	—	—	63	60
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	4	5	0	20:36	—	—	70	54
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	3	2	0	20:24	—	—	46	56
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	1	2	0	20:20	—	—	53	66
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	2	15:40	—	—	53	61
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	12:44	—	—	63	57

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	2.49	59:46

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	-1	5	0.38	0	1	0	21:23	—	—	38	47
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	-1	4	0.47	1	2	2	20:06	—	—	35	42
Cody Glass C	L1	0	0	-1	1	0.16	2	0	0	18:23	—	—	36	28
Luke Evangelista R	L2	0	0	0	2	0.26	1	0	0	14:28	—	—	46	56
Mark Jankowski L	L2	1	1	0	2	0.29	0	1	0	14:23	—	—	38	46
Zachary Sanford L	L2	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	4	0	12:37	—	—	41	50
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	0	0	13:30	—	—	24	13
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	-1	1	0.14	2	1	0	13:22	—	—	38	37
Cole Smith R	L3	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	0	2	11:41	—	—	18	18
Tommy Novak C	L4	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:24	—	—	59	52
Kiefer Sherwood L	L4	0	0	0	3	0.45	3	0	0	12:38	—	—	72	59
Philip Tomasino R	L4	0	0	0	0	0.13	1	0	0	12:08	—	—	72	56
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	-2	3	0.15	0	3	0	28:10	—	—	47	37
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	1	0.02	6	2	0	20:14	—	—	41	36
Ryan McDonagh D	D2	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	3	0	20:18	—	—	48	58
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	19:19	—	—	39	53
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	3	0	15:05	—	—	24	15
Cal Foote D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	12:14	—	—	41	37

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	33	31	2	.939	3.21	58:37

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.