Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Detroit Red WingsMar 27, 2018

FinalTuesday, Mar 27, 2018· Little Caesars Arena

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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Detroit Red WingsDET

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	1	2		PIT	6	6	12	24
DET	1	2	2	5		DET	10	10	6	26

: PIT 59DET 48
: PIT 2.87DET 2.50
PP goals: PIT 0DET 1
Hits: PIT 18DET 15
Blocks: PIT 9DET 25
PIM: PIT 4DET 4
: PIT 53%DET 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Detroit Red Wings beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2

Detroit Red Wings beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 at home. Darren Helm (DET) led the scoring with 1G 2A. DET scored 5 goals on 2.50 expected goals (48 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Darren Helm had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:13.Helm
Points
Luke Glendening had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:18.Glendening
Points
Dylan Larkin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:24.Larkin
Points
Joe Hicketts had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:40.Hicketts
Luck
DET scored 5 goals on 2.50 expected goals (48 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Derick Brassard (PIT) played 11:01, −6:49 down on his 17:50 season average over 71 games.Brassard
Usage
Nick Jensen (DET) played 20:07, +3:55 up on his 16:12 season average over 80 games.Jensen
Usage
Andreas Athanasiou (DET) played 11:38, −3:44 down on his 15:22 season average over 70 games.Athanasiou

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)DET attacks right (top on phones) →

DET
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · DET 48 · PIT 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DET
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DET 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 42% of the game, DET 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DET

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	DET
	59	50
	2.71	2.04
	2.69	1.95
	12	8
	4	2
	18	19
	+0.049	−0.049
	42%	23%

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 – Rust – Guentzel
8:2873% CF
L2Brassard – Kessel – Sheary
8:0730% CF
L3Malkin – Hornqvist – Hagelin
7:0540% CF
L4Sheahan – Kuhnhackl – Aston-Reese
3:4225% CF
D1Schultz – Dumoulin
12:3048% CF
D2Letang – Oleksiak
10:3645% CF
D3Maatta – Ruhwedel
8:3155% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Hornqvist – Kessel – Schultz
1:51100% CF
PP2Letang – Maatta – Guentzel – Sheary – Aston-Reese
1:000% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
2:24
PK2FKuhnhackl – Aston-Reese
1:25
PK1DMaatta – Ruhwedel
1:44
PK2DLetang – Oleksiak
1:09

Current PIT line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Zetterberg – Nyquist – Bertuzzi
11:1053% CF
L2Helm – Mantha – Larkin
10:3724% CF
L3Nielsen – Abdelkader – Athanasiou
6:5574% CF
L4Glendening – Frk – Svechnikov
4:2967% CF
D1Daley – Ericsson
12:2452% CF
D2DeKeyser – Hicketts
12:1938% CF
D3Kronwall – Jensen
11:5650% CF

PP1Zetterberg – Kronwall – Abdelkader – Nyquist – Bertuzzi
2:0950% CF
PP2Nielsen – Frk – Mantha – Larkin – Hicketts
1:33100% CF
PK1FNielsen – Helm
1:16
PK2FAbdelkader – Glendening
0:50
PK1DJensen – DeKeyser
1:06
PK2DEricsson – Hicketts
0:28

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:38
PITSidney Crosby (Jake Guentzel)slap0.04 xG
PIT: Crosby, Schultz, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelDET: Helm, DeKeyser, Mantha, Larkin, Hicketts
PIT 1 – 0 DET
16:43
DETNiklas Kronwall (Darren Helm, Dylan Larkin)slap0.15 xG
PIT: Letang, Brassard, Kessel, Hagelin, SchultzDET: Kronwall, Helm, Jensen, Mantha, Larkin
PIT 1 – 1 DET

2nd period

14:28
DETFrans NielsenPP (Martin Frk, Joe Hicketts)slap0.14 xG
PIT: Hagelin, Sheahan, Maatta, RuhwedelDET: Nielsen, Frk, Mantha, Larkin, Hicketts
PIT 1 – 2 DET
15:09
DETLuke Glendening (Nick Jensen, Darren Helm)tip-in0.09 xG
PIT: Crosby, Hornqvist, Kessel, Schultz, DumoulinDET: Helm, Jensen, Glendening, Athanasiou, DeKeyser
PIT 1 – 3 DET

3rd period

6:21
DETDarren Helm (Dylan Larkin, Joe Hicketts)snap0.09 xG
PIT: Crosby, Schultz, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelDET: Helm, DeKeyser, Mantha, Larkin, Hicketts
PIT 1 – 4 DET
16:44
PITKris Letang (Evgeni Malkin, Patric Hornqvist)slap0.07 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel, SchultzDET: Daley, Nielsen, Ericsson, Frk, Svechnikov
PIT 2 – 4 DET
18:32
DETLuke GlendeningEN (Trevor Daley, Danny DeKeyser)wrist0.49 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel, SchultzDET: Daley, Nielsen, Abdelkader, Glendening, DeKeyser
PIT 2 – 5 DET

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
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.58	0	0	0	19:45	—	—	77	86
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	2	16:22	—	—	79	88
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.59	2	0	0	13:49	—	—	74	91
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	0	1	0	21:27	—	—	48	43
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	16:56	—	—	41	44
Derick Brassard C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	11:01	—	—	33	28
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.33	0	0	0	18:25	—	—	56	64
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.12	3	1	0	17:05	—	—	46	47
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	14:17	—	—	63	40
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	0	0	0	12:48	—	—	53	36
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	11:36	—	—	36	16
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:59	—	—	20	3
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.22	1	2	0	21:30	—	—	53	43
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	19:12	—	—	58	45
Kris Letang D	D2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.13	1	0	0	24:39	—	—	52	59
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	18:45	—	—	50	69
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	17:19	—	—	56	67
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	54	67

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	2.01	57:32

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Henrik Zetterberg C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.11	1	0	0	18:02	—	—	50	51
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	1	1	0	16:39	—	—	58	62
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	56	62
Dylan Larkin C	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.13	1	1	0	19:24	—	—	22	30
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	4	0	16:38	—	—	27	34
Darren Helm C	L2	1	2	3	+2	3	0.10	0	0	0	16:13	—	—	21	35
Frans Nielsen C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.42	0	0	0	15:53	—	—	64	44
Justin Abdelkader L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	2	0	0	15:52	—	—	64	45
Andreas Athanasiou C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.28	0	1	0	11:38	—	—	65	71
Luke Glendening C	L4	2	0	2	+2	3	0.70	0	2	0	13:18	—	—	56	29
Evgeny Svechnikov L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	0	0	10:42	—	—	47	43
Martin Frk R	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.10	3	0	0	10:22	—	—	50	43
Trevor Daley D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	0	0	2	20:28	—	—	45	39
Jonathan Ericsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	3	0	18:55	—	—	50	48
Danny DeKeyser D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.02	1	3	0	21:52	—	—	41	31
Joe Hicketts D	D2	0	2	2	0	0	0.03	1	6	0	17:40	—	—	36	41
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.04	0	2	0	20:07	—	—	52	45
Niklas Kronwall D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	4	2	2	17:48	—	—	50	56

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jimmy Howard(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	2.87	59:35

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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.