Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Detroit Red WingsApr 23, 2022

FinalSaturday, Apr 23, 2022· Little Caesars Arena

away

Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

7

@

home

Detroit Red WingsDET

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	2	3	2	7		PIT	7	16	15	38
DET	1	1	0	2		DET	9	12	4	25

: PIT 59DET 42
: PIT 4.14DET 1.50
PP goals: PIT 1DET 1
Hits: PIT 17DET 26
Blocks: PIT 11DET 9
PIM: PIT 6DET 2
: PIT 63%DET 37%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Detroit Red Wings 7–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Detroit Red Wings 7–2 at DET. Kris Letang (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. DET's first power-play unit (Bertuzzi, Vrana, Hronek, Seider and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:42 together.

Points
Kris Letang had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 22:41.Letang
Points
Evgeni Malkin had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:22.Malkin
Points
Chad Ruhwedel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:03.Ruhwedel
Points
Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:57.Rakell
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:13.Crosby
PP1
DET's first power-play unit (Bertuzzi, Vrana, Hronek, Seider and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:42 together.Bertuzzi Vrana Hronek Seider Raymond
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Zucker–Rust skated 12:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Zucker Rust
Luck
PIT scored 7 goals on 4.14 expected goals (59 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 101 of 101 attempts · DET 42 · 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 46% of the game, DET 12%.

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
	67	48
	3.98	1.51
	3.88	1.50
	24	12
	5	6
	11	22
	+0.109	−0.110
	46%	12%

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
14:5362% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rust
12:4670% CF
L3Carter – Kapanen – Heinen
10:1850% CF
L4Blueger – McGinn – Rodrigues
8:5062% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
19:0162% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
16:3145% CF
D3Matheson – Ruhwedel
15:2269% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
0:38100% CF
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
1:32
PK2FCarter – Rust
0:52
PK1DRuhwedel – Marino
1:08
PK2DLetang – Matheson
0:52

Current PIT line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Bertuzzi – Veleno – Raymond
14:3648% CF
L2Gagner – Vrana – Suter
12:1956% CF
L3Sundqvist – Erne – Rasmussen
12:0938% CF
L4Barber – Stephens – Hirose
6:5129% CF
D1DeKeyser – Seider
17:2434% CF
D2Staal – Hronek
14:3957% CF
D3Oesterle – Walman
13:2044% CF

PP1Bertuzzi – Vrana – Hronek – Seider – Raymond
1:42100% CF
PP2Sundqvist – Barber – Oesterle – Veleno – Hirose
0:52
PK1FGagner – Bertuzzi
0:38
PK1DStaal – Hronek
0:38

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:44
PITChad Ruhwedel (Teddy Blueger, Brock McGinn)snap0.15 xG
PIT: Matheson, Blueger, McGinn, Ruhwedel, RodriguesDET: Barber, Oesterle, Walman, Stephens, Hirose
PIT 1 – 0 DET
15:18
PITSidney Crosby (Rickard Rakell, Kris Letang)wrist0.13 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rakell, GuentzelDET: Staal, Bertuzzi, Veleno, Seider, Raymond
PIT 2 – 0 DET
16:36
DETJakub VranaPP (Tyler Bertuzzi, Moritz Seider)snap0.12 xG
PIT: Letang, Rust, Ruhwedel, RodriguesDET: Bertuzzi, Vrana, Hronek, Seider, Raymond
PIT 2 – 1 DET

2nd period

0:17
DETMichael Rasmussen (Danny DeKeyser, Thomas Greiss)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rakell, GuentzelDET: Sundqvist, DeKeyser, Erne, Rasmussen, Seider
PIT 2 – 2 DET
7:44
PITRickard Rakell (Mike Matheson)wrist0.11 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rakell, Matheson, Ruhwedel, GuentzelDET: Sundqvist, Erne, Oesterle, Hronek, Rasmussen
PIT 3 – 2 DET
11:37
PITKris Letang (Brian Dumoulin)snap0.13 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Dumoulin, Zucker, RustDET: Staal, Bertuzzi, Hronek, Veleno, Raymond
PIT 4 – 2 DET
16:23
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.64 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rust, GuentzelDET: Staal, Gagner, Bertuzzi, Hronek
PIT 5 – 2 DET

3rd period

5:38
PITDanton Heinen (Kris Letang, Jeff Carter)wrist0.21 xG
PIT: Carter, Letang, Dumoulin, Kapanen, HeinenDET: Gagner, Oesterle, Vrana, Walman, Suter
PIT 6 – 2 DET
19:34
PITEvgeni Malkin (Jason Zucker, Chad Ruhwedel)slap0.18 xG
PIT: Malkin, Dumoulin, Zucker, Rust, RuhwedelDET: Erne, Oesterle, Walman, Stephens, Rasmussen
PIT 7 – 2 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
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.46	0	0	0	20:07	—	—	56	69
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.56	4	0	0	18:57	—	—	60	73
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.23	0	0	0	17:13	—	—	60	76
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	2	0	2	+2	6	1.13	1	1	0	16:22	—	—	63	77
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.14	2	0	0	15:52	—	—	66	78
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.08	0	1	0	14:31	—	—	66	80
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	2	15:17	—	—	46	61
Danton Heinen L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.40	0	1	0	12:34	—	—	53	68
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	1	0	0	12:00	—	—	44	65
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:30	—	—	60	74
Brock McGinn L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:41	—	—	56	72
Evan Rodrigues C	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	0.24	0	0	0	10:39	—	—	62	72
Kris Letang D	D1	1	2	3	+2	4	0.24	3	0	0	22:41	—	—	60	70
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	+3	2	0.14	1	0	4	21:31	—	—	60	72
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	46	58
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.15	1	2	0	18:45	—	—	44	57
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	1	1	0	19:50	—	—	63	78
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	1	1	2	+3	1	0.19	1	2	0	18:03	—	—	70	92

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	1.50	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.16	2	0	0	20:27	—	—	47	31
Joseph Veleno C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.24	2	1	0	18:10	—	—	48	37
Lucas Raymond L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	1	1	0	17:52	—	—	47	32
Sam Gagner C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.05	1	0	0	15:55	—	—	59	44
Jakub Vrana L	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.40	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	56	42
Pius Suter C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	59	44
Michael Rasmussen C	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.17	4	0	0	17:22	—	—	38	21
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:52	—	—	35	19
Adam Erne L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	2	0	0	15:37	—	—	36	20
Mitchell Stephens C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:27	—	—	26	14
Taro Hirose L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	0	0	0	9:46	—	—	27	13
Riley Barber R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:02	—	—	27	11
Danny DeKeyser D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	1	2	22:07	—	—	30	21
Moritz Seider D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.01	2	2	0	21:51	—	—	35	24
Filip Hronek D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	0	0	22:52	—	—	50	40
Marc Staal D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	1	1	0	17:44	—	—	48	36
Jordan Oesterle D	D3	0	0	0	-4	1	0.01	1	1	0	18:22	—	—	47	23
Jake Walman D	D3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.03	5	1	0	16:07	—	—	44	24

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thomas Greiss(start)	L	23	18	5	.783	2.75	40:00
Alex Nedeljkovic	—	15	13	2	.867	1.39	19:44

More

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.