Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Detroit Red WingsDec 31, 2024

FinalTuesday, Dec 31, 2024· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	1	2		PIT	7	7	11	25
DET	1	1	2	4		DET	7	10	8	25

: PIT 55DET 56
: PIT 2.51DET 4.19
PP goals: PIT 1DET 2
Hits: PIT 9DET 18
Blocks: PIT 13DET 18
PIM: PIT 6DET 6
: PIT 44%DET 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Detroit Red Wings beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2

Detroit Red Wings beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 at home. Drew O'Connor (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. DET's first power-play unit (Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:32 together.

Points
Drew O'Connor had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:02.O'Connor
Points
J.T. Compher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:50.Compher
Points
Jonatan Berggren had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:00.Berggren
Points
Lucas Raymond had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:23.Raymond
PP1
DET's first power-play unit (Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat, Seider and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:32 together.Kane Larkin DeBrincat Seider Raymond
Usage
Alex DeBrincat (DET) played 14:37, −3:18 down on his 17:55 season average over 81 games.DeBrincat
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Patrick Kane (DET) played 14:27, −3:35 down on his 18:02 season average over 71 games.Kane
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Jonatan Berggren (DET) played 16:00, +3:04 up on his 12:56 season average over 74 games.Berggren

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 111 of 111 attempts · DET 56 · PIT 55

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 23% of the game, DET 40%.

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
	52	50
	2.03	2.20
	1.91	2.11
	7	11
	0	6
	12	22
	−0.038	+0.038
	23%	40%

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 – Rakell
11:2440% CF
L2Malkin – Bunting – Beauvillier
10:2954% CF
L3Nieto – Acciari – Lizotte
9:2578% CF
L4Glass – Tomasino – O'Connor
8:4464% CF
D1Karlsson – Grzelcyk
15:0638% CF
D2Pettersson – Joseph
14:0865% CF
D3Graves – Shea
11:0450% CF

PP1Crosby – Rust – Rakell – Grzelcyk – Bunting
3:01100% CF
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Tomasino – O'Connor
1:5083% CF
PK1FNieto – Acciari
2:33
PK2FRust – Lizotte
1:03
PK1DPettersson – Joseph
1:49
PK2DGraves – Shea
0:32

Current PIT line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Tarasenko – Compher – Berggren
12:3148% CF
L2Larkin – Veleno – Raymond
12:0178% CF
L3Kane – Copp – DeBrincat
9:5339% CF
L4Motte – Rasmussen – Kasper
7:1850% CF
D1Chiarot – Seider
17:0652% CF
D2Petry – Edvinsson
16:4242% CF
D3Holl – Gustafsson
11:3156% CF

PP1Kane – Larkin – DeBrincat – Seider – Raymond
2:3286% CF
PP2Tarasenko – Gustafsson – Compher – Rasmussen – Berggren
1:22100% CF
PK1FMotte – Kasper
0:57
PK2FCopp – Compher
0:56
PK1DChiarot – Seider
3:08
PK2DPetry – Edvinsson
0:35

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	21:15	—	—	39	49
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.39	1	0	0	18:52	—	—	39	49
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.38	0	4	0	17:25	—	—	39	49
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.32	0	0	2	18:17	—	—	47	39
Michael Bunting L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	50	38
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	0	0	0	11:25	—	—	54	47
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:09	—	—	67	88
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	13:55	—	—	78	90
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	11:38	—	—	80	90
Drew O'Connor L	L4	2	0	2	+1	4	0.56	1	0	0	14:02	—	—	53	59
Philip Tomasino R	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.13	1	1	0	13:29	—	—	59	61
Cody Glass C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	0	1	2	11:09	—	—	56	45
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:37	—	—	39	48
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.14	0	1	2	21:06	—	—	42	48
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	0	1	0	21:36	—	—	71	79
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	3	0	19:51	—	—	56	50
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	14:56	—	—	53	36
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:28	—	—	48	20

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	3.35	58:33

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Compher L	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.90	1	0	0	17:50	—	—	47	58
Jonatan Berggren R	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.11	0	1	0	16:00	—	—	45	54
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	2	1	0	15:49	—	—	46	63
Dylan Larkin C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	1.52	0	0	2	18:53	—	—	64	65
Lucas Raymond L	L2	0	2	2	+1	4	0.32	0	0	0	18:23	—	—	64	56
Joseph Veleno C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	1	0	0	15:06	—	—	70	68
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.22	0	0	0	14:37	—	—	39	25
Patrick Kane R	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	14:27	—	—	40	28
Andrew Copp C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	2	0	13:38	—	—	36	25
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:30	—	—	56	68
Michael Rasmussen C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	1	0	10:56	—	—	56	68
Marco Kasper C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	2	1	0	10:36	—	—	50	53
Moritz Seider D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.25	2	1	0	24:00	—	—	54	51
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	2	1	0	23:17	—	—	53	39
Simon Edvinsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	4	2	21:32	—	—	45	45
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	2	19:52	—	—	44	60
Justin Holl D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:17	—	—	53	62
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	1	0	0	13:44	—	—	56	65

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	2.51	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Drew O'Connor (PIT PP) 3rd 3:18 · assists Erik Karlsson, Sidney Crosby · Rebound · 2.5 mph shot.

Drew O'Connor · 3rd 3:18 · PIT PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 2.5 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Jonatan Berggren · 1st 7:52 · DET

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 65.0 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Drew O'Connor · 1st 18:29 · PIT

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 60.2 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 6.7 s
Type: one-timer

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Patrick Kane · 2nd 3:41 · DET PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 72.4 mph
Distance: 31 ft

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J.T. Compher · 3rd 14:26 · DET PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 22.1 mph
Distance: 58 ft
Type: one-timer

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Dylan Larkin · 3rd 19:46 · DET EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 68.7 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 5.2 s
Type: one-timer

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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.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Detroit Red WingsDec 31, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Detroit Red Wings beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

Detroit Red Wings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Detroit Red Wings

Goal anatomy

Drew O'Connor · 3rd 3:18 · PIT PP

Jonatan Berggren · 1st 7:52 · DET

Drew O'Connor · 1st 18:29 · PIT

Patrick Kane · 2nd 3:41 · DET PP

J.T. Compher · 3rd 14:26 · DET PP

Dylan Larkin · 3rd 19:46 · DET EN