Pittsburgh Penguins vs. San Jose SharksJan 15, 2019

FinalTuesday, Jan 15, 2019· SAP Center at San Jose

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

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San Jose SharksSJS

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	1	2		PIT	7	8	9	24
SJS	2	1	2	5		SJS	7	15	7	29

: PIT 48SJS 57
: PIT 3.06SJS 4.61
PP goals: PIT 0SJS 0
Hits: PIT 19SJS 18
Blocks: PIT 16SJS 12
PIM: PIT 4SJS 4
: PIT 51%SJS 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2

San Jose Sharks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 at home. Tomas Hertl (SJS) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Brenden Dillon (SJS) played 20:50, +3:08 up on his 17:42 season average over 81 games.

Points
Tomas Hertl had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 21:32.Hertl
Points
Evander Kane had 3 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 18:24.Kane
Points
Brenden Dillon had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:50.Dillon
Usage
Brenden Dillon (SJS) played 20:50, +3:08 up on his 17:42 season average over 81 games.Dillon
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Derek Grant (PIT) played 6:16, −5:31 down on his 11:47 season average over 55 games.Grant
Usage
Kevin Labanc (SJS) played 8:31, −5:34 down on his 14:05 season average over 81 games.Labanc
Usage
Brent Burns (SJS) played 28:50, +3:47 up on his 25:03 season average over 81 games.Burns
Luck
Evander Kane (SJS) generated 1.24 xG on 8 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Kane

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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · SJS 57 · PIT 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS 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 33% of the game, SJS 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SJS

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	SJS
	43	64
	1.84	4.00
	1.77	3.86
	5	14
	2	6
	24	37
	−0.022	+0.022
	33%	33%

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
13:3260% CF
L2Malkin – Pearson – Simon
6:3050% CF
L3Cullen – Grant – Wilson
5:5350% CF
L4Brassard – Kessel – Sheahan
5:4617% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
16:4336% CF
D2Oleksiak – Maatta
14:2335% CF
D3Johnson – Pettersson
13:3848% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Kessel – Guentzel
3:09100% CF
PP2Johnson – Brassard – Pearson – Pettersson – Simon
0:49100% CF
PK1FCullen – Sheahan
2:33
PK2FCrosby – Rust
1:01
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
2:44
PK2DMaatta – Pettersson
0:31

Current PIT line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Kane – Donskoi – Hertl
12:3481% CF
L2Thornton – Pavelski – Sorensen
10:5850% CF
L3Couture – Meier – Radil
9:5142% CF
L4Goodrow – Karlsson – Labanc
7:4953% CF
D1Karlsson – Dillon
14:3454% CF
D2Burns – Simek
13:5161% CF
D3Braun – Heed
7:0364% CF

PP1Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Karlsson – Hertl
3:110% CF
PP2Thornton – Burns – Pavelski – Karlsson – Kane
0:30
PK1FCouture – Hertl
1:26
PK2FGoodrow – Karlsson
1:05
PK1DBurns – Braun
1:45
PK2DKarlsson – Dillon
1:38

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:17
PITKris Letang (Brian Dumoulin)backhand0.05 xG
PIT: Cullen, Letang, Grant, Dumoulin, WilsonSJS: Karlsson, Dillon, Goodrow, Karlsson, Labanc
PIT 1 – 0 SJS
12:00
SJSMarcus Sorensen (Erik Karlsson, Brenden Dillon)deflected0.11 xG
PIT: Johnson, Brassard, Kessel, Sheahan, MaattaSJS: Couture, Karlsson, Dillon, Sorensen, Meier
PIT 1 – 1 SJS
14:05
SJSTomas Hertl (Evander Kane, Brenden Dillon)snap0.16 xG
PIT: Malkin, Johnson, Pearson, Pettersson, SimonSJS: Karlsson, Kane, Dillon, Donskoi, Hertl
PIT 1 – 2 SJS

2nd period

3:39
SJSJoe Thornton (Joe Pavelski, Radim Simek)slap0.12 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, GuentzelSJS: Thornton, Burns, Pavelski, Sorensen, Hertl, Simek
PIT 1 – 3 SJS

3rd period

2:06
SJSTomas Hertl (Justin Braun, Evander Kane)wrist0.11 xG
PIT: Malkin, Johnson, Kessel, Sheahan, PetterssonSJS: Braun, Kane, Dillon, Donskoi, Hertl
PIT 1 – 4 SJS
18:10
PITDerick Brassard (Tanner Pearson, Bryan Rust)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Johnson, Brassard, Rust, Pearson, Maatta, SimonSJS: Burns, Dillon, Hertl, Meier, Radil
PIT 2 – 4 SJS
19:35
SJSTomas HertlEN (Evander Kane)wrist0.92 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Brassard, Kessel, Guentzel, PetterssonSJS: Burns, Pavelski, Braun, Kane, Hertl
PIT 2 – 5 SJS

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	0	0	-2	3	0.57	0	0	2	22:07	—	—	59	43
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.54	2	0	0	21:11	—	—	60	49
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	16:29	—	—	59	43
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.06	0	1	0	19:34	—	—	42	28
Dominik Simon C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	0	0	15:17	—	—	46	31
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	0	1	0	14:08	—	—	48	35
Matt Cullen C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.32	0	1	0	10:46	—	—	35	37
Garrett Wilson L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	7:20	—	—	41	41
Derek Grant C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	0	1	0	6:16	—	—	50	78
Phil Kessel R	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.08	0	0	0	18:41	—	—	21	10
Derick Brassard C	L4	1	0	1	-1	1	0.25	2	2	0	16:00	—	—	26	11
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.22	2	1	0	15:30	—	—	20	10
Kris Letang D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	26:10	—	—	42	25
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	2	3	0	20:45	—	—	35	16
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	2	0	18:32	—	—	30	23
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	15:00	—	—	38	34
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.05	4	2	0	18:29	—	—	47	48
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	2	16:39	—	—	44	29

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	3.69	57:06

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	3	0	3	+3	3	1.34	1	1	0	21:32	—	—	68	70
Evander Kane L	L1	0	3	3	+3	6	1.24	3	0	0	18:24	—	—	76	88
Joonas Donskoi R	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.24	0	0	2	14:52	—	—	79	87
Joe Pavelski C	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:44	—	—	46	44
Joe Thornton C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	1	0	2	14:11	—	—	58	73
Marcus Sorensen L	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.28	2	0	0	14:03	—	—	53	48
Logan Couture C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.27	2	0	0	17:23	—	—	46	74
Timo Meier R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	1	0	14:58	—	—	54	89
Lukas Radil C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.35	1	0	0	12:49	—	—	42	78
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	1	1	0	9:55	—	—	59	43
Melker Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	1	0	9:39	—	—	59	43
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:31	—	—	53	30
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.14	0	3	0	24:24	—	—	60	71
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	20:50	—	—	53	77
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	1	0	28:50	—	—	63	62
Radim Simek D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	0	1	0	15:56	—	—	63	69
Justin Braun D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	2	0	0	18:45	—	—	60	71
Tim Heed D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	11:15	—	—	59	35

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	3.06	59:59

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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.