Pittsburgh Penguins vs. San Jose SharksJan 15, 2022

Final / OTSaturday, Jan 15, 2022· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	1	0	0	1	2		PIT	4	8	14	1	27
SJS	1	0	0	0	1		SJS	11	17	13	0	41

: PIT 56SJS 67
: PIT 2.23SJS 4.26
PP goals: PIT 0SJS 0
Hits: PIT 21SJS 28
Blocks: PIT 16SJS 18
PIM: PIT 8SJS 2
: PIT 33%SJS 67%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge San Jose Sharks 2–1 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat San Jose Sharks 2–1 in overtime at SJS. Kris Letang (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Louis Domingue (PIT) faced 41 shots and stopped 40 (.976); the win.

Points
Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:00.Guentzel
Points
Kris Letang had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:48.Letang
Goalie
Louis Domingue (PIT) faced 41 shots and stopped 40 (.976); the win.Domingue
Luck
SJS scored 1 goal on 4.26 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for PIT: Carter–Malkin–Zohorna skated 6:13 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter Malkin Zohorna
New line
New look for PIT: Blueger–McGinn–Kapanen skated 5:43 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blueger McGinn Kapanen
New line
New look for PIT: Boyle–Simon–O'Connor skated 4:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boyle Simon O'Connor
Usage
Drew O'Connor (PIT) played 5:36, −4:54 down on his 10:30 season average over 21 games.O'Connor

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 123 of 123 attempts · SJS 67 · PIT 56

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 28% of the game, SJS 41%.

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
	58	61
	2.06	3.15
	1.99	2.90
	11	12
	10	6
	22	18
	−0.164	+0.164
	28%	41%

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 – Guentzel – Rodrigues
15:2547% CF
L2Carter – Malkin – Zohorna
6:1370% CF
L3Blueger – McGinn – Kapanen
5:4346% CF
L4Boyle – Simon – O'Connor
4:5055% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
16:4043% CF
D2Matheson – Ruhwedel
12:2040% CF
D3Pettersson – Marino
11:5552% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Guentzel – Rodrigues
1:10100% CF
PP2Carter – Kapanen – Marino – Simon – Zohorna
0:49100% CF
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
3:22
PK2FCarter – Boyle
2:18
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
4:46
PK2DLetang – Ruhwedel
1:59

Current PIT line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Hertl – Meier – Balcers
12:1563% CF
L2Couture – Dahlen – Gregor
11:0854% CF
L3Cogliano – Bonino – Nieto
8:5050% CF
L4Viel – Weatherby – Raska
6:2250% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
18:0053% CF
D2Karlsson – Megna
14:2157% CF
D3Vlasic – Merkley
9:1250% CF

PP1Burns – Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Meier
4:2886% CF
PP2Bonino – Dahlen – Gregor – Merkley – Weatherby
2:5975% CF
PK1FNieto – Hertl
1:02
PK2FCogliano – Bonino
0:20
PK1DKarlsson – Megna
1:02
PK2DBurns – Ferraro
0:52

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:01
SJSRudolfs Balcers (Erik Karlsson, Timo Meier)wrist0.18 xG
PIT: Malkin, Matheson, Ruhwedel, Guentzel, KapanenSJS: Karlsson, Hertl, Megna, Meier, Balcers
PIT 0 – 1 SJS
10:56
PITKris Letang (Jake Guentzel, Teddy Blueger)backhand0.15 xG
PIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Blueger, Guentzel, RodriguesSJS: Burns, Cogliano, Bonino, Nieto, Ferraro
PIT 1 – 1 SJS

OT period

0:37
PITJake Guentzel (Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang)wrist0.20 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, GuentzelSJS: Burns, Couture, Meier
PIT 2 – 1 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
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	20:02	—	—	51	48
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.20	0	0	4	20:00	—	—	43	29
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.35	0	0	0	19:13	—	—	49	46
Jeff Carter C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	17:02	—	—	43	32
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:58	—	—	48	37
Radim Zohorna L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	78	75
Brock McGinn L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	4	0	0	16:46	—	—	45	34
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	15:23	—	—	52	49
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	33	22
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	1	1	0	10:34	—	—	44	27
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	2	0	0	8:45	—	—	53	43
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	5:36	—	—	58	72
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	4	2	0	25:20	—	—	41	24
Kris Letang D	D1	1	1	2	+2	5	0.30	0	6	0	24:48	—	—	51	39
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	2	0	0	17:19	—	—	52	47
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:14	—	—	36	39
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	21:14	—	—	52	45
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	3	4	14:08	—	—	57	48

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Louis Domingue(start)	W	41	40	1	.976	4.26	60:37

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	+1	6	0.78	0	0	0	20:56	—	—	57	62
Timo Meier R	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.34	3	0	0	20:17	—	—	63	71
Rudolfs Balcers L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	4	2	2	14:45	—	—	58	58
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.67	1	0	0	20:39	—	—	50	63
Noah Gregor L	L2	0	0	0	0	7	0.57	1	2	0	18:27	—	—	49	61
Jonathan Dahlen C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	0	0	15:45	—	—	53	70
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	16:49	—	—	42	44
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	0	3	0	14:39	—	—	46	51
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.24	1	0	0	11:49	—	—	50	38
Jasper Weatherby C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	10:40	—	—	58	78
Jeffrey Viel L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.60	5	1	0	8:40	—	—	44	72
Adam Raska R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	4	0	0	8:19	—	—	50	64
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.18	0	2	0	26:51	—	—	51	65
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	23:34	—	—	47	54
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	1	0	0	24:31	—	—	55	59
Jaycob Megna D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	5	0	19:01	—	—	51	51
Ryan Merkley D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:22	—	—	60	82
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	10:47	—	—	47	70

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	O	27	25	2	.926	2.23	60:37

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.