Pittsburgh Penguins vs. San Jose SharksFeb 14, 2023

FinalTuesday, Feb 14, 2023· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	1	1	3		PIT	9	12	7	28
SJS	0	0	1	1		SJS	10	17	12	39

: PIT 53SJS 58
: PIT 4.59SJS 2.70
PP goals: PIT 0SJS 0
Hits: PIT 20SJS 18
Blocks: PIT 13SJS 13
PIM: PIT 4SJS 6
: PIT 33%SJS 67%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat San Jose Sharks 3–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat San Jose Sharks 3–1 at SJS. Rickard Rakell (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Casey DeSmith (PIT) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +9 against a season average of 30.1; the win.

Points
Rickard Rakell had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 19:44.Rakell
Points
Sidney Crosby had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:37.Crosby
Points
Jake Guentzel had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:52.Guentzel
Goalie
Casey DeSmith (PIT) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +9 against a season average of 30.1; the win.DeSmith
Usage
Jacob MacDonald (SJS) played 20:50, +8:57 up on his 11:53 season average over 57 games.MacDonald
Usage
Kevin Labanc (SJS) played 5:51, −8:36 down on his 14:27 season average over 71 games.Labanc
New line
New look for PIT: Archibald–Blueger–O'Connor skated 7:09 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Archibald Blueger O'Connor
Luck
PIT scored 3 goals on 4.59 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of 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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 111 of 111 attempts · SJS 58 · PIT 53

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 27% 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
	53	61
	2.36	2.86
	2.27	2.76
	13	18
	4	4
	22	18
	−0.130	+0.130
	27%	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 – Rakell – Guentzel
12:5463% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rust
9:0737% CF
L3Carter – McGinn – Kapanen
8:1438% CF
L4Archibald – Blueger – O'Connor
7:0955% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
15:4633% CF
D2Petry – Pettersson
15:1547% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Joseph
12:1755% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Guentzel
3:47100% CF
PP2Carter – Petry – Zucker – Rust – Kapanen
1:3675% CF
PK1FBlueger – McGinn
1:10
PK2FRust – O'Connor
0:29
PK1DPetry – Dumoulin
2:47
PK2DRuhwedel – Pettersson
1:08

Current PIT line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Bonino – Hertl – Meier
13:1170% CF
L2Couture – Eyssimont – Barabanov
11:2858% CF
L3Lindblom – Gregor – Sturm
7:5636% CF
L4Labanc – Svechnikov – Lorentz
3:5722% CF
D1Vlasic – Benning
8:1657% CF
D2MacDonald – Ferraro
7:0913% CF
D3Karlsson – Harrington
6:2131% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Meier – Barabanov
2:58100% CF
PP2Bonino – Benning – Lindblom – MacDonald – Eyssimont
0:46
PK1FLindblom – Lorentz
1:36
PK2FBonino – Couture
1:22
PK1DBenning – Ferraro
2:09
PK2DVlasic – Harrington
0:44

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:52
PITRickard Rakell (Jeff Petry, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.05 xG
PIT: Crosby, Petry, Rakell, Guentzel, PetterssonSJS: Karlsson, Harrington, Labanc, Svechnikov, Lorentz
PIT 1 – 0 SJS

2nd period

11:33
PITJake Guentzel (Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell)wrist0.07 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Guentzel, PetterssonSJS: Vlasic, Couture, Eyssimont, Ferraro, Barabanov
PIT 2 – 0 SJS

3rd period

15:57
SJSTimo Meierwrist0.16 xG
PIT: Crosby, Petry, Rakell, Blueger, PetterssonSJS: Bonino, Karlsson, Hertl, Meier, Ferraro
PIT 2 – 1 SJS
19:22
PITJake GuentzelEN (Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell)wrist0.94 xG
PIT: Crosby, Petry, Rakell, Guentzel, PetterssonSJS: Couture, Karlsson, Hertl, Meier, MacDonald, Barabanov
PIT 3 – 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
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	2	3	+2	1	0.14	1	1	2	19:44	—	—	59	57
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	3	3	+2	2	0.20	1	0	0	19:37	—	—	58	50
Jake Guentzel C	L1	2	0	2	+3	4	1.21	0	0	0	18:52	—	—	63	60
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	0	0	16:51	—	—	30	27
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	2	0	16:11	—	—	42	39
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.37	0	0	0	14:30	—	—	48	39
Brock McGinn L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:56	—	—	30	22
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	2	0	2	14:35	—	—	36	31
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	2	1	0	13:05	—	—	42	37
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	1.11	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	38	51
Josh Archibald R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	1	0	9:32	—	—	55	75
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	1	0	0	9:31	—	—	40	56
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	2	3	0	22:52	—	—	40	43
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	21:06	—	—	35	39
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	1	1	0	21:59	—	—	44	41
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.31	2	1	0	20:58	—	—	54	63
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	13:50	—	—	55	33
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	13:23	—	—	59	39

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	39	38	1	.974	2.70	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Timo Meier R	L1	1	0	1	0	7	0.57	0	0	0	21:48	—	—	66	68
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	0	1	0	21:44	—	—	59	70
Nick Bonino C	L1	0	0	0	+1	7	0.61	0	0	2	19:21	—	—	65	72
Alexander Barabanov L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	19:16	—	—	59	50
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.38	4	0	2	18:59	—	—	59	44
Michael Eyssimont C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.12	3	1	0	15:58	—	—	58	53
Nico Sturm C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	1	0	15:05	—	—	52	51
Oskar Lindblom L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:04	—	—	39	12
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	2	1	2	12:44	—	—	41	44
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:33	—	—	22	17
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	0	0	5:51	—	—	22	17
Evgeny Svechnikov L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	2	0	0	5:48	—	—	33	37
Matt Benning D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	1	0	20:23	—	—	59	65
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	2	0	14:34	—	—	55	73
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	22:20	—	—	50	50
Jacob MacDonald D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	0	0	0	20:50	—	—	53	31
Erik Karlsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	0	2	0	27:39	—	—	58	50
Scott Harrington D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	10:36	—	—	33	58

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Aaron Dell(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	2.70	59:27

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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.