Pittsburgh Penguins vs. San Jose SharksJan 27, 2025

FinalMonday, Jan 27, 2025· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	0	1	1		PIT	10	6	14	30
SJS	0	1	1	2		SJS	9	13	6	28

: PIT 82SJS 54
: PIT 4.05SJS 3.03
PP goals: PIT 0SJS 0
Hits: PIT 24SJS 14
Blocks: PIT 10SJS 24
PIM: PIT 6SJS 8
: PIT 57%SJS 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1

San Jose Sharks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 at home. Mikael Granlund (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for PIT: Bunting–Beauvillier–Glass skated 10:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for PIT: Bunting–Beauvillier–Glass skated 10:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bunting Beauvillier Glass
Luck
PIT scored 1 goal on 4.05 expected goals (82 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Goodrow–White–Duehr skated 5:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (22.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Goodrow White Duehr
Usage
Will Smith (SJS) played 12:44, −3:10 down on his 15:54 season average over 73 games.Smith
Usage
Ryan Shea (PIT) played 12:01, −4:50 down on his 16:51 season average over 38 games.Shea
Usage
Fabian Zetterlund (SJS) played 12:04, −4:20 down on his 16:24 season average over 83 games.Zetterlund
Usage
Henry Thrun (SJS) played 14:01, −3:33 down on his 17:34 season average over 59 games.Thrun
Usage
Kevin Hayes (PIT) played 15:05, +3:05 up on his 12:00 season average over 63 games.Hayes

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 136 of 136 attempts · SJS 54 · PIT 82

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 46% of the game, SJS 25%.

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
	73	49
	3.08	2.20
	2.89	2.13
	13	8
	4	2
	22	22
	+0.076	−0.076
	46%	25%

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
14:0848% CF
L2Bunting – Beauvillier – Glass
10:5875% CF
L3Hayes – Tomasino – O'Connor
9:4276% CF
L4Nieto – Imama – Acciari
5:0354% CF
D1Letang – Pettersson
16:1252% CF
D2Karlsson – Grzelcyk
15:2859% CF
D3Graves – Shea
8:3573% CF

PP1Crosby – Rust – Rakell – Grzelcyk – Bunting
3:4489% CF
PP2Letang – Karlsson – Hayes – Glass – Tomasino
1:57100% CF
PK1FNieto – Acciari
2:33
PK2FGlass – O'Connor
0:37
PK1DKarlsson – Graves
2:33
PK2DLetang – Pettersson
1:36

Current PIT line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Toffoli – Eklund – Celebrini
13:5152% CF
L2Wennberg – Kunin – Kovalenko
10:0130% CF
L3Granlund – Zetterlund – Smith
9:5938% CF
L4Goodrow – White – Duehr
5:0322% CF
D1Ferraro – Liljegren
15:5647% CF
D2Ceci – Walman
14:1331% CF
D3Thrun – Thompson
10:0639% CF

PP1Toffoli – Granlund – Walman – Eklund – Celebrini
4:1289% CF
PP2Wennberg – Liljegren – Zetterlund – Thompson – Smith
0:10
PK1FGranlund – Eklund
2:22
PK2FGoodrow – Kunin
1:17
PK1DCeci – Walman
2:44
PK2DFerraro – Thrun
0:57

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:41
SJSMikael Granlund (Will Smith)wrist0.14 xG
PIT: Hayes, Graves, Shea, Tomasino, O'ConnorSJS: Granlund, Zetterlund, Thrun, Thompson, Smith
PIT 0 – 1 SJS

3rd period

0:24
PITSidney Crosby (Bryan Rust, Matt Grzelcyk)backhand0.03 xG
PIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, GrzelcykSJS: Toffoli, Ceci, Walman, Eklund, Celebrini
PIT 1 – 1 SJS
3:41
SJSMacklin Celebrini (Tyler Toffoli)wrist0.22 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Rakell, PetterssonSJS: Toffoli, Ceci, Walman, Eklund, Celebrini
PIT 1 – 2 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
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.15	2	1	0	23:20	—	—	46	49
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	3	3	0	21:58	—	—	50	49
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	0	6	0.77	2	0	2	21:35	—	—	47	55
Michael Bunting L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.50	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	76	95
Cody Glass C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	2	15:36	—	—	67	64
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	1	0	13:02	—	—	77	94
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.52	2	0	2	15:05	—	—	69	73
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.65	0	0	0	13:38	—	—	68	74
Philip Tomasino R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.31	0	0	0	13:04	—	—	69	70
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	3	1	0	10:36	—	—	55	31
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	4	0	0	10:28	—	—	44	16
Bokondji Imama L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:27	—	—	57	19
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	1	2	0	22:54	—	—	52	61
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	2	1	0	20:56	—	—	51	54
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	1	0	0	24:18	—	—	59	47
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	20:46	—	—	65	58
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	1	0	12:47	—	—	81	82
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	12:01	—	—	59	63

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	L	28	26	2	.929	2.56	57:56

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Eklund L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.57	0	1	0	22:43	—	—	53	57
Macklin Celebrini C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.55	0	1	2	21:55	—	—	50	48
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.56	1	0	0	18:47	—	—	55	68
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:34	—	—	32	22
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:33	—	—	24	16
Nikolai Kovalenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	0	11:03	—	—	29	16
Mikael Granlund C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.24	0	0	0	19:29	—	—	37	34
Will Smith C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	12:44	—	—	42	34
Fabian Zetterlund L	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.37	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	40	34
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:11	—	—	25	59
Walker Duehr R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	6:46	—	—	33	60
Colin White C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	6:24	—	—	30	74
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	2	0	24:11	—	—	52	64
Timothy Liljegren D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	2	17:14	—	—	44	52
Jake Walman D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	9	4	23:37	—	—	25	20
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	3	0	23:18	—	—	40	35
Jack Thompson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.02	1	2	0	14:26	—	—	39	40
Henry Thrun D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	3	0	14:01	—	—	39	46

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Yaroslav Askarov(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	4.05	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Mikael Granlund (SJS) 2nd 7:41 · assists Will Smith · Forecheck turnover · 62.3 mph shot.

Mikael Granlund · 2nd 7:41 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 62.3 mph
Distance: 15 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Sidney Crosby · 3rd 0:24 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.7 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Macklin Celebrini · 3rd 3:41 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 37.6 mph
Distance: 14 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.