Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Dallas StarsFeb 9, 2018

Final / SOFriday, Feb 9, 2018· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	2	0	1	0	0	3		PIT	13	7	15	2	37
DAL	1	0	2	0	1	4		DAL	9	12	10	5	36

: PIT 72DAL 61
: PIT 3.44DAL 3.52
PP goals: PIT 0DAL 0
Hits: PIT 26DAL 40
Blocks: PIT 14DAL 22
PIM: PIT 8DAL 6
: PIT 41%DAL 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars edge Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 (SO)

Dallas Stars beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 in a shootout at home. Jamie Benn (DAL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. Kari Lehtonen (DAL) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +11 against a season average of 25.6; the win.

Points
Jamie Benn had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 22:21.Benn
Goalie
Kari Lehtonen (DAL) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +11 against a season average of 25.6; the win.Lehtonen
Goalie
Matt Murray (PIT) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +7 against a season average of 29.0; the overtime loss.Murray
New line
New look for DAL: Spezza–Ritchie–Elie skated 4:08 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Spezza Ritchie Elie
New line
New look for PIT: Reaves–Rowney–Simon skated 4:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Rowney Simon
New line
New look for PIT: Sheahan–Sheary–Aston-Reese skated 9:11 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sheahan Sheary Aston-Reese
Usage
Alexander Radulov (DAL) played 24:11, +4:06 up on his 20:05 season average over 81 games.Radulov
Usage
John Klingberg (DAL) played 28:14, +4:13 up on his 24:01 season average over 81 games.Klingberg

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)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 133 of 133 attempts · DAL 61 · PIT 72

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DAL 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, DAL 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DAL

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	DAL
	61	52
	2.62	2.06
	2.60	1.98
	12	12
	6	5
	10	16
	−0.094	+0.094
	33%	27%

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
13:0265% CF
L2Malkin – Kessel – Hagelin
11:5958% CF
L3Sheahan – Sheary – Aston-Reese
9:1175% CF
L4Reaves – Rowney – Simon
4:1450% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
14:2158% CF
D2Cole – Oleksiak
9:4243% CF
D3Schultz – Maatta
9:2945% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Kessel – Guentzel
2:0450% CF
PP2Letang – Rust – Maatta – Sheary – Simon
1:21100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Rowney
1:23
PK2FRust – Aston-Reese
1:04
PK1DCole – Oleksiak
1:54
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
1:53

Current PIT line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Radulov – Benn – Seguin
13:0547% CF
L2Roussel – Pitlick – Faksa
12:5638% CF
L3Spezza – Ritchie – Elie
4:080% CF
L4Shore – Janmark – Dickinson
3:59100% CF
D1Hamhuis – Pateryn
17:5440% CF
D2Klingberg – Lindell
17:1154% CF
D3Johns – Heatherington
10:2358% CF

PP1Radulov – Benn – Seguin – Klingberg – Shore
2:3567% CF
PP2Spezza – Klingberg – Ritchie – Lindell – Janmark
0:45
PK1FBenn – Seguin
1:23
PK2FPitlick – Faksa
1:20
PK1DHamhuis – Pateryn
2:08
PK2DJohns – Heatherington
0:55

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:07
PITRiley Sheahan (Zachary Aston-Reese, Ian Cole)backhand0.07 xG
PIT: Malkin, Schultz, Sheahan, Rust, MaattaDAL: Spezza, Johns, Pitlick, Lindell, Janmark
PIT 1 – 0 DAL
10:54
PITCarl HagelinSHwrist0.18 xG
PIT: Cole, Hagelin, OleksiakDAL: Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg
PIT 2 – 0 DAL
17:57
DALTyler Seguin (Jamie Benn, Dillon Heatherington)slap0.08 xG
PIT: Crosby, Dumoulin, Rust, Oleksiak, GuentzelDAL: Radulov, Benn, Johns, Seguin, Heatherington
PIT 2 – 1 DAL

3rd period

2:46
DALJohn Klingberg (Alexander Radulov, Jamie Benn)wrist0.02 xG
PIT: Reaves, Schultz, Maatta, Rowney, SimonDAL: Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg, Lindell
PIT 2 – 2 DAL
6:47
DALDan Hamhuis (Greg Pateryn, Jamie Benn)wrist0.01 xG
PIT: Crosby, Schultz, Maatta, Rowney, GuentzelDAL: Hamhuis, Radulov, Benn, Pateryn, Seguin
PIT 2 – 3 DAL
18:47
PITJustin Schultz (Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang)wrist0.02 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Kessel, Schultz, GuentzelDAL: Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg, Lindell
PIT 3 – 3 DAL

Decided in the shootout: PIT 3 – 4 DAL.

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	0	0	-1	6	1.04	0	1	0	21:09	—	—	55	67
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.43	0	3	0	18:46	—	—	55	63
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	18:33	—	—	66	72
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	1	0	2	20:39	—	—	57	56
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.47	1	0	0	20:12	—	—	59	58
Carl Hagelin L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.21	3	3	0	17:59	—	—	54	56
Riley Sheahan C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.11	0	0	2	18:01	—	—	55	61
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:16	—	—	69	82
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	2	0	0	13:09	—	—	53	40
Carter Rowney C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:38	—	—	24	3
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:19	—	—	42	8
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	7:17	—	—	40	5
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.00	1	1	0	26:57	—	—	63	57
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	1	2	21:13	—	—	52	46
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	8	0	0	20:37	—	—	60	71
Ian Cole D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	1	3	0	18:35	—	—	45	62
Justin Schultz D	D3	1	0	1	0	6	0.50	0	2	0	17:57	—	—	51	60
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	0	2	15:50	—	—	50	48

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	O	36	33	3	.917	3.52	63:53

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Seguin C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.59	3	3	0	24:25	—	—	44	39
Alexander Radulov R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	1.13	3	3	0	24:11	—	—	50	45
Jamie Benn L	L1	0	3	3	+1	1	0.38	2	0	0	22:21	—	—	46	36
Radek Faksa C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	18:30	—	—	40	53
Tyler Pitlick C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	5	2	0	17:10	—	—	39	46
Antoine Roussel L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	4	15:01	—	—	36	52
Jason Spezza C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	0	1	0	12:42	—	—	47	30
Remi Elie L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	7:11	—	—	38	57
Brett Ritchie R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	6:59	—	—	20	59
Devin Shore C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	0	0	17:03	—	—	63	40
Mattias Janmark C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	16:40	—	—	59	56
Jason Dickinson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	5:58	—	—	83	100
Greg Pateryn D	D1	0	1	1	+1	6	0.25	4	7	0	21:32	—	—	42	47
Dan Hamhuis D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	20:51	—	—	40	45
John Klingberg D	D2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.07	3	1	0	28:14	—	—	52	62
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.32	1	1	2	24:03	—	—	47	52
Stephen Johns D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	1	0	13:53	—	—	59	31
Dillon Heatherington D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	3	0	0	12:16	—	—	47	24

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kari Lehtonen(start)	W	37	34	3	.919	3.44	65:00

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.