Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Dallas StarsMar 23, 2019

FinalSaturday, Mar 23, 2019· American Airlines Center

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

3

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Dallas StarsDAL

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	1	1	3		PIT	12	9	9	30
DAL	0	2	0	2		DAL	10	6	15	31

: PIT 60DAL 60
: PIT 2.54DAL 3.04
PP goals: PIT 1DAL 0
Hits: PIT 20DAL 25
Blocks: PIT 15DAL 17
PIM: PIT 6DAL 2
: PIT 50%DAL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Dallas Stars 3–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Dallas Stars 3–2 at DAL. Jared McCann (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Teddy Blueger (PIT) played 16:58, +6:08 up on his 10:50 season average over 27 games.

Points
Jared McCann had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:30.McCann
Points
Phil Kessel had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:57.Kessel
Usage
Teddy Blueger (PIT) played 16:58, +6:08 up on his 10:50 season average over 27 games.Blueger
New line
New look for DAL: Benn–Dowling–L'Esperance skated 4:55 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Benn Dowling L'Esperance
Usage
John Klingberg (DAL) played 29:01, +4:33 up on his 24:28 season average over 63 games.Klingberg
Usage
Roope Hintz (DAL) played 18:43, +4:45 up on his 13:58 season average over 57 games.Hintz
Usage
Valeri Nichushkin (DAL) played 7:21, −4:39 down on his 12:00 season average over 56 games.Nichushkin
Usage
Andrew Cogliano (DAL) played 8:33, −4:06 down on his 12:39 season average over 77 games.Cogliano

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 120 of 120 attempts · DAL 60 · PIT 60

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 24% of the game, DAL 31%.

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
	67	64
	2.73	2.89
	2.69	2.80
	13	20
	2	6
	23	17
	+0.000	+0.000
	24%	31%

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
15:0156% CF
L2Kessel – Blueger – McCann
13:3248% CF
L3Hornqvist – Bjugstad – Simon
11:5864% CF
L4Cullen – Wilson – Johnson
4:2327% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
19:4053% CF
D2Johnson – Schultz
15:2153% CF
D3Gudbranson – Pettersson
14:3961% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel – Guentzel
0:51100% CF
PK1FCullen – Rust
1:27
PK2FBlueger – McCann
0:52
PK1DJohnson – Dumoulin
1:40
PK2DGudbranson – Pettersson
0:37

Current PIT line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Comeau – Faksa – Janmark
11:0032% CF
L2Radulov – Seguin – Hintz
8:3463% CF
L3Benn – Dowling – L'Esperance
4:5538% CF
L4Cogliano – Dickinson – Nichushkin
3:2473% CF
D1Klingberg – Lindell
13:1534% CF
D2Polak – Heiskanen
9:4371% CF
D3Lovejoy – Fedun
8:5944% CF

PP1Radulov – Benn – Seguin – Klingberg – Hintz
2:2775% CF
PP2Dowling – Faksa – Lindell – Heiskanen – L'Esperance
1:21
PK1FComeau – Dickinson
0:41
PK1DLovejoy – Lindell
0:51

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

15:25
PITJake GuentzelPP (Phil Kessel, Kris Letang)snap0.04 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel, GuentzelDAL: Comeau, Lovejoy, Lindell, Dickinson
PIT 1 – 0 DAL

2nd period

1:03
DALTyler Seguin (Alexander Radulov, Roope Hintz)wrist0.03 xG
PIT: Johnson, Hornqvist, Dumoulin, Bjugstad, SimonDAL: Radulov, Polak, Seguin, Hintz, Heiskanen
PIT 1 – 1 DAL
14:41
PITJared McCann (Phil Kessel)snap0.04 xG
PIT: Letang, Kessel, Dumoulin, Blueger, McCannDAL: Radulov, Polak, Seguin, Hintz, Heiskanen
PIT 2 – 1 DAL
18:40
DALAndrew Cogliano (John Klingberg, Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.08 xG
PIT: Cullen, Wilson, Gudbranson, Pettersson, JohnsonDAL: Cogliano, Klingberg, Lindell, Dickinson, Nichushkin
PIT 2 – 2 DAL

3rd period

4:20
PITJared McCannSH (Teddy Blueger, Erik Gudbranson)backhand0.10 xG
PIT: Gudbranson, Blueger, McCann, PetterssonDAL: Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg, Hintz
PIT 3 – 2 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
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	1.05	0	2	0	20:45	—	—	55	53
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.42	0	0	0	19:39	—	—	56	41
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	1	2	19:11	—	—	56	54
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.04	1	2	0	16:58	—	—	40	37
Jared McCann L	L2	2	0	2	+2	4	0.27	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	44	49
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.05	0	1	0	15:57	—	—	48	48
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.29	1	0	0	15:58	—	—	59	47
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	15:38	—	—	61	47
Dominik Simon C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	13:22	—	—	64	53
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:28	—	—	40	63
Garrett Wilson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	5:11	—	—	27	13
Adam Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	4:36	—	—	27	13
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	1	0	25:00	—	—	53	58
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	0	1	2	24:26	—	—	55	59
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	2	18:48	—	—	49	41
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	1	0	17:24	—	—	44	43
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	17:09	—	—	45	20
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	1	0	16:40	—	—	63	50

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	3.04	60:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Radek Faksa C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.57	5	2	0	17:32	—	—	31	37
Blake Comeau L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	3	3	0	15:26	—	—	31	38
Mattias Janmark C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	1	0	13:26	—	—	35	38
Tyler Seguin C	L2	1	0	1	-1	6	0.36	0	0	0	23:23	—	—	59	53
Alexander Radulov R	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.18	1	1	2	21:45	—	—	60	54
Roope Hintz C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.23	2	0	0	18:43	—	—	53	62
Jamie Benn L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.26	1	1	0	21:07	—	—	45	48
Justin Dowling C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	2	3	0	14:04	—	—	43	61
Joel L'Esperance R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	1	1	0	10:19	—	—	58	67
Jason Dickinson C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	1	0	0	12:42	—	—	58	75
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	1	0	0	8:33	—	—	71	91
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:21	—	—	73	92
John Klingberg D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	1	2	0	29:01	—	—	41	60
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	1	1	0	21:27	—	—	36	46
Miro Heiskanen D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	0	0	25:04	—	—	59	58
Roman Polak D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	3	0	0	14:26	—	—	59	32
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	1	0	14:55	—	—	52	73
Taylor Fedun D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:25	—	—	52	42

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Khudobin(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	2.54	58:30

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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.