Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Dallas StarsMar 23, 2023

FinalThursday, Mar 23, 2023· American Airlines Center

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

2

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Dallas StarsDAL

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	1	2		PIT	15	13	14	42
DAL	1	0	2	3		DAL	14	11	8	33

: PIT 82DAL 58
: PIT 3.82DAL 2.74
PP goals: PIT 0DAL 1
Hits: PIT 21DAL 15
Blocks: PIT 16DAL 21
PIM: PIT 6DAL 4
: PIT 44%DAL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars edge Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2

Dallas Stars beat Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 at home. Jason Robertson (DAL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. DAL's first power-play unit (Pavelski, Benn, Hintz, Robertson and Heiskanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:00 together.

Points
Jason Robertson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:14.Robertson
PP1
DAL's first power-play unit (Pavelski, Benn, Hintz, Robertson and Heiskanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:00 together.Pavelski Benn Hintz Robertson Heiskanen
Goalie
Jake Oettinger (DAL) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +13 against a season average of 28.6; the win.Oettinger
Usage
Pierre-Olivier Joseph (PIT) played 21:56, +6:46 up on his 15:10 season average over 74 games.Joseph
New line
New look for DAL: Seguin–Domi–Dellandrea skated 9:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (27.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Seguin Domi Dellandrea
Usage
Colin Miller (DAL) played 21:00, +4:17 up on his 16:43 season average over 78 games.Miller
Luck
PIT scored 2 goals on 3.82 expected goals (82 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Max Domi (DAL) played 13:54, −3:55 down on his 17:49 season average over 79 games.Domi

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 140 of 140 attempts · DAL 58 · PIT 82

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 29% of the game, DAL 26%.

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
	83	60
	3.71	2.84
	3.59	2.74
	24	16
	10	5
	23	20
	−0.060	+0.060
	29%	26%

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

L1Malkin – Zucker – Rakell
13:0455% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
13:0170% CF
L3Granlund – Heinen – Poehling
10:0754% CF
L4Carter – Archibald – O'Connor
5:5950% CF
D1Letang – Joseph
17:5153% CF
D2Dumoulin – Ruhwedel
15:2946% CF
D3Fedun – Friedman
9:3260% CF

PP1Carter – Zucker – Granlund – Rust – Joseph
1:01
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Guentzel
0:56100% CF
PK1FGranlund – Archibald
2:09
PK2FRust – Poehling
1:58
PK1DDumoulin – Ruhwedel
2:41
PK2DFriedman – Joseph
0:33

Current PIT line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson
12:2333% CF
L2Benn – Dadonov – Johnston
10:0645% CF
L3Seguin – Domi – Dellandrea
9:5428% CF
L4Glendening – Olofsson – Kiviranta
9:2152% CF
D1Miller – Heiskanen
18:5143% CF
D2Hakanpää – Lindell
14:5844% CF
D3Suter – Lundkvist
11:0341% CF

PP1Pavelski – Benn – Hintz – Robertson – Heiskanen
3:00100% CF
PP2Dadonov – Seguin – Domi – Heiskanen – Johnston
0:41100% CF
PK1FBenn – Johnston
1:01
PK2FGlendening – Dellandrea
0:46
PK1DSuter – Hakanpää
1:01

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:45
DALRoope Hintz (Jason Robertson, Colin Miller)wrist0.10 xG
PIT: Carter, Dumoulin, Archibald, Ruhwedel, O'ConnorDAL: Pavelski, Miller, Hintz, Robertson, Heiskanen
PIT 0 – 1 DAL

2nd period

4:00
PITSidney Crosby (Mark Friedman, Jake Guentzel)wrist0.26 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Fedun, Guentzel, FriedmanDAL: Suter, Domi, Heiskanen, Dellandrea, Kiviranta
PIT 1 – 1 DAL

3rd period

9:49
DALJoe PavelskiPP (Miro Heiskanen, Jason Robertson)tip-in0.09 xG
PIT: Granlund, Archibald, Friedman, JosephDAL: Pavelski, Benn, Hintz, Robertson, Heiskanen
PIT 1 – 2 DAL
11:25
DALJamie Benn (Max Domi, Evgenii Dadonov)wrist0.22 xG
PIT: Malkin, Zucker, Fedun, Rakell, FriedmanDAL: Suter, Benn, Dadonov, Domi, Lundkvist
PIT 1 – 3 DAL
13:43
PITPierre-Olivier Joseph (Danton Heinen, Ryan Poehling)wrist0.04 xG
PIT: Letang, Granlund, Heinen, Joseph, PoehlingDAL: Suter, Seguin, Domi, Dellandrea, Lundkvist
PIT 2 – 3 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
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	1	1	0	18:20	—	—	54	56
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	0	1	0	16:32	—	—	52	48
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.41	2	1	2	15:53	—	—	54	52
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.42	1	0	0	21:25	—	—	66	64
Sidney Crosby C	L2	1	0	1	+1	7	0.69	1	0	0	19:10	—	—	68	63
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.58	1	1	0	19:00	—	—	66	64
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:08	—	—	53	52
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.29	0	1	0	14:40	—	—	57	53
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	1	1	0	13:26	—	—	56	54
Josh Archibald R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	1	0	0	9:22	—	—	62	62
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	0	0	8:50	—	—	50	52
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.20	1	0	0	8:33	—	—	43	47
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.08	4	1	0	27:58	—	—	61	57
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.04	0	1	2	21:56	—	—	54	36
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	22:38	—	—	61	48
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	2	20:11	—	—	49	43
Mark Friedman D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.09	1	2	0	12:55	—	—	63	71
Taylor Fedun D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	2	0	10:51	—	—	59	72

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	2.74	58:18

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joe Pavelski C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.24	3	0	0	19:11	—	—	32	31
Roope Hintz C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.30	1	0	2	18:21	—	—	42	41
Jason Robertson L	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.01	0	1	0	18:14	—	—	33	32
Wyatt Johnston C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	1	1	0	16:50	—	—	41	40
Jamie Benn L	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.66	2	0	0	16:36	—	—	49	57
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.21	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	53	59
Ty Dellandrea C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:48	—	—	30	11
Tyler Seguin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	1	1	0	13:56	—	—	29	19
Max Domi C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.16	0	1	0	13:54	—	—	32	37
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	1	1	0	13:01	—	—	52	61
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	12:02	—	—	49	45
Fredrik Olofsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	1	0	11:11	—	—	48	52
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.11	0	3	0	26:01	—	—	45	41
Colin Miller D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:00	—	—	42	41
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	2	0	20:05	—	—	44	52
Jani Hakanpää D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	2	2	19:02	—	—	44	42
Ryan Suter D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	3	0	18:26	—	—	36	38
Nils Lundkvist D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	4	0	11:25	—	—	44	48

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	W	42	40	2	.952	3.82	60:00

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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.