Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Minnesota WildOct 28, 2017

FinalSaturday, Oct 28, 2017· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	0	1		PIT	14	6	10	30
MIN	1	0	1	2		MIN	13	6	10	29

: PIT 59MIN 44
: PIT 2.47MIN 3.44
PP goals: PIT 1MIN 0
Hits: PIT 10MIN 12
Blocks: PIT 7MIN 18
PIM: PIT 8MIN 6
: PIT 55%MIN 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1

Minnesota Wild beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 at home. Mikko Koivu (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:22 together.

PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist and Kessel) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:22 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Hornqvist Kessel
New line
New look for MIN: Stewart–Ennis–Eriksson Ek skated 8:40 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (31.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stewart Ennis Eriksson Ek
Usage
Conor Sheary (PIT) played 17:14, +3:20 up on his 13:54 season average over 78 games.Sheary
Usage
Patric Hornqvist (PIT) played 13:56, −3:26 down on his 17:22 season average over 69 games.Hornqvist
PP1
MIN's PP1 (Koivu, Suter, Spurgeon, Zucker and Granlund) went scoreless in 3:52 of 5v4 time with 6 attempts.Koivu Suter Spurgeon Zucker Granlund
Cats
Jonas Brodin (MIN) blocked 5 shots in 21:29.Brodin

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)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · MIN 44 · PIT 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MIN 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 36% of the game, MIN 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

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	MIN
	62	42
	2.44	2.45
	2.42	2.25
	12	8
	6	2
	7	13
	+0.035	−0.035
	36%	32%

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 – Guentzel – Sheary
14:0548% CF
L2Malkin – Kessel – Rust
9:0165% CF
L3Hornqvist – Hagelin – Sheahan
5:4645% CF
L4Reaves – McKegg – Kuhnhackl
5:4388% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
14:4744% CF
D2Maatta – Ruhwedel
14:2457% CF
D3Cole – Trotman
10:0168% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
3:22100% CF
PP2Rust – Trotman – Maatta – Guentzel – Sheary
1:23100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
2:50
PK2FMcKegg – Kuhnhackl
2:05
PK1DLetang – Maatta
2:24
PK2DCole – Dumoulin
2:22

Current PIT line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Koivu – Zucker – Granlund
12:4058% CF
L2Staal – Foligno – Kunin
11:3444% CF
L3Stewart – Ennis – Eriksson Ek
8:4032% CF
L4Cullen – Winnik – Mitchell
8:0623% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
18:2243% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
17:1247% CF
D3Quincey – Reilly
8:3221% CF

PP1Koivu – Suter – Spurgeon – Zucker – Granlund
3:52100% CF
PP2Staal – Stewart – Ennis – Reilly – Dumba
2:59100% CF
PK1FKoivu – Granlund
1:15
PK2FStaal – Winnik
1:11
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
2:46
PK2DQuincey – Brodin
2:05

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:52
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Kris Letang, Phil Kessel)slap0.23 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, KesselMIN: Cullen, Quincey, Brodin, Kunin
PIT 1 – 0 MIN
13:36
MINDaniel Winnik (Matt Cullen, Jared Spurgeon)wrist0.16 xG
PIT: Crosby, Maatta, Ruhwedel, Guentzel, ShearyMIN: Cullen, Suter, Quincey, Winnik, Mitchell
PIT 1 – 1 MIN

3rd period

9:03
MINMikko Koivu (Mike Reilly, Kyle Quincey)tip-in0.04 xG
PIT: Letang, Reaves, Dumoulin, McKegg, KuhnhacklMIN: Koivu, Quincey, Zucker, Granlund, Reilly
PIT 1 – 2 MIN

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	3	0.19	0	1	0	21:29	—	—	46	36
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	48	29
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	43	17
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.30	0	0	2	17:51	—	—	60	19
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	16:51	—	—	67	51
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	1	0	2	16:39	—	—	58	24
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	16:18	—	—	69	87
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.70	0	1	0	13:56	—	—	52	76
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	0	0	0	13:15	—	—	62	84
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.25	1	0	0	9:13	—	—	88	89
Greg McKegg C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:54	—	—	89	89
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	3	0	0	7:40	—	—	87	82
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	1	3	0	27:10	—	—	46	32
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	20:46	—	—	50	36
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	0	2	19:13	—	—	61	38
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	2	0	18:37	—	—	61	43
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	18:20	—	—	68	80
Zach Trotman D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	0	0	0	11:52	—	—	70	72

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	29	27	2	.931	2.95	59:14

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Koivu C	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	1.30	0	0	2	20:37	—	—	54	83
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.68	0	1	0	19:39	—	—	62	86
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.43	0	1	0	19:07	—	—	57	86
Eric Staal C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	2	18:00	—	—	50	76
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.26	1	0	0	14:18	—	—	46	57
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	1	3	0	13:28	—	—	47	61
Chris Stewart R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	1	0	13:08	—	—	30	26
Tyler Ennis R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	12:02	—	—	29	22
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	11:06	—	—	30	26
Daniel Winnik L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	0	1	0	12:41	—	—	16	15
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	11:32	—	—	19	15
Zack Mitchell R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:56	—	—	20	15
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.11	0	0	0	26:06	—	—	44	39
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	25:19	—	—	43	35
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	0	0	22:01	—	—	47	75
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	5	0	21:29	—	—	43	73
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	0	2	12:42	—	—	21	22
Kyle Quincey D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	4	0	12:36	—	—	27	35

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.47	60:00

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.