Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Minnesota WildDec 31, 2018

FinalMonday, Dec 31, 2018· Xcel Energy Center

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Minnesota WildMIN

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	2	1	0	3		PIT	11	7	14	32
MIN	1	0	1	2		MIN	11	13	9	33

: PIT 52MIN 62
: PIT 2.96MIN 2.73
PP goals: PIT 1MIN 1
Hits: PIT 25MIN 29
Blocks: PIT 15MIN 9
PIM: PIT 4MIN 4
: PIT 47%MIN 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Minnesota Wild 3–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota Wild 3–2 at MIN. Phil Kessel (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for PIT: Cullen–Grant–Sheahan skated 7:31 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (12.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Phil Kessel had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 14:56.Kessel
Points
Mikko Koivu had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:53.Koivu
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:56.Crosby
New line
New look for PIT: Cullen–Grant–Sheahan skated 7:31 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (12.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cullen Grant Sheahan
Usage
Riley Sheahan (PIT) played 9:00, −4:31 down on his 13:31 season average over 81 games.Sheahan
Luck
Jake Guentzel (PIT) generated 1.69 xG on 5 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Guentzel
Usage
Zachary Aston-Reese (PIT) played 17:06, +3:32 up on his 13:34 season average over 42 games.Aston-Reese
Usage
Phil Kessel (PIT) played 14:56, −3:05 down on his 18:01 season average over 81 games.Kessel

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 114 of 114 attempts · MIN 62 · PIT 52

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 27% of the game, MIN 39%.

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
	53	59
	2.03	2.46
	2.01	2.44
	5	12
	1	1
	10	11
	−0.006	+0.006
	27%	39%

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 – Aston-Reese
14:2271% CF
L2Malkin – Hornqvist – Simon
13:0339% CF
L3Brassard – Kessel – Pearson
10:2739% CF
L4Cullen – Grant – Sheahan
7:3113% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
18:4050% CF
D2Maatta – Riikola
15:3957% CF
D3Johnson – Pettersson
14:0241% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
0:58100% CF
PK1FCrosby – Guentzel
0:35
PK2FBrassard – Grant
0:35
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
1:01
PK2DJohnson – Maatta
0:38

Current PIT line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Koivu – Niederreiter – Greenway
12:4222% CF
L2Parise – Coyle – Kunin
10:3075% CF
L3Staal – Zucker – Granlund
9:2962% CF
L4Hendricks – Fehr – Foligno
7:4946% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
20:5574% CF
D2Pateryn – Brodin
19:4344% CF
D3Bartkowski – Prosser
6:1522% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Parise – Zucker – Granlund
0:55
PP2Koivu – Spurgeon – Coyle – Niederreiter – Greenway
0:44100% CF
PK1FFehr – Foligno
0:37
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
0:58

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:27
MINMikko KoivuPP (Nino Niederreiter, Charlie Coyle)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Crosby, Johnson, Maatta, GuentzelMIN: Koivu, Spurgeon, Coyle, Niederreiter, Greenway
PIT 0 – 1 MIN
15:43
PITSidney CrosbyPP (Phil Kessel, Kris Letang)deflected0.12 xG
PIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, KesselMIN: Suter, Parise, Fehr, Spurgeon
PIT 1 – 1 MIN
19:39
PITPhil Kessel (Sidney Crosby, Zachary Aston-Reese)deflected0.02 xG
PIT: Crosby, Kessel, Maatta, Aston-Reese, RiikolaMIN: Koivu, Suter, Spurgeon, Niederreiter, Greenway
PIT 2 – 1 MIN

2nd period

10:19
PITRiley Sheahan (Phil Kessel, Matt Cullen)wrist0.03 xG
PIT: Cullen, Letang, Kessel, Dumoulin, SheahanMIN: Parise, Pateryn, Foligno, Coyle, Brodin
PIT 3 – 1 MIN

3rd period

15:55
MINZach Parise (Mikko Koivu, Mikael Granlund)wrist0.10 xG
PIT: Crosby, Maatta, Guentzel, Aston-Reese, RiikolaMIN: Koivu, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Granlund
PIT 3 – 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	1	1	2	0	2	0.18	2	2	0	19:56	—	—	69	67
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	1.69	1	0	0	18:34	—	—	60	59
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	1	1	2	17:06	—	—	69	63
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	0	1	0	18:11	—	—	36	29
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	3	0	0	16:46	—	—	37	32
Dominik Simon C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.07	1	0	0	15:51	—	—	41	44
Phil Kessel R	L3	1	2	3	+2	4	0.16	0	1	0	14:56	—	—	50	36
Derick Brassard C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	13:31	—	—	41	24
Tanner Pearson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	1	0	12:30	—	—	40	23
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.22	0	1	0	11:10	—	—	36	20
Derek Grant C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:48	—	—	13	0
Riley Sheahan C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	1	1	2	9:00	—	—	36	19
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	25:16	—	—	50	46
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	4	0	23:33	—	—	50	46
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	1	0	18:35	—	—	56	24
Juuso Riikola D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	3	1	0	17:50	—	—	50	26
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	5	1	0	19:16	—	—	38	53
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	14:32	—	—	41	51

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	2.73	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Koivu C	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.58	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	32	77
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	3	1	0	15:39	—	—	26	56
Nino Niederreiter R	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:28	—	—	33	77
Zach Parise L	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.27	3	1	0	18:45	—	—	73	78
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.23	1	0	0	18:09	—	—	70	76
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	5	0	0	15:29	—	—	63	69
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.16	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	68	76
Eric Staal C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.37	3	1	0	18:22	—	—	55	67
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.51	2	0	0	15:12	—	—	53	67
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	3	0	2	9:19	—	—	35	5
Eric Fehr C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	9:19	—	—	46	6
Matt Hendricks C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:26	—	—	47	27
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	27:50	—	—	75	89
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.15	1	1	0	26:01	—	—	72	88
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	2	3	0	25:19	—	—	43	38
Greg Pateryn D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	21:30	—	—	42	38
Matt Bartkowski D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:32	—	—	19	6
Nate Prosser D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	7:16	—	—	30	13

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	32	29	3	.906	2.28	58:01

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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.