Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Minnesota WildOct 12, 2019

FinalSaturday, Oct 12, 2019· Xcel Energy Center

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Minnesota WildMIN

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	4	2	7		PIT	9	16	10	35
MIN	0	2	2	4		MIN	11	11	11	33

: PIT 52MIN 56
: PIT 2.41MIN 3.77
PP goals: PIT 2MIN 1
Hits: PIT 14MIN 26
Blocks: PIT 16MIN 10
PIM: PIT 8MIN 10
: PIT 49%MIN 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota Wild 7–4

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota Wild 7–4 at MIN. Sam Lafferty (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Schultz and Guentzel) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:48 together.

Points
Jared Spurgeon had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 23:26.Spurgeon
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Sam Lafferty had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 13:04.Lafferty
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Adam Johnson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 7:36.Johnson
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Brad Hunt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:16.Hunt
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Kris Letang had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:29.Letang
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Patric Hornqvist had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:07.Hornqvist
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Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:50.Crosby
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PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Schultz and Guentzel) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:48 together.Crosby Letang Hornqvist Schultz Guentzel

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 108 of 108 attempts · MIN 56 · 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 26% 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
	49	54
	2.09	3.62
	2.07	3.37
	7	14
	2	0
	5	8
	+0.004	−0.004
	26%	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 – Simon
13:2965% CF
L2Hornqvist – McCann – Kahun
9:5520% CF
L3Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
9:4970% CF
L4Blandisi – Lafferty – Johnson
5:5758% CF
D1Schultz – Pettersson
16:5648% CF
D2Letang – Dumoulin
16:2954% CF
D3Johnson – Marino
13:3333% CF

PP1Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Schultz – Guentzel
2:48100% CF
PP2Dumoulin – McCann – Pettersson – Aston-Reese – Kahun
0:38
PK1FLafferty – Aston-Reese
0:22
PK2FBlueger – Guentzel
0:15
PK1DLetang – Dumoulin
0:22
PK2DJohnson – Marino
0:20

Current PIT line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Koivu – Zuccarello – Zucker
13:0283% CF
L2Staal – Fiala – Greenway
8:1242% CF
L3Foligno – Rask – Hartman
7:2957% CF
L4Parise – Eriksson Ek – Kunin
6:1438% CF
D1Suter – Dumba
19:4763% CF
D2Spurgeon – Brodin
16:4146% CF
D3Hunt – Soucy
11:5333% CF

PP1Staal – Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Zucker – Brodin
0:260% CF
PP2Koivu – Spurgeon – Zucker – Hunt – Fiala
0:14100% CF
PK1FKoivu – Kunin
2:04
PK2FHartman – Greenway
0:37
PK1DSpurgeon – Brodin
1:40
PK2DSuter – Dumba
1:32

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:54
PITPatric HornqvistPP (Justin Schultz, Sidney Crosby)tip-in0.13 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Schultz, GuentzelMIN: Koivu, Spurgeon, Brodin, Kunin
PIT 1 – 0 MIN

2nd period

3:26
PITSidney Crosby (Kris Letang, Matt Murray)backhand0.14 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Dumoulin, Guentzel, SimonMIN: Parise, Spurgeon, Brodin, Eriksson Ek, Kunin
PIT 2 – 0 MIN
3:54
MINJason ZuckerPP (Brad Hunt, Jared Spurgeon)tip-in0.12 xG
PIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Lafferty, Aston-ReeseMIN: Koivu, Spurgeon, Zucker, Hunt, Fiala
PIT 2 – 1 MIN
11:11
PITAdam Johnson (Sam Lafferty, Zachary Aston-Reese)wrist0.22 xG
PIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Lafferty, Aston-Reese, JohnsonMIN: Suter, Foligno, Rask, Dumba, Hartman
PIT 3 – 1 MIN
12:58
PITKris Letang (Brian Dumoulin, Brandon Tanev)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Blueger, Tanev, Aston-ReeseMIN: Staal, Suter, Parise, Dumba, Fiala
PIT 4 – 1 MIN
13:39
PITJoseph Blandisi (Adam Johnson, Sam Lafferty)wrist0.18 xG
PIT: Schultz, Blandisi, Pettersson, Lafferty, JohnsonMIN: Hunt, Soucy, Greenway, Eriksson Ek, Kunin
PIT 5 – 1 MIN
16:46
MINJared Spurgeon (Marcus Foligno, Victor Rask)wrist0.11 xG
PIT: Crosby, Schultz, Guentzel, Pettersson, SimonMIN: Spurgeon, Foligno, Rask, Brodin, Hartman
PIT 5 – 2 MIN

3rd period

10:48
PITJake GuentzelPP (Patric Hornqvist)tip-in0.06 xG
PIT: Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Schultz, GuentzelMIN: Koivu, Spurgeon, Brodin, Kunin
PIT 6 – 2 MIN
15:23
MINBrad Hunt (Kevin Fiala, Eric Staal)slap0.03 xG
PIT: Schultz, Blueger, Pettersson, Tanev, KahunMIN: Staal, Parise, Hunt, Soucy, Fiala
PIT 6 – 3 MIN
15:44
MINLuke Kunin (Jared Spurgeon, Jonas Brodin)wrist0.02 xG
PIT: Crosby, Johnson, Guentzel, Marino, SimonMIN: Spurgeon, Brodin, Greenway, Eriksson Ek, Kunin
PIT 6 – 4 MIN
18:49
PITSam LaffertyENwrist0.20 xG
PIT: Hornqvist, Dumoulin, McCann, Lafferty, MarinoMIN: Staal, Suter, Parise, Zuccarello, Dumba, Kunin
PIT 7 – 4 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
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	-1	7	0.47	0	0	0	21:01	—	—	61	44
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	1	2	-1	4	0.63	1	0	0	20:50	—	—	62	39
Dominik Simon C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	15:20	—	—	62	39
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	16:25	—	—	13	16
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.21	0	1	4	15:07	—	—	14	16
Dominik Kahun C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:35	—	—	18	12
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	15:24	—	—	43	16
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	2	1	0	14:35	—	—	40	15
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	1	1	0	14:15	—	—	79	89
Sam Lafferty C	L4	1	2	3	+3	3	0.33	1	1	2	13:04	—	—	37	33
Joseph Blandisi C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	0	1	0	7:37	—	—	58	88
Adam Johnson C	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.23	1	0	0	7:36	—	—	56	92
Justin Schultz D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.04	0	1	0	22:03	—	—	49	37
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	1	2	0	20:21	—	—	47	36
Kris Letang D	D2	1	1	2	+3	4	0.14	1	0	0	23:29	—	—	53	39
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	1	1	+4	1	0.05	0	2	0	21:50	—	—	53	40
John Marino D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	33	12
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	1	2	15:47	—	—	36	20

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	33	29	4	.879	3.77	59:57

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Koivu C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.73	2	1	0	19:01	—	—	80	95
Jason Zucker L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.58	1	0	0	17:48	—	—	81	98
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.30	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	73	95
Eric Staal C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	5	2	0	16:54	—	—	41	42
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:39	—	—	39	25
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	1	0	2	14:15	—	—	52	36
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	4	12:08	—	—	56	61
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.52	6	0	0	10:47	—	—	47	58
Victor Rask C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	10:16	—	—	44	58
Zach Parise L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:20	—	—	36	49
Luke Kunin C	L4	1	0	1	-2	2	0.21	1	1	0	14:05	—	—	45	47
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.59	1	2	0	12:33	—	—	45	49
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.04	0	0	2	23:48	—	—	62	73
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.14	2	0	0	23:27	—	—	63	73
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	1	2	3	+1	2	0.14	3	0	0	23:26	—	—	50	63
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	0	2	0	21:28	—	—	48	63
Brad Hunt D	D3	1	1	2	0	3	0.18	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	46	30
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	12:35	—	—	32	20

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	23	18	5	.783	1.81	33:39
Alex Stalock	—	11	10	1	.909	0.40	24:49

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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.