Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Minnesota WildMar 9, 2025

FinalSunday, Mar 9, 2025· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	1	2	3		PIT	7	6	9	22
MIN	0	0	1	1		MIN	10	10	10	30

: PIT 48MIN 74
: PIT 2.22MIN 3.23
PP goals: PIT 1MIN 1
Hits: PIT 17MIN 20
Blocks: PIT 24MIN 20
PIM: PIT 12MIN 4
: PIT 52%MIN 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota Wild 3–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota Wild 3–1 at MIN. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MIN: Nyquist–Foligno–Hartman skated 4:44 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Sidney Crosby had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:27.Crosby
New line
New look for MIN: Nyquist–Foligno–Hartman skated 4:44 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nyquist Foligno Hartman
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Novak–Tomasino skated 6:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Novak Tomasino
Usage
Justin Brazeau (MIN) played 4:10, −7:48 down on his 11:58 season average over 75 games.Brazeau
Luck
MIN scored 1 goal on 3.23 expected goals (74 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Ryan Shea (PIT) played 24:18, +7:46 up on his 16:32 season average over 38 games.Shea
New line
New look for PIT: Hayes–Bemstrom–Dewar skated 4:40 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayes Bemstrom Dewar
Usage
Kris Letang (PIT) played 27:54, +4:26 up on his 23:28 season average over 73 games.Letang

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 122 of 122 attempts · MIN 74 · PIT 48

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 19% of the game, MIN 44%.

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
	46	58
	0.88	2.64
	0.87	2.33
	5	16
	4	2
	18	22
	+0.025	−0.025
	19%	44%

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 – Rakell
10:5644% CF
L2Malkin – Novak – Tomasino
6:3953% CF
L3Hayes – Bemstrom – Dewar
4:4067% CF
L4Imama – Acciari – Lizotte
2:3250% CF
D1Letang – Shea
14:1525% CF
D2Karlsson – Grzelcyk
13:3032% CF
D3Timmins – Kolyachonok
6:4881% CF

PP1Crosby – Karlsson – Hayes – Rust – Rakell
1:55100% CF
PP2Malkin – Letang – Grzelcyk – Novak – Tomasino
1:12100% CF
PK1FAcciari – Lizotte
6:19
PK2FRust – Dewar
1:52
PK1DLetang – Shea
7:42
PK2DTimmins – Kolyachonok
2:33

Current PIT line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Boldy – Rossi
6:1568% CF
L2Nyquist – Foligno – Hartman
4:44100% CF
L3Johansson – Gaudreau – Trenin
0:50100% CF
L4Shore – Hinostroza – Brazeau
0:00
D1Middleton – Faber
15:3163% CF
D2Spurgeon – Chisholm
11:5352% CF
D3Bogosian – Merrill
10:1040% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Hinostroza – Boldy – Rossi – Faber
5:43100% CF
PP2Nyquist – Spurgeon – Johansson – Hartman – Gaudreau
4:33100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Gaudreau
2:08
PK2FNyquist – Boldy
0:56
PK1DMiddleton – Faber
2:08
PK2DSpurgeon – Merrill
0:41

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

15:22
PITEvgeni MalkinPP (Kris Letang, Matt Grzelcyk)wrist0.65 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Grzelcyk, Novak, TomasinoMIN: Foligno, Gaudreau, Middleton, Faber
PIT 1 – 0 MIN

3rd period

9:21
PITSidney Crosby (Erik Karlsson, Rickard Rakell)wrist0.11 xG
PIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, GrzelcykMIN: Zuccarello, Hartman, Middleton, Boldy, Faber
PIT 2 – 0 MIN
14:54
MINRyan HartmanPP (Jared Spurgeon, Marcus Johansson)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Timmins, KolyachonokMIN: Nyquist, Spurgeon, Johansson, Hinostroza, Hartman
PIT 2 – 1 MIN
18:47
PITSidney CrosbyEN (Tristan Jarry)other0.64 xG
PIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, GrzelcykMIN: Johansson, Foligno, Zuccarello, Boldy, Rossi, Faber
PIT 3 – 1 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	2	0	2	+2	3	0.77	0	0	2	19:27	—	—	43	19
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.07	2	1	0	18:37	—	—	38	17
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.11	0	0	0	17:11	—	—	48	30
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.71	1	1	4	15:55	—	—	53	35
Philip Tomasino R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	1	0	15:14	—	—	52	34
Tommy Novak C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	4	0	12:01	—	—	38	12
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	14:21	—	—	62	65
Connor Dewar C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:52	—	—	55	58
Emil Bemstrom C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	6:17	—	—	63	68
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:53	—	—	18	8
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	3	0	15:23	—	—	31	17
Bokondji Imama L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	3:53	—	—	50	39
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	0	4	0	27:54	—	—	26	13
Ryan Shea D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	3	0	24:18	—	—	31	10
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.03	1	2	0	21:15	—	—	48	36
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	1	2	19:19	—	—	36	32
Vladislav Kolyachonok D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	3	4	14:23	—	—	60	36
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	4	0	0	11:49	—	—	82	53

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	3.23	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.97	1	0	0	25:10	—	—	63	85
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	-2	6	0.59	1	1	2	24:13	—	—	60	84
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.36	1	0	0	21:49	—	—	58	84
Ryan Hartman R	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.25	0	0	0	18:03	—	—	61	67
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	16:58	—	—	65	69
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	1	0	15:24	—	—	60	70
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.07	2	0	0	20:22	—	—	59	71
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	1	0	17:43	—	—	64	77
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	5	0	0	7:00	—	—	22	16
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:28	—	—	53	70
Devin Shore C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:39	—	—	11	13
Justin Brazeau R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:10	—	—	13	13
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.38	0	2	0	27:30	—	—	63	84
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	3	0	20:36	—	—	63	84
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	2	2	0	19:45	—	—	54	73
Declan Chisholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	6	0	14:05	—	—	48	72
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	3	2	12:19	—	—	38	43
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:13	—	—	50	38

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	21	19	2	.905	1.58	57:35

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Evgeni Malkin (PIT PP) 2nd 15:22 · assists Kris Letang, Matt Grzelcyk · Forecheck turnover · 9.1 mph shot.

Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 15:22 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 9.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Sidney Crosby · 3rd 9:21 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 22.0 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s
Type: rebound

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Ryan Hartman · 3rd 14:54 · MIN PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 73.0 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Sidney Crosby · 3rd 18:47 · PIT EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 22.2 mph
Distance: 182 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.