Nashville Predators vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsOct 7, 2017

FinalSaturday, Oct 7, 2017· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	0	0	0		NSH	7	9	10	26
PIT	2	1	1	4		PIT	11	9	14	34

: NSH 55PIT 49
: NSH 2.29PIT 2.40
PP goals: NSH 0PIT 0
Hits: NSH 33PIT 25
Blocks: NSH 8PIT 14
PIM: NSH 46PIT 36
: NSH 58%PIT 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Nashville Predators 4–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Nashville Predators 4–0 at home. Olli Maatta (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Ian Cole (PIT) played 5:16, −12:42 down on his 17:58 season average over 66 games.

Points
Olli Maatta had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:59.Maatta
Points
Bryan Rust had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:56.Rust
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:38.Crosby
Usage
Ian Cole (PIT) played 5:16, −12:42 down on his 17:58 season average over 66 games.Cole
New line
New look for NSH: Hartnell–Jarnkrok–Aberg skated 8:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hartnell Jarnkrok Aberg
Luck
NSH scored 0 goals on 2.29 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Carter Rowney (PIT) played 14:00, +4:46 up on his 9:14 season average over 43 games.Rowney
New line
New look for NSH: Bonino–Smith–Sissons skated 6:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bonino Smith Sissons

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

← NSH attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 104 of 104 attempts · PIT 49 · NSH 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT pressure
NSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NSH 35% of the game, PIT 20%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

NSH

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	NSH	PIT
	50	47
	1.92	2.06
	1.89	2.00
	6	6
	2	6
	4	10
	+0.098	−0.098
	35%	20%

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.

Nashville Predators

L1Hartnell – Jarnkrok – Aberg
8:4138% CF
L2Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
7:2567% CF
L3Bonino – Smith – Sissons
6:0558% CF
L4McLeod – Watson – Salomaki
4:05100% CF
D1Subban – Ekholm
14:4544% CF
D2Josi – Irwin
12:3558% CF
D3Weber – Bitetto
12:0950% CF

PP1Hartnell – Subban – Josi – Johansen – Forsberg
3:3867% CF
PP2Bonino – Ekholm – Smith – Jarnkrok – Arvidsson
1:51100% CF
PK1FJarnkrok – Arvidsson
2:19
PK2FBonino – Watson
1:13
PK1DSubban – Ekholm
4:11
PK2DJosi – Irwin
1:05

Current NSH line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
10:3260% CF
L2Malkin – Kessel – Hagelin
10:1537% CF
L3McKegg – Wilson – Sheary
7:3955% CF
L4Reaves – Kuhnhackl – Rowney
4:3783% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
10:2342% CF
D2Hunwick – Maatta
6:5233% CF
D3Cole – Schultz
3:1025% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Kessel – Guentzel
2:33100% CF
PP2Schultz – Dumoulin – Rust – Wilson – Sheary
0:44100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Rowney
1:59
PK2FMcKegg – Kuhnhackl
1:01
PK1DHunwick – Maatta
2:29
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
1:59

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:06
PITEvgeni Malkin (Phil Kessel, Carl Hagelin)snap0.02 xG
NSH: Josi, Irwin, Johansen, Forsberg, ArvidssonPIT: Malkin, Letang, Kessel, Hagelin, Dumoulin
NSH 0 – 1 PIT
10:57
PITJake Guentzel (Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.34 xG
NSH: Bonino, Subban, Ekholm, Smith, SissonsPIT: Crosby, Schultz, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
NSH 0 – 2 PIT

2nd period

12:52
PITRyan Reaves (Olli Maatta, Carter Rowney)tip-in0.05 xG
NSH: Hartnell, Subban, Ekholm, Jarnkrok, AbergPIT: Letang, Reaves, Kuhnhackl, Maatta, Rowney
NSH 0 – 3 PIT

3rd period

0:33
PITOlli Maatta (Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust)slap0.04 xG
NSH: Bonino, Subban, Weber, Ekholm, WatsonPIT: Crosby, Schultz, Rust, Maatta, Guentzel
NSH 0 – 4 PIT

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Calle Jarnkrok C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	1	2	0	18:27	—	—	46	63
Scott Hartnell L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	2	0	16	14:56	—	—	33	61
Pontus Aberg L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	0	0	0	14:45	—	—	38	45
Filip Forsberg L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	0	0	0	18:12	—	—	60	56
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	0	2	17:57	—	—	53	45
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.30	1	0	2	16:47	—	—	63	72
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.22	0	2	0	16:14	—	—	54	53
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	2	0	0	14:18	—	—	57	49
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	0	0	9:31	—	—	50	34
Miikka Salomaki R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	4	0	2	13:29	—	—	60	42
Austin Watson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	5	11:48	—	—	39	19
Cody McLeod L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	17	6:44	—	—	67	99
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	4	1	0	25:02	—	—	43	34
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.03	4	2	0	23:05	—	—	46	37
Roman Josi D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	3	0	0	22:44	—	—	58	56
Matt Irwin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	0	0	16:23	—	—	59	63
Anthony Bitetto D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:13	—	—	50	50
Yannick Weber D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	0	2	14:17	—	—	52	52

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	34	30	4	.882	2.40	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.01	1	0	4	17:38	—	—	52	69
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.20	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	61	78
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.49	2	1	2	15:48	—	—	50	66
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.20	0	0	2	17:50	—	—	36	23
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.39	1	1	2	17:22	—	—	37	24
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	3	0	0	17:00	—	—	38	25
Greg McKegg C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	0	0	15:27	—	—	50	47
Scott Wilson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	5	0	0	12:35	—	—	57	64
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	11:53	—	—	38	39
Carter Rowney C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	1	2	0	14:00	—	—	60	70
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.32	2	0	0	10:33	—	—	63	70
Ryan Reaves R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.05	7	0	24	6:23	—	—	63	49
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+2	5	0.13	1	3	0	25:59	—	—	48	46
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	0	1	2	20:58	—	—	49	62
Matt Hunwick D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	21:25	—	—	33	38
Olli Maatta D	D2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.20	0	1	0	20:59	—	—	60	53
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	0	4	0	21:58	—	—	54	68
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	5:16	—	—	25	0

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	2.29	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.