Nashville Predators vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 28, 2019

FinalSaturday, Dec 28, 2019· PPG Paints Arena

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	3	1	4		NSH	10	17	21	48
PIT	3	1	2	6		PIT	17	9	10	36

: NSH 75PIT 46
: NSH 4.49PIT 3.53
PP goals: NSH 1PIT 3
Hits: NSH 29PIT 31
Blocks: NSH 7PIT 16
PIM: NSH 6PIT 4
: NSH 49%PIT 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Nashville Predators 6–4

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Nashville Predators 6–4 at home. Bryan Rust (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 2A.

Points
Bryan Rust had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 22:36.Rust
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Evgeni Malkin had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 22:06.Malkin
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Roman Josi had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 26:43.Josi
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Mikael Granlund had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:01.Granlund
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Alex Galchenyuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:13.Galchenyuk
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Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:23.Guentzel
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Juuso Riikola had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:01.Riikola
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Matt Duchene had 2 assists (2 points) on 9 shots in 16:25.Duchene

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 121 of 121 attempts · PIT 46 · NSH 75

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 39% of the game, PIT 33%.

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
	78	47
	3.79	2.77
	3.62	2.60
	19	11
	8	0
	12	16
	−0.011	+0.011
	39%	33%

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

L1Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg
12:4374% CF
L2Turris – Smith – Blackwell
10:4162% CF
L3Jarnkrok – Johansen – Arvidsson
10:0775% CF
L4Bonino – Watson – Grimaldi
7:5356% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
20:0971% CF
D2Ekholm – Fabbro
19:5250% CF
D3Weber – Tinordi
9:2268% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Ellis – Jarnkrok – Arvidsson
1:31100% CF
PP2Turris – Ekholm – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg
0:55100% CF
PK1FBonino – Jarnkrok
2:01
PK2FWatson – Johansen
0:34
PK1DJosi – Ellis
3:14
PK2DEkholm – Tinordi
0:54

Current NSH line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Rust – Guentzel
15:2442% CF
L2Galchenyuk – McCann – Kahun
10:1535% CF
L3Blueger – Tanev – Aston-Reese
9:2947% CF
L4Hornqvist – Lafferty – Simon
8:4730% CF
D1Johnson – Letang
20:2234% CF
D2Pettersson – Marino
15:5258% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Riikola
11:3226% CF

PP1Malkin – Letang – Hornqvist – Rust – Guentzel
4:01100% CF
PP2Galchenyuk – McCann – Marino – Riikola – Kahun
0:28100% CF
PK1FRust – Guentzel
0:59
PK2FBlueger – Tanev
0:42
PK1DLetang – Ruhwedel
0:59
PK2DPettersson – Marino
0:26

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:32
PITBryan Rust (Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin)wrist0.22 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Jarnkrok, Johansen, ArvidssonPIT: Malkin, Letang, Rust, Guentzel, Pettersson
NSH 0 – 1 PIT
1:05
PITDominik Kahun (Alex Galchenyuk, Juuso Riikola)wrist0.26 xG
NSH: Bonino, Ekholm, Watson, Grimaldi, FabbroPIT: Galchenyuk, Ruhwedel, McCann, Riikola, Kahun
NSH 0 – 2 PIT
9:04
PITKris LetangPP (Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust)slap0.05 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Watson, JohansenPIT: Malkin, Letang, Hornqvist, Rust, Guentzel
NSH 0 – 3 PIT

2nd period

4:07
NSHViktor ArvidssonPP (Calle Jarnkrok, Roman Josi)wrist0.04 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Ellis, Jarnkrok, ArvidssonPIT: Blueger, Pettersson, Marino, Tanev
NSH 1 – 3 PIT
8:02
PITAlex GalchenyukPP (John Marino, Juuso Riikola)snap0.13 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Watson, Tinordi, ForsbergPIT: Galchenyuk, McCann, Marino, Riikola, Kahun
NSH 1 – 4 PIT
16:03
NSHCraig Smith (Colin Blackwell, Roman Josi)wrist0.08 xG
NSH: Turris, Josi, Ellis, Smith, BlackwellPIT: Blueger, Ruhwedel, Tanev, Aston-Reese, Riikola
NSH 2 – 4 PIT
19:01
NSHMikael Granlund (Matt Duchene, Filip Forsberg)wrist0.13 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Ellis, Granlund, ForsbergPIT: Malkin, Johnson, Letang, Rust, Guentzel
NSH 3 – 4 PIT

3rd period

8:56
NSHMikael Granlund (Matt Duchene, Roman Josi)backhand0.16 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Ellis, Granlund, ForsbergPIT: Johnson, Letang, Galchenyuk, McCann, Kahun
NSH 4 – 4 PIT
18:57
PITJake GuentzelPP (Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust)wrist0.14 xG
NSH: Bonino, Josi, Ellis, JarnkrokPIT: Malkin, Letang, Hornqvist, Rust, Guentzel
NSH 4 – 5 PIT
19:22
PITBryan RustENwrist0.67 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Ellis, Johansen, Forsberg, ArvidssonPIT: Malkin, Johnson, Letang, Rust, Guentzel
NSH 4 – 6 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
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.38	1	0	0	18:40	—	—	69	88
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	2	2	+1	9	1.08	4	0	0	16:25	—	—	75	89
Mikael Granlund C	L1	2	0	2	+2	2	0.29	1	0	0	16:01	—	—	67	85
Kyle Turris C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	0	0	4	14:18	—	—	59	49
Colin Blackwell C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.25	5	0	0	12:39	—	—	58	47
Craig Smith C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.23	0	0	0	11:41	—	—	63	65
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.72	1	1	0	16:47	—	—	58	53
Calle Jarnkrok C	L3	0	1	1	-1	4	0.37	0	1	0	16:06	—	—	76	61
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	1	0	1	-2	4	0.45	2	0	0	16:04	—	—	63	54
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	0	0	13:10	—	—	55	26
Austin Watson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	2	2	12:51	—	—	53	25
Rocco Grimaldi R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	0	0	12:26	—	—	38	16
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	3	0	0	26:43	—	—	71	74
Roman Josi D	D1	0	3	3	+1	3	0.16	0	1	0	26:43	—	—	71	69
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.16	1	1	0	23:48	—	—	51	40
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:45	—	—	50	48
Jarred Tinordi D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:35	—	—	59	49
Yannick Weber D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	9:31	—	—	71	64

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne	L	27	25	2	.926	2.00	50:08
Juuse Saros(start)	—	8	5	3	.625	0.86	9:04

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	2	2	4	+1	3	0.92	0	3	0	22:36	—	—	41	51
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.68	0	0	0	22:23	—	—	42	48
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	3	3	+1	4	0.43	0	0	2	22:06	—	—	36	45
Jared McCann L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	15:27	—	—	43	54
Alex Galchenyuk C	L2	1	1	2	0	1	0.13	2	1	0	13:13	—	—	42	54
Dominik Kahun C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.27	0	0	0	12:37	—	—	29	35
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	3	1	0	12:31	—	—	47	41
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	12:15	—	—	42	26
Brandon Tanev L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	3	1	0	11:16	—	—	42	26
Patric Hornqvist R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	2	0	15:23	—	—	28	33
Dominik Simon C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.34	1	1	0	11:44	—	—	36	45
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	5	0	2	9:59	—	—	28	32
Kris Letang D	D1	1	0	1	0	4	0.08	3	2	0	28:01	—	—	36	42
Jack Johnson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	2	2	0	20:59	—	—	34	24
John Marino D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	3	0	0	19:53	—	—	52	37
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	1	0	0	18:09	—	—	62	56
Juuso Riikola D	D3	0	2	2	0	2	0.08	3	2	0	15:01	—	—	27	58
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:23	—	—	23	41

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	48	44	4	.917	4.49	59:38

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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.