Nashville Predators vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 10, 2022

Final / OTSunday, Apr 10, 2022· PPG Paints Arena

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

2

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

3

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NSH	1	0	1	0	2		NSH	11	12	12	0	35
PIT	1	0	1	1	3		PIT	3	12	13	2	30

: NSH 66PIT 59
: NSH 3.06PIT 2.50
PP goals: NSH 0PIT 0
Hits: NSH 41PIT 27
Blocks: NSH 13PIT 20
PIM: NSH 9PIT 15
: NSH 53%PIT 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Nashville Predators 3–2 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Nashville Predators 3–2 in overtime at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. Casey DeSmith (PIT) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +5 against a season average of 29.6; the win.

Points
Sidney Crosby had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:35.Crosby
Points
Rickard Rakell had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:25.Rakell
Goalie
Casey DeSmith (PIT) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +5 against a season average of 29.6; the win.DeSmith
Usage
Evan Rodrigues (PIT) played 10:34, −5:20 down on his 15:54 season average over 81 games.Rodrigues
Usage
Danton Heinen (PIT) played 8:25, −4:21 down on his 12:46 season average over 75 games.Heinen
Usage
Philip Tomasino (NSH) played 15:32, +4:03 up on his 11:29 season average over 75 games.Tomasino
Usage
Roman Josi (NSH) played 29:45, +4:15 up on his 25:30 season average over 79 games.Josi
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Jeremy Lauzon (NSH) played 21:08, +3:31 up on his 17:37 season average over 65 games.Lauzon

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 125 of 125 attempts · PIT 59 · NSH 66

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 42% of the game, PIT 24%.

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
	66	64
	3.08	2.34
	3.01	2.28
	11	10
	2	5
	16	19
	+0.030	−0.030
	42%	24%

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

L1Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
12:4565% CF
L2Duchene – Granlund – Tolvanen
10:0855% CF
L3Johansen – Forsberg – Tomasino
8:2571% CF
L4Cousins – Kunin – Luff
7:1337% CF
D1Josi – Lauzon
15:2949% CF
D2Ekholm – Carrier
13:1955% CF
D3Borowiecki – Benning
8:1650% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg
4:42100% CF
PP2Josi – Ekholm – Cousins – Tolvanen – Tomasino
2:23100% CF
PK1FSissons – Trenin
0:41
PK2FGranlund – Kunin
0:21
PK1DEkholm – Benning
0:45
PK2DBorowiecki – Lauzon
0:28

Current NSH line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Zucker – Rakell
12:2440% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
12:1854% CF
L3Carter – Kapanen – Rodrigues
8:3840% CF
L4Boyle – Blueger – Heinen
6:4133% CF
D1Letang – Matheson
16:2555% CF
D2Dumoulin – Marino
16:2030% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Pettersson
11:1262% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rust – Guentzel
1:4275% CF
PP2Carter – Zucker – Rakell – Marino – Rodrigues
0:14
PK1FBoyle – Rust
2:43
PK2FCarter – Blueger
2:34
PK1DDumoulin – Marino
2:54
PK2DLetang – Ruhwedel
2:34

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:58
PITSidney Crosby (Rickard Rakell, Kris Letang)wrist0.01 xG
NSH: Borowiecki, Granlund, Benning, Tolvanen, TomasinoPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Matheson, Guentzel
NSH 0 – 1 PIT
18:49
NSHMatt Duchene (Mikael Granlund)wrist0.16 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Granlund, Forsberg, LauzonPIT: Malkin, Zucker, Rakell, Ruhwedel, Pettersson
NSH 1 – 1 PIT

3rd period

4:31
NSHNick Cousinswrist0.05 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Cousins, Sissons, Benning, JeannotPIT: Carter, Letang, Matheson, Guentzel, Kapanen
NSH 2 – 1 PIT
8:53
PITJason Zucker (Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell)backhand0.12 xG
NSH: Josi, Granlund, Benning, Jeannot, TolvanenPIT: Crosby, Dumoulin, Zucker, Rakell, Marino
NSH 2 – 2 PIT

OT period

2:21
PITSidney Crosby (Rickard Rakell)tip-in0.11 xG
NSH: Duchene, Ekholm, GranlundPIT: Crosby, Rakell, Matheson
NSH 2 – 3 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
Colton Sissons C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.14	1	0	0	16:22	—	—	71	67
Yakov Trenin C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	2	0	0	16:09	—	—	63	61
Tanner Jeannot L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	5	0	5	15:26	—	—	64	54
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.14	2	1	0	21:58	—	—	45	57
Matt Duchene C	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.50	0	0	0	19:06	—	—	42	52
Eeli Tolvanen R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.33	3	0	0	15:41	—	—	46	42
Filip Forsberg L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	4	0	0	18:38	—	—	52	76
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	16:14	—	—	53	69
Philip Tomasino R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.39	2	0	0	15:32	—	—	62	73
Nick Cousins C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	0	1	0	12:24	—	—	44	49
Luke Kunin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	0	0	10:40	—	—	32	37
Matt Luff R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	1	0	9:14	—	—	33	29
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.23	2	2	0	29:45	—	—	47	54
Jeremy Lauzon D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	7	1	0	21:08	—	—	46	54
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	24:26	—	—	63	64
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	4	3	2	18:03	—	—	41	46
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	2	0	14:45	—	—	59	63
Mark Borowiecki D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	2	9:48	—	—	53	70

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	O	30	27	3	.900	2.50	62:05

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	1	4	17:42	—	—	57	53
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	3	3	+2	3	0.18	3	1	0	17:25	—	—	50	42
Jason Zucker L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	15:15	—	—	50	44
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	0	0	0	20:56	—	—	59	58
Sidney Crosby C	L2	2	1	3	+3	5	0.47	1	1	0	20:35	—	—	58	64
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	1	3	0	19:53	—	—	59	48
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	15:06	—	—	44	16
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:01	—	—	37	10
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	6	1	0	10:34	—	—	48	18
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	11:35	—	—	37	32
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	3	1	2	10:01	—	—	32	30
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:25	—	—	40	44
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.10	4	2	2	24:51	—	—	53	47
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.38	0	0	5	19:58	—	—	55	52
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	1	4	0	24:00	—	—	36	36
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	2	0	22:06	—	—	35	34
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	2	0	16:08	—	—	63	44
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	0	0	13:32	—	—	57	43

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	3.06	62:21

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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.